2017 European Masters (snooker) Snooker tournament
The 2017 European Masters (officially the 2007 888sport European Masters ) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 2–8 October 2017 in Lommel , Belgium .[ 1] 2017/2018 season . It was the first full ranking event to be held in Belgium since the European Open was played in Antwerp in 1994.[ 1]
Qualifying took place from 3–4 August in Preston .[ 1]
Judd Trump was the defending champion, having beaten Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8 in the 2016 final in Bucharest, Romania . He successfully defended the title, defeating Stuart Bingham 9–7 in this year's final.[ 2]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[ 3]
Winner: £ 75,000
Runner-up: £35,000
Semi-final: £17,500
Quarter-final: £11,000
Last 16: £6,000
Last 32: £4,000
Last 64: £2,000
Televised highest break: £1,500
Total: £366,500
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £35,000
Main draw
Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Olivier Marteel .De Soeverein , Lommel , Belgium , 8 October 2017.
Judd Trump England
9 –7
Stuart Bingham England
Afternoon: 13–63 , 72 –23, 0–81 (73) , 94 –1 (90)20–107 (107) , 2–107 (101) , 78 –0 (59)71 –47Evening: 1–130 (130), 107 –0 (107)73 –17 (66)75 –420–69 , 0–79 (78) , 79 –39 (66)107 –0 (107)
107
Highest break
130
2
Century breaks
3
6
50+ breaks
5
Qualifying
These matches were held between 3 and 4 August 2017 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston , England . All matches were best of 7 frames.
Notes
^ a b c Match was held over and played in Belgium.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
Total: 19
Televised stage centuries
Total: 52
145, 141, 110, 102 – Mark Allen
143 – Martin Gould
138, 138, 136, 112, 101 – Zhou Yuelong
134, 129, 100 – Neil Robertson
131, 127, 120, 116, 111, 109 – Mark Selby
131, 109 – John Higgins
130, 119, 116, 113, 107, 102, 101 – Stuart Bingham
129 – Aditya Mehta
127 – Jack Lisowski
121, 116 – Ben Woollaston
115, 110, 107, 107, 106, 101, 100 – Judd Trump
113 – Alfie Burden
109 – Jamie Jones
108 – Mei Xiwen
105, 102, 101, 100 – David Gilbert
105 – Martin O'Donnell
103 – Mark Davis
102, 102, 101 – Mark Williams
102 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
References
External links
European Open Irish Open Malta Cup European Masters
