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]
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Dates | 10–16 September 2018 |
Venue | Regal International East Asia Hotel |
City | Shanghai |
Country | China |
Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
Format | Non-ranking event |
Total prize fund | £725,000 |
Winner's share | £200,000 |
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Score | 11–9 |
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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
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Semi-finals Best of 19 frames |
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Final
Final: Best of 21 frames. Referee: ![]() Regal International East Asia Hotel, Shanghai, China, 16 September 2018. | ||
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11–9 | Barry Hawkins (7)![]() |
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]
- 140, 135, 122, 113, 111
Ronnie O'Sullivan - 140, 134
Stuart Bingham - 138, 101, 100
Ding Junhui - 138
Luca Brecel - 136
John Higgins - 135, 131, 114, 100
Kyren Wilson - 134, 132, 125, 114, 103, 101, 100
Barry Hawkins - 134, 110, 100
Anthony McGill - 133
Yan Bingtao - 130, 100
Ryan Day - 128
Judd Trump - 128
Liang Wenbo - 114, 113
Stephen Maguire - 107, 103
Neil Robertson - 103
Mark Williams - 102
Mark Allen
References
- "Shanghai Masters to Become Snooker's Richest Invitational - World Snooker". World Snooker. 18 November 2017.
- "Rocket Fires To Shanghai Victory". World Snooker. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- "Shanghai Masters wild cards". World Snooker. 7 September 2018.
- "Murphy Withdraws From Shanghai Masters - World Snooker". World Snooker. 10 September 2018.
- "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.