2008 Shanghai Masters
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. It was the second ranking event of the 2008/2009 season and was the second annual edition of the tournament.
| Tournament information | |
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| 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 |
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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]
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Wildcard round
These matches were played in Shanghai on 29 September.[5][6]
| Match | Score | ||
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| 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
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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]
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- Matches were held over and played in Shanghai.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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References
- "Maguire's master class". Daily Record on HighBeam Research. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2013.(subscription required)
- "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.
- "Roewe Shanghai Masters 2008 – Results". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- "Roewe Shanghai Masters 2008". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- "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.