2015 Shanghai Masters
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.
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.The breakdown of prize money from 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: £3,000
- Last 64: £2,000
- Last 96: £500
- Non-televised highest break: £200
- Televised highest break: £2,000
- Total: £465,200
Wildcard round
These matches were played in Shanghai on 14 and 15 September 2015.
Main draw
- 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.
Final
Qualifying
These matches were held between 5 and 9 August 2015 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England.Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
- 140, 131 Cao Yupeng
- 138 Zhou Yuelong
- 136 Anthony Hamilton
- 136 Martin O'Donnell
- 134, 104 Zhang Anda
- 133, 117 Tom Ford
- 133, 114 Tian Pengfei
- 131 Zhang Yong
- 129 Mike Dunn
- 128, 102 Kyren Wilson
- 128 Fergal O'Brien
- 128 Jimmy Robertson
- 127 Liam Highfield
- 126 Mark King
- 121, 108, 104 Luca Brecel
- 121, 101 Anthony McGill
- 121 Nigel Bond
- 119 Joel Walker
- 119 Kurt Maflin
- 118 Dominic Dale
- 113 Robert Milkins
- 110 Joe Swail
- 110 Hossein Vafaei
- 110 Alex Taubman
- 109 Gerard Greene
- 108, 100 Ross Muir
- 108 Li Hang
- 106, 104 Jamie Burnett
- 106, 103 Jamie Cope
- 103 Rory McLeod
- 102 Liang Wenbo
- 102 Matthew Stevens
- 101 Paul S Davison
- 100 Rod Lawler
- 100 Rhys Clark
- 100 Lee Walker
Televised stage centuries
- 140 Luca Brecel
- 134 Peter Ebdon
- 128, 108, 104 Mark Williams
- 126 Mark Davis
- 123 Kyren Wilson
- 122, 115, 104, 100 Judd Trump
- 122, 100 Alan McManus
- 120 Mike Dunn
- 118, 103 Stuart Bingham
- 115, 104 Fang Xiongman
- 109 Martin Gould
- 107 Shaun Murphy
- 104 Ding Junhui
- 101 Mark Allen
- 101 Michael Holt