The 2009 Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11 and 18 January 2009 at the Wembley Arena in London, England.
Ronnie O'Sullivan won his 4th Masters title by beating defending champion Mark Selby 10–8 in the final.
The quarter-final match between Stephen Maguire and Neil Robertson featured 5 consecutive century breaks between the two players: 3 from Maguire and 2 from Robertson. This is a joint record for a professional match and a standalone record for a best-of-11 frame match.
Field Defending champion Mark Selby was the number 1 seed with World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan seeded 2. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the qualifying event, Judd Trump (ranked 41), and wild-card selection Ricky Walden (ranked 35). Mark Allen, Judd Trump and Ricky Walden were making their debuts in the Masters.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Qualifying stage Winner: £2,000 Runner-up: £680 Semi-final: £250 Quarter-final: £105 Total: £1,600
Television stage
Winner: £150,000 Runner-up: £75,000 Semi-final: £32,000 Quarter-final: £16,000 Last 16: £14,000 Last 18 (wild-cards): £3,500
Highest break: £10,000 Maximum break: £25,000 Total: £482,000
Wild-card round
In the preliminary round, the wild-card players plays the 15th and 16th seeds.
Match Date Score WC1 Sunday 11 January (15) 2–6 WC2 Monday 12 January (16) 6–4
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan VerhaasWembley Arena, London, England, 18 January 2009. Mark Selby (1) 8–10 Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) Afternoon: 28–69 (68), 0–88, , , , , , Evening: 62–63, , , , , , , , , 114 Highest break 110 2 Century breaks 2 9 50+ breaks 5
Qualifying The 2008 Masters Qualifying Event was held between 21 and 26 November 2008 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. The winner was awarded with a wild-card to the 2009 Masters.
Century breaks
Televised stage centuries Total: 31
140, 127, 100 John Higgins 136, 128, 118, 115, 110, 102, 101, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan 130, 124 Ali Carter 128, 114, 113, 105 Stephen Maguire 123 Judd Trump 122, 100 Neil Robertson
120, 114, 104, 102, 101, 100 Mark Selby 119, 104 Mark Allen 115 Mark King 106 Graeme Dott 105 Joe Perry
Judd Trump's and Mark King's centuries were scored in the wild-card round.
Qualifying stage centuries
138, 129, 120 Judd Trump 136 Ricky Walden 132 Andrew Higginson 125 Mark Joyce 125 Jin Long 124, 120, 100 Jamie Cope 121 Kuldesh Johal
118 Ian McCulloch 115, 101 Matthew Stevens 114 David Roe 109 Matthew Selt 109 Joe Swail 100 Andy Hicks
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