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. The second edition of the tournament since its inaugural staging the previous year, it was the second ranking event of the 2008/2009 season.
Former List of [World Snooker Championship winners|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, where he made the 64th official maximum break against Mark Williams.
Qualifier Ricky Walden won in the final 10–8 against World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan to win his first ranking title.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
  • Winner: £52,000
  • Runner-up: £25,000
  • Semi-final: £12,500
  • Quarter-final: £6,725
  • Last 16: £5,000
  • Last 32: £3,450
  • Last 48: £2,050
  • Last 64: £1,400
  • Stage one highest break: £500
  • Stage two highest break: £2,000
  • Stage one maximum break: £1,000
  • Stage two maximum break: £20,000
  • Total: £282,000

    Wildcard round

These matches were played in Shanghai on 29 September.
MatchScore
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Main draw

Final

Qualifying rounds

These matches took place from 2 to 5 September 2008 at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales.

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries