2018 Welsh Open (snooker)

The 2018 Welsh Open (officially the 2018 ManBetX Welsh Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place from 26 February to 4 March 2018 at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales.[1] It was the sixteenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season and a part of the Home Nations Series.

2018 ManBetX Welsh Open
Tournament information
Dates26 February – 4 March 2018 (2018-02-26 – 2018-03-04)
VenueMotorpoint Arena
CityCardiff
CountryWales
OrganisationWorld Snooker
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£366,000
Winner's share£70,000
Highest break John Higgins (SCO) (144)
Final
Champion John Higgins (SCO)
Runner-up Barry Hawkins (ENG)
Score9–7
2017
2019

The defending champion Stuart Bingham[2] lost 1–4 to Matthew Stevens in the last 32.[3]

John Higgins won a record fifth Welsh Open title, and his 30th ranking title overall, beating Barry Hawkins 9–7 in the final.[4]

Prize fund

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The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[5]

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £20,000

Main draw

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Qualifying round

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  Rhydian Richards 4–3   Darren Morgan

Top half

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Section 1

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Last 128
Best of 7 frames
Last 64
Best of 7 frames
Last 32
Best of 7 frames
Last 16
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  Stuart Bingham (1)4
 
 
 
  Chen Zhe1
 
  Stuart Bingham (1)4
 
 
 
  Jackson Page2
 
  Jackson Page4
 
 
 
  Sean O'Sullivan3
 
  Stuart Bingham (1)1
 
 
 
  Matthew Stevens4
 
  Scott Donaldson4
 
 
 
  Fergal O'Brien2
 
  Scott Donaldson2
 
 
 
  Matthew Stevens4
 
  Matthew Stevens4
 
 
 
  Ken Doherty1
 
  Matthew Stevens2
 
 
 
  Yan Bingtao4
 
  Ryan Day (16)2
 
 
 
  Kurt Dunham4
 
  Kurt Dunham2
 
 
 
  Yan Bingtao4
 
  Jimmy White3
 
 
 
  Yan Bingtao4
 
  Yan Bingtao4
 
 
 
  Peter Ebdon1
 
  Wang Yuchen1
 
 
 
  Peter Ebdon4
 
  Peter Ebdon4
 
 
 
  Anthony Hamilton1
 
  Anthony Hamilton4
 
 
  David Gilbert3
 

Section 2

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Last 128
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  Fang Xiongman4
 
 
 
  Yuan Sijun3
 
  Fang Xiongman4
 
 
 
  Chen Zifan2
 
  Chen Zifan4
 
 
 
  Zhou Yuelong1
 
  Fang Xiongman2
 
 
 
  Barry Hawkins (9)4
 
  Rod Lawler0
 
 
 
  Tom Ford4
 
  Tom Ford0
 
 
 
  Barry Hawkins (9)4
 
  Barry Hawkins (9)4
 
 
 
  Niu Zhuang1
 
  Barry Hawkins (9)4
 
 
 
  Martin Gould2
 
  Li Yuan1
 
 
 
  Ricky Walden4
 
  Ricky Walden3
 
 
 
  Martin Gould4
 
  Michael White2
 
 
 
  Martin Gould4
 
  Martin Gould4
 
 
 
  Mark Williams (8)2
 
  Aditya Mehta4
 
 
 
  Martin O'Donnell3
 
  Aditya Mehta3
 
 
 
  Mark Williams (8)4
 
  Mark Williams (8)4
 
 
  Mark King2
 

Section 3

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  Ding Junhui (5)4
 
 
 
  Hammad Miah0
 
  Ding Junhui (5)1
 
 
 
  Liam Highfield4
 
  Li Hangw/d
 
 
 
  Liam Highfieldw/o
 
  Liam Highfield4
 
 
 
  Chris Wakelin1
 
  Xiao Guodong0
 
 
 
  Chris Wakelin4
 
  Chris Wakelin4
 
 
 
  Andrew Higginson2
 
  Andrew Higginson4
 
 
 
  Ashley Hugill3
 
  Liam Highfield3
 
 
 
  Ian Burns4
 
  Neil Robertson (12)4
 
 
 
  Mark Davis1
 
  Neil Robertson (12)3
 
 
 
  Ian Burns4
 
  Jamie Curtis-Barrett1
 
 
 
  Ian Burns4
 
  Ian Burns4
 
 
 
  Sunny Akani2
 
  Jamie Jones4
 
 
 
  Alexander Ursenbacher1
 
  Jamie Jones1
 
 
 
  Sunny Akani4
 
  Tian Pengfei1
 
 
  Sunny Akani4
 

Section 4

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Last 128
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  Zhang Yong1
 
 
 
  James Wattana4
 
  James Wattana4
 
 
 
  Michael Holt2
 
  Michael Holt4
 
 
 
  Elliot Slessor2
 
  James Wattana3
 
 
 
  Kyren Wilson (13)4
 
  Rory McLeod4
 
 
 
  Adam Duffy2
 
  Rory McLeod0
 
 
 
  Kyren Wilson (13)4
 
  Kyren Wilson (13)4
 
 
 
  Robert Milkins1
 
  Kyren Wilson (13)0
 
 
 
  Noppon Saengkham4
 
  Craig Steadman4
 
 
 
  David John1
 
  Craig Steadman4
 
 
 
  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh2
 
  Hossein Vafaei2
 
 
 
  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh4
 
  Craig Steadman2
 
 
 
  Noppon Saengkham4
 
  Noppon Saengkham4
 
 
 
  Ross Muir2
 
  Noppon Saengkham4
 
 
 
  Judd Trump (4)1
 
  Judd Trump (4)4
 
 
  Duane Jones3
 

Bottom half

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Section 5

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  Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)w/o
 
 
 
  Robin Hullw/d
 
  Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)4
 
 
 
  Graeme Dott0
 
  Sanderson Lam0
 
 
 
  Graeme Dott4
 
  Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)4
 
 
 
  David Grace0
 
  David Grace4
 
 
 
  Rhydian Richards 3
 
  David Grace4
 
 
 
  Jak Jones0
 
  Mei Xiwen3
 
 
 
  Jak Jones4
 
  Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)4
 
 
 
  Mike Dunn0
 
  Luca Brecel (14)4
 
 
 
  Josh Boileau2
 
  Luca Brecel (14)1
 
 
 
  Mike Dunn 4
 
  Hamza Akbar0
 
 
 
  Mike Dunn4
 
  Mike Dunn4
 
 
 
  Xu Si2
 
  Alan McManus0
 
 
 
  Xu Si4
 
  Xu Si4
 
 
 
  Michael Georgiou2
 
  Mitchell Mann0
 
 
  Michael Georgiou4
 

Section 6

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Last 128
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  Paul Davison2
 
 
 
  Lyu Haotian4
 
  Lyu Haotian2
 
 
 
  Jack Lisowski4
 
  Jack Lisowski4
 
 
 
  Mark Joyce3
 
  Jack Lisowski3
 
 
 
  Nigel Bond4
 
  Nigel Bond4
 
 
 
  Lukas Kleckers2
 
  Nigel Bond4
 
 
 
  Ali Carter (11)3
 
  Ali Carter (11)4
 
 
 
  Rhys Clark0
 
  Nigel Bond0
 
 
 
  John Higgins (6)4
 
  Sam Craigie4
 
 
 
  Leo Fernandez0
 
  Sam Craigie4
 
 
 
  Kurt Maflin1
 
  Jimmy Robertson0
 
 
 
  Kurt Maflin4
 
  Sam Craigie0
 
 
 
  John Higgins (6)4
 
  Joe Perry2
 
 
 
  Stephen Maguire4
 
  Stephen Maguire1
 
 
 
  John Higgins (6)4
 
  John Higgins (6)4
 
 
  Matthew Selt2
 

Section 7

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  Shaun Murphy (7)0
 
 
 
  Gerard Greene4
 
  Gerard Greene4
 
 
 
  Stuart Carrington3
 
  Stuart Carrington4
 
 
 
  Peter Lines3
 
  Gerard Greene3
 
 
 
  John Astley4
 
  Dominic Dale4
 
 
 
  Chris Totten0
 
  Dominic Dale2
 
 
 
  John Astley4
 
  John Astley4
 
 
 
  Zhang Anda2
 
  John Astley2
 
 
 
  Gary Wilson4
 
  Mark Allen (10)4
 
 
 
  Cao Yupeng2
 
  Mark Allen (10)4
 
 
 
  Soheil Vahedi1
 
  Alex Borg0
 
 
 
  Soheil Vahedi4
 
  Mark Allen (10)3
 
 
 
  Gary Wilson4
 
  Gary Wilson4
 
 
 
  Sam Baird1
 
  Gary Wilson4
 
 
 
  Daniel Wells3
 
  Daniel Wells4
 
 
  Lee Walker1
 

Section 8

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  Oliver Lines4
 
 
 
  Eden Sharav3
 
  Oliver Lines2
 
 
 
  Yu Delu4
 
  Yu Delu4
 
 
 
  Billy Joe Castle2
 
  Yu Delu4
 
 
 
  Ben Woollaston0
 
  Thor Chuan Leong3
 
 
 
  Ben Woollaston4
 
  Ben Woollaston4
 
 
 
  Anthony McGill (15)3
 
  Anthony McGill (15)4
 
 
 
  Basem Eltahhan1
 
  Yu Delu4
 
 
 
  Liang Wenbo1
 
  Robbie Williams4
 
 
 
  Allan Taylor0
 
  Robbie Williams4
 
 
 
  Ian Preece0
 
  Ian Preece4
 
 
 
  Zhao Xintong2
 
  Robbie Williams3
 
 
 
  Liang Wenbo4
 
  Alfie Burden3
 
 
 
  Liang Wenbo4
 
  Liang Wenbo4
 
 
 
  Mark Selby (2)3
 
  Christopher Keogan2
 
 
  Mark Selby (2)4
 

Finals

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  Yan Bingtao1
 
 
 
  Barry Hawkins (9)5
 
  Barry Hawkins (9)6
 
 
 
  Noppon Saengkham4
 
  Ian Burns3
 
 
 
  Noppon Saengkham5
 
  Barry Hawkins (9)7
 
 
 
  John Higgins (6)9
 
  Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)1
 
 
 
  John Higgins (6)5
 
  John Higgins (6)6
 
 
 
  Gary Wilson2
 
  Gary Wilson5
 
 
  Yu Delu2
 

Final

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Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Terry Camilleri.
Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales, 4 March 2018.
Barry Hawkins (9)
  England
7–9 John Higgins (6)
  Scotland
Afternoon: 66–55, 0–138 (138), 70–68, 0–141 (141), 66–16, 131–0 (130), 14–83, 15–73
Evening: 1–56, 44–59, 125–6 (103), 142–0 (138), 44–70, 55–65, 82–0, 0–72
138 Highest break 141
3 Century breaks 2

Century breaks

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Total: 66[6]

References

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  1. ^ "2017/18 World Snooker Calendar" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Bingham Is Prince Of Wales". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 19 February 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Home Favourite Stevens Ends Bingham's Reign". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Higgins Wins Record Fifth Welsh Crown". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2017/2018 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Welsh Open 2018 Centuries". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 25 February – 4 March 2018. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.