2011 Shanghai Masters
The Shanghai Masters 2011 ( officially: Bank of Communication Shanghai Masters 2011) was held as a tournament of Snooker Main Tour of the Season 2011/12 from 5 to 11 September 2011 in Shanghai.
Titleholder was Allister Carter. The title of Mark Selby secured with a tight 10-9 final win over Mark Williams.
- 6.1 final
- 6.2 Qualification
Prize money / world ranking points
Achievements round tournament victory finalist semifinalists quarter-finalists Last 16 Last 32 Last 48 Last 64 Last 80 Last 96
Highest Break ( final): Highest Break (qualification ):
Total:
Maximum Break ( final):
Purse £ 65,000 £ 32,000 £ 15,000 £ 10,000 £ 7,000 £ 4,000 £ 2,300 £ 1,500
£ 2,000 £ 200
£ 350,000
£ 10,000
Ranking Points 7000 5600 4480 3500 2660 1960 (980) 1610 (805) 1260 (630) 910 ( 455 ) 560 (280 )
Wildcard Round
The matches of the wildcard round took place in Shanghai on September 5, 2011.
Final round
By qualifying for the main tournament James Wattana and Jack Lisowski had already accomplished a great feat. For both, however, their first round opponent Ronnie O'Sullivan and Jamie Cope was too strong. The most prominent victim of the first round was the world rankings Fourth Ding Junhui. After a 3-0 lead, he still lost 3:5 against Martin Gould, who improved from game to game in the extent to which the Chinese subsided. In a spectacular eighth frame the Englishman turned the game and won by only einlochte from a snooker out and then the black recessed along the band. In a lengthy despite the clear result match the second Chinese Liang Wenbo defeated the former world champion Neil Robertson with 1:5, which for the first time in tournament history no indigenous players reached the knockout stages.
Terminated early was the tournament for the defending champion and world ranking Sixth Ali Carter, who narrowly lost to Mark King with 4:5. Also at the Australian Open, he was already failed in round 1. For the eight-and ninth -place in the world rankings, there was the second ranking tournament of the season is also the second opening defeat Stephen Maguire was overpowered by Anthony Hamilton 5-4, with the Englishman three Century Breaks achieved. Then Hamilton succeeded even a victory over Ronnie O'Sullivan. World Championship finalist Judd Trump defeated by Australia - winner Stuart Bingham clearly with 1:5.
Shaun Murphy had great difficulty with Dominic Dale, but was able to win after a 1:4 deficit to 5-4. Also in round two of the Englishman was first with 2:4 against Mark Allen back before he started with a 143er -break, the highest of the tournament, a series of three frame gains and still won 5-4. So it came to the quarter-final between Murphy and Mark Selby. Once again the match went on full 9 frames, but this time it was Selby who still played after a 2:4 residue semi-finals.
There he met Mark King. After his surprising opening victory he had stopped the winning streak of Anthony Hamilton. King had last been in 2006 in the semi finals of a ranking tournament. But the revenge for his two clear defeats at the Shanghai Masters ( 2008, 0:5, 2010 1:5) failed him thoroughly. Selby won 6-0 smooth.
In the second semifinal Mark Williams and Neil Robertson clashed. Williams was drafted with only one frame loss in the semifinal. His Australian opponent had clearly won a previous round against the reigning world champion and world number two John Higgins 5-2. It was a hard fought game with advantages for Williams to 3:1 or 4:2. Equally curious how significant was five frame in which Williams after 38 foul points could escape from a snooker, then even Robertson snookerte and thus got back 39 challenge points. Finally, the Australians won and came up with a series of 5:4 lead, but failed to bring about the decision. Instead, it was the Welshman who drew level and at the decisive frame kept his nerve.
Thus, it came at the Shanghai Grand Stage in a final of the favorites: The current number one, Mark Williams, Mark Selby met with the player who was supposed to replace him a few weeks later at the Cut - off point 1 at the top. It developed a balanced, high-class game with a slight advantage for Selby. The search for fast access and high breaks, including one each per player Century, marked the first session. After a 3-3 scoreboard Selby went with a 5-4 lead at the break. Both came in the evening clearly nervous in the arena and back it developed a tricky game. After a new leadership with two frames Selby had the chance to pull away to 7:4. But when his Williams this frame could still lose weight, the Englishman increasingly lost the thread. Finally, the Welshman could increase with four wins in a row at 9:7 frame. A frame standing in front of the defeat, Selby showed his fighting spirit and forced still the equalizer. With the momentum of the successful comeback, he won the last frame and thus successfully took revenge for their defeat at the Final German Masters 2011.
Final
Qualification
The qualifying matches were held from July 31 to August 4, 2011 in the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield.
The biggest surprise of qualifying was the 40 -year-old Thai James Wattana. The former world number three of the 1990, which had fallen out between the main tour, survived four qualifying rounds and was after the victory in the wildcard round, the only unseeded player in the main tournament. A strong performance was also young players Jack Lisowski, who among other things, Mike Dunn and Marco Fu reached his third participation in the main round of a world ranking tournament with clear victories. For both, however, the first round opponent Ronnie O'Sullivan and Jamie Cope proved too strong. A successful qualification also played the election Norwegian Kurt Maflin and Aditya Mehta from India and Passakorn Suwannawat from Thailand who failed only in the final qualifying round after three victories. For both Asians reaching the round was over the past 48 their respective best result to date.
Preliminary round
Round 1 to 4
Century Breaks
Finals
After a record year in 2008, this was the Shanghai Masters with the previously second-highest number of Centuries (25 in total ). The highest break was also failed in 2008 only higher, Shaun Murphy won for the second time after 2009, the premium for it. Five Centuries in a Shanghai tournament had already achieved Ronnie O'Sullivan once ( 2008) in Anthony Hamilton.