Masters Snooker Champions
This event is secondly only to the World Snooker Championship on the professional snooker players tournament calendar.
The tournament started out at the ‘West Centre Hotel’ in London in 1975 and then moved to the ‘New London Theatre, the Wembley Conference Centre, The Wembley Arena and finally Alexandra Palace where it is played today.
Ronnie O’Sullivan leads the way with 7 title wins followed closely by Stephen Hendry on 6.
There have been 3 maximum breaks in ‘The Masters’ over the years made by Kirk Stevens (1984), Ding Junhui (2007) and Marco Fu (2015).
As a point of note, no ‘Wild Card’ players have ever won the title!
Here is a list of the ‘Masters Snooker Champions’:
Masters Snooker Champions
| Year | Champion | Nationality |
| 1975 | John Spencer | England |
| 1976 | Ray Reardon | Wales |
| 1977 | Doug Mountjoy | Wales |
| 1978 | Alex Higgins | Northern Ireland |
| 1979 | Perrie Mans | South Africa |
| 1980 | Terry Griffiths | Wales |
| 1981 | Alex Higgins | Northern Ireland |
| 1982 | Steve Davis | England |
| 1983 | Cliff Thorburn | Canada |
| 1984 | Jimmy White | England |
| 1985 | Cliff Thorburn | Canada |
| 1986 | Cliff Thorburn | Canada |
| 1987 | Dennis Taylor | Northern Ireland |
| 1988 | Steve Davis | England |
| 1989 | Stephen Hendry | Scotland |
| 1990 | Stephen Hendry | Scotland |
| 1991 | Stephen Hendry | Scotland |
| 1992 | Stephen Hendry | Scotland |
| 1993 | Stephen Hendry | Scotland |
| 1994 | Alan McManus | Scotland |
| 1995 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | England |
| 1996 | Stephen Hendry | Scotland |
| 1997 | Steve Davis | England |
| 1998 | Mark Williams | Wales |
| 1999 | John Higgins | Scotland |
| 2000 | Matthew Stevens | Wales |
| 2001 | Paul Hunter | England |
| 2002 | Paul Hunter | England |
| 2003 | Mark Williams | Wales |
| 2004 | Paul Hunter | England |
| 2005 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | England |
| 2006 | John Higgins | Scotland |
| 2007 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | England |
| 2008 | Mark Selby | England |
| 2009 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | England |
| 2010 | Mark Selby | England |
| 2011 | Ding Junhui | China |
| 2012 | Neil Robertson | Australia |
| 2013 | Mark Selby | England |
| 2014 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | England |
| 2015 | Shaun Murphy | England |
| 2016 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | England |
| 2017 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | England |
| 2018 | Mark Allen | Northern Ireland |
| 2019 | Judd Trump | England |
| 2020 | Stuart Bingham | England |
| 2021 | Yan Bingtao | China |