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2015 Shanghai Masters

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Dates
  
14–20 September 2015

City
  
Shanghai

Organisation(s)
  
WPBSA

Venue
  
Shanghai Grand Stage

Country
  
China

Format
  
Ranking event

The 2015 Bank of Communications OTO Shanghai Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 14–20 September 2015 at the Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China. It was the second ranking event of the 2015/2016 season.

Contents

Stuart Bingham was the defending champion, but he lost 3–6 against Judd Trump in the semi-finals.

Kyren Wilson won his first ranking title, defeating Trump 10–9 in the final.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money from this year is shown below:

Wildcard round

These matches were played in Shanghai on 14 and 15 September 2015.

  • Ricky Walden withdrew to attend the birth of his son, which took place on 14 September.
  • Mark Selby withdrew as his father-in-law died shortly before the tournament began.

    • Qualifying

    These matches were held between 5 and 9 August 2015 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England.

    References

    2015 Shanghai Masters Wikipedia
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