Tournament information | |
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Dates | 19–25 September 2016 |
Venue | Shanghai Grand Stage |
City | Shanghai |
Country | China |
Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £465,200 |
Winner's share | £85,000 |
Highest break | Stephen Maguire (147) |
Final | |
Champion | Ding Junhui |
Runner-up | Mark Selby |
Score | 10–6 |
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The 2016 Bank of Communications OTO Shanghai Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 19–25 September 2016 at the Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China. 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 Yi Chen Xu. 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.
The breakdown of prize money from this year is shown below:
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £5,000 for the televised stage and at £10,500 for the qualifiers.
These matches were played in Shanghai on 19 and 20 September 2016.
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.