European Masters 2018
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European Masters 2018
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Venue: | Sports service - De Soeverein Lommel , Lommel , Belgium |
| Opening: | 1st October 2018 |
| Endgame: | October 7, 2018
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| Winner: |
 Jimmy Robertson
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| Finalist: |
Joe Perry
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| Highest Break: | 135 ( Jimmy Robertson , Jack Lisowski )
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The European Masters 2018 was a snooker tournament of the Main Tour - season 2018/19 , which took place from October 1st to 7th in Lommel . For the second time in a row, the tournament was held in Belgium, after the venue was still in Romania when it debuted in 2016. The Englishman Judd Trump had won both previous editions .
In the final, the Englishman Jimmy Robertson prevailed 9: 6 against his compatriot Joe Perry and thus won the title of a world ranking tournament for the first time.
Prize money
There was £ 32,000 more to be won this year than last year. The losers in the first main round got £ 3,000 instead of £ 2,000, for everyone else the bonuses stayed the same.
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| winner | £ 75,000 |
| finalist | £ 35,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 17,500 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 11,000 |
| Round of 16 | £ 6,000 |
| Last 32 | £ 4,000 |
| Last 64 | £ 3,000 |
| Highest Break (Final Round) |
£ 1,500 |
| All in all | £ 398,500 |
The Rolling 147 Prize for a maximum break in the final round was £ 10,000.
Final round
The games in the final round were played in best-of-7 mode up to and including the quarter-finals (4 winning frames). In the semifinals, whoever won 6 frames first, in the finals, whoever won 9 frames first. Unlike in the previous year, but uniformly in all tournaments this season, 64 players competed in Lommel, last year there were only the last 32.
A = amateur player (not on the Main Tour this season; qualification via the Q-School-Order-of-Merit)
final
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Final: Best of 17 Frames Referee: Jan Scheers Sportdienst - De Soeverein Lommel , Lommel , Belgium , October 7, 2018  |
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Joe Perry (24)
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6: 9 |
Jimmy Robertson (35)
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Session 1: 17: 69 (65), 21: 71 , 30: 59 , 0: 79 (75), 37: 70 (54), 66 : 9, 62 : 33, 64 : 46 Session 2: 52: 63 , 56: 75 (56, 75), 119 : 0 ( 106 ), 138 : 0 (59, 60), 110 : 0 ( 110 ), 19: 68 (54), 4: 108 ( 108 ) |
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| 110 | Highest break | 108 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 5 | 50+ breaks | 6th |
qualification
The qualifying round was in on 17 and 18 August 2018 Guildhall in the English city of Preston played. The games of the defending champion Judd Trump (1) and those of the only Belgian professional Luca Brecel (21) have been postponed and were played in Belgium at the start of the main tournament. World champion Mark Williams (64) should also play in Lommel, but he canceled his participation beforehand. All games were played in best-of-7 mode .
A = amateur player (not on the Main Tour this season; qualification via the Q-School-Order-of-Merit)
kl. = continue without a fight
Century breaks
Main round
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qualification
18 century breaks were played during the 2 qualifying rounds, the highest with 142 points achieved by Matthew Selt from England. 15 players get breaks of 100 or more points.
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- ↑ D88.com European Masters. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , May 10, 2016, accessed August 15, 2018 .
- ↑ a b 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 .
- ↑ D88.com European Masters 2018. (PDF; 49.5 kB) Provisional Format of Play. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , August 21, 2018, accessed August 23, 2018 .
- ↑ European Masters 2018. (PDF; 254 kB) Draw. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , August 20, 2018, accessed August 23, 2018 .
- ↑ a b D88.com European Masters (2018). In: snooker.org. Retrieved October 5, 2018 .
- ^ Williams Withdraws from Belgium. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , September 28, 2018, accessed September 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Indian Open, European Masters & China Championship 2018. (PDF; 91.3 kB) Qualifiers - Provisional Format of Play. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , August 13, 2018, accessed August 15, 2018 .
- ↑ European Masters 2018. (PDF; 383 kB) Qualifiers Draw. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , August 13, 2018, accessed August 15, 2018 .
- ↑ Xiao Replaced By Bedford In European Qualifiers. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , August 15, 2018, accessed August 17, 2018 .
