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. The ninth edition of the tournament since it was first held in 2007, 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. Match Score WC1 1–5 WC2 5–0 WC3 5–0 WC4 5–2 WC5 5–2 WC6 5–2 WC7 5–1 WC8 5–2
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.
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore.Shanghai Grand Stage, Shanghai, China, 20 September 2015. Judd Trump (6) 9–10 Kyren Wilson Afternoon: 1–62, 81–0 (81), , , , , , , Evening: 33–75, , , , , , , , , 115 Highest break 75 1 Century breaks 0 7 50+ breaks 5
Qualifying These matches were held between 5 and 9 August 2015 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England.
Century breaks
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
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