Dafabet Masters

Date: 15-22 Jan 2017; Venue: Alexandra Palace, London, England; Type: Invitational; Defending champion: Ronnie O'Sullivan; Twitter: #DafabetMasters; Notes: See also results (15)

Final (Winner: £200,000; Runner-up: £90,000)
		Ronnie O'Sullivan [1]	10	-	7	Joe Perry [9]
	Session 1: 24-79 (72), 16-101 (53), 86-27 (58), 31-90 (74) 0-115 (115), 67-40, 61-21, 81-23 (55) Session 2: 51-14, 124-4 (56,68), 67-12, 108-15 (85) 1-117 (117), 1-92 (92), 130-0 (112), 1-106 (53) 56-39 Referee: Paul Collier O'Sullivan was 4-1 down before taking seven frames in a row to lead 8-4. Perry took the next two. O'Sullivan replied with an 100+ break before Perry took the next one, only for O'Sullivan to win the match in the 17th frame with a clearance from the last red. It was O'Sullivan's record-breaking seventh Masters title. He became the first player to be awarded the Paul Hunter trophy.
Semifinals (Losers receive £50,000)
		Ronnie O'Sullivan [1]	6	-	4	Marco Fu [14]
	1-99 (89), 83-52, 0-111 (110), 95-4 (95) 0-141 (141) 122-0 (122), 47-83 (83) 118-7 (55, 63), 128-1 (82), 70-0 (69) 141 by Fu in frame 5 was the highest break in the tournament
		Joe Perry [9]	6	-	5	Barry Hawkins [11]
	73-51 (BH 51), 0-77 (77), 86-38, 0-85 (58) 0-98 (53), 40-61, 61-81, 73-64 (BH 58) 75-41 (57), 63-8 (62), 76-50 (70) Perry was 2-5 down and Hawkins had potted match ball in frame 8, but Perry got the snooker he needed and a free ball, and he stole the frame. Hawkins was 50-0 up in the decider but Perry won the match with a clearence of 70.
Quarterfinals (Losers receive £25,000)
		Ronnie O'Sullivan [1]	6	-	3	Neil Robertson [8]
		Marco Fu [14]	6	-	2	Mark Allen [10]
		Joe Perry [9]	6	-	1	Ding Junhui [6]
		Barry Hawkins [11]	6	-	3	Mark Selby [2]
Round 1 (Last 16; Losers receive £12,500)
1		Ronnie O'Sullivan [1]	6	-	5	Liang Wenbo [12]	Liang missed match ball black in frame 10
2		Neil Robertson [8]	6	-	3	Allister Carter [13]
3		Marco Fu [14]	6	-	5	Judd Trump [5]	Five centuries and nine half centuries
4		Mark Allen [10]	6	-	5	John Higgins [4]	Re-rack in frame 2. Re-spotted black in frame 9 (67-67).
5		Joe Perry [9]	6	-	1	Stuart Bingham [3]	Re-spotted black in frame two.
6		Ding Junhui [6]	6	-	3	Kyren Wilson [16]
	Ding missed the yellow on the way to a maximum in the second frame
7		Barry Hawkins [11]	6	-	1	Shaun Murphy [7]
8		Mark Selby [2]	6	-	5	Mark J Williams [15]