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| Tournament information | |
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| 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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The2011 Masters (officially the2011 Ladbrokes Mobile Masters) was a professional non-rankingsnooker tournament held between 9–16 January 2011 at theWembley Arena inLondon, England. This was the first time that the Masters was sponsored byLadbrokes.[1]
Mark Selby was the defending champion, but he lost in the first round 4–6 againstMark King.[2]
The event was the first to feature two Asian players in the final, as well as the first Masters final to feature two players not from theUnited Kingdom.[3]Ding Junhui won in the final 10–4 againstMarco Fu.[4][5]
Defending championMark Selby was the number 1 seed withWorld ChampionNeil Robertson seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the latestworld rankings (revision 2).Jamie Cope was making his debut in the Masters.
Unlike all previous tournaments since 1990, there was noqualifying round and there was no wildcard hand-picked by World Snooker. This format has remained in place since.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[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 |  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: 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 |
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