The 2025 Shanghai Masters commences on Monday with most of the top 16 players from the world rankings in the draw in China.
Now well established as one of the most prestigious invitational events on the calendar, the Shanghai Masters marks the new season’s biggest prize on offer so far.
The Shanghai Masters was launched as a ranking event back in 2007 and continued to be open to the entire tour like that up until 2017.
From 2018, however, the tournament shifted to its current non-ranking guise with just 24 players in the field for each edition.
Shanghai Masters prize money
Champion: £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
Who are the former champions?
Ronnie O’Sullivan is a record five-time winner of the event – twice when it was previously staged as a ranking event and three times since its transition to invitational status.
Dominic Dale was the first Shanghai Masters winner back in 2007, but the retired Welshman obviously won’t be in action this time around.
Stuart Bingham and Ricky Walden are other prior champions who have failed to receive an invitation as players ranked outside the top 16.
John Higgins, Mark Selby, Ding Junhui, Kyren Wilson, Ali Carter, and reigning champion Judd Trump are all in the 2025 Shanghai Masters draw, though.
Who is in the 2025 Shanghai Masters draw?
As it’s a 24-player field, the top eight seeds have been awarded byes through to the last 16 of the competition.
That includes Trump, who beat Shaun Murphy 11-5 in last year’s final to capture the title for the first time in his career.
Wilson, Mark Williams, Higgins, O’Sullivan, Ding, Selby, and Zhao Xintong are the others to enjoy automatic seeding through to the last 16.
Zhao will be making his first main tour appearance as the reigning world champion after capturing a maiden Crucible crown in May.
The remaining contenders from the elite bracket will be paired with the next four highest-ranked Chinese players on the World Snooker Tour and four additional Chinese amateur wildcards.
Neil Robertson encounters Pang Junxu, Zhang Anda meets Yuan Sijun, Xiao Guodong plays Lei Peifan, and Barry Hawkins takes on Wu Yize.
The four wildcards have been confirmed as Zhou Jinhao, Wang Xinbo, Han Fuyuan, and Qiu Lei, but who they’ll play among Murphy, Si Jiahui, Chris Wakelin, and Carter will be determined at the tournament’s opening ceremony.
World number 17 Carter, who won the Shanghai Masters in 2010, wasn’t supposed to be in the draw this year but got a call up to replace Mark Allen, who withdrew due to personal reasons.
2025 Shanghai Masters draw
Round of 24 (bo11)
Neil Robertson vs Pang Junxu
Monday, July 28th – 12:30pm
Shaun Murphy vs Han Fuyuan
Monday, July 28th – 12:30pm
Xiao Guodong vs Lei Peifan
Tuesday, July 29th – 2:30am
Ali Carter vs Qiu Lei
Tuesday, July 29th – 2:30am
Si Jiahui vs Wang Xinbo
Monday, July 28th – 2:30am
Barry Hawkins vs Wu Yize
Monday, July 28th – 2:30am
Zhang Anda vs Yuan Sijun
Monday, July 28th – 7am
Chris Wakelin vs Zhou Jinhao
Monday, July 28th – 7am
Round of 16 (bo11)
Judd Trump vs Robertson/Pang
Tuesday, July 29th – 12:30pm
Mark Selby vs Murphy/Han
Tuesday, July 29th – 7am
John Higgins vs Xiao/Lei
Wednesday, July 30th – 7am
Mark Williams vs Carter/Qiu
Wednesday, July 30th – 7am
Kyren Wilson vs Si/Wang
Tuesday, July 29th – 7am
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Hawkins/Wu
Wednesday, July 30th – 12:30pm
Ding Junhui vs Zhang/Yuan
Tuesday, July 29th – 12:30pm
Zhao Xintong vs Wakelin/Zhou
Wednesday, July 30th – 12:30pm
The quarter-finals (bo11) will be played on Thursday, July 31st. Schedule TBC.
The semi-finals (bo19) will be played on Friday, August 1st and Saturday, August 2nd. Schedule TBC.
The final (bo21) will be played on Sunday, August 3rd at 7am and 12:30pm.
All times are in UTC+1 (BST)
How to watch the 2025 Shanghai Masters?
There are several options available to watch the upcoming snooker live, depending on your location.
Below is a full list, as published on the World Snooker Tour website:
UK and Ireland
TNT Sports and discovery+
Mainland Europe
Eurosport and locally relevant streaming platforms
(discovery+ in Germany, Italy and Austria, HBO Max in all other markets)
China
SMG
Huya
Migu
CBSA-WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel (pay-per-view)
CBSA-WPBSA Academy Douyin
Hong Kong China
Now Sports
Malaysia
Astro Supersport
Philippines
Tap Sports
Taiwan
Sportcast
Thailand
True Sport
All other territories
WST Play
Featured photo credit: WST
