2016 Shanghai Masters

[2] Kyren Wilson was the defending champion,[3] but he lost 2–5 to Michael Holt in the last 32.

[4] Stephen Maguire made the 120th official maximum break in the third frame of his wildcard round match against Xu Yichen.

[5] Ding Junhui won the 12th ranking title of his career, defeating Mark Selby 10–6 in the final.

[7] The breakdown of prize money from this year is shown below:[8]

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £5,000 for the televised stage and at £10,500 for the qualifiers.