Shanghai Masters (snooker)

Shanghai Masters

Tournament information
Venue	Luwan Gymnasium
Location	Shanghai
Country	China
Established	2007;18 years ago (2007)
Organisation(s)	World Snooker Tour CBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£825,000
Recent edition	2025
Current champion	Kyren Wilson  (ENG)

The Shanghai Masters is a professional snooker tournament. Held as a ranking event from 2007 to 2017, it became a non-ranking invitational tournament in 2018. It features 24 invited players, comprising the top 16 players in the world rankings, the four highest-ranked Chinese players outside the top 16, and four Chinese wildcard players. Following the 2019 edition, the tournament was not held again until 2023, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the most recent edition in 2025, the winner received £210,000 from a total prize fund of £825,000.

Ronnie O'Sullivan is the most successful player in the tournament's history, having won the title five times, in 2009, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2023. Four maximum breaks have been made in the history of the event, most recently by Zhang Anda at the 2025 edition. ^[1] The reigning champion is Kyren Wilson, who won his second title at the 2025 event with an 11–9 victory over Ali Carter. ^[2]

History

The event was introduced in the 2007–2008 season and was the second ranking event to be held in China as a result of the growth of the sport in the country. ^[3] Until 2016, the first round was preceded by a wildcard round featuring eight players. ^[4] In 2018, the tournament became a 24-player invitational event. ^[5] It is now the longest-running tournament in China after the discontinuation of the China Open in 2019.

Format

Since 2018, the tournament has been an invitational event for the top 16 players in the world rankings, the four highest-ranked Chinese players outside the top 16, and four Chinese wildcards. The top eight players in the world rankings are seeded through to the last 16. In the first round, players ranked 9 to 12 play the four highest-ranked Chinese players while players ranked 13 to 16 play the four Chinese wildcards. All matches are played as the best of 11 frames up to the quarter-finals. The semi-finals are the best of 19 frames and the final is the best of 21 frames. ^[6]

Winners

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Year	Winner	Runner-up	Final score	Venue	City	Season
Shanghai Masters (ranking, 2007–2017)
2007	Dominic Dale  (WAL)	Ryan Day  (WAL)	10–6	Shanghai Indoor Stadium	Shanghai, China	2007/08
2008	Ricky Walden  (ENG)	Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)	10–8			2008/09
2009	Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)	Liang Wenbo  (CHN)	10–5			2009/10
2010	Ali Carter  (ENG)	Jamie Burnett  (SCO)	10–7			2010/11
2011	Mark Selby  (ENG)	Mark Williams  (WAL)	10–9			2011/12
2012 [8]	John Higgins  (SCO)	Judd Trump  (ENG)	10–9			2012/13
2013 [9]	Ding Junhui  (CHN)	Xiao Guodong  (CHN)	10–6			2013/14
2014 [10]	Stuart Bingham  (ENG)	Mark Allen  (NIR)	10–3			2014/15
2015 [11]	Kyren Wilson  (ENG)	Judd Trump  (ENG)	10–9			2015/16
2016 [12]	Ding Junhui  (CHN)	Mark Selby  (ENG)	10–6			2016/17
2017 [13]	Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)	Judd Trump  (ENG)	10–3			2017/18
Shanghai Masters (non-ranking, 2018–present)
2018	Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)	Barry Hawkins  (ENG)	11–9	Regal International East Asia Hotel	Shanghai, China	2018/19
2019	Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)	Shaun Murphy  (ENG)	11–9			2019/20
2020–2022	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2023	Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)	Luca Brecel  (BEL)	11–9	Shanghai Indoor Stadium	Shanghai, China	2023/24
2024 [14]	Judd Trump  (ENG)	Shaun Murphy  (ENG)	11–5			2024/25
2025 [2]	Kyren Wilson  (ENG)	Ali Carter  (ENG)	11–9	Luwan Gymnasium		2025/26

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