2018 Macau Masters

The 2018 Macau Masters was a non-ranking team and six-red snooker variant invitational event that took place on 24 and 25 October 2018.[2] The event's team event was made up of two teams of four, competing in six games, with Team B defeating Team A with a score of 5–1.[3] The event's six red singles knockout tournament was won by Barry Hawkins.

2018 Macau Masters
Tournament information
Dates24–25 October 2018
VenueBallroom, JW Marriott Hotel[1]
CityMacau
CountryChina
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatNon-ranking team &
Six-red Snooker event
Highest break Barry Hawkins (68)
Final
Champion Barry Hawkins
Runner-up Mark Williams
Score3–2

Tournament teams

The event was made up of two teams of four, with players playing in six "best of 5" frames matches. Frames 1, 3 and 5 were doubles matches, whereas frames 2 and 4 were alternate singles.[4][5][6]

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4
Team A Joe Perry Zhang Anda Mark Williams Marco Fu
Team B Barry Hawkins Ryan Day Zhao Xintong Zhou Yuelong

Results

Team event

The team event saw both teams field teams of two for individual team matches. Each player could only play with a partner for one match during the event.[7]

Joe Perry + Zhang Anda 1–3 Zhao Xintong + Zhou Yuelong
Zhang Anda + Mark Williams 2–3 Barry Hawkins + Zhao Xintong
Zhang Anda + Marco Fu 1–3 Ryan Day + Zhao Xintong
Joe Perry + Mark Williams 3–2 Barry Hawkins + Zhou Yuelong
Joe Perry + Marco Fu 0–3 Ryan Day + Zhou Yuelong
Mark Williams + Marco Fu 0–3 Barry Hawkins + Ryan Day
Team result
  • Team A 1:5 Team B

Six-red event

To finish the event, the 6 Reds Leapfrog Challenge took place.[1] All 8-players played in a "killer" style match, with players required to win their match to continue on a winner stays on basis. The players were drawn based on world rankings.[8] All matches were first to one frame of 6-red snooker, with the final being a best of 5 frame 6-red match.[9]

Zhao Xintong 1–0 Zhang Anda
Zhou Yuelong 1–0 Zhao Xintong
Zhou Yuelong 1–0 Joe Perry
Marco Fu 1–0 Zhou Yuelong
Marco Fu 1–0 Ryan Day
Barry Hawkins 1–0 Marco Fu
Barry Hawkins 3–2 Mark Williams
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References
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  2. "Macau Masters - World Snooker". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  3. Årdalen, Hermund. "Results (Macau Masters 2018) - snooker.org". snooker.org (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  4. Ardalen, Hermund. "Mixed 2 (2018) - Teams - snooker.org". snooker.org (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  5. "Macau Masters | RKG - Snooker". rkgsnooker.com. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  6. "新浪新聞中心 | 此文章已刪除". news.sina.com.tw. Archived from the original on 10 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  7. "New ground for World Snooker as Macau Masters welcomes stellar cast of top potters". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  8. "QUIZ! Snooker in the 1990s: Second Edition - SnookerHQ". SnookerHQ. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  9. Årdalen, Hermund. "D88 Sports Macau Masters (2018) - snooker.org". snooker.org (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
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