2015 Masters (snooker)
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 11–18 January 2015 |
| 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 |
 Marco Fu (147) |
| Final | |
| Champion |
 Shaun Murphy
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| Runner-up |
 Neil Robertson
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| Score | 10–2 |
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The 2015 Dafabet Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11 and 18 January 2015 at the Alexandra Palace in London, England. It was the 41st staging of the tournament. Shaun Murphy won his first Masters title, beating Neil Robertson 10–2 in the final, the biggest winning margin in a Masters final since Steve Davis whitewashed Mike Hallett 9–0 in 1988. In winning the title, Murphy became the tenth player to win all Triple Crown events at least once.
Marco Fu made the 112th official maximum break during his first-round match against Stuart Bingham. This was Fu's third official 147 and the seventh maximum break in the 2014/2015 season. It was the third maximum break in Masters history, after Kirk Stevens's maximum in 1984 and Ding Junhui's in 2007.
Ali Carter played his first match since being given all-clear from lung cancer. He received a standing ovation from the crowd before his first-round encounter with Barry Hawkins, which he won 6–1.
Ronnie O'Sullivan equaled Stephen Hendry's career record of 775 competitive century breaks in his first-round match against Ricky Walden. In the first frame of his quarter-final match against Marco Fu, O'Sullivan set a new record when he compiled the 776th century of his career. In defeating Fu 6–1, O'Sullivan also broke Hendry's record for the most wins in the Masters, setting a new record of 43.
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