Compared with the 128 player draw system widely used in professional snooker tour, the Masters is a strong dialogue. From the beginning, it was the peak confrontation between the best players and the best performers, so it was fast-paced, high-level and enjoyable. As far as gold content is concerned, we might as well make an analogy. The World Championships, like the Football World Cup, has attracted worldwide attention, but there are a large number of participating teams, and the level of participating teams on all continents is uneven. Masters is like the European Cup, with relatively average strength, few teams and relatively high competitive level.
The distribution of champions can also show the gold content of the competition. In the past 45 games, * * * has produced 23 Masters champions, among which O 'Sullivan topped the list with 7 champions and 6 Asian champions, and retired Haendly ranked second with 6 champions and 3 Asian champions; In the third place are Selby, legendary Canadian star Solborn, old ball king Davis and the late "Billiards Beckham" paul hunter (also named after him), who won three championships respectively; Three players were crowned twice, namely alex higgins, wizard Higgins and Golden Left-handed Williams.
As many as 14 players won the championship at one time, including Ding Junhui (20 1 1), Murphy (20 15), Robertson (20 12) and Rump (20 19). Among them, Rilton 1976 was 43 years old when he won the championship 1 14 days, becoming the oldest master champion. I believe O 'Sullivan will break this record sooner or later. The youngest master champion is O 'Sullivan, 19 years and 69 days after winning the championship in 1995.
Only three strokes (147) were produced in the history of the Masters, namely Canadian Kirk Stevens (1984), Ding Junhui (2007) and Fu Jiajun (20 15).