2011 Shanghai Masters
The 2011 Bank of Communication Shanghai Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 5–11 September 2011 at the Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China. This was the first time that the Bank of Communications sponsored the event.
Ali Carter was the defending champion, but lost in the first round 4–5 against Mark King.
Mark Selby won his second ranking title by defeating Mark Williams 10–9 in the final. By doing so, he became world number one for the first time in his career.Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
- Winner: £65,000
- Runner-up: £32,000
- Semi-final: £15,000
- Quarter-final: £10,000
- Last 16: £7,000
- Last 32: £4,000
- Last 48: £2,300
- Last 64: £1,500
- Stage one highest break: £200
- Stage two highest break: £2,000
- Total: £350,000
Wildcard round
These matches were played in Shanghai on 5 September 2011.
Main draw
Final
Qualifying
These matches took place between 31 July and 4 August 2011 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.
;Preliminary round
Best of 9 frames
;Round 1–4Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
- 145, 100 Michael White
- 138, 107 James Wattana
- 136, 104 Fergal O'Brien
- 136 Tom Ford
- 129 Jamie Burnett
- 129 Anthony Hamilton
- 127 Robin Hull
- 123, 123, 100 Kurt Maflin
- 123 Ben Woollaston
- 120 Nigel Bond
- 119, 110 Passakorn Suwannawat
- 118 Adam Duffy
- 117, 100 Barry Pinches
- 115 Mark Davis
- 114, 100 Liu Chuang
- 114 Aditya Mehta
- 111, 107, 103 Stuart Bingham
- 111 Anthony McGill
- 110 Cao Yupeng
- 107 Alfie Burden
- 104, 104 Jack Lisowski
- 104, 100 Adam Wicheard
- 102 Dominic Dale
- 101 Joe Jogia
Televised stage centuries
- 143, 102 Shaun Murphy
- 132, 130, 129, 100 Mark Williams
- 129, 123, 112, 107, 104 Anthony Hamilton
- 129, 112 Stuart Bingham
- 128, 102 Dominic Dale
- 117, 113, 110 Mark Selby
- 112 John Higgins
- 111, 110 Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 109 Robert Milkins
- 101 Jamie Cope
- 100 Michael Holt
- 100 Mark Allen