| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 11 April 2019 |
| Venue | Crucible Theatre |
| City | Sheffield |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | World Seniors Snooker |
| Format | Seniors event |
| Total prize fund | £12,500 |
| Winner's share | £7,500 |
| Highest break |  Barry Pinches (75) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Joe Johnson |
| Runner-up | Barry Pinches |
| Score | 2–1 |
| ← 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.
A qualifying tournament took place from 8 to 10 March at the Northern Snooker Center in Leeds. Barry Pinches won 3–1 in the final against Aaron Canavan.
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. 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.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money is shown below:
- Winner: £7,500
- Runner-up: £2,500
- Semi-finals: £1,000
- Highest break: £500
- Total: £12,500
Main draw
| Quarter-finals Best of 3 frames | Semi-finals Best of 3 frames | Final Best of 3 frames | ||||||||
 Cliff Thorburn (1) | 0 | |||||||||
 Stephen Hendry | 2 | |||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 0 | |||||||||
| Barry Pinches | 2 | |||||||||
 Ken Doherty (4) | 0 | |||||||||
| Barry Pinches | 2 | |||||||||
| Barry Pinches | 1 | |||||||||
| Joe Johnson | 2* | |||||||||
| Jimmy White (3) | 1 | |||||||||
| Joe Johnson | 2* | |||||||||
| Joe Johnson | 2* | |||||||||
 Aaron Canavan | 1 | |||||||||
| Aaron Canavan (2) | w/o | |||||||||
| John Parrott | w/d | |||||||||
- All matches played with a 30-second shot clock, with players having two time-outs per match
- *Re-spotted black replaced final frame deciders
Final
| Final: Best of 3 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb. Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England, 11 April 2019. | ||
| Barry Pinches England
|
1–2 | Joe Johnson England
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| 26–60, 88–7 (72), 0–7 (re-spotted black) | ||
| 72 | Highest break | 29 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 1 | 50+ breaks | 0 |
References
- "World Seniors Calendar 2018/2019" (PDF). Snooker Legends. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- "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.
- "ROKiT World Seniors Masters 2019 Qualifier in Leeds". World Seniors. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- "Barry Pinches Beats Aaron Canavan 3-1". World Seniors. Twitter. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- "Assetereum World Seniors Masters 2018 – Cliff Thorburn is your Champion!". seniorsnooker.com. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- "Sheffield Masters 2019 - Joe Johnson is the Master". 12 April 2019.
- "World Seniors Snooker Tour Prize Money Schedule 2018/19" (PDF). Snooker Legends. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
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