Dates 11–18 January 2009 City London Organisation(s) WPBSA | Venue Wembley Arena Country England Format Non-ranking event | |
The 2009 Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11–18 January 2009 at the Wembley Arena in London, England.
Contents
Ronnie O'Sullivan won the tournament, beating defending champion Mark Selby 10–8 in the final.
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
Wild-card round
In the preliminary round, the wild-card players plays the 15th and 16th seeds.
Qualifying
The 2008 Masters Qualifying Event was held between 21–26 November 2008 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. The winner was awarded with a wild-card to the 2009 Masters.
Judd Trump's and Mark King's centuries were scored in the wild-card round.