The 2014 Bank of Communications OTO Shanghai Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8–14 September 2014 at the Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China. The eighth edition of the tournament since it was first held in 2007, it was the third ranking event of the 2014/2015 season. It was sponsored by the Bank of Communications.
Ding Junhui was the defending champion, but he lost 4–6 against Stuart Bingham in the semi-finals.
Bingham won his second ranking title by defeating Mark Allen 10–3 in the final.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for 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: £2,500 Last 64: £1,750 Last 96: £400
Non-televised highest break: £200 Televised highest break: £2,000 Total: £450,000
Wildcard round These matches were played in Shanghai on 8 and 9 September 2014.
Match Score WC1 1–5 WC2 5–3 WC3 5–1 WC4 5–0 WC5 5–2 WC6 3–5 WC7 5–2 WC8 5–3
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Deng Shihao.Shanghai Grand Stage, Shanghai, China, 14 September 2014. Stuart Bingham (11) 10–3 Mark Allen (10) Afternoon: 99–0 (99), , , , , , , , Evening: 66–57, 56–1, , 99 Highest break 97 0 Century breaks 0 4 50+ breaks 3
Qualifying These matches were held between 12 and 15 August 2014 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
142 Kurt Maflin 140 Matthew Selt 139 Jak Jones 136 David Morris 136 Jimmy Robertson 129, 108, 102 Stuart Carrington 128, 110 Michael White 125 Cao Yupeng 123, 120, 111 Dominic Dale 121 Rory McLeod 120 Alan McManus 119 Noppon Saengkham 117 Robin Hull 112, 108 Michael Wasley
112 Kyren Wilson 112 Li Hang 111 Xiao Guodong 110 Alex Davies 110 Jamie Cope 107, 105 Matthew Selt 106 Tian Pengfei 103 Gerard Greene 102 Andrew Higginson 101 Joe Swail 101 Ian Burns 100 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 100 Jack Lisowski
Televised stage centuries
144 Barry Hawkins 141, 136, 102 Li Hang 139 Ronnie O'Sullivan 128, 104 Michael White 128, 101 Ding Junhui 121, 102 Shaun Murphy 118, 114, 103 Stuart Bingham 117 Marco Fu 116 Mark Selby
115 Mark Allen 114 Huang Jiahao 114 Zhao Xintong 106 Chen Zifan 105 Martin Gould 103, 102 Dominic Dale 102 Ryan Day 100 Judd Trump
References
External links 2014 Bank of Communications OTO Shanghai Masters – Pictures by Tai Chengzhe at Facebook