2008 Shanghai Masters

The 2008 Roewe Shanghai Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 29 September and 5 October 2008 at the Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China. The second edition of the tournament since its inaugural staging the previous year, it was the second ranking event of the 2008/2009 season.

Roewe Shanghai Masters

Tournament information
Dates	29 September – 5 October 2008 (2008-09-29 – 2008-10-05)
Venue	Shanghai Grand Stage
City	Shanghai
Country	China
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£282,000
Winner's share	£52,000
Highest break	Jamie Cope (ENG) (147)
Final
Champion	Ricky Walden (ENG)
Runner-up	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Score	10–8
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Former World Champion Graeme Dott withdrew from the competition after breaking his left arm on 30 September, during an informal football match with other snooker players. As a result, Jamie Cope, who was due to play Dott in the first round, received a bye to the last 16,^[1] where he made the 64th official maximum break against Mark Williams.^[2]

Qualifier Ricky Walden won in the final 10–8 against World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan to win his first ranking title.^[3]

Prize fund

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

Winner: £52,000 Runner-up: £25,000 Semi-final: £12,500 Quarter-final: £6,725 Last 16: £5,000 Last 32: £3,450 Last 48: £2,050 Last 64: £1,400

Stage one highest break: £500 Stage two highest break: £2,000 Stage one maximum break: £1,000 Stage two maximum break: £20,000 Total: £282,000

Wildcard round

These matches were played in Shanghai on 29 September.^[5][6]

Match		Score
WC1	Ricky Walden (ENG)	5–0	Zhang Anda (CHN)
WC2	Judd Trump (ENG)	5–4	Ah Bulajiang (CHN)
WC3	Jimmy White (ENG)	5–2	Xiao Guodong (CHN)
WC4	Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	5–1	Li Yan (CHN)
WC5	Andy Hicks (ENG)	5–1	Li Yuan (CHN)
WC6	Tom Ford (ENG)	5–4	Yu Delu (CHN)
WC7	Stuart Pettman (ENG)	5–1	Cao Xinlong (CHN)

Main draw

^[5][6]

	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	Dominic Dale	4
		Steve Davis	5
							Steve Davis	5
							Dave Harold	4
	12	Ding Junhui	3
		Dave Harold	5
												Steve Davis	2
												Ricky Walden	5
	11	Neil Robertson	5
		Fergal O'Brien	2
						11	Neil Robertson	4
							Ricky Walden	5
	7	Stephen Hendry	4
		Ricky Walden	5
																	Ricky Walden	6
																5	Mark Selby	4
	5	Mark Selby	5
		Judd Trump	1
						5	Mark Selby	5
						16	Mark King	0
	16	Mark King	5
		Jimmy White	4
											5	Mark Selby	5
											15	Marco Fu	3
	15	Marco Fu	5
		Anthony Hamilton	2
						15	Marco Fu	5
							Andy Hicks	2
	4	Shaun Murphy	1
		Andy Hicks	5
																						Ricky Walden	10
																					2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	8
	3	Stephen Maguire	5
		Barry Hawkins	3
						3	Stephen Maguire	5
							Stuart Bingham	3
	10	Peter Ebdon	3
		Stuart Bingham	5
											3	Stephen Maguire	5
											9	Ryan Day	4
	9	Ryan Day	5
		Liang Wenbo	0
						9	Ryan Day	5
						6	John Higgins	2
	6	John Higgins	5
		Tom Ford	4
																3	Stephen Maguire	5
																2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
	8	Ali Carter	2
		Mark Williams	5
						Mark Williams		5
						Jamie Cope		2
	14	Graeme Dott	w/d
		Jamie Cope	w/o
												Mark Williams	3
											2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
	13	Joe Perry	5
		Matthew Stevens	1
						13	Joe Perry	3
						2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
	2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
		Stuart Pettman	2

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Terry Camilleri Shanghai Grand Stage, Shanghai, China, 5 October 2008.[5][6]
Ricky Walden  England	10–8	Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)  England
Afternoon: 0–88, 61–47, 113–20 (74), 99–4 (94), 22–86 (58), 0–95 (64), 1–87 (87), 77–38 (56), 0–78 (78) Evening: 104–0 (95), 5–122 (108), 78–21, 65–25, 16–82 (82), 73–23 (59), 84–4, 30–66, 105–11 (105)
105	Highest break	108
1	Century breaks	1
6	50+ breaks	6

Qualifying rounds

These matches took place from 2 to 5 September 2008 at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales.^[7]

	Round 1 Best of 9 frames

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

^[7]

130 – Lee Spick 121 – James McBain 116 – Jin Long 112 – Matthew Selt

110 – Paul Davison 107 – Liu Song 105 – Andy Hicks 101 – Andrew Norman

Televised stage centuries

^[5]

147 – Jamie Cope[8] 145, 141, 108, 106, 100 – Ronnie O'Sullivan 139, 105, 104, 101 – Ricky Walden 139 – Ian Preece 137 – Fergal O'Brien 136, 134 – John Higgins 135 – Judd Trump 128 – Mark Williams 127, 104 – Andy Hicks 127 – Atthasit Mahitthi 125, 107, 106 – Tom Ford 120, 116, 115, 114 – Stuart Pettman

119 – Nigel Bond 114, 101 – Stephen Maguire 114 – Jamie Burnett 114 – Peter Ebdon 108 – Gerard Greene 106, 105 – Joe Perry 105 – Liang Wenbo 105 – Mark Selby 103 – Stuart Bingham 103 – Barry Hawkins 102 – Jimmy White