2012 Shanghai Masters

This article is about the snooker tournament. For the tennis tournament, see 2012 Shanghai Rolex Masters.

The 2012 Bank of Communication Shanghai Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 17 and 23 September 2012 at the Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China. The sixth edition of the tournament since it was first held in 2007, it was the third ranking event of the 2012/2013 season.^[1]

Bank of Communication
Shanghai Masters

Tournament information
Dates	17–23 September 2012 (2012-09-17 – 2012-09-23)
Venue	Shanghai Grand Stage
City	Shanghai
Country	China
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£410,000
Winner's share	£75,000
Highest break	John Higgins (SCO) (147)
Final
Champion	John Higgins (SCO)
Runner-up	Judd Trump (ENG)
Score	10–9
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Mark Selby was the defending champion,^[2][3] but he lost in the first round 1–5 against Jamie Cope.^[4]

John Higgins won his 25th ranking title by defeating Judd Trump 10–9 in the final.^[5][6] During the final Higgins made the 91st official maximum break. This was Higgins's sixth 147 break and also the third maximum break of the 2012/2013 season.^[7]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[8]

Winner: £75,000 Runner-up: £30,000 Semi-final: £18,000 Quarter-final: £10,000 Last 16: £7,500 Last 32: £6,000 Last 48: £2,300 Last 64: £1,500

Non-televised highest break: £200 Televised highest break: £2,000 Televised maximum break: £10,000[7] Total: £410,000

Wildcard round

These matches were played in Shanghai on 17 and 18 September 2012.^{[9][10][11][12]}

Match		Score
WC1	Mark King (ENG)	5–3	Zhao Xintong (CHN)
WC2	Jamie Jones (WAL)	5–2	Lu Ning (CHN)
WC3	Ryan Day (WAL)	5–0	Wang Yuchen (CHN)
WC4	Robert Milkins (ENG)	5–4	Zhou Yuelong (CHN)
WC5	Steve Davis (ENG)	5–1	Zhu Yinghui (CHN)
WC6	Fergal O'Brien (IRL)	2–5	Chen Feilong (CHN)
WC7	Jimmy Robertson (ENG)	4–5	Jin Long (CHN)
WC8	Marco Fu (HKG)	4–5	Lyu Haotian (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	Mark Selby	1
		Jamie Cope	5
							Jamie Cope	1
						15	Stuart Bingham	5
	15	Stuart Bingham	5
		Tom Ford	4
											15	Stuart Bingham	1
											6	Shaun Murphy	5
	10	Ding Junhui	4
		Mark King	5
							Mark King	3
						6	Shaun Murphy	5
	6	Shaun Murphy	5
		Dominic Dale	4
																6	Shaun Murphy	3
																5	John Higgins	6
	5	John Higgins	5
		Jamie Jones	2
						5	John Higgins	5
							Ryan Day	0
	13	Martin Gould	4
		Ryan Day	5
											5	John Higgins	5
											16	Ali Carter	3
	16	Ali Carter	5
		Robert Milkins	4
						16	Ali Carter	5
						4	Stephen Maguire	0
	4	Stephen Maguire	5
		Peter Ebdon	3
																					5	John Higgins	10
																					2	Judd Trump	9
	3	Mark Williams	5
		Mark Davis	1
						3	Mark Williams	5
						14	Ricky Walden	2
	14	Ricky Walden	5
		Steve Davis	4
											3	Mark Williams	5
												Joe Perry	4
	9	Matthew Stevens	2
		Joe Perry	5
							Joe Perry	5
						7	Neil Robertson	0
	7	Neil Robertson	5
		Chen Feilong	2
																3	Mark Williams	4
																2	Judd Trump	6
	8	Stephen Lee	5
		Marcus Campbell	3
						8	Stephen Lee	1
						12	Graeme Dott	5
	12	Graeme Dott	5
		Jin Long	2
											12	Graeme Dott	4
											2	Judd Trump	5
	11	Mark Allen	5
		Lyu Haotian	2
						11	Mark Allen	2
						2	Judd Trump	5
	2	Judd Trump	5
		Barry Hawkins	3

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb. Shanghai Grand Stage, Shanghai, China, 23 September 2012.[9][14]
John Higgins (5)  Scotland	10–9	Judd Trump (2)  England
Afternoon: 0–112 (112), 0–121 (80), 12–92 (74), 16–111 (111), 50–74 (59), 147–0 (147), 37–69 (51), 62–51 (Trump 51), 0–63 (53) Evening: 89–0 (89), 74–22 (74), 78–12, 76–0 (76), 71–0 (71), 64–58, 2–119 (105), 69–31 (64), 47–63, 66–36 (61)
147	Highest break	112
1	Century breaks	3
7	50+ breaks	9

Qualifying

These matches took place between 24 and 27 July 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.^[15][16][17]

	Round 1 Best of 9 frames				Round 2 Best of 9 frames				Round 3 Best of 9 frames				Round 4 Best of 9 frames
	Hossein Vafaei	w/d			Dechawat Poomjaeng	0			Mike Dunn	0			Jamie Cope	5
	Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon	w/o			Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon	5			Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon	5			Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon	4
	Chen Zhe	4			Yu Delu	3			Nigel Bond	5			Tom Ford	5
	Scott Donaldson	5			Scott Donaldson	5			Scott Donaldson	1			Nigel Bond	1
	Paul Davison	2			James Wattana	2			Matthew Selt	4			Mark King	5
	Aditya Mehta	5			Aditya Mehta	5			Aditya Mehta	5			Aditya Mehta	3
	Craig Steadman	3			Andy Hicks	5			Anthony McGill	5			Dominic Dale	5
	Luca Brecel	5			Luca Brecel	1			Andy Hicks	4			Anthony McGill	0
	Jamie O'Neill	4			Michael White	5			Jimmy White	5			Jamie Jones	5
	Tony Drago	5			Tony Drago	4			Michael White	1			Jimmy White	1
	Ian Burns	5			Alan McManus	4			Jamie Burnett	5			Ryan Day	5
	Pankaj Advani	1			Ian Burns	5			Ian Burns	4			Jamie Burnett	4
	Liam Highfield	5			Passakorn Suwannawat	3			Robert Milkins	5			Michael Holt	3
	Zhang Anda	3			Liam Highfield	5			Liam Highfield	4			Robert Milkins	5
	David Grace	5			Li Yan	4			Xiao Guodong	2			Peter Ebdon	5
	Michael Leslie	2			David Grace	5			David Grace	5			David Grace	4
	Robbie Williams	w/o			David Gilbert	5			Gerard Greene	2			Mark Davis	5
	Floyd Ziegler	w/d			Robbie Williams	2			David Gilbert	5			David Gilbert	0
	Sam Baird	2			Alfie Burden	5			Steve Davis	5			Andrew Higginson	0
	Ben Judge	5			Ben Judge	3			Alfie Burden	1			Steve Davis	5
	Martin O'Donnell	4			Barry Pinches	5			Ben Woollaston	3			Joe Perry	5
	Fraser Patrick	5			Fraser Patrick	4			Barry Pinches	5			Barry Pinches	4
	Rod Lawler	5			Liu Chuang	1			Liang Wenbo	4			Fergal O'Brien	5
	Gareth Allen	0			Rod Lawler	5			Rod Lawler	5			Rod Lawler	0
	Daniel Wells	1			Peter Lines	2			Ken Doherty	5			Marcus Campbell	5
	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	5			Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	5			Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	4			Ken Doherty	4
	Sean O'Sullivan	4			Jimmy Robertson	5			Jack Lisowski	1			Anthony Hamilton	3
	Tian Pengfei	5			Tian Pengfei	4			Jimmy Robertson	5			Jimmy Robertson	5
	Kurt Maflin	w/o			Mark Joyce	5			Rory McLeod	4			Marco Fu	5
	Mohamed Khairy	w/d			Kurt Maflin	2			Mark Joyce	5			Mark Joyce	4
	Joel Walker	0			Adam Duffy	1			Dave Harold	5			Barry Hawkins	5
	Cao Yupeng	5			Cao Yupeng	5			Cao Yupeng	3			Dave Harold	4

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

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142, 100 – David Gilbert 123 – Jamie Cope 119 – Mark Joyce 117 – Alan McManus 108 – Mark King

105 – Michael White 104 – Cao Yupeng 104 – Marcus Campbell 102 – Steve Davis 100 – Gerard Greene

Televised stage centuries

^[19]

147, 135, 103 – John Higgins 131, 103 – Joe Perry 131 – Matthew Stevens 130, 103, 102 – Ryan Day 124 – Marco Fu 120 – Ali Carter 114 – Mark King

112, 111, 108, 105, 101 – Judd Trump 112 – Lyu Haotian 112 – Ricky Walden 108 – Graeme Dott 107 – Shaun Murphy 100 – Dominic Dale