2017 Masters (snooker)

Dafabet Masters

Tournament information
Dates	15–22 January 2017
Venue	Alexandra Palace
City	London
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£600,000
Winner's share	£200,000
Defending champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan
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The 2017 Dafabet Masters is professional non-ranking snooker tournament to take place between 15–22 January 2017 at the Alexandra Palace in London, England.^[1] It will be the 43rd staging of the tournament. Ronnie O'Sullivan is the defending champion.

Field

Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan will be the number 1 seed with World Champion Mark Selby seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings after the 2016 UK Championship (revision 6). Kyren Wilson will be making his debut in the Masters.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for last year is shown below:

• Winner: £200,000
• Runner-up: £90,000
• Semi-finals: £50,000
• Quarter-finals: £25,000
• Last 16: £12,500
• Highest break: £10,000
• Total: £600,000

Main draw

	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
	12	Liang Wenbo
	8	Neil Robertson
	13	Ali Carter
	5	Judd Trump
	14	Marco Fu
	4	John Higgins
	10	Mark Allen
	3	Stuart Bingham
	9	Joe Perry
	6	Ding Junhui
	16	Kyren Wilson
	7	Shaun Murphy
	11	Barry Hawkins
	2	Mark Selby
	15	Mark Williams

References