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.
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.
Match Score WC1 5–0 WC2 5–4 WC3 5–2 WC4 5–1 WC5 5–1 WC6 5–4 WC7 5–1
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Terry CamilleriShanghai Grand Stage, Shanghai, China, 5 October 2008. Ricky Walden 10–8 Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) Afternoon: 0–88, 61–47, , , , , , , Evening: 104–0 (95), , , , , , , , 105 Highest break 108 1 Century breaks 1 6 50+ breaks 6
Qualifying rounds These matches took place from 2 to 5 September 2008 at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales.
Century breaks
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
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