English Open 2018

BetVictor English Open 2018
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Attendees:	128
Venue:	K2, Crawley , England
Opening:	15th October 2018
Endgame:	October 21, 2018
Winner:	Stuart Bingham
Finalist:	Mark Davis
Highest Break:	147 ( Thepchaiya Un-Nooh , Ronnie O'Sullivan )
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The BetVictor English Open in 2018 were a world ranking tournament at the Snooker - season 2018/19 and were from 15 to 21 October 2018 in the K2 in Crawley in England held. It was the third venue for the third edition of the tournament. The English Open marked the start of the Home Nations series with four tournaments in the four parts of Great Britain.

The defending champion was Ronnie O'Sullivan , who lost 6-1 to Mark Davis in the semifinals . In the final, Mark Davis faced Stuart Bingham . The latter won the final 9: 7 and thus secured his fifth title in a world rankings tournament.

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh from Thailand achieved the 142nd maximum break in professional snooker in his first round match against Soheil Vahedi from Iran . It was the third of the season and Un-Nooh's second. Just one day later, Ronnie O'Sullivan had his 15th maximum break in Round 2 against Allan Taylor .

Prize money

The prize money is the same for all four tournaments in the Home Nations series and is in the middle of all Main Tour tournaments. It remained unchanged compared to the previous year. If a player wins all four tournaments in the series in one season, he will also receive a special prize of 1 million pounds.

	Prize money
winner	£ 70,000
finalist	£ 30,000
Semi-finalist	£ 20,000
Quarter finalist	£ 10,000
Round of 16	£ 6,000
Last 32	£ 3,500
Last 64	£ 2,500
Highest break	£ 2,000
All in all	£ 366,000

The Rolling 147 Prize for a maximum break was £ 15,000.

Tournament results

As in all Home Nations tournaments, two wildcard players from the host association were also allowed to participate. David Lilley and Steven Hallworth got their turn that year. Up to the round of 16, four winning frames ( Best of 7 mode ) were played.

A = amateur player (not on the main tour during the 2018/19 season; qualification via the Q-School-Order-of-Merit)
WC = wildcard player of the English EASB association

First round to round of 16

Upper half 1

	First round best of 7 frames					Second round best of 7 frames					Third round best of 7 frames					Round of 16 best of 7 frames
	1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	4th
	48	Kurt Maflin	1
						1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	4th
						72	Allan Taylor	0
	47	Scott Donaldson	3
	72	Allan Taylor	4th
											1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	4th
											55	Matthew Stevens	1
	74	Jimmy White	4th
	39	Lü Haotian	2
						74	Jimmy White	0
						55	Matthew Stevens	4th
	55	Matthew Stevens	4th
	82	Chen Zifan	1
																1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	4th
																84	Eden Sharav	1
	16	Liang Wenbo	4th
	34	Gary Wilson	0
						16	Liang Wenbo	2
						84	Eden Sharav	4th
	84	Eden Sharav	4th
	50	Michael Georgiou	3
											84	Eden Sharav	4th
											97	Craig Steadman	0
	97	Craig Steadman	4th
	91	Joe Swail	1
						97	Craig Steadman	4th
						44	Chris Wakelin	1
	64	Ken Doherty	0
	44	Chris Wakelin	4th

Upper half 2

	First round best of 7 frames					Second round best of 7 frames					Third round best of 7 frames					Round of 16 best of 7 frames
	WC	David Lilley	4th
	33	Tom Ford	2
						WC	David Lilley	0
						60	Alan McManus	4th
	60	Alan McManus	4th
	119	Fan Zhengyi	0
											60	Alan McManus	1
											9	Neil Robertson	4th
	104	Oliver Lines	4th
	109	Joe O'Connor	3
						104	Oliver Lines	2
						9	Neil Robertson	4th
	9	Neil Robertson	4th
	87	Ross Muir	2
																9	Neil Robertson	2
																102	Luo Honghao	4th
	62	Martin O'Donnell	2
	46	Stuart Carrington	4th
						46	Stuart Carrington	1
						102	Luo Honghao	4th
	A.	Adam Duffy	3
	102	Luo Honghao	4th
											102	Luo Honghao	4th
											18th	Anthony McGill	2
	18th	Anthony McGill	4th
	107	Simon Lichtenberg	0
						18th	Anthony McGill	4th
						63	Akani Songsermsawad	0
	8th	Kyren Wilson	3
	63	Akani Songsermsawad	4th

Upper half 3

	First round best of 7 frames					Second round best of 7 frames					Third round best of 7 frames					Round of 16 best of 7 frames
	5	Judd Trump	4th
	75	Robin Hull	1
						5	Judd Trump	4th
						67	Zhao Xintong	3
	67	Zhao Xintong	4th
	A.	Michael Judge	3
											5	Judd Trump	4th
											21st	Jack Lisowski	2
	36	Li Hang	0
	73	Ian Burns	4th
						73	Ian Burns	3
						21st	Jack Lisowski	4th
	45	Fergal O'Brien	2
	21st	Jack Lisowski	4th
																5	Judd Trump	2
																12	Ryan Day	4th
	12	Ryan Day	4th
	81	Ashley Hugill	0
						12	Ryan Day	4th
						70	Zhang Yong	0
	70	Zhang Yong	4th
	118	Chen Feilong	3
											12	Ryan Day	4th
											19th	Mark King	2
	101	Ashley Carty	3
	19th	Mark King	4th
						19th	Mark King	4th
						49	Peter Ebdon	3
	106	Alfie Burden	0
	49	Peter Ebdon	4th

Upper half 4

	First round best of 7 frames					Second round best of 7 frames					Third round best of 7 frames					Round of 16 best of 7 frames
	57	Robbie Williams	1
	43	Mark Davis	4th
						43	Mark Davis	4th
						121	Adam Stefanów	0
	120	Jamie Clarke	1
	121	Adam Stefanów	4th
											43	Mark Davis	4th
											86	Mei Xiwen	2
	86	Mei Xiwen	4th
	122	James Wattana	3
						86	Mei Xiwen	4th
						13	Marco Fu	1
	13	Marco Fu	4th
	42	Mark Joyce	1
																43	Mark Davis	4th
																4th	John Higgins	2
	A.	Luke Simmonds	0
	112	Zhang Jiankang	4th
						112	Zhang Jiankang	2
						29	Martin Gould	4th
	29	Martin Gould	4th
	88	Billy Joe Castle	2
											29	Martin Gould	1
											4th	John Higgins	4th
	90	Tian Pengfei	3
	77	Nigel Bond	4th
						77	Nigel Bond	1
						4th	John Higgins	4th
	4th	John Higgins	4th
	76	Li Yuan	1

Lower half 1

	First round best of 7 frames					Second round best of 7 frames					Third round best of 7 frames					Round of 16 best of 7 frames
	3	Mark Selby	4th
	99	Sanderson Lam	0
						3	Mark Selby	3
						41	Ben Woollaston	4th
	41	Ben Woollaston	4th
	24	Graeme Dott	2
											41	Ben Woollaston	3
											28	Ricky Walden	4th
	110	John Astley	1
	105	Lukas Kleckers	4th
						105	Lukas Kleckers	0
						28	Ricky Walden	4th
	28	Ricky Walden	4th
	113	Hammad Miah	2
																28	Ricky Walden	0
																14th	Stuart Bingham	4th
	14th	Stuart Bingham	4th
	78	Duane Jones	0
						14th	Stuart Bingham	4th
						40	Hossein Vafaei	0
	30th	Michael White	3
	40	Hossein Vafaei	4th
											14th	Stuart Bingham	4th
											61	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	3
	89	Soheil Vahedi	1
	61	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	4th
						61	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	4th
						111	Thor Chuan Leong	3
	111	Thor Chuan Leong	4th
	95	Hamza Akbar	1

Lower half 2

First round best of 7 frames

Second round best of 7 frames

Third round best of 7 frames

Round of 16 best of 7 frames

79

Zhang Anda

3

56

Matthew Selt

4th

56

Matthew Selt

4th

116

Sam Baird

0

116

Sam Baird

4th

53

Liam Highfield

2

56

Matthew Selt

1

20th

Ali Carter

4th

20th

Ali Carter

4th

58

Rory McLeod

2

20th

Ali Carter

4th

11

Luca Brecel

1

11

Luca Brecel

4th

83

Niu Zhuang

0

20th

Ali Carter

4th

59

Daniel Wells

3

94

Lee Walker

4th

93

Jak Jones

3

94

Lee Walker

3

59

Daniel Wells

4th

17th

Joe Perry

2

59

Daniel Wells

4th

59

Daniel Wells

4th

6th

Barry Hawkins

3

92

Rod Lawler

0

98

Sam Craigie

4th

98

Sam Craigie

3

6th

Barry Hawkins

4th

6th

Barry Hawkins

4th

71

Peter Lines

0

Lower half 3

First round best of 7 frames

Second round best of 7 frames

Third round best of 7 frames

Round of 16 best of 7 frames

7th

Shaun Murphy

4th

51

Mike Dunn

1

7th

Shaun Murphy

4th

22nd

David Gilbert

2

68

Gerard Greene

3

22nd

David Gilbert

4th

7th

Shaun Murphy

1

32

Robert Milkins

4th

114

Lu Ning

2

32

Robert Milkins

4th

32

Robert Milkins

4th

100

Elliot Slessor

3

100

Elliot Slessor

4th

103

Sean O'Sullivan

2

32

Robert Milkins

3

35

Noppon Saengkham

4th

10

Mark Allen

4th

27

Anthony Hamilton

2

10

Mark Allen

3

65

Yuan Sijun

4th

A.

Farakh Ajaib

1

65

Yuan Sijun

4th

65

Yuan Sijun

1

35

Noppon Saengkham

4th

96

Harvey Chandler

1

35

Noppon Saengkham

4th

35

Noppon Saengkham

4th

WC

Steven Hallworth

2

26th

Xiao Guodong

2

WC

Steven Hallworth

4th

Lower half 4

	First round best of 7 frames					Second round best of 7 frames					Third round best of 7 frames					Round of 16 best of 7 frames
	54	Andrew Higginson	2
	115	Jordan Brown	4th
						115	Jordan Brown	4th
						25th	Jimmy Robertson	3
	25th	Jimmy Robertson	4th
	37	Michael Holt	1
											115	Jordan Brown	2
											15th	Stephen Maguire	4th
	108	Andy Lee	2
	23	Yan Bingtao	4th
						23	Yan Bingtao	2
						15th	Stephen Maguire	4th
	15th	Stephen Maguire	4th
	A.	James Cahill	3
																15th	Stephen Maguire	4th
																31	Zhou Yuelong	0
	80	Paul Davison	3
	31	Zhou Yuelong	4th
						31	Zhou Yuelong	4th
						69	Xu Si	2
	69	Xu Si	4th
	85	Chris Totten	2
											31	Zhou Yuelong	4th
											2	Mark Williams	3
	66	Alexander Ursenbacher	4th
	117	Kishan Hirani	1
						66	Alexander Ursenbacher	0
						2	Mark Williams	4th
	2	Mark Williams	4th
	52	Dominic Dale	1

Quarter-finals to finals

	Quarterfinals Best of 9 Frames					Semi-final best of 11 frames					Final Best of 17 frames
	1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
	102	Luo Honghao	3
						1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	1
						43	Mark Davis	6th
	12	Ryan Day	1
	43	Mark Davis	5
											43	Mark Davis	7th
											14th	Stuart Bingham	9
	14th	Stuart Bingham	5
	20th	Ali Carter	2
						14th	Stuart Bingham	6th
						15th	Stephen Maguire	3
	35	Noppon Saengkham	3
	15th	Stephen Maguire	5

Final: Best of 17 Frames Referee: Ben Williams K2 Leisure Center,  Crawley , England , October 21, 2018
Mark Davis (43)	7: 9	Stuart Bingham (14)
Afternoon games: 76 : 53 (SB 51), 0: 75 (75), 41: 65 , 55 : 12, 17: 64 , 72 : 0 (72), 0: 77 (77), 136 : 0 ( 136 ) evening games : 94 : 44 (94), 40: 82 (78), 0: 73 (73), 84 : 42, 88 : 48 (65), 0: 82 (82), 0: 102 ( 102 ), 20:59
136	Highest break	102
1	Century breaks	1
4th	50+ breaks	7th

Century breaks

During the tournament, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh each achieved a maximum break . A total of 81 century breaks were achieved, 2 fewer than in the previous year. 43 different players were able to achieve a century break in the course of the tournament, most often the players Ryan Day , Mark Davis and Judd Trump achieved this with 5 breaks each in the course of the tournament. Davis scored one of his two 136 breaks in the final.

Ronnie O'Sullivan 147 , 135, 118, 104 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 147, 112 Ryan Day 141, 136, 132, 121, 105 Zhou Yuelong 140 Stuart Bingham 138, 131, 109, 102 Marco Fu 137 Mark Davis 136 (2 ×), 107, 104, 102 Luo Honghao 136, 128, 100 Tian Pengfei 136, 116, 100 Elliot Slessor 135 Akani Songsermsawad 133 Ben Woollaston 131, 101 Sam Craigie 129, 101 Mike Dunn 129 Judd Trump 126, 109, 108, 107, 104 Jak Jones 122 Barry Hawkins 121, 106 (2 ×) Allan Taylor 121 Ashley Carty 121 Sam Baird 120, 100 Mark Williams 116, 109 Ali Carter 116, 103

Robert Milkins 116 Thor Chuan Leong 115 Noppon Saengkham 114, 102, 100 (2 ×) Zhang Anda 113 Liam Highfield 113 Neil Robertson 112, 102, 100 Liang Wenbo 112 Martin Gould 109 (2 ×) Luca Brecel 109 David Gilbert 108, 101 Paul Davison 108 Anthony McGill 107 Mark Selby 106, 100 Ricky Walden 105 John Higgins 105 Stuart Carrington 104 Mei Xiwen 102 Stephen Maguire 102 Yan Bingtao 102 Matthew Selt 101 Jack Lisowski 100

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1. ↑ BetVictor English Open. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , accessed October 8, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2018/2019 Season. (PDF; 108 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , July 18, 2018, accessed October 8, 2018 . 
3. ↑ English Open 2018 Draw. (PDF; 425 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , October 8, 2018, accessed on October 8, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Home Nations Series - English Open 2018 - Provisional Format of Play. (PDF; 107 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , October 8, 2018, accessed on October 8, 2018 (English). 
5. ↑ BetVictor English Open (2018). In: snooker.org. Retrieved October 18, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Century Breaks at the English Open (2018). In: worldsnookerdata.com. Retrieved October 21, 2018 .