2008 Masters (snooker)
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 13–20 January 2008 |
| Venue | Wembley Arena |
| City | London |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £460,000 |
| Winner's share | £150,000 |
| Highest break |
 Mark Selby (141) Ken Doherty (141) |
| Final | |
| Champion |
Mark Selby
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| Runner-up |
Stephen Lee
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| Score | 10–3 |
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The 2008 SAGA Insurance Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 13–20 January 2008 at the Wembley Arena in London, England.
Mark Selby won the tournament by defeating Stephen Lee 10–3 in the final. In the final frame, he tied Ken Doherty for the highest break of the tournament, recording a total clearance of 141.
Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was the number 1 seed with World Champion John Higgins seeded 2. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the qualifying event, Barry Hawkins (ranked 19), and wild-card selection Marco Fu (ranked 27). Mark Selby was making his debut in the Masters.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
In the wild-card round, the qualifier and wild-card players played the 15th and 16th seeds:
The 2007 Masters Qualifying Event was held between 7 September and 12 September 2007 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. The winner of this series of matches, who qualified for the tournament, was Barry Hawkins.
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