2007 Masters (snooker)
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 14–21 January 2007 |
| Venue | Wembley Arena |
| City | London |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| Runner-up |  Ding Junhui |
| Score | 10–3 |
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The 2007 SAGA Insurance Masters professional non-ranking snooker tournament was held from January 14 to January 21, 2007 in the Wembley Arena, London. It was the 33rd edition of the tournament. In a slight change for 2007, there were 19 competitors, as opposed to 18 up until 2006. The top 16 seeds for ranking events were automatically invited, while the other players entered a qualifying tournament for the right to one of three wildcard places. The two remaining places were granted by the game's governing body at their discretion, to Jimmy White and Ding Junhui. Stuart Bingham won the qualifying tournament.
It was won by Ronnie O'Sullivan, who defeated Ding Junhui 10–3 in the final.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]
Qualifying stage
- Winner: £2,000
- Runner-up: £680
- Semi-final: £250
- Quarter-final: £105
- Total: £3,600
Televised stage
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Wildcard round
In the preliminary "Wildcard round", the three wildcard players were drawn against the players seeded 14th, 15th and 16th:[2][3][4] During the course of his match against Anthony Hamilton, Ding Junhui became the 28th and youngest ever player to score a maximum 147 break on live television. Aged 19 years and nine months, he broke the previous record set by Ronnie O'Sullivan in 1997 by almost three years. This was also just the second maximum in the history of the Masters.[5]
| Match | Score | ||
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| WC1 |  Matthew Stevens (14)
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6–1 | Jimmy White
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| WC2 | Allister Carter (15)
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6–5 | Stuart Bingham
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| WC3 | Anthony Hamilton (16)
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3–6 | Ding Junhui
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Main draw
| Last 16 Best of 11 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 19 frames | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  John Higgins
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| 9 | Stephen Maguire
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| 9 | Stephen Maguire
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| 13 |  Neil Robertson
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| 8 | Mark Williams
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| 13 | Neil Robertson
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| 9 | Stephen Maguire
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| 5 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
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| 5 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
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| 15 | Allister Carter
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| 5 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
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| 4 |  Ken Doherty
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| 4 | Ken Doherty
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| 12 | Barry Hawkins
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| 5 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
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| Ding Junhui
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| 3 | Stephen Hendry
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| 14 | Matthew Stevens
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| 3 | Stephen Hendry
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| 6 | Shaun Murphy
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| 6 | Shaun Murphy
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| 11 | Steve Davis
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| 3 | Stephen Hendry
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| Ding Junhui
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| 7 | Peter Ebdon
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| Ding Junhui
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| Ding Junhui
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| 10 | Stephen Lee
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| 2 | Graeme Dott
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| 10 | Stephen Lee
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Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas. Wembley Arena, London, England, 21 January 2007.[2][3] | ||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (5) England
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10–3 | Ding Junhui China
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| Afternoon: 1–77 (77), 16–109 (109), 62–1 (55), 99–22 (99), 128–0 (128), 101–37 (101), 64–72 (58 O'Sullivan), 116–4 (116) Evening: 96–0 (96), 66–65 (66, 65), 143–11 (143), 97–0, 121–12 (74) | ||
| 143 | Highest break | 109 |
| 4 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 10 | 50+ breaks | 3 |
Qualifying
The 2006 Masters Qualifying Event were held between 4 and 9 November 2006 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, England. The winner of this series of matches, who qualified for the tournament, was Stuart Bingham.[6]
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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References
- ^ "Preisgeld Masters 2007". brownball.de. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ^ a b c "SAGA Insurance Masters 2007". Snooker.org. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
- ^ a b c d "2007 Saga Masters". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008.
- ^ a b "The Masters". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ^ "Ding compiles maximum at Masters". BBC Sport. 14 January 2007. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
- ^ a b "2006 Saga Masters Qualifying Event". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008.
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