▁Mark ▁Allen ▁and ▁tra iled ▁ 1 – 3 ▁early ▁on ▁in ▁the ▁best - of - 1 9 - frames ▁match . ▁However , ▁Trump ▁then ▁produced ▁a ▁match - def ining ▁run ▁of ▁seven ▁straight ▁frames ▁to ▁take ▁an ▁ 8 – 3 ▁lead . ▁Despite ▁a ▁strong ▁fight back ▁from ▁Allen , ▁who ▁won ▁five ▁of ▁the ▁next ▁six ▁frames ▁to ▁trail ▁just ▁ 8 – 9 , ▁Trump ▁managed ▁to ▁cl inch ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁frame ▁with ▁a ▁break ▁of ▁ 9 1 ▁and ▁won ▁the ▁final ▁ 1 0 – 8 . ▁Six - time ▁winner ▁of ▁the ▁event , ▁Steve ▁Davis , ▁said ▁that ▁Trump ' s ▁performances ▁during ▁the ▁championship ▁had ▁shown ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁" spe ar head ing ▁his ▁generation " ▁of ▁s no oker ▁players . ▁The ▁victory ▁took ▁him ▁up ▁to ▁a ▁career - high ▁world ▁ranking ▁of ▁ 5 . ▁ ▁Trump ▁continued ▁his ▁fine ▁form ▁by ▁reaching ▁the ▁semi - final s ▁of ▁the ▁Masters ▁in ▁January . ▁He ▁defeated ▁Stuart ▁B ingham ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁round ▁and ▁O ' S ull ivan ▁once ▁more ▁in ▁the ▁quarter - final s ▁ 6 – 2 , ▁to ▁make ▁his ▁record ▁against ▁the ▁four - time ▁World ▁Champion ▁five ▁wins ▁and ▁two ▁defe ats , ▁from ▁their ▁seven ▁meet ings ▁in ▁tournament ▁play . ▁He ▁met ▁Robert son ▁in ▁the ▁semi - final s ▁for ▁the ▁second ▁success ive ▁major ▁event ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁Australian ▁who ▁exact ed