A jovo evi Masters-re (feb. 13-20.) Maguire es Junhui kapott szabadkartyat.

beosztas:
Paul Hunter vs Steve Davis
Peter Ebdon vs David Gray
John Higgins vs Chris Small
Stephen Hendry vs Stephen Lee
Mark Williams vs Alan McManus
Matthew Stevens vs Jimmy White
Ken Doherty vs (Marco Fu vs Ding Junhui)
Ronnie O'Sullivan vs (Graeme Dott vs Stephen Maguire)

hihetetlen hogy Ronnie megint kifogta...

Masters elott meg lesz ket torna: Welsh Open (jan. 17-23.) es Malta Cup (jan. 31.-feb. 6.). Welsh kvali januar elejen lesz, ha a papirforma ervenyesul, a kovetkezo erdekesebb elso koros meccsek lehetnek:

O'Sullivan vs McCulloch
Lee vs Hamilton
Higgins vs Dale
Ebdon vs Perry
Hendry vs Maguire (!)
Dott vs Hann
Stevens vs King
Davis vs Pinches
Williams vs Carter