2006 Masters (snooker)

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2006 SAGA Insurance Masters
Tournament information
Dates15–22 January 2006 (2006-01-15 – 2006-01-22)
VenueWembley Conference Centre
CityLondon
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£125,000
Highest break Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (139)
Final
Champion John Higgins (SCO)
Runner-up Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Score10–9
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The 2006 Masters (officially the 2006 SAGA Insurance Masters) was a professional non-

2005/2006 season
.

John Higgins won his 2nd Masters title by defeating defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–9 in a reverse of last year's final.

Field

world rankings. With Murphy having a ranking of 21, Ian McCulloch, ranked 16, was not an automatic invitation. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the qualifying event, Stuart Bingham
(ranked 37), and McCulloch, who was the wild-card selection. Stuart Bingham and Ian McCulloch were making their debuts in the Masters.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]

Qualifying stage

  • Winner: £2,000
  • Runner-up: £680
  • Semi-final: £250
  • Quarter-final: £105
  • Total: £3,600

Televised stage

Wild-card round

In the preliminary "wild-card round", the two wild-card players were drawn against the players seeded 15th and 16th:[2][3][4][5][6]

Match Date Score
WC1 Sunday 15 January  Joe Perry (ENG) (15) 3–6  Ian McCulloch (ENG)
WC2 Sunday 15 January  Steve Davis (ENG) (16) 4–6  Stuart Bingham (ENG)

Main draw

[2][3][4][5][6]

Last 16
Best of 11 frames 		Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 19 frames
            
1  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 6
 Ian McCulloch (ENG) 0
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
8 England Peter Ebdon 2
8  Peter Ebdon (ENG) 6
 Stuart Bingham (ENG) 4
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
11 England Stephen Lee 5
5  Matthew Stevens (WAL) 3
14  Graeme Dott (SCO) 6
14 Scotland Graeme Dott 5
11 England Stephen Lee 6
4  Stephen Maguire (SCO) 0
11  Stephen Lee (ENG) 6
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 9
7 Scotland John Higgins 10
3  Stephen Hendry (SCO) 4
13  Alan McManus (SCO) 6
13 Scotland Alan McManus 6
10 Wales Mark Williams 4
6  Paul Hunter (ENG) 3
10  Mark Williams (WAL) 6
13 Scotland Alan McManus 2
7 Scotland John Higgins 6
7  John Higgins (SCO) 6
9  Jimmy White (ENG) 3
7 Scotland John Higgins 6
2 England Shaun Murphy 4
2  Shaun Murphy (ENG) 6
12  Ken Doherty (IRL) 5

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams
Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 22 January 2006.[2][4]
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)
 England 		9–10 John Higgins (7)
 Scotland
Afternoon: 60–48, 139–0 (139), 138–0 (138), 0–73 (73), 0–80 (80), 20–48, 27–66, 0–71
Evening: 91–44 (91), 100–30 (56), 0–81 (81), 6–86 (68), 72–46, 100–5 (100), 1–71 (62), 62–53, 65–5 (58), 1–83, 60–64 (60, 64)
139 Highest break 80
3 Century breaks 0
7 50+ breaks 6

Qualifying

The 2005

Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales. The winner who qualified for the tournament, was Stuart Bingham.[7][8]

Century breaks

Televised stage centuries

Total: 11[4]

Qualifying stage centuries

[7]

References

  1. ^ "Preisgeld Masters 2006". brownball.de. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "SAGA Insurance Masters 2006". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
  3. ^ a b "2006 Masters Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
  4. ^ a b c d "2006 SAGA Masters". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 20 April 2006.
  5. ^ a b "2006 SAGA Insurance Masters results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 27 January 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  6. ^ a b "The Masters". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  7. ^ a b "2005 Saga Masters Qualifying event". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 6 April 2006.
  8. ^ "2005 Master Qualifying Event results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 25 November 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
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