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Inside the event during the entrances for the final | |
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 12–19 January 2020 |
Venue | Alexandra Palace |
Ceety | London |
Kintra | England |
Organisation(s) | WPBSA, World Snooker |
Format | Non-ranking event |
Tot prize fund | £725,000 |
Winner's share | £250,000 |
Heichest brak | ![]() |
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Champion | ![]() |
Rinner-up | ![]() |
Score | 10–8 |
← 2019 |
The 2020 Masters (an aw referred tae as the 2020 Dafabet Masters efter the sponsor) wis a professional non-rankin snooker toornament that teuk place atween 12 and 19 Januar 2020 at the Alexandra Palace in London, England. It wis the 46th staging o the Masters toornament, which wis first held in 1975, an the seicont o three Triple Crown events in the 2019–20 season, follaein the 2019 UK Championship and preceding the 2020 Warld Snooker Championship. The event invites the tap 16 players frae the snooker world rankings in a single-elimination tournament. It wis organised bi the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association and wis broadcast bi the BBC and Eurosport in Europe.
The defendin champion wis Judd Trump who haed defeatit Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–4 in the feenal o the previous year's event. In defence o his title, Trump lost tae Shaun Murphy 3–6 in the first roond. O'Sullivan wis eligible tae compete in the event, but chose nae tae participate; his entry wis gien tae Ali Carter, who reached the feenal and played Stuart Bingham. Recovering frae 5–7 behind, Bingham won the feenal 10–8 tae claim his first Masters title. He became the auldest Masters champion at age 43, beatin the previous record set bi Ray Reardon in 1976.
As the winner o the event, Bingham received £250,000 frae a tot prize pool o £725,000. The toornament featurt a tot o 18 century breaks; the heichest brak wis a 144 compiled bi David Gilbert in the quarter-feenals, for which he won £15,000.
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