Tournament information | |
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Dates | 13–18 November 2017 |
Venue | Shanghai Grand Stage |
City | Shanghai |
Country | China |
Organisation | World Snooker |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £700,000 |
Winner's share | £150,000 |
Highest break | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (144) |
Final | |
Champion | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) |
Runner-up | Judd Trump (ENG) |
Score | 10–3 |
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The 2017 Juss Sports Shanghai Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place in Shanghai, China.[1] It was the ninth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.
Qualifying for the tournament took place between 11 and 13 October in Wigan.
Ding Junhui was the defending champion, but withdrew from the tournament due to an eye infection.
Notably, Judd Trump won 20 consecutive frames in four matches before losing 3 frames to Jack Lisowski in the semi-finals.[2]
Ronnie O'Sullivan captured his 30th ranking title by beating Judd Trump 10–3 in the final. With his win, O'Sullivan is ranked 2nd place on the all-time list of ranking event wins, only behind Stephen Hendry.[3]