2014 Shanghai Masters (snooker)
Snooker tournament
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The 2014 Bank of Communications OTO Shanghai Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8–14 September 2014 at the Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China. The eighth edition of the tournament since it was first held in 2007, it was the third ranking event of the 2014/2015 season.[1] It was sponsored by the Bank of Communications.
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| Dates | 8–14 September 2014 |
| Venue | Shanghai Grand Stage |
| City | Shanghai |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £450,000 |
| Winner's share | £85,000 |
| Highest break |  Barry Hawkins (ENG) (144) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Stuart Bingham (ENG) |
| Runner-up |  Mark Allen (NIR) |
| Score | 10–3 |
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Ding Junhui was the defending champion,[2] but he lost 4–6 against Stuart Bingham in the semi-finals.[3]
Bingham won his second ranking title by defeating Mark Allen 10–3 in the final.[4][5]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[6][7]
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Wildcard round
These matches were played in Shanghai on 8 and 9 September 2014.[8][9][10][11]
| Match | Score | ||
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| WC1 |  Liang Wenbo (CHN) | 1–5 | Yan Bingtao (CHN) |
| WC2 | Li Hang (CHN) | 5–3 | Chen Zifan (CHN) |
| WC3 |  Michael White (WAL) | 5–1 | Niu Zhuang (CHN) |
| WC4 | Ryan Day (WAL) | 5–0 | Xu Si (CHN) |
| WC5 | Mark Williams (WAL) | 5–2 | Zhang Yong (CHN) |
| WC6 | Matthew Selt (ENG) | 3–5 | Zhao Xintong (CHN) |
| WC7 | Michael Holt (ENG) | 5–2 | Yuan Sijun (CHN) |
| WC8 |  Ken Doherty (IRL) | 5–3 | Huang Jiahao (CHN) |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Deng Shihao. Shanghai Grand Stage, Shanghai, China, 14 September 2014.[11][12] | ||
| Stuart Bingham (11) England |
10–3 | Mark Allen (10) Northern Ireland |
| Afternoon: 99–0 (99), 67–52 (Allen 51), 71–19, 69–22 (68), 0–101 (97), 61–69, 64–28, 0–75 (69), 56–48 Evening: 66–57, 56–1, 78–49 (57), 81–16 (81) | ||
| 99 | Highest break | 97 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 4 | 50+ breaks | 3 |
Qualifying
These matches were held between 12 and 15 August 2014 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England.[13][14][15]
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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