The 2019 Seniors Masters was a senior
snooker
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tournament, that took place on 11 April 2019 at in
Sheffield
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, England. It was the fourth event on the
2018/2019 World Seniors Tour
The World Seniors Tour is the professional snooker tour for senior players aged 40 and over, running in parallel to the main World Snooker Tour. Founded in 2017 by Snooker Legends, it has been run since 2018 by World Seniors Snooker, a subsidiary ...
.
A qualifying tournament took place from 8 to 10 March at the Northern Snooker Center in
Leeds
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.
Barry Pinches won 3–1 in the final against
Aaron Canavan
Aaron Canavan (born 10 August 1975) is an amateur snooker player from Jersey.
Career
He was the surprise winner of the 2018 World Seniors Championship, beating Dennis Taylor along the way.
He beat Patrick Wallace 4–3 in the final. He won £10, ...
.
Despite losing in the final of the qualifying tournament the reigning
World Seniors Champion Aaron Canavan was assigned a place in the tournament following a withdrawal.
Cliff Thorburn won the
2018
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edition, beating
Johnathan Bagley 2–1 in the final. However, he lost 0–2 to
Stephen Hendry in the first round of this year's edition.
1986 world champion Joe Johnson won the event, beating
Barry Pinches 2–1 in the final.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money is shown below:
* Winner:
£7,500
* Runner-up: £2,500
* Semi-finals: £1,000
* Highest break: £500
* Total: £12,500
Main draw
* All matches played with a 30-second shot clock, with players having two time-outs per match
* *Re-spotted black replaced final frame deciders
Final
References
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World Seniors Tour
2019 in snooker
2019 in English sport
Snooker competitions in England
Sports competitions in Sheffield
Seniors Masters