2011 Masters (snooker)

The 2011 Masters (officially the 2011 Ladbrokes Mobile Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament held between 9–16 January 2011 at the Wembley Arena in London, England. This was the first time that the Masters was sponsored by Ladbrokes.^[1]

2011 Ladbrokes Mobile Masters

Tournament information
Dates	9–16 January 2011 (2011-01-09 – 2011-01-16)
Venue	Wembley Arena
City	London
Country	England
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£500,000
Winner's share	£150,000
Highest break	Stephen Maguire (SCO) (142)
Final
Champion	Ding Junhui (CHN)
Runner-up	Marco Fu (HKG)
Score	10–4
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Mark Selby was the defending champion, but he lost in the first round 4–6 against Mark King.^[2]

The tournament made history, as it was the first to feature two Asian players in the final, as well as the first Masters final to feature two players not from the United Kingdom.^[3] Ding Junhui won in the final 10–4 against Marco Fu.^[4][5]

Field

Defending champion Mark Selby was the number 1 seed with World Champion Neil Robertson seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the latest world rankings (revision 2). Jamie Cope was making his debut in the Masters.

Unlike all previous tournaments since 1990, there was no qualifying round and there was no wildcard hand-picked by World Snooker. This format has remained in place since.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[6]

• Winner: £150,000
• Runner-up: £75,000
• Semi-finals: £30,000
• Quarter-finals: £20,000
• Last 16: £15,000
• Highest break: £15,000
• Total: £500,000

Main draw

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	Last 16 Best of 11 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames					Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 19 frames
	1	Mark Selby (ENG)	4
	15	Mark King (ENG)	6
						15	Mark King	1
						14	Jamie Cope	6
	8	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	3
	14	Jamie Cope (ENG)	6
											14	Jamie Cope	3
											9	Ding Junhui	6
	5	Mark Williams (WAL)	4
	9	Ding Junhui (CHN)	6
						9	Ding Junhui	6
						11	Graeme Dott	2
	4	John Higgins (SCO)	4
	11	Graeme Dott (SCO)	6
																9	Ding Junhui	10
																16	Marco Fu	4
	3	Ali Carter (ENG)	5
	13	Peter Ebdon (ENG)	6
						13	Peter Ebdon	0
						16	Marco Fu	6
	6	Stephen Maguire (SCO)	4
	16	Marco Fu (HKG)	6
											16	Marco Fu	6
											12	Mark Allen	4
	7	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	4
	12	Mark Allen (NIR)	6
						12	Mark Allen	6
						2	Neil Robertson	4
	2	Neil Robertson (AUS)	6
	10	Stephen Hendry (SCO)	3

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams Wembley Arena, London, England, 16 January 2011[8]
Ding Junhui (9)  China	10–4	Marco Fu (16)  Hong Kong
Afternoon: 136–0 (120), 74–0 (74), 18–84 (80), 71–42 (61), 57–46, 0–82 (82), 68–17 (60), 82–30 (66) Evening: 1–73 (69), 5–94 (56), 77–74, 95–5 (94), 83–12 (83), 86–6 (85)
120	Highest break	82
1	Century breaks	0
8	50+ breaks	4

Century breaks

Total: 16^[8][11]

• 142 – Stephen Maguire
• 139, 102 – Mark King
• 136, 130, 117, 109, 107 – Marco Fu
• 124, 124, 120, 108, 102 – Ding Junhui
• 115 – Graeme Dott
• 106 – Mark Selby
• 101 – Jamie Cope

References

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