Bank of Communication
Shanghai Masters
Tournament information
Dates5–11 September 2011 (2011-09-05 – 2011-09-11)
VenueShanghai Grand Stage
CityShanghai
CountryChina
OrganisationWorld Snooker
FormatRanking 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)
Score10–9
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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]

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]

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

[5][6][7]

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 England Ali Carter 4
England Mark King 5
  England Mark King 5
Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 3
13 England Peter Ebdon 3
Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 5
  England Mark King 5
England Anthony Hamilton 2
11 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 5
Thailand James Wattana 1
11 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 3
England Anthony Hamilton 5
8 Scotland Stephen Maguire 4
England Anthony Hamilton 5
England Mark King 0
4 England Mark Selby 6
7 England Shaun Murphy 5
Wales Dominic Dale 4
7 England Shaun Murphy 5
12 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 4
12 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 5
Wales Ryan Day 2
7 England Shaun Murphy 4
4 England Mark Selby 5
15 England Jamie Cope 5
England Jack Lisowski 3
15 England Jamie Cope 0
4 England Mark Selby 5
4 England Mark Selby 5
England Nigel Bond 3
4 England Mark Selby 10
3 Wales Mark Williams 9
3 Wales Mark Williams 5
England Andrew Higginson 0
3 Wales Mark Williams 5
England Robert Milkins 1
16 Scotland Stephen Hendry 1
England Robert Milkins 5
3 Wales Mark Williams 5
14 Wales Matthew Stevens 0
14 Wales Matthew Stevens 5
England Stephen Lee 2
14 Wales Matthew Stevens 5
England Martin Gould 1
5 China Ding Junhui 3
England Martin Gould 5
3 Wales Mark Williams 6
6 Australia Neil Robertson 5
6 Australia Neil Robertson 5
China Liang Wenbo 1
6 Australia Neil Robertson 5
England Michael Holt 2
10 Scotland Graeme Dott 2
England Michael Holt 5
6 Australia Neil Robertson 5
2 Scotland John Higgins 2
9 England Judd Trump 1
England Stuart Bingham 5
England Stuart Bingham 2
2 Scotland John Higgins 5
2 Scotland John Higgins 5
England 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

India Lucky Vatnani w/d–w/o Republic of Ireland David Hogan
Belgium Luca Brecel 4–5 England 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
Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng3China Liu Song5Malta Tony Drago1England Mark King5
China Tian Pengfei5China Tian Pengfei4China Liu Song5China Liu Song4
Wales Michael White5England Alfie Burden2Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien5England Ricky Walden1
England Simon Bedford1Wales Michael White5Wales Michael White2Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien5
England Matthew Couch1England Andy Hicks2England Dave Harold2England Joe Perry1
Thailand James Wattana5Thailand James Wattana5Thailand James Wattana5Thailand James Wattana5
Belgium Bjorn Haneveerw/dScotland Alan McManus5England Anthony Hamilton5Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty2
Republic of Ireland David Hoganw/oRepublic of Ireland David Hogan0Scotland Alan McManus3England Anthony Hamilton5
England Paul Davison2China Liu Chuang5Scotland Jamie Burnett5Wales Dominic Dale5
China Li Yan5China Li Yan4China Liu Chuang1Scotland Jamie Burnett3
India Aditya Mehta5England Rod Lawler4Wales Jamie Jones4Wales Ryan Day5
England Stuart Carrington0India Aditya Mehta5India Aditya Mehta5India Aditya Mehta2
Wales Daniel Wells1England Jack Lisowski5England Mike Dunn0Hong Kong Marco Fu1
England David Grace5England David Grace0England Jack Lisowski5England Jack Lisowski5
Scotland Scott MacKenzie0England Jimmy White5England Nigel Bond5Scotland Marcus Campbell0
England Adam Wicheard5England Adam Wicheard3England Jimmy White0England Nigel Bond5
Wales Andrew Pagett3England Peter Lines5England Barry Pinches5England Andrew Higginson5
Finland Robin Hull5Finland Robin Hull3England Peter Lines4England Barry Pinches4
Poland Kacper Filipiak0Northern Ireland Joe Swail4England Robert Milkins5Northern Ireland Gerard Greene4
England Andrew Norman5England Andrew Norman5England Andrew Norman4England Robert Milkins5
Thailand Passakorn Suwannawat5England Jimmy Robertson2England Steve Davis1England Stephen Lee5
England Adam Duffy2Thailand Passakorn Suwannawat5Thailand Passakorn Suwannawat5Thailand Passakorn Suwannawat1
England Sam Baird1England Ian McCulloch5England Matthew Selt5England Martin Gould5
China Yu Delu5China Yu Delu1England Ian McCulloch1England Matthew Selt2
England Sam Craigie2England Joe Jogia3England Mark Joyce0China Liang Wenbo5
Norway Kurt Maflin5Norway Kurt Maflin5Norway Kurt Maflin5Norway Kurt Maflin2
Northern Ireland Joe Meara4China Xiao Guodong4England Michael Holt5England Barry Hawkins4
China Cao Yupeng5China Cao Yupeng5China Cao Yupeng3England Michael Holt5
England Ben Woollaston5Scotland Anthony McGill5England Tom Ford5England Stuart Bingham5
England David Gilbert3England Ben Woollaston2Scotland Anthony McGill1England Tom Ford1
England Liam Highfield3England Adrian Gunnell5England Rory McLeod4England Mark Davis5
Republic of Ireland David Morris5Republic of Ireland David Morris2England Adrian Gunnell5England Adrian Gunnell4

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

[11][12]

Televised stage centuries

[13]

References

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