Dafabet Masters

Date: 14-21 Jan 2018; 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)
		Mark Allen [8]	10	-	7	Kyren Wilson [13]	Both Allen and Wilson were competing in their first Masters final
	Session 1: 39-80 (65), 82-22 (62), 50-63 (52), 58-49 58-7, 6-86 (86), 1-105 (89), 75-52 (KW 52) Session 2: 65-43, 23-92 (84), 79-0 (73), 119-0 (119) 84-1 (50), 0-98 (73), 49-73, 69-2 (69), 72-0 (71) Referee: Olivier Marteel This was Allen's first Masters title and also first Triple Crown title (World, UK, Masters).
Semifinals (Losers receive £50,000)
		Mark Allen [8]	6	-	3	John Higgins [5]	The 131 in frame 5 was Higgins' 700th competitive century. He became the third player to reach the landmark.
	8-78, 114-0 (63), 67-0, 90-6 (90) 6-131 (131), 87-0 (65), 68-0 (64), 0-135 (128), 75-18 (75)
		Kyren Wilson [13]	6	-	5	Judd Trump [3]	Wilson came back from 5-2 down
	34-71, 65-53, 26-83 (83), 38-73 (52) 81-8 (81), 5-117 (96), 0-75 (69), 77-5 (57) 66-0, 111-0 (111), 72-23 (72)						Wilson came back from 5-2 down
Quarterfinals (Losers receive £25,000)
		Mark Allen [8]	6	-	1	Ronnie O'Sullivan [1]
		John Higgins [5]	6	-	1	Ryan Day [15]
		Judd Trump [3]	6	-	4	Shaun Murphy [6]	Trump finished off the match with two consecutive centuries
		Kyren Wilson [13]	6	-	1	Mark J Williams [10]
Round 1 (Last 16; Losers receive £12,500)
1		Ronnie O'Sullivan [1]	6	-	0	Marco Fu [9]	Three centuries and four other half-centuries by O'Sullivan. 649-35 in points. Fu didn't pot a ball until the fifth frame!
2		Mark Allen [8]	6	-	3	Luca Brecel [11]
3		John Higgins [5]	6	-	4	Anthony McGill [14]	Higgins missed black ball on 81 in frame eighth on his way to a 147
4		Ryan Day [15]	6	-	4	Ding Junhui [4]
5		Judd Trump [3]	6	-	4	Liang Wenbo [16]
	Liang's 139 in frame eight was the highest break of the tournament
6		Shaun Murphy [6]	6	-	4	Allister Carter [12]	Murphy needed one snooker in frame 1 to win it
7		Kyren Wilson [13]	6	-	4	Barry Hawkins [7]
8		Mark J Williams [10]	6	-	5	Mark Selby [2]