2008 Shanghai Masters

Roewe Shanghai Masters
Tournament information
Dates	29 September – 5 October 2008
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
	← 2007 2009 →

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.

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

References

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^ "Various Snooker Records". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
^ "Walden stuns O'Sullivan in final". BBC Sport. 5 October 2008. Archived from the original on 11 March 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
^ "Roewe Shanghai Masters 2008 - Prize Money". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Roewe Shanghai Masters 2008 – Results". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Roewe Shanghai Masters 2008". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Shanghai Masters 2008 – Qualifying". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
^ "Maximum break fails to save Cope". BBC Sport. 2 October 2008. Archived from the original on 4 October 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2008.

[1] "Maguire's master class". Daily Record on HighBeam Research. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2013.(subscription required)

[2] "Various Snooker Records". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2014.

[3] "Walden stuns O'Sullivan in final". BBC Sport. 5 October 2008. Archived from the original on 11 March 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2009.

[4] "Roewe Shanghai Masters 2008 - Prize Money". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2013.

[GSMD_results-5] "Roewe Shanghai Masters 2008 – Results". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2013.

[Snooker.org-6] "Roewe Shanghai Masters 2008". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 May 2013.

[GSQD_results-7] "Shanghai Masters 2008 – Qualifying". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2013.

[8] "Maximum break fails to save Cope". BBC Sport. 2 October 2008. Archived from the original on 4 October 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2008.

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