2017 European Masters (snooker)
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The 2017 European Masters (officially the 2007 888sport European Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 2–8 October 2017 in Lommel, Belgium. It was the sixth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season. It was the first full ranking event to be held in Belgium since the European Open was played in Antwerp in 1994.
Qualifying took place from 3–4 August in Preston.
Judd Trump was the defending champion, having beaten Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8 in the 2016 final in Bucharest, Romania. He successfully defended the title, defeating Stuart Bingham 9–7 in this year's final.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
| Winner: £75,000 Runner-up: £35,000 Semi-final: £17,500 Quarter-final: £11,000 Last 16: £6,000 Last 32: £4,000 Last 64: £2,000 | Televised highest break: £1,500 Total: £366,500 |
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £35,000
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Olivier Marteel. De Soeverein, Lommel, Belgium, 8 October 2017. | ||
| Judd Trump England | 9–7 | Stuart Bingham England |
| Afternoon: 13–63, 72–23, 0–81 (73), 94–1 (90), 20–107 (107), 2–107 (101), 78–0 (59), 71–47 Evening: 1–130 (130), 107–0 (107), 73–17 (66), 75–42, 0–69, 0–79 (78), 79–39 (66), 107–0 (107) | ||
| 107 | Highest break | 130 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 3 |
| 6 | 50+ breaks | 5 |
Qualifying
These matches were held between 3 and 4 August 2017 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.
Notes
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
Total: 19
| 140 – Eden Sharav 130 – Jimmy Robertson 130 – Noppon Saengkham 127, 100 – Robert Milkins 119 – Anthony Hamilton 118 – Jack Lisowski 116 – Zhou Yuelong 112 – Ben Woollaston 111 – Martin Gould | 110 – Thor Chuan Leong 107 – Michael Georgiou 106 – Neil Robertson 105 – Mark Davis 105 – Andrew Higginson 103 – Ryan Day 102 – Joe Perry 101 – Cao Yupeng 100 – Matthew Selt |
Televised stage centuries
Total: 52
| 145, 141, 110, 102 – Mark Allen 143 – Martin Gould 138, 138, 136, 112, 101 – Zhou Yuelong 134, 129, 100 – Neil Robertson 131, 127, 120, 116, 111, 109 – Mark Selby 131, 109 – John Higgins 130, 119, 116, 113, 107, 102, 101 – Stuart Bingham 129 – Aditya Mehta 127 – Jack Lisowski 121, 116 – Ben Woollaston | 115, 110, 107, 107, 106, 101, 100 – Judd Trump 113 – Alfie Burden 109 – Jamie Jones 108 – Mei Xiwen 105, 102, 101, 100 – David Gilbert 105 – Martin O'Donnell 103 – Mark Davis 102, 102, 101 – Mark Williams 102 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh |