2018 Masters ( Snooker. ) - wikipedia 2018 Masters ( Snooker. ) Dafabet Masters Tournament information Dates 14 -- 21 January 2018 Venue Alexandra Palace City London Country England Organisation ( s ) WPBSA Format Non-ranking event Total prize fund £ 600,000 Winner 's share £ 200,000 Highest break Liang Wenbo ( 139 ) Final Champion Mark Allen Runner - up Kyren Wilson Score 10 -- 7 ← 2017 2019 → The 2018 Dafabet Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 14 and 21 January 2018 in London, England. It was the 44th staging of the tournament. The tournament was broadcast in Europe by the BBC and Eurosport. Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, but he lost 1 -- 6 in the quarter - finals to the eventual champion, Mark Allen. It was O'Sullivan's first defeat at The Masters since 2015. Mark Allen won his first Triple Crown trophy, beating Kyren Wilson 10 -- 7 in the final. Contents 1 Summary 1.1 Seeding and notes before the tournament 1.2 First round 2 Prize fund 3 Main draw 4 Final 5 Century breaks 6 References Summary Seeding and notes before the tournament Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was the number 1 seed. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings after the 2017 UK Championship. Stuart Bingham, ranked 12, was suspended for betting breaches, so that the player ranked 17 qualified. Luca Brecel and Anthony McGill made their debuts at the Masters. 2012 Masters Champion Neil Robertson was a notable absence. It was the first Masters without Robertson since 2006. As in previous years, the top eight seeds were allocated fixed positions in the draw. The rest of the draw was made by drawing lots during the final of the 2017 UK Championship. First round Mark Williams won a match at the Masters for the first time in five years, coming from 3 -- 5 behind to beat World Champion and World number 1 Mark Selby 6 -- 5. Playing in his first Masters tournament in eight years, the other Welshman in the draw, Ryan Day, came from 0 -- 3 down to beat World number 4 and former Masters Champion, Ding Junhui, 6 -- 4. Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan whitewashed world number 9 Marco Fu 6 -- 0, making three centuries during the match. During the first four frames in total, O'Sullivan scored 477 points without reply and Fu had gained only 5 points due to a foul. Kyren Wilson had his first victory in a Masters match after losing in the first round of his debut the year before. He beat former Masters finalist, Barry Hawkins, 6 -- 4 in the first round of this edition of the tournament. Then he beat Mark Williams 6 -- 1. In semi-final, he beat Judd Trump 6 -- 5, by trailing 0 -- 1, 1 -- 3 and 2 -- 5. But he lost to Mark Allen by 7 -- 10 in final. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money 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 Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 9 Marco Fu 0 Ronnie O'Sullivan 8 Mark Allen 6 8 Mark Allen 6 11 Luca Brecel 8 Mark Allen 6 5 John Higgins 5 John Higgins 6 14 Anthony McGill 5 John Higgins 6 15 Ryan Day Ding Junhui 15 Ryan Day 6 8 Mark Allen 10 13 Kyren Wilson 7 Judd Trump 6 16 Liang Wenbo Judd Trump 6 6 Shaun Murphy 6 Shaun Murphy 6 12 Ali Carter Judd Trump 5 13 Kyren Wilson 6 7 Barry Hawkins 13 Kyren Wilson 6 13 Kyren Wilson 6 10 Mark Williams Mark Selby 5 10 Mark Williams 6 Final Final : Best of 19 frames. Referee : Olivier Marteel. Alexandra Palace, London, England, 21 January 2018. Mark Allen ( 8 ) Northern Ireland 10 -- 7 Kyren Wilson ( 13 ) England Afternoon : 39 -- 80 ( 65 ), 82 -- 22 ( 62 ), 50 -- 63 ( 52 ), 58 -- 49, 58 -- 7, 6 -- 86 ( 86 ), 1 -- 105 ( 89 ), 75 -- 52 ( Wilson 52 ) Evening : 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 ) 119 Highest break 89 Century breaks 0 6 50 + breaks 7 Century breaks Total : 28 139, 116 Liang Wenbo 135, 120, 119, 115 Mark Allen 135 Mark Williams 131, 127, 113 John Higgins 131, 120 Barry Hawkins 125, 115, 105 Ryan Day 122 Anthony McGill 121, 120, 112 Ronnie O'Sullivan 119 Shaun Murphy 113, 111 Judd Trump 111, 100 Ding Junhui 110 Ali Carter 109, 107, 106 Kyren Wilson References Jump up ^ `` 2017 / 18 World Snooker Calendar '' ( PDF ). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017. Jump up ^ `` Mark Allen defeats Kyren Wilson in tense Masters final ''. Guardian. 21 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018. Jump up ^ `` Masters 2018 : Mark Allen beats Kyren Wilson 10 - 7 in final to take title ''. BBC Sport. 21 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018. Jump up ^ `` WPBSA Statement - Stuart Bingham ''. World Snooker. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017. Jump up ^ `` Race to the Masters ''. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 9 December 2017. Jump up ^ `` Mark Williams hits back to dump world champion Mark Selby in Masters thriller ''. Eurosport. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018. Jump up ^ `` Day fight back stuns Ding ''. World Snooker. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018. Jump up ^ `` Awesome O'Sullivan White - Washes Fu ''. World Snooker. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018. Jump up ^ `` Warrior Lands First Masters Win ''. World Snooker. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018. Jump up ^ `` Dafabet Masters 2018 - Centuries ''. World Snooker. 14 -- 21 January 2018. 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Question: what is the prize money for the 2018 masters snooker
Answer: Total: £600,000