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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 12–19 January 2014 (2014-01-12 –2014-01-19) |
| Venue | Alexandra Palace |
| City | London |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £600,000 |
| Winner's share | £200,000 |
| Highest break |  Marco Fu (HKG) (138) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Mark Selby (ENG) |
| Score | 10–4 |
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The2014 Masters (officially the2014 Dafabet Masters) was a professional non-rankingsnooker tournament that took place between 12 and 19 January 2014 at theAlexandra Palace in London, England.[1] This was the first time thatDafabet sponsored theMasters.[2]
Ronnie O'Sullivan set a new record by scoring 556 unanswered points in a professional event in his 6–0 quarter-final win againstRicky Walden – winning in just 58 minutes.[3] The previous record-holder wasDing Junhui, who scored 495 unanswered points againstStephen Hendry at the2007 Premier League Snooker.[4]
O'Sullivan set another record by reaching his tenth Masters final, surpassing the nine appearances by Hendry,[5][6] and won his fifth Masters title by defeating defending championMark Selby 10–4.[7][8] This was the third time these two players had met in a Masters final.
Defending championMark Selby was the number 1 seed withWorld ChampionRonnie O'Sullivan seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the latestworld rankings (revision 5). With O'Sullivan having a ranking of 24,Graeme Dott, ranked 16, was not invited.Robert Milkins was making his debut in the Masters.
The total prize money of the event was raised to £600,000 from the previous year's £500,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[9]
| 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) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Mark Davis (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mark Selby | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 |  John Higgins | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | John Higgins (SCO) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mark Selby | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Shaun Murphy | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Judd Trump (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Marco Fu (HKG) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Marco Fu | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Shaun Murphy | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  Ding Junhui (CHN) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mark Selby | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  Neil Robertson (AUS) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 |  Mark Allen (NIR) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Neil Robertson | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Stephen Maguire | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Stephen Maguire (SCO) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Joe Perry (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Stephen Maguire | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Ricky Walden (ENG) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Ricky Walden | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Robert Milkins (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee:Paul Collier. Alexandra Palace, London, England, 19 January 2014[13][14] | ||
| Mark Selby (1) England | 4–10 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) England |
| Afternoon: 0–97 (97),14–70 (70),0–102 (96),43–72,9–84,64–53 (O'Sullivan 53),56–63,37–71 Evening: 0–91 (90),63–61,67–27 (67),23–60,76–0 (67),25–80 (72) | ||
| 67 | Highest break | 97 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 2 | 50+ breaks | 6 |
Total: 16[15]
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