 | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 5–11 September 2011 |
| 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 |
←
2010
2012 → | |
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
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
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
|
|
Televised stage centuries
- 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
References
- ^ "Bank of Communication Sponsor Shanghai Event". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ "Mark Selby beats Mark Williams to win Shanghai Masters". BBC Sport. 11 September 2011. Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ^ Kane, Desmond. "Selby exploits Williams error to win in Shanghai". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 11 September 2011.[ permanent dead link]
- ^ "Prize Money". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ^ a b "Shanghai Masters draw and provisional order of play" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ^ a b c "Shanghai Masters (2011)". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ^ "Shanghai Masters 2011 Draw". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ "2011 Shanghai Masters Qualifiers Draw" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ^ "Shanghai Masters Qualifiers (2011)". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ^ "Shanghai Masters Qualifiers". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
- ^ a b "Shanghai Masters 2011 Qualifying". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ "Century breaks (Qualifying)". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
- ^ "Century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.