The 2014 Masters (officially the 2014 Dafabet Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 12 and 19 January 2014 at the Alexandra Palace in London, England. This was the first time that Dafabet sponsored the Masters.
Ronnie O'Sullivan set a new record by scoring 556 unanswered points in a professional event in his 6–0 quarter-final win against Ricky Walden – winning in just 58 minutes. The previous record-holder was Ding Junhui, who scored 495 unanswered points against Stephen Hendry at the 2007 Premier League Snooker. This record came close to being broken several times in different matches over the 12 years since the record had been set: it was ultimately eclipsed by Shaun Murphy during the 2026 China Open, who scored 607 points without reply.
O'Sullivan set another record by reaching his tenth Masters final, surpassing the nine appearances by Hendry, and won his fifth Masters title by defeating defending champion Mark Selby 10–4. This was the third time these two players had met in a Masters final.
Field Defending champion Mark Selby was the number 1 seed with World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the latest world rankings (revision 5). With O'Sullivan having a ranking of 24, Graeme Dott, ranked 16, was not invited. Robert Milkins was making his debut in the Masters.
Prize fund The total prize money of the event was raised to £600,000 from the previous year's £500,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner: £200,000 Runner-up: £90,000 Semi-finals: £50,000 Quarter-finals: £25,000 Last 16: £12,500 Highest break: £10,000 Total: £600,000
Tournament draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Paul Collier.Alexandra Palace, London, England, 19 January 2014 Mark Selby (1) 4–10 Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) Afternoon: 0–97 (97), , , , , , , Evening: 0–91 (90), 63–61, , , , 67 Highest break 97 0 Century breaks 0 2 50+ breaks 6
Century breaks A total of 16 century breaks were made during the tournament.
138 Marco Fu 136 Mark Davis 134, 129 Ronnie O'Sullivan 132, 112 Barry Hawkins 120, 101 Judd Trump 117 Shaun Murphy 114 Mark Allen 112 Stephen Maguire 109 John Higgins 106 Joe Perry 104 Mark Selby 101 Neil Robertson 100 Ricky Walden
References
External links 2014 Dafabet Masters – Pictures by World Snooker at Facebook