Shanghai Masters 2008

Shanghai Masters 2008
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Venue:	Shanghai Grand Stage
Opening:	September 29, 2008
Endgame:	October 5, 2008
Winner:	Ricky Walden
Highest Break:	147 ( Jamie Cope )
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The Shanghai Masters 2008 was a snooker tournament that was held from September 29th to October 5th, 2008 in Shanghai.

The qualifier Ricky Walden defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 10: 8 in the final .

Prize money

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

Highest Preliminary Round Break: £ 500 Highest Final Round Break: £ 2,000 Maximum break (preliminary round): £ 1,000 Maximum break (final round): £ 20,000 Total: £ 282,000

Wildcard round

The wildcard games took place in Shanghai on September 29th.

game		Result
WC1	Ricky Walden	5 : 0	Zhang Anda
WC2	Judd Trump	5 : 4	A Bu La Jiang
WC3	Jimmy White	5 : 2	Xiao Guodong
WC4	Anthony Hamilton	5 : 1	Li Yan
WC5	Andy Hicks	5 : 1	Li Yuan
WC6	Tom Ford	5 : 4	Yu Delu
WC7	Stuart Pettman	5 : 1	Cao Xinlong

Final round

	Round 1 Best of 9 frames					Round of 16 Best of 9 frames					Quarterfinals Best of 9 frames					Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 19 frames
	1	Dominic Dale	4th
		Steve Davis	5
							Steve Davis	5
							Dave Harold	4th
	12	Ding Junhui	3
		Dave Harold	5
												Steve Davis	2
												Ricky Walden	5
	11	Neil Robertson	5
		Fergal O'Brien	2
						11	Neil Robertson	4th
							Ricky Walden	5
	7th	Stephen Hendry	4th
		Ricky Walden	5
																	Ricky Walden	6th
																5	Mark Selby	4th
	5	Mark Selby	5
		Judd Trump	1
						5	Mark Selby	5
						16	Mark King	0
	16	Mark King	5
		Jimmy White	4th
											5	Mark Selby	5
											15th	Marco Fu	3
	15th	Marco Fu	5
		Anthony Hamilton	2
						15th	Marco Fu	5
							Andy Hicks	2
	4th	Shaun Murphy	1
		Andy Hicks	5
																						Ricky Walden	10
																					2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	8th
	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	4th
	9	Ryan Day	5
		Liang Wenbo	0
						9	Ryan Day	5
						6th	John Higgins	2
	6th	John Higgins	5
		Tom Ford	4th
																3	Stephen Maguire	5
																2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6th
	8th	Allister Carter	2
		Mark Williams	5
							Mark Williams	5
							Jamie Cope	2
	14th	Graeme Dott	-
		Jamie Cope	kl.
												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 Shanghai Grand Stage, Shanghai, China, October 5, 2008
Ricky Walden England	10 : 8	Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) England
Afternoon games: 0:88, 61:47, 113 (74): 20, 99 (94): 4, 22:86 (58), 0:95 (64), 1:87 (87), 77 (56 ): 38, 0:78 (78) Evening Games: 104 (95): 0, 5: 122 ( 108 ), 78:21, 65:25, 16:82 (82), 73 (59): 23, 84: 4, 30:66, ( 105 ) 105: 11
105	Highest break	108
1	Century Breaks	1
6th	50+ breaks	6th

qualification

The qualifying rounds took place from September 2nd to 5th, 2008 in Prestatyn (Wales).

	Round 1 Best of 9 frames				Round 2 Best of 9 frames				Round 3 best of 9 frames				Round 4 Best of 9 frames
		James McBain	5			Mark Davis	5			Gerard Greene	5			Steve Davis	5
		Aditya Mehta	2			James McBain	3			Mark Davis	3			Gerard Greene	3
		Peter Lines	5			Rod Lawler	5			Jimmy Michie	4th			Dave Harold	5
		Andrew Pagett	0			Peter Lines	1			Rod Lawler	5			Rod Lawler	1
		Daniel Wells	5			Ian Preece	5			Marcus Campbell	2			Fergal O'Brien	5
		Wayne Cooper	3			Daniel Wells	1			Ian Preece	5			Ian Preece	3
		Lee Spick	5			Liu Song	3			Ricky Walden	5			Ian McCulloch	2
		Declan Hughes	1			Lee Spick	5			Lee Spick	3			Ricky Walden	5
		Rodney Goggins	2			Martin Gould	1			Judd Trump	5			Joe Swail	3
		Andy Lee	5			Andy Lee	5			Andy Lee	2			Judd Trump	5
		Jamie Jones	2			Jimmy White	5			Andrew Higginson	3			Ken Doherty	1
		Li Hang	5			Li Hang	3			Jimmy White	5			Jimmy White	5
		Scott MacKenzie	2			Paul Davies	2			Michael Holt	5			Anthony Hamilton	5
		Robert Stephen	5			Robert Stephen	5			Robert Stephen	1			Michael Holt	1
		Kuldesh Johal	5			Andy Hicks	5			David Gilbert	2			Michael Judge	2
		David Grace	3			Kuldesh Johal	3			Andy Hicks	5			Andy Hicks	5
		Patrick Wallace	1			David Morris	5			David Gray	3			Barry Hawkins	5
		Jin Long	5			Jin Long	3			David Morris	5			David Morris	2
		Stephen Craigie	5			Joe Delaney	2			Mike Dunn	5			Stuart Bingham	5
		Stefan Mazrocis	1			Stephen Craigie	5			Stephen Craigie	2			Mike Dunn	0
		Lewis Roberts	1			David Roe	3			Liang Wenbo	5			Mark Allen	2
		Atthasit Mahitthi	5			Atthasit Mahitthi	5			Atthasit Mahitthi	3			Liang Wenbo	5
		Supoj Saenla	2			Andrew Norman	5			Tom Ford	5			Stephen Lee	4th
		Vincent Muldoon	5			Vincent Muldoon	3			Andrew Norman	2			Tom Ford	5
		Paul Davison	5			Mark Joyce	5			Adrian Gunnell	3			Mark Williams	5
		Chris McBreen	1			Paul Davison	1			Mark Joyce	5			Mark Joyce	1
		Matthew Selt	5			Robert Milkins	3			Jamie Burnett	5			Jamie Cope	5
		Michael Georgiou	0			Matthew Selt	5			Matthew Selt	0			Jamie Burnett	0
		Matthew Couch	5			Barry Pinches	0			Alan McManus	5			Matthew Stevens	5
		Liu Chuang	1			Matthew Couch	5			Matthew Couch	2			Alan McManus	1
		bye	0			Stuart Pettman	5			Rory McLeod	3			Nigel Bond	4th
		Simon Bedford	5			Simon Bedford	3			Stuart Pettman	5			Stuart Pettman	5

1. ↑ ^{a b} These games took place in Shanghai.

Century Breaks

Qualifying round

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

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

Final round

147 Jamie Cope 145, 141, 108, 106, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan 139 Ian Preece 139, 105, 104, 101 Ricky Walden 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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Walden stuns O'Sullivan in final . In: BBC Sport . October 5, 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
2. ↑ Global Snooker Center: Shanghai Masters Prize Money ( Memento from February 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Global Snooker: Final Round Results ( Memento from February 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ John Dee: Big guns bite the dust as Dott break arm playing football. In: thenational.ae. The National, October 1, 2008, accessed August 9, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Global Snooker: Qualifying Round Results ( Memento of April 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ Maximum break fails to save Cope . BBC Sports. October 2, 2008. Retrieved October 5, 2008.