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. It was the second ranking event of the 2008/2009 season and was the second annual edition of the tournament.

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, 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.

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

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 130 – Lee Spick
 * 121 – James McBain
 * 116 – Jin Long
 * 112 – Matthew Selt


 * 110 – Paul Davison
 * 107 – Liu Song
 * 105 – Andy Hicks
 * 101 – Andrew Norman

Televised stage centuries

 * 147 – Jamie Cope
 * 145, 141, 108, 106, 100 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * 139, 105, 104, 101 – Ricky Walden
 * 139 – Ian Preece
 * 137 – Fergal O'Brien
 * 136, 134 – John Higgins
 * 135 – Judd Trump
 * 128 – Mark Williams
 * 127, 104 – Andy Hicks
 * 127 – Atthasit Mahitthi
 * 125, 107, 106 – Tom Ford
 * 120, 116, 115, 114 – Stuart Pettman


 * 119 – Nigel Bond
 * 114, 101 – Stephen Maguire
 * 114 – Jamie Burnett
 * 114 – Peter Ebdon
 * 108 – Gerard Greene
 * 106, 105 – Joe Perry
 * 105 – Liang Wenbo
 * 105 – Mark Selby
 * 103 – Stuart Bingham
 * 103 – Barry Hawkins
 * 102 – Jimmy White