 Murphy won his first professional tournament at the 2000 Benson & Hedges Championship , defeating Mark Davis 6 – 1 in the semi @-@ final , and Stuart Bingham 9 – 7 in the final , recovering from 2 – 5 down . Although he was not yet on the first @-@ level main tour , this victory brought qualification for the Masters — a prestigious non @-@ ranking invitation tournament with places for members of the top 16 , the winner of the qualifying tournament , and a limited number of wildcards . In the 2001 tournament , he showed promise in his first televised match , defeating world number 15 , Marco Fu , and building a 4 – 1 lead over seven @-@ time world champion Hendry , before losing the match . He made his first maximum break in the 2001 Benson & Hedges Championship . 
