2011 Shanghai Masters

The 2011 Bank of Communication Shanghai Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 5–11 September 2011 at the Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China. This was the first time that the Bank of Communications sponsored the event.

Ali Carter was the defending champion, but lost in the first round 4–5 against Mark King.

Mark Selby won his second ranking title by defeating Mark Williams 10–9 in the final. By doing so, he became world number one for the first time in his career.

Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


 * Winner: £65,000
 * Runner-up: £32,000
 * Semi-final: £15,000
 * Quarter-final: £10,000
 * Last 16: £7,000
 * Last 32: £4,000
 * Last 48: £2,300
 * Last 64: £1,500


 * Stage one highest break: £200
 * Stage two highest break: £2,000
 * Total: £350,000

Wildcard round
These matches were played in Shanghai on 5 September 2011.

Qualifying
These matches took place between 31 July and 4 August 2011 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.

Best of 9 frames
 * Preliminary round


 * Round 1–4

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 145, 100 – Michael White
 * 138, 107 – James Wattana
 * 136, 104 – Fergal O'Brien
 * 136 – Tom Ford
 * 129 – Jamie Burnett
 * 129 – Anthony Hamilton
 * 127 – Robin Hull
 * 123, 123, 100 – Kurt Maflin
 * 123 – Ben Woollaston
 * 120 – Nigel Bond
 * 119, 110 – Passakorn Suwannawat
 * 118 – Adam Duffy


 * 117, 100 – Barry Pinches
 * 115 – Mark Davis
 * 114, 100 – Liu Chuang
 * 114 – Aditya Mehta
 * 111, 107, 103 – Stuart Bingham
 * 111 – Anthony McGill
 * 110 – Cao Yupeng
 * 107 – Alfie Burden
 * 104, 104 – Jack Lisowski
 * 104, 100 – Adam Wicheard
 * 102 – Dominic Dale
 * 101 – Joe Jogia

Televised stage centuries

 * 143, 102 – Shaun Murphy
 * 132, 130, 129, 100 – Mark Williams
 * 129, 123, 112, 107, 104 – Anthony Hamilton
 * 129, 112 – Stuart Bingham
 * 128, 102 – Dominic Dale
 * 117, 113, 110 – Mark Selby
 * 112 – John Higgins
 * 111, 110 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * 109 – Robert Milkins
 * 101 – Jamie Cope
 * 100 – Michael Holt
 * 100 – Mark Allen