Augusztus 6-an kezdodik a Shanghai Masters, a beosztas:

John Higgins vs Jamie Cope
Mark Selby vs (Scott MacKenzie vs wildcard)
Mark Williams vs Stuart Bingham
Ronnie O'Sullivan vs (Stuart Pettman vs wildcard)
Peter Ebdon vs Dave Harold
Steve Davis vs (Fergal O'Brien vs wildcard)
Allister Carter vs (Adrian Gunnell vs wildcard)
Ken Doherty vs (Dominic Dale vs wildcard)
Shaun Murphy vs Ian McCulloch
Ryan Day vs (Tony Drago vs wildcard)
Stephen Maguire vs (Michael Judge vs wildcard)
Neil Robertson vs Matthew Stevens
Stephen Hendry vs Nigel Bond
Stephen Lee vs Marco Fu
Ding Junhui vs (Mike Dunn vs wildcard)
Graeme Dott vs Michael Holt

Mivel ez egy uj verseny, igy nincs cimvedo, tehat a vilagbajnok az elso kiemelt.

A selejtezo legnagyobb meglepetese, hogy Drago mester harom jatekost is (Ford, Norman, Swail) legyurve jutott ki Shanghai-ba.