Judd Trump triumphs to take second Shanghai Masters crown

World number one Trump defeated Kyren Wilson, 11-6, in Sunday's final at the Luwan Indoor Stadium in China to claim the title and pocket a first prize of £210,000.

It is the second time that Trump has worn this Shanghai Masters crown following his success in the prestigious invitational from two years ago. He becomes the fourth multiple-time winner of the title behind Ronnie O'Sullivan (five times), Ding Junhui and Wilson (two times each).

Having both seen off Chinese opposition in the semi-finals - the last two world champions in Wu Yize and Zhao Xintong - Trump and Wilson's all-English final encounter wasn't necessarily the high-scoring frenzy that some might have expected - perhaps because of slightly trickier conditions - but nevertheless, it was compelling viewing with several frames decided on the colours.

Defending champion Wilson - aiming to become only the second player to win back-to-back Shanghai Masters titles - deposited the opening frame before Trump racked up the next three (breaks of 73 and 62) for a 3-1 mid-session interval lead.

On resumption, Wilson halved the deficit and then looked like levelling whilst on an effort of 66 in frame six. However, after missing a relatively routine red to leave his opponent needing snookers, Trump produced a classy counter clearance of 67 to pinch it on the final black by one point.

Former world champion Wilson got over that disappointment sharpish in winning frame seven with the aid of a 63, but it was 36-year-old Trump who finished the afternoon session strong, stringing together the final three frames - featuring runs of 55 and 82 - to establish a 7-3 advantage going into the evening’s play.

Returning for the concluding session, Trump bolstered his position in taking frame 11 on the final pink, but Wilson replied by registering the first century break of the match, a 103, and then scoring himself successive frames for the first time to make it 8-5.

Wilson was starting to gain momentum, but lost a close and dramatic frame 14 after snookering himself on the brown having potted the green. Following what seemed to be a fortuitous snooker he laid on the brown that Wilson escaped from but subsequently left an opening, Trump kept his cool to sink the four remaining colours to oust the frame by two points for 9-5 - the same gap he started the evening session with, but now closer to the target of 11.

After the final mid-session interval of the tie, Trump won yet another frame on the colours, the pink, coming from behind with a 51; Wilson had earlier crafted a 58.

Now 10-5 down and needing to win six frames in-a-row, Wilson began the highly unlikely task in style with a 134, but Trump got his job done in the next to start his new professional snooker season in the perfect fashion, lifting the new Shanghai Masters trophy that had been made in celebration of the competition’s 20th year anniversary.

Whilst this is a non-ranked tournament, it featured all bar one of the world’s top 16 players, and is a great basis for Trump to build upon for this World Snooker Tour term. Over the coming weeks there are two big ranking events in the Far East.

When Trump won this title for the first time in 2024, within the next few months he also secured the Saudi Arabia Masters and UK Championship accolades, and he’ll be hoping for a similar golden spell of results as he tries to maintain his spot at the top of the global standings.

With the Saudi Arabia Masters now off the calendar, though, and Trump soon to have £500,000 removed from his rolling rankings total but with no chance to make up that amount from one single event, he will likely have to go some to avoid being knocked off the number one perch at some point this season.

Next up on the World Snooker Tour during this ongoing ‘Asian swing’ is the revived China Open which takes place in Taiyuan between Saturday 8th to Sunday 16th August.

To view the full draw, results, schedule, and other information from the 2026 Shanghai Masters snooker invitational, visit our tournament information centre here.