2006 SAGA Insurance Masters
Tournament information
Dates15–22 January 2006 (2006-01-15 – 2006-01-22)
VenueWembley Conference Centre
CityLondon
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£125,000
Highest break Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (139)
Final
Champion John Higgins (SCO)
Runner-up Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Score10–9
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The 2006 Masters (officially the 2006 SAGA Insurance Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from 15 to 22 January 2006 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England. It was the 32nd edition of the tournament, and the last time that the tournament was held at this venue. The tournament was part of the 2005/2006 season.

John Higgins won his 2nd Masters title by defeating defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–9 in a reverse of last year's final.

Field

Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was the number 1 seed with World Champion Shaun Murphy seeded 2. Places were allocated to the leading players in the world rankings. With Murphy having a ranking of 21, Ian McCulloch, ranked 16, was not an automatic invitation. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the qualifying event, Stuart Bingham (ranked 37), and McCulloch, who was the wild-card selection. Stuart Bingham and Ian McCulloch were making their debuts in the Masters.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]

Qualifying stage

  • Winner: £2,000
  • Runner-up: £680
  • Semi-final: £250
  • Quarter-final: £105
  • Total: £3,600

Televised stage

Wild-card round

In the preliminary "wild-card round", the two wild-card players were drawn against the players seeded 15th and 16th:[2][3][4][5][6]

MatchDateScore
WC1 Sunday 15 January  Joe Perry (ENG) (15) 3–6  Ian McCulloch (ENG)
WC2 Sunday 15 January  Steve Davis (ENG) (16) 4–6  Stuart Bingham (ENG)

Main draw

[2][3][4][5][6]

Last 16
Best of 11 frames 		Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 19 frames
            
1  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 6
 Ian McCulloch (ENG) 0
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
8 England Peter Ebdon 2
8  Peter Ebdon (ENG) 6
 Stuart Bingham (ENG) 4
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
11 England Stephen Lee 5
5  Matthew Stevens (WAL) 3
14  Graeme Dott (SCO) 6
14 Scotland Graeme Dott 5
11 England Stephen Lee 6
4  Stephen Maguire (SCO) 0
11  Stephen Lee (ENG) 6
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 9
7 Scotland John Higgins 10
3  Stephen Hendry (SCO) 4
13  Alan McManus (SCO) 6
13 Scotland Alan McManus 6
10 Wales Mark Williams 4
6  Paul Hunter (ENG) 3
10  Mark Williams (WAL) 6
13 Scotland Alan McManus 2
7 Scotland John Higgins 6
7  John Higgins (SCO) 6
9  Jimmy White (ENG) 3
7 Scotland John Higgins 6
2 England Shaun Murphy 4
2  Shaun Murphy (ENG) 6
12  Ken Doherty (IRL) 5

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams
Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 22 January 2006.[2][4]
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)
 England		 9–10 John Higgins (7)
 Scotland
Afternoon: 60–48, 139–0 (139), 138–0 (138), 0–73 (73), 0–80 (80), 20–48, 27–66, 0–71
Evening: 91–44 (91), 100–30 (56), 0–81 (81), 6–86 (68), 72–46, 100–5 (100), 1–71 (62), 62–53, 65–5 (58), 1–83, 60–64 (60, 64)
139 Highest break 80
3 Century breaks 0
7 50+ breaks 6

Qualifying

The 2005 Masters Qualifying Event was held between 20 and 23 November 2005 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales. The winner who qualified for the tournament, was Stuart Bingham.[7][8]

Century breaks

Televised stage centuries

Total: 11[4]

Qualifying stage centuries

[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Preisgeld Masters 2006". brownball.de. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 "SAGA Insurance Masters 2006". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
  3. 1 2 "2006 Masters Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "2006 SAGA Masters". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 20 April 2006.
  5. 1 2 "2006 SAGA Insurance Masters results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 27 January 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  6. 1 2 "The Masters". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  7. 1 2 "2005 Saga Masters Qualifying event". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 6 April 2006.
  8. ↑ "2005 Master Qualifying Event results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 25 November 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
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