2011 Shanghai Masters

This article is about the snooker tournament. For the tennis tournament, see 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters.

The 2011 Bank of Communication Shanghai Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 5–11 September 2011 at the Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China. This was the first time that the Bank of Communications sponsored the event.^[1]

Bank of Communication
Shanghai Masters

Tournament information
Dates	5–11 September 2011 (2011-09-05 – 2011-09-11)
Venue	Shanghai Grand Stage
City	Shanghai
Country	China
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£350,000
Winner's share	£65,000
Highest break	Shaun Murphy (ENG) (143)
Final
Champion	Mark Selby (ENG)
Runner-up	Mark Williams (WAL)
Score	10–9
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Ali Carter was the defending champion, but lost in the first round 4–5 against Mark King.

Mark Selby won his second ranking title by defeating Mark Williams 10–9 in the final.^[2][3] By doing so, he became world number one for the first time in his career.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[4]

Winner: £65,000 Runner-up: £32,000 Semi-final: £15,000 Quarter-final: £10,000 Last 16: £7,000 Last 32: £4,000 Last 48: £2,300 Last 64: £1,500

Stage one highest break: £200 Stage two highest break: £2,000 Total: £350,000

Wildcard round

These matches were played in Shanghai on 5 September 2011.^[5][6]

Match		Score
WC1	Fergal O'Brien (IRL)	5–1	Hossein Vafaei (IRI)
WC2	James Wattana (THA)	5–1	Jin Long (CHN)
WC3	Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	5–0	Li Hang (CHN)
WC4	Dominic Dale (WAL)	5–3	Cao Xinlong (CHN)
WC5	Jack Lisowski (ENG)	5–2	Rouzi Maimaiti (CHN)
WC6	Nigel Bond (ENG)	5–2	Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (THA)
WC7	Robert Milkins (ENG)	5–0	Tang Jun (CHN)
WC8	Michael Holt (ENG)	5–3	Cai Jianzhong (CHN)

Main draw

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	Last 32 Best of 9 frames					Last 16 Best of 9 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames					Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 19 frames
	1	Ali Carter	4
		Mark King	5
							Mark King	5
							Fergal O'Brien	3
	13	Peter Ebdon	3
		Fergal O'Brien	5
												Mark King	5
												Anthony Hamilton	2
	11	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
		James Wattana	1
						11	Ronnie O'Sullivan	3
							Anthony Hamilton	5
	8	Stephen Maguire	4
		Anthony Hamilton	5
																	Mark King	0
																4	Mark Selby	6
	7	Shaun Murphy	5
		Dominic Dale	4
						7	Shaun Murphy	5
						12	Mark Allen	4
	12	Mark Allen	5
		Ryan Day	2
											7	Shaun Murphy	4
											4	Mark Selby	5
	15	Jamie Cope	5
		Jack Lisowski	3
						15	Jamie Cope	0
						4	Mark Selby	5
	4	Mark Selby	5
		Nigel Bond	3
																					4	Mark Selby	10
																					3	Mark Williams	9
	3	Mark Williams	5
		Andrew Higginson	0
						3	Mark Williams	5
							Robert Milkins	1
	16	Stephen Hendry	1
		Robert Milkins	5
											3	Mark Williams	5
											14	Matthew Stevens	0
	14	Matthew Stevens	5
		Stephen Lee	2
						14	Matthew Stevens	5
							Martin Gould	1
	5	Ding Junhui	3
		Martin Gould	5
																3	Mark Williams	6
																6	Neil Robertson	5
	6	Neil Robertson	5
		Liang Wenbo	1
						6	Neil Robertson	5
							Michael Holt	2
	10	Graeme Dott	2
		Michael Holt	5
											6	Neil Robertson	5
											2	John Higgins	2
	9	Judd Trump	1
		Stuart Bingham	5
							Stuart Bingham	2
						2	John Higgins	5
	2	John Higgins	5
		Mark Davis	2

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams. Shanghai Grand Stage, Shanghai, China, 11 September 2011.[6]
Mark Selby (4)  England	10–9	Mark Williams (3)  Wales
Afternoon: 74–75 (Selby 74), 58–42, 115–0 (113), 38–76 (68), 83–1 (78), 0–132 (132), 84–55 (Williams 51), 95–0 (95), 45–68 (67) Evening: 55–25, 37–64, 63–42, 5–69, 39–70, 42–75, 6–88 (88), 83–48, 78–60, 69–0
113	Highest break	132
1	Century breaks	1
4	50+ breaks	5

Qualifying

These matches took place between 31 July and 4 August 2011 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.^{[8][9][10][11]}

Preliminary round

Best of 9 frames

Lucky Vatnani	w/d–w/o	David Hogan
Luca Brecel	4–5	Adam Duffy

Round 1–4

	Round 1 Best of 9 frames				Round 2 Best of 9 frames				Round 3 Best of 9 frames				Round 4 Best of 9 frames
	Dechawat Poomjaeng	3			Liu Song	5			Tony Drago	1			Mark King	5
	Tian Pengfei	5			Tian Pengfei	4			Liu Song	5			Liu Song	4
	Michael White	5			Alfie Burden	2			Fergal O'Brien	5			Ricky Walden	1
	Simon Bedford	1			Michael White	5			Michael White	2			Fergal O'Brien	5
	Matthew Couch	1			Andy Hicks	2			Dave Harold	2			Joe Perry	1
	James Wattana	5			James Wattana	5			James Wattana	5			James Wattana	5
	Bjorn Haneveer	w/d			Alan McManus	5			Anthony Hamilton	5			Ken Doherty	2
	David Hogan	w/o			David Hogan	0			Alan McManus	3			Anthony Hamilton	5
	Paul Davison	2			Liu Chuang	5			Jamie Burnett	5			Dominic Dale	5
	Li Yan	5			Li Yan	4			Liu Chuang	1			Jamie Burnett	3
	Aditya Mehta	5			Rod Lawler	4			Jamie Jones	4			Ryan Day	5
	Stuart Carrington	0			Aditya Mehta	5			Aditya Mehta	5			Aditya Mehta	2
	Daniel Wells	1			Jack Lisowski	5			Mike Dunn	0			Marco Fu	1
	David Grace	5			David Grace	0			Jack Lisowski	5			Jack Lisowski	5
	Scott MacKenzie	0			Jimmy White	5			Nigel Bond	5			Marcus Campbell	0
	Adam Wicheard	5			Adam Wicheard	3			Jimmy White	0			Nigel Bond	5
	Andrew Pagett	3			Peter Lines	5			Barry Pinches	5			Andrew Higginson	5
	Robin Hull	5			Robin Hull	3			Peter Lines	4			Barry Pinches	4
	Kacper Filipiak	0			Joe Swail	4			Robert Milkins	5			Gerard Greene	4
	Andrew Norman	5			Andrew Norman	5			Andrew Norman	4			Robert Milkins	5
	Passakorn Suwannawat	5			Jimmy Robertson	2			Steve Davis	1			Stephen Lee	5
	Adam Duffy	2			Passakorn Suwannawat	5			Passakorn Suwannawat	5			Passakorn Suwannawat	1
	Sam Baird	1			Ian McCulloch	5			Matthew Selt	5			Martin Gould	5
	Yu Delu	5			Yu Delu	1			Ian McCulloch	1			Matthew Selt	2
	Sam Craigie	2			Joe Jogia	3			Mark Joyce	0			Liang Wenbo	5
	Kurt Maflin	5			Kurt Maflin	5			Kurt Maflin	5			Kurt Maflin	2
	Joe Meara	4			Xiao Guodong	4			Michael Holt	5			Barry Hawkins	4
	Cao Yupeng	5			Cao Yupeng	5			Cao Yupeng	3			Michael Holt	5
	Ben Woollaston	5			Anthony McGill	5			Tom Ford	5			Stuart Bingham	5
	David Gilbert	3			Ben Woollaston	2			Anthony McGill	1			Tom Ford	1
	Liam Highfield	3			Adrian Gunnell	5			Rory McLeod	4			Mark Davis	5
	David Morris	5			David Morris	2			Adrian Gunnell	5			Adrian Gunnell	4

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

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145, 100 – Michael White 138, 107 – James Wattana 136, 104 – Fergal O'Brien 136 – Tom Ford 129 – Jamie Burnett 129 – Anthony Hamilton 127 – Robin Hull 123, 123, 100 – Kurt Maflin 123 – Ben Woollaston 120 – Nigel Bond 119, 110 – Passakorn Suwannawat 118 – Adam Duffy

117, 100 – Barry Pinches 115 – Mark Davis 114, 100 – Liu Chuang 114 – Aditya Mehta 111, 107, 103 – Stuart Bingham 111 – Anthony McGill 110 – Cao Yupeng 107 – Alfie Burden 104, 104 – Jack Lisowski 104, 100 – Adam Wicheard 102 – Dominic Dale 101 – Joe Jogia

Televised stage centuries

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• 143, 102 – Shaun Murphy
• 132, 130, 129, 100 – Mark Williams
• 129, 123, 112, 107, 104 – Anthony Hamilton
• 129, 112 – Stuart Bingham
• 128, 102 – Dominic Dale
• 117, 113, 110 – Mark Selby
• 112 – John Higgins
• 111, 110 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 109 – Robert Milkins
• 101 – Jamie Cope
• 100 – Michael Holt
• 100 – Mark Allen