Snooker tournament
The 2008 Roewe Shanghai Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 29 September and 5 October 2008 at the Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai , China . It was the second ranking event of the 2008/2009 season and was the second annual edition of the tournament.
Former World Champion Graeme Dott withdrew from the competition after breaking his left arm on 30 September, during an informal football match with other snooker players. As a result, Jamie Cope , who was due to play Dott in the first round, received a bye to the last 16,[ 1] where he made the 64th official maximum break against Mark Williams .[ 2]
Qualifier Ricky Walden won in the final 10–8 against World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan to win his first ranking title.[ 3]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[ 4]
Winner: £52,000
Runner-up: £25,000
Semi-final: £12,500
Quarter-final: £6,725
Last 16: £5,000
Last 32: £3,450
Last 48: £2,050
Last 64: £1,400
Stage one highest break: £500
Stage two highest break: £2,000
Stage one maximum break: £1,000
Stage two maximum break: £20,000
Total: £282,000
Wildcard round
These matches were played in Shanghai on 29 September.[ 5] [ 6]
Main draw
[ 5] [ 6]
Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Terry CamilleriShanghai Grand Stage , Shanghai , China , 5 October 2008.[ 5] [ 6]
Ricky Walden England
10 –8
Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) England
Afternoon: 0–88 , 61 –47, 113 –20 (74) , 99 –4 (94) , 22–86 (58) , 0–95 (64) , 1–87 (87) , 77 –38 (56) , 0–78 (78) Evening: 104 –0 (95), 5–122 (108) , 78 –21 , 65 –25 , 16–82 (82) , 73 –23 (59) , 84 –4 , 30–66 , 105 –11 (105)
105
Highest break
108
1
Century breaks
1
6
50+ breaks
6
Qualifying rounds
These matches took place from 2 to 5 September 2008 at Pontins in Prestatyn , Wales .[ 7]
^ a b Matches were held over and played in Shanghai.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
[ 7]
Televised stage centuries
[ 5]
147 – Jamie Cope [ 8]
145, 141, 108, 106, 100 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
139, 105, 104, 101 – Ricky Walden
139 – Ian Preece
137 – Fergal O'Brien
136, 134 – John Higgins
135 – Judd Trump
128 – Mark Williams
127, 104 – Andy Hicks
127 – Atthasit Mahitthi
125, 107, 106 – Tom Ford
120, 116, 115, 114 – Stuart Pettman
References
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