Tournament Name: | The Seniors Masters |
Dates: | 11 April 2019 |
Venue: | Crucible Theatre |
Location: | Sheffield |
Country: | England |
Organisation: | World Seniors Snooker |
Format: | Seniors event |
Total Prize Fund: | £12,500 |
Winners Share: | £7,500 |
Highest Break: | Barry Pinches (75) |
Winner: | Joe Johnson |
Runner Up: | Barry Pinches |
Score: | 2–1 |
Previous: | 2018 |
The 2019 Seniors Masters was a senior snooker tournament, that took place on 11 April 2019 at in Sheffield, England. It was the fourth event on the 2018/2019 World Seniors Tour.[1] [2]
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]
The breakdown of prize money is shown below:[7]
Final: Best of 3 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb. Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England, 11 April 2019. | |||
Barry Pinches | 1–2 | Joe Johnson | |
26–60, 88–7 (72), | |||
72 | Highest break | 29 | |
0 | Century breaks | 0 | |
1 | 50+ breaks | 0 |