2025 Shanghai Masters
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 28 July – 3 August 2025 |
| Venue | Luwan Gymnasium |
| City | Shanghai |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour Chinese Billiards and Snooker Association |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £825,000 |
| Winner's share | £210,000 |
| Defending champion |  Judd Trump (ENG) |
← 2024 | |
The 2025 Shanghai Masters is an upcoming professional non-ranking snooker tournament that will take place from 28 July to 3 August 2025 at the Luwan Gymnasium in Shanghai, China. Part of the 2025–26 snooker season, it is the 15th edition of the Shanghai Masters since the tournament was first staged in 2007. A total of 24 players, comprising the top 16 players in the world rankings, the four highest-ranked Chinese players outside the top 16, and four Chinese wildcard players were invited to participate. The world number 10 Mark Allen withdrew and was replaced by the world number 17 Ali Carter. The winner will receive £210,000 from a total prize fund of £825,000.
Judd Trump is the defending champion, having defeated Shaun Murphy 11–5 in the 2024 final.
Overview
The inaugural 2007 Shanghai Masters was won by Dominic Dale, who trailed 2–6 in the final against Ryan Day, only to win eight consecutive frames for a 10–6 victory.[1] Staged as a ranking event from 2007 to 2017, the Shanghai Masters in 2018 became a non-ranking invitational event comprising 24 players. As of the 2025 edition, Ronnie O'Sullivan is the tournament's most successful player, having won five titles in 2009, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2023.
The 2025 edition features the top 16 players in the world rankings, with the exception of the world number 10 Mark Allen, who withdrew from the event for family reasons and was replaced in the draw by the world number 17 Ali Carter.[2] It also features the four highest-ranked Chinese players outside the top 16 (Lei Peifan, Pang Junxu, Wu Yize, and Yuan Sijun), and four Chinese wildcard players. The co-organiser of the tournament, the Chinese Billiards and Snooker Association (CBSA), nominated two top domestically ranked players as wildcards. Another two wildcards were finalists at an open qualifier event held at Shanghai Plaza from 4th to 13th July.[3] During the opening ceremony, the four wildcard players, Han Fuyuan, Qiu Lei, Wang Xinbo, and Zhou Jinhao, will be drawn at random against Si Jiahui, Chris Wakelin, Shaun Murphy, and Carter.[4]
Judd Trump is the defending champion, having defeated Shaun Murphy 11–5 in the 2024 final.[5]
Format
The tournament will take place from 28 July to 3 August 2025 at the Luwan Gymnasium in Shanghai, China.[6] All matches up to and including the quarter-finals will be played as the best of 11 frames. The semi-finals will be played as the best of 19 frames. The final will be the best of 21 frames.
Broadcasters
The tournament will be broadcast by TNT Sports and Discovery+ in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It will be broadcast by Eurosport in mainland Europe; by Discovery+ in Germany, Italy, and Austria; and by HBO Max in other European territories. It will be broadcast by Migu, Huya, the CBSA-WPBSA Academy WeChat channel, and CBSA-WPBSA Academy Douyin in mainland China; by Now TV in Hong Kong; by Astro SuperSport in Malaysia; by TrueSports in Thailand; by Sportcast in Taiwan; and by TAP Sports in the Philippines. In all other territories, it will be broadcast by WST Play.[7]
Prize fund
The total prize fund is £825,000, with the winner receiving £210,000. The breakdown of prize money is shown below:[8]
- Winner: £210,000
- Runner-up: £105,000
- Semi-final: £70,000
- Quarter-final: £35,000
- Last 16: £17,500
- Last 24: £10,000
- Highest break: £10,000
- Total: £825,000
Main draw
The tournament results for the event are shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote their seeding, and players in bold denote match winners.
| Round 1 Best of 11 frames | Last 16 Best of 11 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 19 frames | Final Best of 21 frames | ||||||||||||||
| Judd Trump (ENG) (1) | ||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Neil Robertson (AUS) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Pang Junxu (CHN) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Selby (ENG) (8) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shaun Murphy (ENG) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wildcard 3 (CHN) | ||||||||||||||||||
 John Higgins (SCO) (5) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Xiao Guodong (CHN) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lei Peifan (CHN) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Mark Williams (WAL) (4) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ali Carter (ENG)[a] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wildcard 1 (CHN) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kyren Wilson (ENG) (3) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Si Jiahui (CHN) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wildcard 2 (CHN) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (6) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barry Hawkins (ENG) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wu Yize (CHN) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ding Junhui (CHN) (7) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Zhang Anda (CHN) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yuan Sijun (CHN) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Zhao Xintong (CHN) (2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chris Wakelin (ENG) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wildcard 4 (CHN) | ||||||||||||||||||
Notes
- ^ Ali Carter (ranked 17th) replaced Mark Allen (ranked 10th) who withdrew for personal reasons.[2]
References
- ^ "History of the Shanghai Masters". World Snooker Tour. 8 July 2024. Archived from the original on 19 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Allen Replaced By Carter In Shanghai". World Snooker Tour. 14 July 2025.
- ^ Pu, Yaolei (4 July 2025). "下一站大师梦想启程，斯诺克上海大师赛外卡资格赛开杆". Thepaper.cn.
- ^ "Shanghai Masters Wild Cards". World Snooker Tour. 23 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ "Shanghai Masters final: Judd Trump beat Shaun Murphy 11-5 to win title". BBC Sport. 21 July 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ "Calendar 2025/2026 - snooker.org". www.snooker.org. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ "How To Watch The Shanghai Masters". World Snooker Tour. 22 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
- ^ "Shanghai Masters". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 24 July 2025.