2011 Shanghai Masters
The 2011 Bank of Communication Shanghai Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 5–11 September 2011 at the Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China. This was the first time that the Bank of Communications sponsored the event.
Ali Carter was the defending champion, but lost in the first round 4–5 against Mark King.
Mark Selby won his second ranking title by defeating Mark Williams 10–9 in the final. By doing so, he became world number one for the first time in his career.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
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Wildcard round
These matches were played in Shanghai on 5 September 2011.
Main draw
Final
Qualifying
These matches took place between 31 July and 4 August 2011 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.
- Preliminary round
Best of 9 frames
 Lucky Vatnani | w/d–w/o |  David Hogan |
 Luca Brecel | 4–5 |  Adam Duffy |
- Round 1–4
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
- 143, 102 – Shaun Murphy
- 132, 130, 129, 100 – Mark Williams
- 129, 123, 112, 107, 104 – Anthony Hamilton
- 129, 112 – Stuart Bingham
- 128, 102 – Dominic Dale
- 117, 113, 110 – Mark Selby
- 112 – John Higgins
- 111, 110 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 109 – Robert Milkins
- 101 – Jamie Cope
- 100 – Michael Holt
- 100 – Mark Allen