| Shanghai Masters |
| Snooker starts the new season with a new event where the top 16 players and 16 qualifiers from Pontins join 8 Chinese. Jimmy White is a shock exit from the event in round 2 qualifying |
| in the first round Ronnie O'Sullivan will play Stuart Pettman Steve Davis plays Fergal O' Brien Ding Junhui has a new player Mike Dunn |
| results from the tournament a shock was Ronnie O'Sullivan round 1 losing to Stuart Pettman suprise winner was Dominic Dale known as the SPACEMAN won by 10 - 6 beating Ryan Day which was his first win in ten yers He was no 32 but jumps up to no 16 Dominic also won eight frames in a row |
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| in the semi finals Graeme Dott and Mark Selby lost but move up to third and fourth in the world rankings |
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| in the quarter finals Stuart Bingham and Dave Harold both lost but are no 22 and no24 |