China Championship 2018
China Championship 2018
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Venue: | Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou , China |
| Opening: | September 24, 2018 |
| Endgame: | September 30, 2018
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| Winner: |
 Mark Selby
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| Finalist: |
 John Higgins
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| Highest Break: | 144 ( Ali Carter )
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The EverGrande China Championship 2018 was a snooker tournament of the Main Tour - 2018/19 season , which was held from September 24th to 30th at the Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Center in Guangzhou , People's Republic of China . The tournament took place for the third time and for the second time as a ranking tournament. The Belgian Luca Brecel had won his first tournament the year before in the southern Chinese metropolis, but this time did not survive the first main round.
In the final, the world number one Mark Selby defeated the Scot John Higgins 10: 9. The highest break of the tournament was played by Ali Carter .
Prize money
The premiums have increased by £ 25,000 compared to the previous year . From the round of 32 to the quarter-finals, the prize pool rose between £ 500 and £ 2,000.
| Prize money | |
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| winner | £ 150,000 |
| finalist | £ 75,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 32,000 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 20,000 |
| Round of 16 | £ 13,000 |
| Last 32 | £ 7,500 |
| Last 64 | £ 4,000 |
| Highest break | £ 4,000 |
| All in all | £ 725,000 |
The Rolling 147 Prize for a maximum break was £ 5,000.
Final round
The games of the final round were played in best-of-9 mode up to and including the quarter-finals . In the semifinals you had to win 6 frames to win in the finals.
WC = wildcard player (players selected by the organizing Chinese association)
final
Although both players had been among the world's best for a long time, it was only their third final encounter. They had met twice before in a World Cup final and each had won the title once. Last year both had won two ranking tournaments, this season they were in a final for the first time. World number one Mark Selby got off to a better start and took a 3-1 lead until the first break. But it was the only time in the entire final that a player was more than one frame ahead. After John Higgins had equalized to 3: 3, it was almost always he who took the lead and Selby who immediately equalized. The Scot was 5: 4 at the break of the session and led 8: 7 and 9: 8 in the evening. In the 18th frame he even took a 48-0 lead before his break ended. He didn't get the missing points to win, instead Selby fought his way back. With 78:52 points he evened out and saved himself in the decider. Although this was just as competitive as the entire match, the Englishman in particular scored points and secured victory and title with two breaks in the 30s. For the third time in a row and for the seventh time overall, Mark Selby won the rankings in China.
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Final: Best of 19 Frames Referee: Zhu Ying Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou , China , September 30, 2018  |
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John Higgins
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9: 10 |
Mark Selby
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65 : 17, 6: 83 (82), 21: 60 , 0: 70 (70), 75 : 7 (52), 58 : 1, 67 : 5 (65), 0: 119 (118), 85 : 14 (85), 4: 70 (70), 71 : 39, 25: 66 , 26: 77 (60), 65 : 38, 86 : 34 (61), 49: 86 , 68 : 60, 52: 74 , 12 : 72 |
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| 85 | Highest break | 118 |
| - | Century breaks | 1 |
| 4th | 50+ breaks | 5 |
qualification
The qualifying round was from 19 to 22 August 2018 in the Guildhall in the English city of Preston played. In addition to four games with wildcard players from the Chinese association, the games of defending champion Luca Brecel , world champion Mark Williams and the two best Chinese players Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo were played in China at the start of the main tournament. All games were played in best-of-9 mode.
WC = wildcard player (players selected by the organizing Chinese association)
Century breaks
Main round
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qualification
26 century breaks were scored in the 56 games at Preston.
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- ↑ a b c d e achieved on September 24th in Guangzhou
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- ↑ Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2018/2019 Season. (PDF; 108 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , July 18, 2018, accessed August 15, 2018 .
- ^ Evergrande China Championship. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , September 19, 2016, accessed August 15, 2018 .
- ↑ China Championship 2018. (PDF; 349 kB) Draw. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , August 30, 2018, accessed September 4, 2018 .
- ↑ EverGrande China Championship 2018. (PDF; 33 kB) Provisional Format of Play. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , September 3, 2018, accessed September 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Selby Edges Higgins in Guanghzhou Thriller. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , September 30, 2018, accessed September 30, 2018 .
- ↑ Indian Open, European Masters & China Championship 2018. (PDF; 89 kB) Qualifiers - Provisional Format of Play. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , August 13, 2018, accessed August 15, 2018 .
- ↑ China Championship 2018. (PDF; 393 kB) Qualifiers Draw. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , August 13, 2018, accessed August 15, 2018 .
- ↑ China Championship (2018). In: snooker.org. Retrieved September 30, 2018 .