Snooker tournament
The 2012 Bank of Communication Shanghai Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 17 and 23 September 2012 at the Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai , China . It was the third ranking event of the 2012/2013 season .[ 1]
Mark Selby was the defending champion,[ 2] [ 3] but he lost in the first round 1–5 against Jamie Cope .[ 4]
John Higgins won his 25th ranking title by defeating Judd Trump 10–9 in the final.[ 5] [ 6] During the final Higgins made the 91st official maximum break . This was Higgins's sixth 147 break and also the third maximum break of the 2012/2013 season.[ 7]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[ 8]
Winner: £ 75,000
Runner-up: £30,000
Semi-final: £18,000
Quarter-final: £10,000
Last 16: £7,500
Last 32: £6,000
Last 48: £2,300
Last 64: £1,500
Non-televised highest break: £200
Televised highest break: £2,000
Televised maximum break: £10,000[ 7]
Total: £410,000
Wildcard round
These matches were played in Shanghai on 17 and 18 September 2012.[ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12]
Main draw
[ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13]
Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb .Shanghai Grand Stage , Shanghai , China , 23 September 2012.[ 9] [ 14]
John Higgins (5) Scotland
10 –9
Judd Trump (2) England
Afternoon: 0–112 (112), 0–121 (80) , 12–92 (74) , 16–111 (111) , 50–74 (59) , 147 –0 (147) , 37–69 (51) , 62 –51 (Trump 51) , 0–63 (53) Evening: 89 –0 (89), 74 –22 (74) , 78 –12 , 76 –0 (76) , 71 –0 (71) , 64 –58 , 2–119 (105) , 69 –31 (64) , 47–63 , 66 –36 (61)
147
Highest break
112
1
Century breaks
3
7
50+ breaks
9
Qualifying
These matches took place between 24 and 27 July 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield , England .[ 15] [ 16] [ 17]
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
[ 18]
Televised stage centuries
[ 19]
References
External links
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