2016 Shanghai Masters
The 2016 Bank of Communications OTO Shanghai Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 19–25 September 2016 at the Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.
Kyren Wilson was the defending champion, but he lost 2–5 to Michael Holt in the last 32.
Stephen Maguire made the 120th official maximum break in the third frame of his wildcard round match against Xu Yichen. It was Maguire's third professional maximum break.
Ding Junhui won the 12th ranking title of his career, defeating Mark Selby 10–6 in the final. He also became the first second-time winner in the history of the event.Prize fund
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
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £5,000 for the televised stage and at £10,500 for the qualifiers.Wildcard round
These matches were played in Shanghai on 19 and 20 September 2016.
Main draw
Final
Qualifying
These matches were played between 30 August and 2 September 2016 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.Qualifying stage centuries
- 136, 110 Michael Holt
- 134, 117 Jamie Curtis-Barrett
- 134 Sam Craigie
- 130 Jack Lisowski
- 128, 118 Stuart Carrington
- 128 Hamza Akbar
- 127, 102 Zhang Anda
- 123 Kurt Maflin
- 119, 102 Jamie Jones
- 118 Matthew Selt
- 116, 103 Thor Chuan Leong
- 116 Andrew Higginson
- 115 Robin Hull
- 114 Dominic Dale
- 108, 100 Mei Xiwen
- 104 Ian Preece
- 104 Ross Muir
- 103 Stephen Maguire
- 103 Jamie Cope
- 101 Adam Duffy
- 101 Zhao Xintong
Televised stage centuries
- 147, 130, 121, 104 Stephen Maguire
- 141, 135, 100 Stuart Carrington
- 133 Anthony McGill
- 124, 123, 112 Stuart Bingham
- 120, 108, 102 Mark Selby
- 119 Marco Fu
- 117, 115 David Gilbert
- 117 Mei Xiwen
- 115, 103 Ding Junhui
- 113, 101 Michael White
- 111, 100 Yuan Sijun
- 108, 107, 107, 102 Ryan Day
- 107, 103, 101 Michael Holt
- 104 Ali Carter
- 101 Kyren Wilson
- 100 John Higgins