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.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| 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
editThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4]
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Wildcard round
editThese 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
editFinal
edit| 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
editThese matches took place from 2 to 5 September 2008 at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales.[7]
| Round 1 Best of 9 frames | ||
Century breaks
editQualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c d "Roewe Shanghai Masters 2008 – Results". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ^ a b c "Roewe Shanghai Masters 2008". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ^ a b "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.