Luca Brecel made the highest break of the tournament, a 140 in his first round 6–5 victory over defending champion Mark Allen.

The 2019 Masters was the second Triple Crown event of the 2018/2019 snooker season, after the 2018 UK Championship, and was held between 13 and 20 January 2019.

[2] The Masters event is an invitational tournament, with the top 16 competitors from the snooker world rankings competing.

Mark Allen, the defending champion, seeded 1, lost 5–6 to Luca Brecel in the opening match.

[6] The first round match between two Triple Crown winners saw Neil Robertson beat world champion and second seed, Mark Williams 6–3.

Williams gained a 3–1 lead and led 57–0 with 59 points left on the table, when he missed a pot on the brown ball which would have won the frame.

[12] To close out the first round, three-time Masters champion Mark Selby defeated Stephen Maguire, despite losing the first frame.

However, he misjudged a safety shot and O'Sullivan took advantage with a 78 clearance and then made a break of 92 in the next frame to reach his 14th Masters semi-final.

[20][21] Following the match, O'Sullivan consoled Ding, as he had done twelve years earlier at the 2007 Masters final.

He revealed, "At the end he [O'Sullivan] said he loves me and it is great to play Ronnie because I can see how good my game is.

"[22][23] Judd Trump beat Neil Robertson 6–4 in the second semi-final to reach his first Masters final.

Robertson missed a difficult red in frame 10, after which Trump made a 49 break to win the match.

[28] BBC broadcaster and former UK Championship winner John Virgo commented that Trump had "come of age" with the victory.

[33] AS Roma striker Stephan El Shaarawy attended the final match between his "favourite players", having scored against Torino the day before.

[36] The breakdown of prize money is shown below:[37] A total of 24 century breaks were made during the tournament, the highest of which a 140 by Luca Brecel.

[36] The tournament was broadcast live in the United Kingdom by BBC Sport, as well as on EuroSport in Europe.