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. It was the fifth edition of the tournament since it was first held in 2007. 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.
Match Score WC1 Fergal O'Brien|IRL}} 5–1 WC2 5–1 WC3 5–0 WC4 5–3 WC5 5–2 WC6 5–2 WC7 5–0 WC8 5–3
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams.Shanghai Grand Stage, Shanghai, China, 11 September 2011. Mark Selby (4) 10–9 Mark Williams (3) Afternoon: , , , , , , , , Evening: 55–25, 37–64, , , , , , , , 113 Highest break 132 1 Century breaks 1 4 50+ breaks 5
Qualifying These matches took place between 31 July and 4 August 2011 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.
Preliminary round Best of 9 frames Lucky Vatnani w/d–w/o David Hogan Luca Brecel 4–5 Adam Duffy
Round 1–4
Century breaks
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
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