Shanghai Masters 2019
Shanghai Masters 2019
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| Tournament type: | Invitation tournament |
| Attendees: | 24 |
| Venue: | Regal Intl. East Asia Hotel, Shanghai |
| Opening: | September 9, 2019 |
| Endgame: | 15th September 2019
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| Winner: |
 Ronnie O'Sullivan
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| Finalist: |
Shaun Murphy
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| Highest Break: | 142 ( Barry Hawkins )
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The Shanghai Masters 2019 was an invitation-only snooker tournament for the 2019/20 season that took place from September 9th to 15th in the east Chinese metropolis of Shanghai . The long-term ranking tournament was held for the second time as an invitation tournament. The venue was again the Regal International East Asia Hotel in the city center.
The last two editions of the tournament were won by Ronnie O'Sullivan , who defended his title with an 11-9 win over Shaun Murphy .
Prize money
The tournament was a total prize money of 750,000 £ played. It is the invitation tournament with the highest payout on the Main Tour at the moment . The total has been increased by £ 25,000 from the previous year and an annual increase of the same amount has been locked in for the next few years until 2022.
| Prize money | |
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| winner | £ 200,000 |
| finalist | £ 100,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 62,500 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 32,000 |
| Round of 16 | £ 16,000 |
| Last 24 | £ 8,000 |
| Highest break | £ 6,000 |
| All in all | £ 751,000 |
Attendees
The top 16 in the world rankings were invited (as of August 12, 2019). There were also the four best Chinese professional players in the ranking from 17th place: Yan Bingtao (18), Xiao Guodong (24), Lü Haotian (27) and Liang Wenbo (34). Four other Chinese players received a wildcard from the Chinese Association: Wu Yize and Zhao Jianbo qualified via the CBSA China Tour and Zhang Yi and Cao Jin via the Amateur Shanghai Masters .
Tournament schedule
Up to and including the quarter-finals, the game was played in the best-of-11 mode (6 winning frames). In the semifinals, the best-of-19 was then, in the final, the best-of-21. The first three rounds were held from Monday to Thursday. The first semifinal took place on Friday in two sessions, the second on Saturday. The final day was Sunday.
The top 8 were set for the round of 16. The players from places 9 to 16 played against eight Chinese players in round 1 for the round of 16.
WC = wildcard players invited by the Chinese association
final
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Final: Best of 21 Frames Referee: Zheng Weili Regal International East Asia Hotel, Shanghai , China , September 15, 2019  |
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Ronnie O'Sullivan
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11 : 9 |
Shaun Murphy
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Session 1: 19: 65 , 52: 63 (62), 18: 86 (68), 71 : 43 (61), 83 : 22, 81 : 1 (54), 84 : 21 (78), 48: 73 ( 61), 53: 55 , 73 : 43 (53) Session 2: 8: 99 (66), 66 : 61 (O. 66; M. 61), 0: 111 (111), 130 : 0 (130), 91 : 31 (51), 74 : 1, 130 : 0 (124), 0: 89 (82), 35: 90 (90), 86 : 29 (86) |
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| 130 | Highest break | 111 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 9 | 50+ breaks | 8th |
Century breaks
15 players scored a total of 37 breaks of 100 or more points in the tournament. The winner Ronnie O'Sullivan got the most with 8 such breaks. Barry Hawkins scored the highest with 142 points.
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- ↑ Shanghai Masters. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , August 14, 2017, accessed August 14, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Shanghai Masters 2019 Draw. (PDF; 86 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , September 8, 2019, accessed on September 9, 2019 .
- ^ Shanghai Masters Updated Draws. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , September 8, 2017, accessed September 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Shanghai Masters 2019. (PDF; 120 kB) Provisional Format of Play. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , August 13, 2019, accessed September 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Shanghai Masters (2019). Snooker.org, accessed September 13, 2019 .
- ^ Centuries. worldsnooker.com, accessed September 15, 2019 .
