The 2017 European Masters (officially the 2007 888sport European Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 2–8 October 2017 in Lommel, Belgium. It was the sixth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season. It was the first full ranking event to be held in Belgium since the European Open was played in Antwerp in 1994.
Qualifying took place from 3–4 August in Preston.
Judd Trump was the defending champion, having beaten Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8 in the 2016 final in Bucharest, Romania. He successfully defended the title, defeating Stuart Bingham 9–7 in this year's final.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £75,000 Runner-up: £35,000 Semi-final: £17,500 Quarter-final: £11,000 Last 16: £6,000 Last 32: £4,000 Last 64: £2,000
Televised highest break: £1,500 Total: £366,500
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £35,000
Main draw
Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Olivier Marteel.De Soeverein, Lommel, Belgium, 8 October 2017. Judd Trump 9–7 Stuart BinghamAfternoon: 13–63, 72–23, , , , , , Evening: 1–130 (130), , , , , , , 107 Highest break 130 2 Century breaks 3 6 50+ breaks 5
Qualifying These matches were held between 3 and 4 August 2017 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.
Judd Trump 4–0Match was held over and played in Belgium. Chris Totten Adam Duffy 4–2 Liam Highfield Jamie Jones 4–2 Christopher Keogan Martin O'Donnell 4–1 Rory McLeod David Gilbert 4–2 Nigel Bond Jimmy Robertson 3–4 Sam Baird Mark King 4–2 Kurt Maflin Chen Zifan 4–2 Hammad Miah Robin Hull 2–4 Zhang Yong Ben Woollaston 4–0 Ian Burns Andrew Higginson 3–4 Gerard Greene Kyren Wilson 4–0 Xu Si Yuan Sijun 4–2 Allan Taylor Alan McManus 4–0 Matthew Bolton Gary Wilson 3–4 Hossein Vafaei Mark Allen 4–2 Daniel Wells Neil Robertson 4–1 Jamie Curtis-Barrett Rod Lawler 3–4 Fang Xiongman Dominic Dale Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn Peter Ebdon 4–3 Sunny Akani Mark Williams w/o–w/d Hamza Akbar David Grace 1–4 Yan Bingtao Anthony Hamilton 4–0 David John Ross Muir 4–2 Sean O'Sullivan Aditya Mehta 4–2 Wang Yuchen Michael Holt 4–0 Paul Davison Billy Joe Castle 4–3 Jimmy White Martin Gould 4–1 Duane Jones Hu Hao 1–4 Noppon Saengkham Tom Ford 2–4 Cao Yupeng Jak Jones 4–2 Fergal O'Brien Barry Hawkins 3–4 Ken Doherty
John Higgins 4–1 Niu Zhuang Li Hang 1–4 Alexander Ursenbacher Mark Davis 4–0 Kurt Dunham Rhys Clark 1–4 Matthew Selt Anthony McGill 4–2 Matthew Stevens James Wattana 1–4 Joe Swail Ricky Walden 3–4 Alfie Burden Elliot Slessor 1–4 Eden Sharav Stuart Carrington 3–4 Chen Zhe Michael White 0–4 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Peter Lines 4–0 Alex Borg Ryan Day 4–3 Lukas Kleckers Scott Donaldson 3–4 Oliver Lines Zhou Yuelong 4–3 Robbie Williams Michael Georgiou 4–1 Yu Delu Shaun Murphy 2–4 John Astley Stuart Bingham 4–1 Tian Pengfei Jackson Page 0–4 Mitchell Mann Graeme Dott 4–2 Craig Steadman Jamie Clarke 4–3 Xiao Guodong Ali Carter 1–4 Mei Xiwen Josh Boileau 1–4 Chris Wakelin Luca Brecel 4–3 Sam Craigie Ashley Hugill 3–4 Thor Chuan Leong Soheil Vahedi 4–0 Mike Dunn Joe Perry 4–3 Boonyarit Keattikun Jack Lisowski 4–2 Zhang Anda Stephen Maguire 3–4 Li Yuan Ian Preece 4–1 Sanderson Lam Robert Milkins 2–4 Lyu Haotian Zhao Xintong 4–0 Lee Walker Mark Selby 4–3 Mark Joyce
Notes
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
Total: 19
140 Eden Sharav 130 Jimmy Robertson 130 Noppon Saengkham 127, 100 Robert Milkins 119 Anthony Hamilton 118 Jack Lisowski 116 Zhou Yuelong 112 Ben Woollaston 111 Martin Gould
110 Thor Chuan Leong 107 Michael Georgiou 106 Neil Robertson 105 Mark Davis 105 Andrew Higginson 103 Ryan Day 102 Joe Perry 101 Cao Yupeng 100 Matthew Selt
Televised stage centuries
Total: 52
145, 141, 110, 102 Mark Allen 143 Martin Gould 138, 138, 136, 112, 101 Zhou Yuelong 134, 129, 100 Neil Robertson 131, 127, 120, 116, 111, 109 Mark Selby 131, 109 John Higgins 130, 119, 116, 113, 107, 102, 101 Stuart Bingham 129 Aditya Mehta 127 Jack Lisowski 121, 116 Ben Woollaston
115, 110, 107, 107, 106, 101, 100 Judd Trump 113 Alfie Burden 109 Jamie Jones 108 Mei Xiwen 105, 102, 101, 100 David Gilbert 105 Martin O'Donnell 103 Mark Davis 102, 102, 101 Mark Williams 102 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
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