Shanghai Masters Snooker 2019 Draw, Live Scores and Schedule of Play
Ronnie O’Sullivan is the reigning and back-to-back champion (credit:Eurosport)
The Shanghai Masters returns in September for its 13th staging, and you can follow all the latest results and fixtures here.
The prestigious tournament, now classed as an invitational as opposed to a ranking event, features an elite field of 24 players competing for £751,000 in prize money.
The top 16 players in the world rankings following the International Championship are joined by the next four highest ranked Chinese players, two players from the CBSA U21 rankings and two from China’s Amateur Masters series.
The top eight seeds will enter the competition at the Second Round stage.
Ronnie O’Sullivan is the defending champion and is seeded number one, having defeated Barry Hawkins 11-9 in last year’s final to secure the title for the third time.
O’Sullivan is making his first competitive appearance of the season, five months on from his shock First Round exit at the World Championship.
World Champion Judd Trump is seeded number two as he looks to follow up his International Championship triumph earlier this season, while Mark Williams, Neil Robertson, John Higgins, Mark Selby, Mark Allen and Kyren Wilson make up the other seeded stars.
The likes of Shaun Murphy, Stephen Maguire, Ding Junhui and Jack Lisowski will also be looking to mount a title challenge.
The tournament runs from September 9-15 at the Regal International East Asia Hotel in Shanghai.
All matches up to and including the Quarter-Finals are to be contested over the best of 11 frames, with Semi-Finals best of 19 and the final best of 21.
Shanghai Masters Snooker 2019 Tournament Schedule
All times BST (Local time seven hours ahead)
Monday September 9
Round One
2.30am
5 Shaun Murphy 6-1 Lyu Haotian
6 Jack Lisowski 6-1 Wu Yize
7.30am
1 Ali Carter 3-6 Zhang Yi
3 Barry Hawkins 6-5 Yan Bingtao
12.30pm
2 Stephen Maguire 2-6 Xiao Guodong
4 Ding Junhui 6-2 Zhao Jianbo
Tuesday September 10
Round One
2.30am
7 Stuart Bingham 4-6 Liang Wenbo
8 David Gilbert 6-0 Cao Jin
Second Round
7.30am
13 Mark Williams 5-6 Shaun Murphy
14 Mark Selby 3-6 Jack Lisowski
12.30pm
9 Ronnie O’Sullivan 6-0 Zhang Yi
10 Kyren Wilson 6-4 Xiao Guodong
Wednesday September 11
Second Round
7am
15 Mark Allen 6-5 Liang Wenbo
16 Judd Trump 6-4 David Gilbert
12.30pm
11 John Higgins 5-6 Barry Hawkins
12 Neil Robertson 6-3 Ding Junhui
Thursday September 12
Quarter-Finals
7am
18 Barry Hawkins 2-6 Neil Robertson
20 Mark Allen 6-1 Judd Trump
12.30pm
17 Ronnie O’Sullivan 6-5 Kyren Wilson
19 Shaun Murphy 6-1 Jack Lisowski
Friday September 13
Semi-Final 1
7.30am & 12.30pm
Shaun Murphy 10-3 Mark Allen
Saturday September 14
Semi-Final 2
7.30am & 12.30pm
Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-6 Neil Robertson
Sunday September 15
Final
7am & 12.30pm
Ronnie O’Sullivan 11-9 Shaun Murphy
Prize Money
Winner: £200,000
Runner-up: £100,000
Semi-Final losers: £62,500
Quarter-Final losers: £32,000
Last 16 losers: £16,000
First Round losers: £8,000
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Highest break: £6,000
Total: £751,000