The 2019 Seniors Masters was a senior snooker tournament, that took place on 11 April 2019 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the fourth event on the 2018/2019 World Seniors Tour.[1][2]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 11 April 2019 |
| Venue | Crucible Theatre |
| City | Sheffield |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | World Seniors Snooker |
| Format | Seniors event |
| Total prize fund | £12,500 |
| Winner's share | £7,500 |
| Highest break |  Barry Pinches (75) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Joe Johnson |
| Runner-up | Barry Pinches |
| Score | 2–1 |
← 2018 | |
A qualifying tournament took place from 8 to 10 March at the Northern Snooker Center in Leeds.[3] Barry Pinches won 3–1 in the final against Aaron Canavan.[4]
Despite losing in the final of the qualifying tournament, the reigning World Seniors Champion Aaron Canavan was assigned a place in the tournament following a withdrawal.
Cliff Thorburn won the 2018 edition, beating Johnathan Bagley 2–1 in the final.[5] However, he lost 0–2 to Stephen Hendry in the first round of this year's edition.
1986 world champion Joe Johnson won the event, beating Barry Pinches 2–1 in the final.[6]
Prize fund
editThe breakdown of prize money is shown below:[7]
- Winner: £7,500
- Runner-up: £2,500
- Semi-finals: £1,000
- Highest break: £500
- Total: £12,500
Main draw
edit| Quarter-finals Best of 3 frames | Semi-finals Best of 3 frames | Final Best of 3 frames | ||||||||
 Cliff Thorburn (1) | 0 | |||||||||
 Stephen Hendry | 2 | |||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 0 | |||||||||
| Barry Pinches | 2 | |||||||||
 Ken Doherty (4) | 0 | |||||||||
| Barry Pinches | 2 | |||||||||
| Barry Pinches | 1 | |||||||||
| Joe Johnson | 2* | |||||||||
| Jimmy White (3) | 1 | |||||||||
| Joe Johnson | 2* | |||||||||
| Joe Johnson | 2* | |||||||||
 Aaron Canavan | 1 | |||||||||
| Aaron Canavan (2) | w/o | |||||||||
| John Parrott | w/d | |||||||||
- All matches played with a 30-second shot clock, with players having two time-outs per match
- *Re-spotted black replaced final frame deciders
Final
edit| Final: Best of 3 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb. Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England, 11 April 2019. | ||
| Barry Pinches England
|
1–2 | Joe Johnson England
|
| 26–60, 88–7 (72), 0–7 (re-spotted black) | ||
| 72 | Highest break | 29 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 1 | 50+ breaks | 0 |
References
edit- ^ "World Seniors Calendar 2018/2019" (PDF). Snooker Legends. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Revised calendar for the second half of the season – World Seniors Tour 2018/2019". Snooker Legends. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ "ROKiT World Seniors Masters 2019 Qualifier in Leeds". World Seniors. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "Barry Pinches Beats Aaron Canavan 3-1". World Seniors. Twitter. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "Assetereum World Seniors Masters 2018 – Cliff Thorburn is your Champion!". seniorsnooker.com. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ "Sheffield Masters 2019 - Joe Johnson is the Master". 12 April 2019.
- ^ "World Seniors Snooker Tour Prize Money Schedule 2018/19" (PDF). Snooker Legends. Retrieved 3 October 2018.