2008 Masters Snooker
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Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb Michaela Tabb Michaela Tabb is a snooker and pool referee who has established a number of significant milestones for female officials in professional cue sports... . Wembley Arena Wembley Arena Wembley Arena is an indoor arena, at Wembley, in the London Borough of Brent. The building is opposite Wembley Stadium.-History:... , London, England, 20 January 2008. |
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| Mark Selby Mark Selby Mark Anthony Selby is an English professional snooker and pool player. Runner up in the World Snooker Championship 2007, he was the 2006 WEPF World Eight-ball Champion. Selby has won the Masters on two occasions, the Welsh Open and the Shanghai Masters... (11) |
10–3 | Stephen Lee Stephen Lee Stephen Lee is a professional snooker-player from Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, whose smooth cue action is regarded by some pundits as the most natural in the game. He has won four ranking titles, and spent 10 seasons in the Top 16 of the world rankings before dropping out for the snooker... (13) |
| Afternoon: 50–65, 124–1 (124), 88–0 (88), 21–77, 13–61, 76–16, 79–1 (60) Evening: 73–9, 132–0 (132), 76–32, 72–52, 125–5 (125), 141–0 (141) |
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| 141 | Highest break | 41 |
| 4 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 2 | 50+ breaks | 0 |
Qualifying
The 2007 Masters Qualifying Event were held between 7 September and 12 September 2007 at the English Institute of Sport in SheffieldSheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...
. The winner of this series of matches, who qualified for the tournament, was Barry Hawkins.
Qualifying stages centuries
- 140 Jamie BurnettJamie BurnettJamie Burnett is a professional snooker player from Hamilton, Scotland.-Career:During the qualifying stages of the 2004 UK Championship, he achieved the impressive feat of becoming the first ever player to compile a break over 147 in a professional match, in which he made a break of 148 against...
- 137, 104 Liu ChuangLiu ChuangLiu Chuang is a Chinese professional snooker player.-Early life:Liu grew up in Liaoning province in northeast China. Near his parents' house there was a snooker table and when he was 10 he played on it and liked it a lot...
- 136 Anthony HamiltonAnthony Hamilton (snooker player)Anthony Hamilton is an English professional snooker player noted for his strong break-building technique and distinctive appearance. He has spent five seasons ranked among the game's top 16, and fifteen in the top 32, reaching a career-high at number #10 in the world in the 1999/2000 season...
- 135, 123, 109, 107, 103 Jamie CopeJamie Cope-External links:***...
- 125 Joe PerryJoe Perry (snooker player)-External links:*...
- 122, 110 Kurt MaflinKurt MaflinKurt Maflin , is a Norwegian professional snooker player.-Career:He began playing snooker at the age of four, achieving a high break of 25 by the time he was five. He increased his time spent at the table practising...
- 119, 113 Judd TrumpJudd TrumpJudd Trump is an English professional snooker player from Bristol. He enjoyed considerable success in youth tournaments before turning professional in 2005. On 3 April 2011, Trump won his first ranking title, beating Mark Selby 10–8 in the final of the China Open...
- 114 Jimmy WhiteJimmy WhiteJames Warren "Jimmy" White MBE is an English professional snooker player. Nicknamed the "Whirlwind" and popularly referred to as the "People's Champion", White is a multiple World Championship finalist renowned for losing each of the six finals he contested.White's extensive list of achievements,...
- 114, 105 Andrew HigginsonAndrew HigginsonAndrew Higginson is an English professional snooker player, currently living in Widnes. He is best known for reaching the final of the 2007 Welsh Open as a virtual unknown...
- 110, 102 Mark AllenMark Allen (snooker player)Mark Allen is a Northern Irish professional snooker player. He won the World Amateur Championship in 2004. The following year he turned professional and took only three seasons to reach the elite top 16...
- 110 Xiao GuodongXiao GuodongXiao Guodong is a Chinese professional snooker player, who turned professional for in 2007 by winning the Asian Under-21 Championships.-Career:...
- 107, 104 Ricky WaldenRicky Walden-External links:**...
- 107 Joe Delaney
- 103 David GilbertDavid Gilbert (snooker player)David Gilbert is an English professional snooker player. Gilbert is a former World Snooker Young Player of Distinction. Gilbert practices in Tamworth, Staffordshire at 'Tamworth Cue Sports Leisure Club'.-Career:...
- 101 Andrew NormanAndrew NormanAndrew Norman is an English professional snooker player who lives in Bristol, who turned professional in 2001. He has progressed up the ranking list between 2005 and 2007, jumping 30 places...
- 100 Alfie BurdenAlfred BurdenAlfred "Alfie" Burden is an English professional snooker player who lives in London.-Career:Burden originally had his eyes set on making a career as a professional footballer, but a badly broken leg curtailed this ambition. He spent a couple of seasons at Arsenal F.C. as a schoolboy apprentice,...
- 100 Nigel BondNigel Bond-External links:*...
Television stages centuries
- 141, 132, 125, 124, 107, 103 Mark SelbyMark SelbyMark Anthony Selby is an English professional snooker and pool player. Runner up in the World Snooker Championship 2007, he was the 2006 WEPF World Eight-ball Champion. Selby has won the Masters on two occasions, the Welsh Open and the Shanghai Masters...
- 141, 123, 114, 101 Ken DohertyKen DohertyKen Doherty is an Irish professional snooker player. He is the only player ever to have been world amateur and world professional champion...
- 135 Ding JunhuiDing JunhuiDing Junhui is a Chinese professional snooker player. Ding Junhui is China's most successful player ever, having become only the second teenager, after John Higgins, to win three ranking titles...
- 120, 113 Ryan DayRyan Day-External links:* * *...
- 118 Mark WilliamsMark Williams (snooker player)Mark James Williams, MBE is a Welsh professional snooker player who has been World Champion twice, in 2000 and 2003. Often noted for his single-ball potting, he has earned the nickname, The Welsh Potting Machine...
- 118 Neil RobertsonNeil Robertson (snooker player)Neil Robertson is an Australian professional snooker player and the 2010 World Champion and World #4...
- 112 Ronnie O'SullivanRonnie O'SullivanRonald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan , is an English professional snooker player known for his rapid playing style and nicknamed "The Rocket". He has been World Champion on three occasions , and is second on the all-time prize-money list, with career earnings of over £6 million, behind only Stephen...
- 107 Graeme DottGraeme DottGraeme Dott is a Scottish professional snooker player from Larkhall in Scotland. He won the 2006 World Championship, which was his first ranking title after four previous runner-up spots...
- 105 Stephen HendryStephen HendryStephen Gordon Hendry, MBE is a Scottish professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at the age of 21. He has won the World Championship a record seven times and was snooker's world number one for eight consecutive years between 1990 and 1998, and again...
- 105 Peter EbdonPeter EbdonPeter "Ebbo" Ebdon is an English professional snooker player and former world champion renowned for his remarkably focused, determined style of play.-Early years:...
- 105, 103 Stephen MaguireStephen MaguireStephen Maguire is a Scottish professional snooker player.-Early career:Maguire almost qualified for the 2000 World Championships, leading eventual semi-finalist Joe Swail 9–6 in the final qualifying round before losing 9–10, but first served notice of his true potential by knocking out Stephen...
- 104, 100 Marco FuMarco FuMarco Fu Ka-chun , commonly known as Marco Fu, is a professional snooker player from Hong Kong. He currently resides in Happy Valley. He is best known for winning the 2007 Grand Prix, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final, and for being runner-up in the 2008 UK Championship...