2007 Masters Snooker

The 2007 Saga Insurance Masters was the 33rd edition of the Masters professional snooker tournament, held from January 14 to January 21, 2007 in the Wembley Arena, London. It was won by Ronnie O'Sullivan, who defeated Ding Junhui 10-3 in the final. The tournament is part of the 2006-07 season of snooker.

In a slight change for 2007, there were 19 competitors, as opposed to 18 up until 2006. The top 16 seeds for ranking events were automatically invited, while the other players entered a qualifying tournament for the right to one of three wildcard places. The two remaining places were granted by the game's governing body at their discretion, to Jimmy White and Ding Junhui. Stuart Bingham won the qualifying tournament.

Wildcard round

In the preliminary "Wildcard round", the three wildcard players were drawn against the players seeded 14th, 15th and 16th:

*flagicon|ENG Allister Carter 6-5 flagicon|ENG Stuart Bingham
*flagicon|WAL Matthew Stevens 6-1 flagicon|ENG Jimmy White
*flagicon|CHN Ding Junhui 6-3 flagicon|ENG Anthony Hamilton

During the course of his match against Anthony Hamilton, Ding Junhui became the 28th and youngest ever player to score a maximum 147 break on live television. Aged 19 years and nine months, he broke the previous record set by Ronnie O'Sullivan in 1997 by almost three years. [cite news|url=http://www.eurosport.com/snooker/masters2/2006-2007/sport_sto1054953.shtml|title=Ding makes record 147|date=2007-01-14|accessdate=2007-01-17|publisher=Eurosport]

Knockout stage

16TeamBracket
RD1= First round
RD2= Quarter-finals
RD3= Semi-finals
RD4= Final
group1=
group2=
group3=

RD1-seed01=
RD1-team01= flagicon|SCO John Higgins
RD1-score01= 5
RD1-seed02=
RD1-team02= flagicon|SCO Stephen Maguire
RD1-score02= 6

RD1-seed03=
RD1-team03= flagicon|WAL Mark Williams
RD1-score03= 0
RD1-seed04=
RD1-team04= flagicon|AUS Neil Robertson
RD1-score04= 6

RD1-seed05=
RD1-team05= flagicon|ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan
RD1-score05= 6
RD1-seed06=
RD1-team06= flagicon|ENG Allister Carter
RD1-score06= 1

RD1-seed07=
RD1-team07= flagicon|IRL Ken Doherty
RD1-score07= 6
RD1-seed08=
RD1-team08= flagicon|ENG Barry Hawkins
RD1-score08= 3

RD1-seed09=
RD1-team09= flagicon|SCO Stephen Hendry
RD1-score09=6
RD1-seed10=
RD1-team10= flagicon|WAL Matthew Stevens
RD1-score10=5

RD1-seed11=
RD1-team11= flagicon|ENG Steve Davis
RD1-score11= 3
RD1-seed12=
RD1-team12= flagicon|ENG Shaun Murphy
RD1-score12= 6

RD1-seed13=
RD1-team13= flagicon|ENG Peter Ebdon
RD1-score13= 3
RD1-seed14=
RD1-team14= flagicon|CHN Ding Junhui
RD1-score14= 6

RD1-seed15=
RD1-team15= flagicon|SCO Graham Dott
RD1-score15= 2
RD1-seed16=
RD1-team16= flagicon|ENG Stephen Lee
RD1-score16= 6

RD2-seed01=
RD2-team01= flagicon|SCO Stephen Maguire
RD2-score01=6
RD2-seed02=
RD2-team02= flagicon|AUS Neil Robertson
RD2-score02=2

RD2-seed03=
RD2-team03= flagicon|ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan
RD2-score03=6
RD2-seed04=
RD2-team04= flagicon|IRL Ken Doherty
RD2-score04=5

RD2-seed05=
RD2-team05= flagicon|SCO Stephen Hendry
RD2-score05=6
RD2-seed06=
RD2-team06= flagicon|ENG Shaun Murphy
RD2-score06=3

RD2-seed07=
RD2-team07= flagicon|CHN Ding Junhui
RD2-score07=6
RD2-seed08=
RD2-team08= flagicon|ENG Stephen Lee
RD2-score08=2

RD3-seed01=
RD3-team01= flagicon|SCO Stephen Maguire
RD3-score01=4
RD3-seed02=
RD3-team02= flagicon|ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan
RD3-score02=6

RD3-seed03=
RD3-team03= flagicon|SCO Stephen Hendry
RD3-score03=2
RD3-seed04=
RD3-team04= flagicon|CHN Ding Junhui
RD3-score04=6

RD4-seed01=
RD4-team01=flagicon|ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan
RD4-score01=10
RD4-seed02=
RD4-team02= flagicon|CHN Ding Junhui
RD4-score02=3

References

External links

* [http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournament_latest_drawsheet-57.htm Drawsheet - Saga Insurance Masters] , World Snooker