The 2026 Shanghai Masters commences on Monday with a lot of the prime 16 gamers from the world rankings within the attract China.
Now effectively established as probably the most prestigious invitational occasions on the calendar, the event offers the brand new season’s greatest prize on provide thus far.
The Shanghai Masters was launched as a rating occasion again in 2007 and continued to be open to the complete tour like that up till 2017.
From 2018, nevertheless, the occasion shifted to its present non-ranking guise with simply 24 gamers within the area for every version.
When is the 2026 Shanghai Masters?
The 2026 Shanghai Masters runs from Monday, July 27 till Sunday, August 2 on the Luwan Gymnasium in Shanghai, China.
It marks the primary time this season that there can be snooker staged away from the Mattioli Area in Leicester and with followers in attendance.
Shanghai Masters prize cash
Champion: £210,000
Runner-up: £105,000
Semi-final: £70,000
Quarter-final: £35,000
Final 16: £17,500
Final 24: £10,000
Highest break: £10,000
Complete: £825,000
Who’re the previous champions?
Ronnie O’Sullivan is a document five-time winner of the occasion – twice when it was beforehand staged as a rating occasion and 3 times since its transition to invitational standing.
Dominic Dale was the primary Shanghai Masters winner again in 2007, whereas Ali Carter, Stuart Bingham, and Ricky Walden are different prior champions who received’t be concerned in 2026.
Together with O’Sullivan, fellow ex-winners John Higgins, Mark Selby, Ding Junhui, Judd Trump, and reigning champion Kyren Wilson are all within the 2026 Shanghai Masters draw.
Who’s within the 2026 Shanghai Masters draw?
Because it’s a 24-player area, the highest eight seeds have been awarded byes by way of to the final 16 of the competitors.
That features prime seed Wilson, who beat Carter in final 12 months’s closing, and world champion Wu Yize.
Trump, Neil Robertson, Zhao Xintong, Higgins, Shaun Murphy, and Mark Williams have additionally bypassed the opening hurdle of the competitors.
The remaining contenders enter on the round-of-24 stage, together with the likes of O’Sullivan, Selby, and Ding.
The one member from the present crop of prime 16 gamers not concerned is Mark Allen, who for the second 12 months in a row has opted to skip the Shanghai Masters solely.
Allen’s spot within the lineup has been taken by world no.17 Jack Lisowski, who can be hoping to search out some type after a poor begin to the 2026/27 marketing campaign.
The opposite eight positions within the lineup are crammed by Chinese language gamers – the 4 highest ranked cueists from China who will not be within the prime 16 plus a further 4 novice wildcards.
2026 Shanghai Masters draw
Spherical of 24 (bo11)
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Wildcard
Monday, July twenty seventh – 12:30pm
Chris Wakelin vs Wildcard
Monday, July twenty seventh – 2:30am
Ding Junhui vs Wildcard
Monday, July twenty seventh – 7:00am
Xiao Guodong vs Wildcard
Monday, July twenty seventh – 2:30am
Barry Hawkins vs Lei Peifan
Monday, July twenty seventh – 7:00am
Jack Lisowski vs Zhang Anda
Tuesday, July twenty eighth – 2:30am
Mark Selby vs Zhou Yuelong
Monday, July twenty seventh – 12:30pm
Si Jiahui vs Pang Junxu
Tuesday, July twenty eighth – 2:30am
Spherical of 16 (bo11)
Kyren Wilson vs O’Sullivan/Wildcard
Tuesday, July twenty eighth – 12:30pm
Mark Williams vs Wakelin/Wildcard
Tuesday, July twenty eighth – 7:00am
Zhao Xintong vs Ding/Wildcard
Wednesday, July twenty ninth – 12:30pm
Neil Robertson vs Xiao/Wildcard
Tuesday, July twenty eighth – 7:00am
Judd Trump vs Hawkins/Lei
Tuesday, July twenty eighth – 12:30pm
John Higgins vs Lisowski/Zhang
Wednesday, July twenty ninth – 7:00am
Shaun Murphy vs Selby/Zhou
Wednesday, July twenty ninth – 7:00am
Wu Yize vs Si/Pang
Wednesday, July twenty ninth – 12:30pm
The quarter-finals (bo11) can be performed on Thursday, July thirtieth.
The semi-finals (bo19) can be performed on Friday, July thirty first and Saturday, August 1st.
The closing (bo21) can be performed on Sunday, August 2nd.
The way to watch the 2026 Shanghai Masters?
There are a number of choices obtainable to look at the Shanghai Masters snooker invitational stay, relying in your location.
UK and Eire
TNT Sports activities and HBO Max
Mainland Europe and Chosen International locations
Eurosport and HBO Max
China
CCTV5
SMG
Huya
Migu
CBSA-WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel (pay-per-view)
CBSA-WPBSA Academy Douyin
Hong Kong China
Now Sports activities
Malaysia
Astro Supersport
Thailand
True Sport
All different territories
WST Play
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