Masters Snooker LIVE: Watch live coverage of Mark Selby vs Xiao Guodong – plus scores, stream & results

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When it comes to the format at the Masters, best-of-11 matches are played until the final, with the showpiece match played out over 19 frames or until somebody reaches the magic number of 10.

We have not had a decider in a final since 2010, when Mark Selby defeated Ronnie O’Sullivan, in fact over recent years scores of 10-8 and 10-7 have held sway in the final.

Recent finals..

• 2025: Shaun Murphy beat Kyren Wilson 10-7
• 2024: Ronnie O’Sullivan beat Ali Carter 10-7
• 2023: Judd Trump beat Mark Williams 10-8
• 2022: Neil Robertson beat Barry Hawkins 10-4
• 2021: Yan Bingtao beat John Higgins 10-8
• 2020: Stuart Bingham beat Ali Carter 10-8
• 2019: Judd Trump beat Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-4
• 2018: Mark Allen beat Kyren Wilson 10-7
• 2017: Ronnie O’Sullivan beat Joe Perry 10-7
• 2016: Ronnie O’Sullivan beat Barry Hawkins 10-1