2019 Seniors Masters

The Seniors Masters
Tournament information
Dates11 April 2019
VenueCrucible Theatre
CitySheffield
CountryEngland
OrganisationWorld Seniors Snooker
FormatSeniors event
Total prize fund£12,500
Winner's share£7,500
Highest breakEngland Barry Pinches (75)
Final
ChampionEngland Joe Johnson
Runner-upEngland Barry Pinches
Score2–1
2018

The 2019 Seniors Masters was a senior snooker tournament, that took place on 11 April 2019 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the fourth event on the 2018/2019 World Seniors Tour.[1][2]

A qualifying tournament took place from 8 to 10 March at the Northern Snooker Center in Leeds.[3] Barry Pinches won 3–1 in the final against Aaron Canavan.[4]

Despite losing in the final of the qualifying tournament, the reigning World Seniors Champion Aaron Canavan was assigned a place in the tournament following a withdrawal.

Cliff Thorburn won the 2018 edition, beating Johnathan Bagley 2–1 in the final.[5] However, he lost 0–2 to Stephen Hendry in the first round of this year's edition.

1986 world champion Joe Johnson won the event, beating Barry Pinches 2–1 in the final.[6]

  1. ^ "World Seniors Calendar 2018/2019" (PDF). Snooker Legends. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Revised calendar for the second half of the season – World Seniors Tour 2018/2019". Snooker Legends. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. ^ "ROKiT World Seniors Masters 2019 Qualifier in Leeds". World Seniors. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Barry Pinches Beats Aaron Canavan 3-1". World Seniors. Twitter. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Assetereum World Seniors Masters 2018 – Cliff Thorburn is your Champion!". seniorsnooker.com. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Sheffield Masters 2019 - Joe Johnson is the Master". 12 April 2019.