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 (2018-09-10 – 2018-09-16)
VenueRegal International East Asia Hotel
CityShanghai
CountryChina
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£725,000
Winner's share£200,000
Highest breakEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan (140)
England Stuart Bingham (140)
Final
ChampionEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-upEngland 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 surpass £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
1England Ronnie O'Sullivan6
10Australia Neil Robertson610Australia Neil Robertson3
1England Ronnie O'Sullivan6
China Guo Hua1
12England Stuart Bingham2
8England Shaun Murphy[4]w/d
12England Stuart Bingham612England Stuart Binghamw/o
1England Ronnie O'Sullivan10
China Fan Zhengyi0
9England Kyren Wilson6
5England Judd Trump2
9England Kyren Wilson69England Kyren Wilson6
9England Kyren Wilson6
China Liang Wenbo3
15Wales Ryan Day5
4Scotland John Higgins5
15Wales Ryan Day615Wales Ryan Day6
1England Ronnie O'Sullivan11
China Chang Bingyu2
7England Barry Hawkins9
3England Mark Selby6
13Belgium Luca Brecel4China Zhou Yuelong5
3England Mark Selby5
China Zhou Yuelong6
6China Ding Junhui6
6China Ding Junhui6
11Northern Ireland Mark Allen611Northern Ireland Mark Allen3
6China Ding Junhui9
China Xiao Guodong4
7England Barry Hawkins10
7England Barry Hawkins6
14Scotland Stephen Maguire614Scotland Stephen Maguire3
7England Barry Hawkins6
China Pu QingSong4
2Wales Mark Williams4
2Wales Mark Williams6
16Scotland Anthony McGill616Scotland Anthony McGill3
China Yan Bingtao2

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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