The 2016 Bank of Communications OTO Shanghai Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 19 and 25 September 2016 at the Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China. The 10th edition of the tournament since it was first held in 2007, it was the fifth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.
Kyren Wilson was the defending champion, but he lost 2–5 to Michael Holt in the last 32.
Stephen Maguire made the 120th official maximum break in the third frame of his wildcard round match against Xu Yichen. It was Maguire's third professional maximum break.
Ding Junhui won the 12th ranking title of his career, defeating Mark Selby 10–6 in the final. He also became the first second-time winner in the history of the event.
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
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £5,000 for the televised stage and at £10,500 for the qualifiers.
Wildcard round
These matches were played in Shanghai on 19 and 20 September 2016.
Match Score WC1 5–1 WC2 5–3 WC3 5–0 WC4 5–0 WC5 5–1 WC6 5–1 WC7 5–1 WC8 0–5
Main draw
Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Zheng Weili.Shanghai Grand Stage, Shanghai, China, 25 September 2016. Ding Junhui (10) 10–6 Mark Selby (2) Afternoon: 14–74 (74), , , , , , , , Evening: 0–76 (76), , , , , , 115 Highest break 108 1 Century breaks 2 8 50+ breaks 5
Qualifying
These matches were played between 30 August and 2 September 2016 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
136, 110 Michael Holt 134, 117 Jamie Curtis-Barrett 134 Sam Craigie 130 Jack Lisowski 128, 118 Stuart Carrington 128 Hamza Akbar 127, 102 Zhang Anda 123 Kurt Maflin 119, 102 Jamie Jones 118 Matthew Selt 116, 103 Thor Chuan Leong
116 Andrew Higginson 115 Robin Hull 114 Dominic Dale 108, 100 Mei Xiwen 104 Ian Preece 104 Ross Muir 103 Stephen Maguire 103 Jamie Cope 101 Adam Duffy 101 Zhao Xintong
Televised stage centuries
147, 130, 121, 104 Stephen Maguire 141, 135, 100 Stuart Carrington 133 Anthony McGill 124, 123, 112 Stuart Bingham 120, 108, 102 Mark Selby 119 Marco Fu 117, 115 David Gilbert 117 Mei Xiwen
115, 103 Ding Junhui 113, 101 Michael White 111, 100 Yuan Sijun 108, 107, 107, 102 Ryan Day 107, 103, 101 Michael Holt 104 Ali Carter 101 Kyren Wilson 100 John Higgins
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