The 2013
Bank of Communications
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Established in 1908, the Bank of Communications claims a long history in China and is one of the banks to have issued banknotes in mo ...
Shanghai Masters was a professional
ranking
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snooker
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tournament that took place between 16 and 22 September 2013 at the
Shanghai Grand Stage in
Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...
,
China. It was the third ranking event of the
2013/2014 season.
John Higgins
John Higgins, (born 18 May 1975) is a Scottish professional snooker player. He has won 31 career ranking titles, placing him in third position on the all-time list of ranking event winners, behind Ronnie O'Sullivan (39) and Stephen Hendry ( ...
was the defending champion, but he lost 1–5 against
Mark Davis in the last 16.
Ding Junhui
Ding Junhui (; born 1 April 1987) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He is the most successful Asian player in the history of the sport. Throughout his career, he has won 14 major ranking titles, including three UK Championships (200 ...
won his seventh ranking title by defeating
Xiao Guodong
Xiao Guodong (, born 10 February 1989) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2007 after winning the Asian Under-21 Championships.
Career 2007–2010
Xiao appeared as a wildcard in the 2007 China Open, and beat t ...
10–6 in the final. This was the first time that two
Chinese players had reached the final of a ranking event, but was also the first of three consecutive ranking finals between Asian players, all of which were won by Ding.
Prize fund
The total prize money of the event was raised to £425,000 from the previous year's £400,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
* Winner:
£80,000
* Runner-up: £35,000
* Semi-final: £19,500
* Quarter-final: £11,000
* Last 16: £7,500
* Last 32: £6,000
* Last 48: £2,300
* Last 64: £1,500
* Last 96: £250
* Non-televised highest break: £200
* Televised highest break: £2,000
* Total: £425,000
Wildcard round
These matches were played in
Shanghai
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on 16 and 17 September 2013.
Main draw
Final
Qualifying
These matches were held between 7 and 10 August 2013 at the
Doncaster Dome in
Doncaster
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,
England
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.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
* 137
Jamie Burnett
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A journeyman, Burnett was ranked within the world's top 64 players for 20 consecutive years between 1996 and 2016, reachi ...
* 128
Daniel Wells
* 127
Peter Lines
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* 125
Gary Wilson
* 120
Li Hang
* 120
Cao Yupeng
Cao Yupeng (; born 27 October 1990) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He won the 2011 Asian Under-21 Championship, thus qualifying for the professional main tour for the 2011–12 season. In his first season on the circuit, he reached ...
* 118
Simon Bedford
Simon Bedford (born 8 February 1976) is an English former professional snooker player.
Career
Bedford's best performance in a professional ranking event was to qualify for the 1998 World Championship; he beat Gary Wilkinson 10–9, before l ...
* 115
John Astley
* 113
Jack Lisowski
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* 108
Mike Dunn
* 106
Mark Joyce
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* 105
Pankaj Advani
* 105
Robbie Williams
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* 104
David Gilbert
* 103
Tom Ford
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* 100
Matthew Selt
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* 100
Jamie Jones
* 100
Joe Perry
Televised stage centuries
* 140, 107
Barry Hawkins
Barry Hawkins (born 23 April 1979) is an English professional snooker player from Ditton, Kent. He turned professional in 1996, but only rose to prominence in the 2004–05 snooker season, when he reached the last 16 of the 2004 UK Championsh ...
* 133
Kyren Wilson
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* 129, 126, 109, 106
Ding Junhui
Ding Junhui (; born 1 April 1987) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He is the most successful Asian player in the history of the sport. Throughout his career, he has won 14 major ranking titles, including three UK Championships (200 ...
* 127, 122, 111
Xiao Guodong
Xiao Guodong (, born 10 February 1989) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2007 after winning the Asian Under-21 Championships.
Career 2007–2010
Xiao appeared as a wildcard in the 2007 China Open, and beat t ...
* 127, 109
Martin Gould
Martin Gould (born 14 September 1981) is an English professional snooker player from Pinner in the London Borough of Harrow. He has appeared in four ranking finals and won one ranking title, the 2016 German Masters.
Career
Gould began his profe ...
* 122, 104
Neil Robertson
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* 122, 102
Mark Davis
* 120, 107, 101
Mark Selby
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* 116, 102
Shaun Murphy
Shaun Peter Murphy (born 10 August 1982) is an English professional snooker player who won the 2005 World Championship. Nicknamed "The Magician", Murphy is noted for his straight cue action and his long potting.
Born in Harlow, Essex and ra ...
* 115, 113
Michael Holt
* 109
Fang Xiongman
Fang Xiongman (,born 9 April 1993) is a former Chinese professional snooker player.
Career
Fang began competing at professional events in 2012, which included Asian Tour events as well as wildcard rounds of ranking tournaments. His most notable ...
* 107, 100
John Higgins
John Higgins, (born 18 May 1975) is a Scottish professional snooker player. He has won 31 career ranking titles, placing him in third position on the all-time list of ranking event winners, behind Ronnie O'Sullivan (39) and Stephen Hendry ( ...
* 106
Mark King
References
External links
2013 Bank of Communications Shanghai Masters – Pictures by Tai Chengzhe and Wang Chunat
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Shanghai Masters (snooker)
The Shanghai Masters is a professional snooker tournament. Originally a ranking event, it became a non-ranking invitation event in 2018. Ronnie O'Sullivan is the reigning champion. Ronnie O'Sullivan won the 2018 title, the first time it has been ...