Mark Selby won the tournament on his first attempt by defeating Stephen Lee 10–3 in the final.

In the final frame, he tied Ken Doherty for the highest break of the tournament, recording a total clearance of 141.

This was the first time since 2003 that Ronnie O'Sullivan had failed to reach the final; the defending champion lost 5–6 to Stephen Maguire in the first round.

In the wild-card round, the qualifier and wild-card players played the 15th and 16th seeds:[2][3][4] [2][3][4] The 2007 Masters Qualifying Event was held between 7 September and 12 September 2007 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.

[5] The winner of this series of matches, who qualified for the tournament, was Barry Hawkins.