The 2012 Bank of Communication Shanghai Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 17 and 23 September 2012 at the Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China. The sixth edition of the tournament since it was first held in 2007, it was the third ranking event of the 2012/2013 season.
Mark Selby was the defending champion, but he lost in the first round 1–5 against Jamie Cope.
John Higgins won his 25th ranking title by defeating Judd Trump 10–9 in the final. During the final Higgins made the 91st official maximum break. This was Higgins's sixth 147 break and also the third maximum break of the 2012/2013 season.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £75,000 Runner-up: £30,000 Semi-final: £18,000 Quarter-final: £10,000 Last 16: £7,500 Last 32: £6,000 Last 48: £2,300 Last 64: £1,500
Non-televised highest break: £200 Televised highest break: £2,000 Televised maximum break: £10,000 Total: £410,000
Wildcard round These matches were played in Shanghai on 17 and 18 September 2012.
Match Score WC1 5–3 WC2 5–2 WC3 5–0 WC4 5–4 WC5 5–1 WC6 2–5 WC7 4–5 WC8 4–5
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb.Shanghai Grand Stage, Shanghai, China, 23 September 2012.John Higgins (5) 10–9 Judd Trump (2) Afternoon: 0–112 (112), , , , , , , , Evening: 89–0 (89), , , , , , , , , 147 Highest break 112 1 Century breaks 3 7 50+ breaks 9
Qualifying These matches took place between 24 and 27 July 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
142, 100 David Gilbert 123 Jamie Cope 119 Mark Joyce 117 Alan McManus 108 Mark King
105 Michael White 104 Cao Yupeng 104 Marcus Campbell 102 Steve Davis 100 Gerard Greene
Televised stage centuries
147, 135, 103 John Higgins 131, 103 Joe Perry 131 Matthew Stevens 130, 103, 102 Ryan Day 124 Marco Fu 120 Ali Carter 114 Mark King
112, 111, 108, 105, 101 Judd Trump 112 Lyu Haotian 112 Ricky Walden 108 Graeme Dott 107 Shaun Murphy 100 Dominic Dale
References
External links
Shanghai Masters 2012 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Photobucket