2015 Shanghai Masters

The 2015 Bank of Communications OTO Shanghai Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 14 and 20 September 2015 at the Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China. It was the second ranking event of the 2015/2016 season.

Stuart Bingham was the defending champion, but he lost 3–6 against Judd Trump in the semi-finals.

Kyren Wilson won his first ranking title, defeating Trump 10–9 in the final.

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


 * Winner: £85,000
 * Runner-up: £35,000
 * Semi-final: £19,500
 * Quarter-final: £12,000
 * Last 16: £8,000
 * Last 32: £6,000
 * Last 48: £3,000
 * Last 64: £2,000
 * Last 96: £500


 * Non-televised highest break: £200
 * Televised highest break: £2,000
 * Total: £465,200

Wildcard round
These matches were played in Shanghai on 14 and 15 September 2015.

Main draw

 * Ricky Walden withdrew to attend the birth of his son, which took place on 14 September.
 * Mark Selby withdrew as his father-in-law died shortly before the tournament began.

Qualifying
These matches were held between 5 and 9 August 2015 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England.

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 140, 131 – Cao Yupeng
 * 138 – Zhou Yuelong
 * 136 – Anthony Hamilton
 * 136 – Martin O'Donnell
 * 134, 104 – Zhang Anda
 * 133, 117 – Tom Ford
 * 133, 114 – Tian Pengfei
 * 131 – Zhang Yong
 * 129 – Mike Dunn
 * 128, 102 – Kyren Wilson
 * 128 – Fergal O'Brien
 * 128 – Jimmy Robertson
 * 127 – Liam Highfield
 * 126 – Mark King
 * 121, 108, 104 – Luca Brecel
 * 121, 101 – Anthony McGill
 * 121 – Nigel Bond
 * 119 – Joel Walker


 * 119 – Kurt Maflin
 * 118 – Dominic Dale
 * 113 – Robert Milkins
 * 110 – Joe Swail
 * 110 – Hossein Vafaei
 * 110 – Alex Taubman
 * 109 – Gerard Greene
 * 108, 100 – Ross Muir
 * 108 – Li Hang
 * 106, 104 – Jamie Burnett
 * 106, 103 – Jamie Cope
 * 103 – Rory McLeod
 * 102 – Liang Wenbo
 * 102 – Matthew Stevens
 * 101 – Paul Davison
 * 100 – Rod Lawler
 * 100 – Rhys Clark
 * 100 – Lee Walker

Televised stage centuries

 * 140 – Luca Brecel
 * 134 – Peter Ebdon
 * 128, 108, 104 – Mark Williams
 * 126 – Mark Davis
 * 123 – Kyren Wilson
 * 122, 115, 104, 100 – Judd Trump
 * 122, 100 – Alan McManus
 * 120 – Mike Dunn


 * 118, 103 – Stuart Bingham
 * 115, 104 – Fang Xiongman
 * 109 – Martin Gould
 * 107 – Shaun Murphy
 * 104 – Ding Junhui
 * 101 – Mark Allen
 * 101 – Michael Holt