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tournament that took place between 11 and 18 January 2009 at the Wembley Arena in London, England. Ronnie O'Sullivan won his 4th Masters title by beating defending champion Mark Selby 10–8 in the final. The quarter-final match between Stephen Maguire and Neil Robertson featured 5 consecutive century breaks between the two players: 3 from Maguire and 2 from Robertson. This is a joint record for a professional match and a standalone record for a best-of-11 frame match.

Field

Defending champion Mark Selby was the number 1 seed with World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan seeded 2. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the

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. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the

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, Judd Trump (ranked 41), and wild-card selection Ricky Walden (ranked 35).

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, Judd Trump and Ricky Walden were making their debuts in the Masters.

Prize fund

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

Qualifying stage

*Runner-up: £680 *Semi-final: £250 *Quarter-final: £105 *Total: £1,600

Television stage

*Winner: £150,000 *Runner-up: £75,000 *Semi-final: £32,000 *Quarter-final: £16,000 *Last 16: £14,000 *Last 18 (wild-cards): £3,500 *Highest break: £10,000 *Maximum break: £25,000 *Total: £482,000

Wild-card round

In the preliminary round, the wild-card players plays the 15th and 16th seeds.

Main draw

Final

Qualifying

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was held between 21 and 26 November 2008 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. The winner was awarded with a wild-card to the 2009 Masters.

Century breaks

Televised stage centuries

Total: 31 * 140, 127, 100 John Higgins * 136, 128, 118, 115, 110, 102, 101, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan * 130, 124 Ali Carter * 128, 114, 113, 105 Stephen Maguire * 123 Judd Trump * 122, 100 Neil Robertson * 120, 114, 104, 102, 101, 100 Mark Selby * 119, 104

* 115 Mark King * 106 Graeme Dott * 105 Joe Perry Judd Trump's and Mark King's centuries were scored in the wild-card round.

Qualifying stage centuries

* 138, 129, 120 Judd Trump * 136 Ricky Walden * 132 Andrew Higginson * 125 Mark Joyce * 125 Jin Long * 124, 120, 100 Jamie Cope * 121 Kuldesh Johal * 118 Ian McCulloch * 115, 101 Matthew Stevens * 114 David Roe * 109 Matthew Selt * 109

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* 100 Andy Hicks

References

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