Gibraltar Open 2018

Gibraltar Open 2018
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Venue:	Victoria Stadium , Gibraltar
Opening:	March 7, 2018
Endgame:	March 11, 2018
Winner:	Ryan Day
Finalist:	Cao Yupeng
Highest Break:	140 ( Stuart Bingham , Scott Donaldson , Anthony McGill )
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The ManBetX Gibraltar Open 2018 was a snooker tournament of the Main Tour - season 2017/18 . They were played from March 7th to 11th 2018 at the Victoria Stadium in Gibraltar .

The defending champion was the Englishman Shaun Murphy , who canceled due to an injury.

The winner was Welsh Ryan Day , who beat the Chinese Cao Yupeng 4-0.

The highest break of 140 was played by three players, these were Stuart Bingham , Scott Donaldson and Anthony McGill .

Prize money

	Prize money
winner	£ 25,000
finalist	£ 12,000
Semi-finalist	£ 6,000
Quarter finalist	£ 4,000
Round of 16	£ 3,000
Last 32	£ 2,000
Last 64	£ 1,000
All in all	£ 153,000

The Rolling 147 Prize for a maximum break was £ 25,000.

Preliminary round

105 professional players and 98 amateurs signed up for the tournament. The professionals and two wildcard players were placed directly for the main tournament, the amateurs had to play for the remaining 21 places in two qualifying rounds. All games were played in the best of 7 frames mode. The two preliminary rounds were held on March 7th and 8th.

Round 1

game Player 1 Result Player 2 1 (A)  Mihai Vladu  24 : 24th  Aaron Graham  (A) 2 (A)  Louis Heathcote  04 : 04th  Paul McLeod  (A) 3 (A)  Daniel Schneider  4th1: 41  Richard Beckham  (A) 4th (A)  Conor McCormack  4th1: 41  Paul Gibbs  (A) 5 (A)  Martin Pitcher  24 : 24th  Danny Connolly  (A) 6th (A)  Felix Frede  04 : 04th  Andrew Urbaniak  (A)

game Player 1 Result Player 2 7th (A)  Joshua Thomond  4th1: 41  Patrick Whelan  (A) 8th (A)  Dylan Craig  14 : 14th  Peter Devlin  (A) 9 (A)  Jackson Page  04 : 04th  Andrew Mincher  (A) 10 (A)  Dan Barsley  4th2: 42  Brian Cini  (A) 11 (A)  Michael Wild  24 : 24th  Sean McAllister  (A) 12 (A)  Julian Boyko  4th2: 42  Brandon Sargeant  (A)

A = amateur player (not on the main tour during the 2017/18 season)

round 2

game Player 1 Result Player 2 13 (A)  Ben Jones  4th1: 41  Ryan Causton  (A) 14th (A)  Steven Hallworth  4th2: 42  Barry Pinches  (A) 15th (A)  Manasawin Phetmalaikul  24 : 24th  Mihai Vladu  (A) 16 (A)  James Cahill  14 : 14th  Hamim Hussain  (A) 17th (A)  Charlie Walters  14 : 14th  Kevin Kelly  (A) 18th (A)  Andreas Ploner  34 : 34th  Ashley Carty  (A) 19th (A)  Bradley Tyson  4th0: 40  Louis Heathcote  (A) 20th (A)  Matthew Hudson  4th3: 43  Liam Golt  (A) 21st (A)  Ian Martin  4th3: 43  Richard Beckham  (A) 22nd (A)  Jamie Cope  14 : 14th  Lee Prickman  (A) 23 (A)  Joe O'Connor  04 : 04th  Daniel O'Regan  (A) 24 (A)  Adam Edge  04 : 04th  Manon Melief  (A) 25th (A)  Andrew Milliard  04 : 04th  Paul Gibbs  (A) 26th (A)  Andy Symons  04 : 04th  Tony Corrigan  (A) 27 (A)  Serhiy Issajenko  4th2: 42  Harvey Chandler  (A) 28 (A)  Jenson Kendrick  4th3: 43  Mike Finn  (A) 29 (A)  Reggie Edwards  4th3: 43  Martin Pitcher  (A) 30th (A)  Fergal Quinn  4th0: 40  Matthew Glasby  (A) 31 (A)  Shahidul Islam  4th1: 41  Felix Frede  (A) 32 (A)  Robin Otto  4th0: 40  Patrick Whelan  (A) 33 (A)  Andy Hicks  34 : 34th  Zack Richardson  (A)

game Player 1 Result Player 2 34 (A)  George Pragnall  34 : 34th  Mitchell Grinstead  (A) 35 (A)  John Foster  04 : 04th  Bhavesh Sodha  (A) 36 (A)  Matthew Day  34 : 34th  Joshua Cooper  (A) 37 (A)  Jack Bradford  4th3: 43  Adam Ashley  (A) 38 (A)  Jamie Rhys Clarke  24 : 24th  Michael Williams  (A) 39 (A)  Simon Lichtenberg  34 : 34th  Robert James  (A) 40 (A)  Barry Mincher  4th0: 40  Dylan Craig  (A) 41 (A)  Mohammed Mohsin Shariff  kl.  Ivelin Boyanov Bozhanov  (A) 42 (A)  Thomas Lancastle  4th3: 43  Umut Dikme  (A) 43 (A)  Daniel Williams  kl.  Jackson Page  (A) 44 (A)  Francis Becerra  4th1: 41  Brian Cini  (A) 45 (A)  Dylan Emery  24 : 24th  Phil O'Kane  (A) 46 (A)  Jamie O'Neill  04 : 04th  Andrew Olivero  (A) 47 (A)  Andrei Orzan  24 : 24th  Adam Nash  (A) 48 (A)  Kevin Chan  4th0: 40  Michael Wild  (A) 49 (A)  Matthew Roberts  4th2: 42  James Height  (A) 50 (A)  Oliver Brown  04 : 04th  Blythe Reeve  (A) 51 (A)  Lee Mein  4th0: 40  Saqib Nasir  (A) 52 (A)  Ron Kantor  4th0: 40  Brandon Sargeant  (A) 53 (A)  Thomas Kevern  24 : 24th  Gareth Lopez  (A) 54 (A)  Bash Maqsood  04 : 04th  Simon Dent  (A)

A = amateur player (not on the Main Tour during the 2017/18 season)
kl. = without a fight

Round 3

game Player 1 Result Player 2 55 (A)  Ryan Causton  4th2: 42  Barry Pinches  (A) 56 (A)  Manasawin Phetmalaikul  4th1: 41  James Cahill  (A) 57 (A)  Charlie Walters  4th3: 43  Andreas Ploner  (A) 58 (A)  Louis Heathcote  04 : 04th  Liam Golt  (A) 59 (A)  Richard Beckham  4th2: 42  Jamie Cope  (A) 60 (A)  Joe O'Connor  34 : 34th  Adam Edge  (A) 61 (A)  Andrew Milliard  4th3: 43  Andy Symons  (A) 62 (A)  Harvey Chandler  4th3: 43  Mike Finn  (A) 63 (A)  Martin Pitcher  4th2: 42  Matthew Glasby  (A) 64 (A)  Felix Frede  4th0: 40  Patrick Whelan  (A) 65 (A)  Andy Hicks  24 : 24th  George Pragnall  (A)

game Player 1 Result Player 2 66 (A)  John Foster  4th1: 41  Matthew Day  (A) 67 (A)  Adam Ashley  4th1: 41  Jamie Rhys Clarke  (A) 68 (A)  Simon Lichtenberg  24 : 24th  Dylan Craig  (A) 69 (A)  Ivelin Boyanov Bozhanov  4th1: 41  Umut Dikme  (A) 70 (A)  Jackson Page  24 : 24th  Brian Cini  (A) 71 (A)  Dylan Emery  4th2: 42  Jamie O'Neill  (A) 72 (A)  Andrei Orzan  4th0: 40  Michael Wild  (A) 73 (A)  James Height  4th0: 40  Oliver Brown  (A) 74 (A)  Saqib Nasir  4th0: 40  Brandon Sargeant  (A) 75 (A)  Thomas Kevern  24 : 24th  Bash Maqsood  (A)

A = amateur player (not on the main tour during the 2017/18 season)

Main tournament

Round 1 to the round of 16

Upper half 1

Round 1 best of 7 frames

Round 2 best of 7 frames

Round 3 best of 7 frames

Round of 16 best of 7 frames

40

Andrew Higginson

0

4th

Stuart Bingham

4th

4th

Stuart Bingham

4th

12

Mark King

2

12

Mark King

4th

101

Nigel Bond

1

4th

Stuart Bingham

4th

44

Noppon Saengkham

2

44

Noppon Saengkham

4th

A.

Barry Pinches

1

44

Noppon Saengkham

4th

A.

James Cahill

1

86

Eden Sharav

1

A.

James Cahill

4th

4th

Stuart Bingham

4th

63

Ken Doherty

1

63

Ken Doherty

4th

A.

Andreas Ploner

2

63

Ken Doherty

4th

29

Kurt Maflin

0

11

Stephen Maguire

-

29

Kurt Maflin

kl.

63

Ken Doherty

4th

26th

Dominic Dale

3

72

Li Yuan

1

23

Tom Ford

4th

23

Tom Ford

2

26th

Dominic Dale

4th

26th

Dominic Dale

4th

92

Chris Totten

1

Upper half 2

	Round 1 best of 7 frames					Round 2 best of 7 frames					Round 3 best of 7 frames					Round of 16 best of 7 frames
	32	Yu Delu	4th
	A.	Louis Heathcote	1
						32	Yu Delu	4th
						76	Thor Chuan Leong	1
	1	Ding Junhui	-
	76	Thor Chuan Leong	kl.
											32	Yu Delu	4th
											A.	Jamie Cope	2
	2	Shaun Murphy	-
	A.	Jamie Cope	kl.
						A.	Jamie Cope	4th
						38	Rory McLeod	2
	66	Ian Preece	3
	38	Rory McLeod	4th
																32	Yu Delu	1
																42	Cao Yupeng	4th
	43	Matthew Stevens	4th
	31	Mike Dunn	3
						43	Matthew Stevens	2
						42	Cao Yupeng	4th
	85	Yuan Sijun	3
	42	Cao Yupeng	4th
											42	Cao Yupeng	4th
											65	Sam Craigie	2
	65	Sam Craigie	4th
	A.	Joe O'Connor	2
						65	Sam Craigie	4th
						3	Barry Hawkins	1
	46	Chris Wakelin	0
	3	Barry Hawkins	4th

Upper half 3

Round 1 best of 7 frames

Round 2 best of 7 frames

Round 3 best of 7 frames

Round of 16 best of 7 frames

78

Allan Taylor

4th

A.

Andy Symons

2

78

Allan Taylor

4th

83

Niu Zhuang

3

83

Niu Zhuang

4th

A.

Mike Finn

2

78

Allan Taylor

1

57

Lee Walker

4th

103

Hamza Akbar

2

67

Jak Jones

4th

67

Jak Jones

0

57

Lee Walker

4th

74

Gerard Greene

3

57

Lee Walker

4th

57

Lee Walker

4th

8th

Anthony McGill

2

98

Paul Davison

3

8th

Anthony McGill

4th

8th

Anthony McGill

4th

52

David Grace

2

52

David Grace

4th

20th

Ben Woollaston

1

8th

Anthony McGill

4th

48

Oliver Lines

0

24

Li Hang

4th

A.

Matthew Glasby

1

24

Li Hang

0

48

Oliver Lines

4th

48

Oliver Lines

4th

58

Elliot Slessor

2

Upper half 4

Round 1 best of 7 frames

Round 2 best of 7 frames

Round 3 best of 7 frames

Round of 16 best of 7 frames

34

Jamie Jones

3

39

Robbie Williams

4th

39

Robbie Williams

0

10

Liang Wenbo

4th

10

Liang Wenbo

4th

79

Alex Borg

1

10

Liang Wenbo

1

30th

Matthew Selt

4th

62

Mitchell Mann

4th

A.

Patrick Whelan

3

62

Mitchell Mann

2

30th

Matthew Selt

4th

30th

Matthew Selt

kl.

WC

Darren Morgan

-

30th

Matthew Selt

0

6th

Kyren Wilson

4th

53

John Astley

4th

21st

Jimmy Robertson

0

53

John Astley

2

A.

Andy Hicks

4th

22nd

Robert Milkins

2

A.

Andy Hicks

4th

A.

Andy Hicks

2

6th

Kyren Wilson

4th

6th

Kyren Wilson

4th

27

Mark Joyce

1

6th

Kyren Wilson

4th

49

Daniel Wells

1

49

Daniel Wells

4th

81

Ian Burns

2

Lower half 1

Round 1 best of 7 frames

Round 2 best of 7 frames

Round 3 best of 7 frames

Round of 16 best of 7 frames

102

Rod Lawler

3

A.

Matthew Day

4th

A.

Matthew Day

0

47

Alfie Burden

4th

47

Alfie Burden

4th

14th

Ricky Walden

2

47

Alfie Burden

4th

59

Michael Georgiou

1

37

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh

-

56

Mei Xiwen

kl.

56

Mei Xiwen

2

59

Michael Georgiou

4th

59

Michael Georgiou

4th

54

Liam Highfield

1

47

Alfie Burden

3

51

Scott Donaldson

4th

45

Sam Baird

3

A.

Jamie Rhys Clarke

4th

A.

Jamie Rhys Clarke

4th

90

Jamie Curtis-Barrett

0

90

Jamie Curtis-Barrett

4th

100

Leo Fernandez

3

A.

Jamie Rhys Clarke

0

51

Scott Donaldson

4th

51

Scott Donaldson

4th

94

Duane Jones

1

51

Scott Donaldson

4th

A.

Simon Lichtenberg

1

97

Joe Swail

-

A.

Simon Lichtenberg

kl.

Lower half 2

	Round 1 best of 7 frames					Round 2 best of 7 frames					Round 3 best of 7 frames					Round of 16 best of 7 frames
	WC	Brian Ochoiski	2
	64	Aditya Mehta	4th
						64	Aditya Mehta	4th
						99	Kurt Dunham	1
	5	Ali Carter	-
	99	Kurt Dunham	kl.
											64	Aditya Mehta	2
											50	Tian Pengfei	4th
	87	Chen Zhe	1
	50	Tian Pengfei	4th
						50	Tian Pengfei	4th
						36	Gary Wilson	1
	36	Gary Wilson	4th
	A.	Umut Dikme	0
																50	Tian Pengfei	1
																77	Zhang Yong	4th
	77	Zhang Yong	4th
	89	Billy Castle	1
						77	Zhang Yong	4th
						104	Sean O'Sullivan	2
	104	Sean O'Sullivan	kl.
	16	Yan Bingtao	-
											77	Zhang Yong	4th
											60	Zhao Xintong	1
	33	Peter Ebdon	3
	71	Craig Steadman	4th
						71	Craig Steadman	1
						60	Zhao Xintong	4th
	96	Sanderson Lam	2
	60	Zhao Xintong	4th

Lower half 3

Round 1 best of 7 frames

Round 2 best of 7 frames

Round 3 best of 7 frames

Round of 16 best of 7 frames

95

Soheil Vahedi

4th

A.

Jackson Page

2

95

Soheil Vahedi

4th

55

Zhang Anda

2

19th

Zhou Yuelong

2

55

Zhang Anda

4th

95

Soheil Vahedi

3

25th

Jack Lisowski

4th

70

Peter Lines

3

A.

Jamie O'Neill

4th

A.

Jamie O'Neill

3

25th

Jack Lisowski

4th

91

Ross Muir

0

25th

Jack Lisowski

4th

25th

Jack Lisowski

1

13

Joe Perry

4th

28

Mark Davis

2

41

Stuart Carrington

4th

41

Stuart Carrington

2

A.

Michael Wild

4th

35

Fergal O'Brien

1

A.

Michael Wild

4th

A.

Michael Wild

1

13

Joe Perry

4th

84

Ashley Hugill

2

18th

Anthony Hamilton

4th

18th

Anthony Hamilton

1

13

Joe Perry

4th

75

Adam Duffy

1

13

Joe Perry

4th

Lower half 4

Round 1 best of 7 frames

Round 2 best of 7 frames

Round 3 best of 7 frames

Round of 16 best of 7 frames

68

Xu Si

2

9

Ryan Day

4th

9

Ryan Day

4th

A.

Oliver Brown

1

17th

Michael White

1

A.

Oliver Brown

4th

9

Ryan Day

4th

73

Martin O'Donnell

1

7th

Luca Brecel

1

73

Martin O'Donnell

4th

73

Martin O'Donnell

4th

80

Jimmy White

2

80

Jimmy White

4th

93

Christopher Keogan

3

9

Ryan Day

4th

69

Fang Xiongman

1

15th

Michael Holt

-

A.

Brandon Sargeant

kl.

A.

Brandon Sargeant

4th

A.

Thomas Kevern

3

88

Josh Boileau

-

A.

Thomas Kevern

kl.

A.

Brandon Sargeant

3

69

Fang Xiongman

4th

61

Hammad Miah

4th

82

Chen Zifan

0

61

Hammad Miah

2

69

Fang Xiongman

4th

105

Lukas Kleckers

2

69

Fang Xiongman

4th

WC = wildcard player
A = amateur player (not on the Main Tour during the 2017/18 season)
kl. = without a fight

Quarter-finals to finals

	Quarterfinals Best of 7 Frames					Semi-final best of 7 frames					Final best of 7 frames
	4th	Stuart Bingham	0
	42	Cao Yupeng	4th
						42	Cao Yupeng	4th
						57	Lee Walker	2
	57	Lee Walker	4th
	6th	Kyren Wilson	0
											42	Cao Yupeng	0
											9	Ryan Day	4th
	51	Scott Donaldson	4th
	77	Zhang Yong	2
						51	Scott Donaldson	3
						9	Ryan Day	4th
	13	Joe Perry	1
	9	Ryan Day	4th

final

Final: Best of 7 Frames Referee: Dessislawa Boschilowa Victoria Stadium ,  Gibraltar , United Kingdom , March 11, 2018
Cao Yupeng	0: 4	Ryan Day
0: 88 (58), 7: 86 (72) 0: 100 (100) 17: 80
8th	Highest break	100
-	Century breaks	1
-	50+ breaks	3

Century breaks

Main round

35 century breaks were achieved in the main tournament, they were distributed among 25 players. 3 players achieved the top score of 140 points. There were another 5 breaks of 100 or more points in the qualification by 5 amateur players.

Stuart Bingham 140, 130 Scott Donaldson 140 Anthony McGill 140 Kyren Wilson 135, 107 Martin O'Donnell 134 Li Hang 130 Jack Lisowski 130 Jackson Page 128 Cao Yupeng 123 Mike Finn 123 Joe Perry 122, 113, 105 Jamie O'Neill 121 Dominic Dale 117

Liang Wenbo 115, 100 Jamie Cope 112, 104 Gary Wilson 112 Hammad Miah 112 Ryan Day 111, 107, 104, 100 Jamie Jones 110 Zhang Anda 109, 107 Tian Pengfei 108 Michael Georgiou 104 Craig Steadman 104 Oliver Brown 100 Zhao Xintong 100

Qualifying round

James Cahill 125 Ian Martin 124 Saqib Nasir 114 Steven Hallworth 114 Joe O'Connor 104

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1. ↑ worldsnooker.com: Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2017/2018 Season. (PDF; 87 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , July 14, 2017, accessed on February 17, 2018 .  
2. ↑ Gibraltar Open 2018 Draw. (PDF; 433 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , February 14, 2018, accessed on February 17, 2018 .  
3. ↑ Gibraltar Open 2018. (PDF; 158 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , February 14, 2018, accessed on February 17, 2018 .  
4. ↑ Gibraltar Open (2018). Snooker.org, accessed February 17, 2018 .  
5. ↑ 2018 Gibraltar Open. cuetracker.net, accessed February 17, 2018 .  
6. ↑ Gibraltar Open 2018 - Centuries. (No longer available online.) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , archived from the original on February 16, 2018 ; accessed on March 11, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.