2018 Shanghai Masters

The 2018 Shanghai Masters was a professional snooker tournament that took place in Shanghai, China from 10 to 16 September. It was a 24-man non-ranking invitation event, unlike previous editions of the Shanghai Masters which were ranking events.[1]

For the tennis tournament, see 2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters. For the darts tournament, see 2018 Shanghai Darts Masters.
Shanghai Masters
Tournament information
Dates10–16 September 2018
VenueRegal International East Asia Hotel
CityShanghai
CountryChina
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£725,000
Winner's share£200,000
Highest break Ronnie O'Sullivan (140)
Stuart Bingham (140)
Final
Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up Barry Hawkins
Score11–9
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Ronnie O'Sullivan successfully defended the title by beating Barry Hawkins 11–9 in the final.[2] With this win O'Sullivan became the first player to pass £10 million in career prize money.

Field

The 24 players were the top-16 in the world rankings after the 2018 World Open, the next four players, outside the top-16 in the world rankings, of Chinese origin, two players from the CBSA under-21 rankings and two from China's Amateur Masters series. The Amateur Masters was won by Pu Qingsong with Guo Hua the runner-up. The two players from the CBSA under-21 rankings were Chang Bingyu and Fan Zhengyi.[3]

Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was the number 1 seed with World Champion Mark Williams seeded 2. The top 8 seeds received byes into the second round.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money is shown below:

  • Winner: £200,000
  • Runner-up: £100,000
  • Semi-finals: £60,000
  • Quarter-finals: £30,000
  • Last 16: £15,000
  • Last 24: £7,500
  • Highest break: £5,000
  • Total: £725,000

Main draw
  Round 1
Best of 11 frames		 Round 2
Best of 11 frames		 Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames		 Semi-finals
Best of 19 frames		 Final
Best of 21 frames
                                               
10 Neil Robertson 6     1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 6  
Guo Hua 1     10 Neil Robertson 3  
  1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 6  
  12 Stuart Bingham 2  
12 Stuart Bingham 6 8 Shaun Murphy [4] w/d
Fan Zhengyi 0     12 Stuart Bingham w/o  
  1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 10  
  9 Kyren Wilson 6  
9 Kyren Wilson 6     5 Judd Trump 2  
Liang Wenbo 3     9 Kyren Wilson 6  
  9 Kyren Wilson 6
  15 Ryan Day 5  
15 Ryan Day 6 4 John Higgins 5
Chang Bingyu 2     15 Ryan Day 6  
  1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 11
  7 Barry Hawkins 9
13 Luca Brecel 4     3 Mark Selby 6  
Zhou Yuelong 6     Zhou Yuelong 5  
  3 Mark Selby 5
  6 Ding Junhui 6  
11 Mark Allen 6 6 Ding Junhui 6
Xiao Guodong 4     11 Mark Allen 3  
  6 Ding Junhui 9
  7 Barry Hawkins 10  
14 Stephen Maguire 6     7 Barry Hawkins 6  
Pu QingSong 4     14 Stephen Maguire 3  
  7 Barry Hawkins 6
  2 Mark Williams 4  
16 Anthony McGill 6 2 Mark Williams 6
Yan Bingtao 2     16 Anthony McGill 3  

Final
Final: Best of 21 frames. Referee: Zheng Weili.
Regal International East Asia Hotel, Shanghai, China, 16 September 2018.
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)
 England		 11–9 Barry Hawkins (7)
 England
Afternoon: 1–125 (125), 23–66, 85–5 (85), 0–97 (55), 101–0 (93), 89–35 (66), 0–132 (132), 33–61, 93–29 (68), 5–63 (63)
Evening: 73–0, 134–1 (64, 61), 56–3 (56), 113–0 (113), 26–97 (83), 83–24 (83), 63–14, 14–57, 0–90 (74), 122–0 (122)
122 Highest break 132
2 Century breaks 2
10 50+ breaks 6

Century breaks

Total: 37[5]

References
  1. "Shanghai Masters to Become Snooker's Richest Invitational - World Snooker". World Snooker. 18 November 2017.
  2. "Rocket Fires To Shanghai Victory". World Snooker. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  3. "Shanghai Masters wild cards". World Snooker. 7 September 2018.
  4. "Murphy Withdraws From Shanghai Masters - World Snooker". World Snooker. 10 September 2018.
  5. "Shanghai Masters 2018 – Centuries". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 10–16 September 2018. Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
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