2016 Shanghai Masters


The 2016 Bank of Communications OTO Shanghai Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 19 and 25 September 2016 at the Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China. The 10th edition of the tournament since it was first held in 2007, it was the fifth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.
Kyren Wilson was the defending champion, but he lost 2–5 to Michael [Holt (snooker player)|Michael Holt] in the last 32.
Stephen Maguire made the 120th official maximum break in the third frame of his wildcard round match against Xu Yichen. It was Maguire's third professional maximum break.
Ding Junhui won the 12th ranking title of his career, defeating Mark Selby 10–6 in the final. He also became the first second-time winner in the history of the event.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money from this year is shown below:
  • Winner: £85,000
  • Runner-up: £35,000
  • Semi-final: £19,500
  • Quarter-final: £12,000
  • Last 16: £8,000
  • Last 32: £6,000
  • Last 48: £3,000
  • Last 64: £2,000
  • Last 96: £500
  • Non-televised highest break: £200
  • Televised highest break: £2,000
  • Total: £465,200
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £5,000 for the televised stage and at £10,500 for the qualifiers.

Wildcard round

These matches were played in Shanghai on 19 and 20 September 2016.
MatchScore
WC1'''Michael Holt|ENG

Qualifying

These matches were played between 30 August and 2 September 2016 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

Televised stage centuries