2018 World Open (snooker)
The 2018 HongRuiMa Yushan World Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 6 and 12 August 2018 in Yushan, China.[1] It was the second ranking event of the 2018/19 season.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6–12 August 2018 |
| Venue | Yushan No.1 Middle School |
| City | Yushan |
| Country | China |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £735,000 |
| Winner's share | £150,000 |
| Highest break |  David Gilbert (142) Noppon Saengkham (142) |
| Final | |
| Champion | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Mark Williams |
| Runner-up | David Gilbert |
| Score | 10–9 |
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Qualifying took place between 6–9 July in Preston.[2] Ding Junhui was the defending champion, who defeated Kyren Wilson 10–3 in the 2017 World Open final,[3] but lost 4–5 to Robert Milkins in the last 32 of the 2018 event.
Mark Williams won his 22nd ranking title, defeating David Gilbert 10–9 in the final. Williams trailed 5–9 but won the last 5 frames. It was the fourth time he had won this event, having won it twice when the tournament was named the Grand Prix and once when the tournament was named the LG Cup.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
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The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £15,000
Main draw
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Final
Final: Best of 19 frames; Referee:  Peggy Li.Yushan No.1 Middle School, Yushan, China, 12 August 2018. | ||
| David Gilbert England |
9–10 | Mark Williams Wales |
| Afternoon: 72–45, 76–22 (55), 0–96 (91), 90–0, 0–121 (121), 142–0 (142), 12–76, 24–68, 69–0 (52) Evening: 68–58 (68, 58), 95–0 (95), 95–38 (95), 15–77 (54), 103–27 (84), 39–80 (76), 16–64, 45–71, 0–81 (72), 18–72 (64) | ||
| 142 | Highest break | 121 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 7 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
Qualifying
These matches were held between 6 and 9 July 2018 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.[2]
- Notes
- Match was held over and played in Yushan
Century breaks
Televised stage centuries
Total: 49
- 142, 140, 122, 101 David Gilbert
- 142, 111 Noppon Saengkham
- 132, 114, 110, 109, 106, 103
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Neil Robertson - 128 Michael Holt
- 124, 101 Barry Hawkins
- 121, 120, 104 Mark Williams
- 121, 111
Fergal O'Brien - 120 Ali Carter
- 118, 118, 103
Marco Fu - 115, 100 Jack Lisowski
- 115, 103 Anthony Hamilton
- 115 Ding Junhui
- 113, 112, 104, 103 Gary Wilson
- 112 Mike Dunn
- 111, 101 Xiao Guodong
- 109
Stephen Maguire - 108 David Lilley
- 107 Ryan Day
- 107 Kyren Wilson
- 105 Elliot Slessor
- 103
Mark Allen - 103 Harvey Chandler
- 102 Mark Selby
- 102 James Wattana
- 102 Jak Jones
- 101 Mark Davis
- 100 Andrew Higginson
- 100 Jamie Jones
Qualifying stage centuries
Total: 14
- 140 Robbie Williams
- 133 David Gilbert
- 131, 109, 108 Noppon Saengkham
- 124 Peter Ebdon
- 121 Judd Trump
- 118, 102 Fergal O'Brien
- 118 Marco Fu
- 109 Mark Joyce
- 108 Joe Perry
- 104 Ricky Walden
- 102 Mark Allen
References
- "Yushan World Open". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- "World Open Qualifiers (2018)". snooker.org. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
6-9 Jul 2018
- "World Open: Ding Junhui beats Kyren Wilson 10-3 in China". BBC Sport. 25 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.