2011 Shanghai Masters
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. It was the fifth edition of the tournament since it was first held in 2007. This was the first time that the Bank of Communications sponsored the event.
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. 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:- Winner: £65,000
- Runner-up: £32,000
- Semi-final: £15,000
- Quarter-final: £10,000
- Last 16: £7,000
- Last 32: £4,000
- Last 48: £2,300
- Last 64: £1,500
- Stage one highest break: £200
- Stage two highest break: £2,000
- Total: £350,000
Wildcard round
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| WC1 | Main drawFinalQualifyingThese matches took place between 31 July and 4 August 2011 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.;Preliminary round Best of 9 frames ;Round 1–4 Century breaksQualifying stage centuries
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