Shanghai Masters 2018
Shanghai Masters 2018
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| Tournament type: | Invitation tournament |
| Attendees: | 24 |
| Venue: | Regal Intl. East Asia Hotel, Shanghai |
| Opening: | September 10, 2018 |
| Endgame: | 16th September 2018
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| Winner: |
 Ronnie O'Sullivan
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| Finalist: |
Barry Hawkins
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| Highest Break: | 140 ( Ronnie O'Sullivan , Stuart Bingham )
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The Shanghai Masters 2018 was an invitation-only snooker tournament in the 2018/19 season that took place from September 10 to 16 in the Chinese port city of Shanghai . For eleven years the tournament in the city was held as a world ranking tournament with all snooker professionals, from this year it was converted into an invitation tournament for the top 16 and 8 other Chinese players. For this, the Shanghai Masters also moved from a sports facility to the Regal International East Asia Hotel .
The last ranking tournament in the previous year was won by Ronnie O'Sullivan . This was able to defend his title with an 11: 9 victory over Barry Hawkins . O'Sullivan played the highest break of the tournament with Stuart Bingham .
Prize money
The tournament was played for a total of £ 725,000 in prize money . It was the invitation tournament with the highest payout on the Main Tour . The amount was increased by £ 25,000 from the previous year and an increase of the same amount annually was fixed for the next few years. Due to the reduction in the number of participants to 24, the individual premiums rose in some cases considerably from the previous year. The winner alone received £ 50,000 and the finalist £ 25,000 more; for the losing semi-finalists, the bonus almost doubled (previous year £ 32,000).
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| winner | £ 200,000 |
| finalist | £ 100,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 60,000 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 30,000 |
| Round of 16 | £ 15,000 |
| Last 24 | £ 7,500 |
| Highest break | £ 5,000 |
| All in all | £ 725,000 |
Attendees
The first 16 in the world rankings and the following four Chinese professional players in the rankings Liang Wenbo (18), Yan Bingtao (22), Xiao Guodong (26) and Zhou Yuelong (32) were invited . There were also two wildcard players from the Chinese association from the CBSA China Tour (Chang Bingyu and Fan Zhengyi ) and two other local players (Guo Hua and Pu QingSong) who had qualified via the China Amateur Masters .
Tournament schedule
Up to and including the quarter-finals, the game was played in the best-of-11 mode (6 winning frames). In the semifinals, the best-of-19 was then, in the final, the best-of-21. The first three rounds were held from Monday to Thursday. The first semi-final took place on Friday in two sessions, the second on Saturday, the final day was Sunday.
final
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Final: Best of 21 Frames Referee: Zheng Weili Regal International East Asia Hotel, Shanghai , China , September 16, 2018  |
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Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)
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11 : 9 |
Barry Hawkins (7)
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Session 1: 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) Session 2: 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 ) |
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| 122 | Highest break | 132 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 2 |
| 10 | 50+ breaks | 6th |
Century breaks
The following 16 players scored a total of 37 breaks of 100 or more points in the tournament:
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- ↑ a b Shanghai Masters (2018). Snooker.org, accessed August 27, 2018 .
- ^ New format for Shanghai Masters from 2018. Shine / Shanghai Daily, November 19, 2017, accessed August 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Andy Wilson: Ronnie O'Sullivan: Snooker star reveals first tournament appearance of 2018/19 season. Express, August 6, 2018, accessed August 27, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Shanghai Masters 2018 Draw. (PDF; 101 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , August 14, 2018, accessed on August 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Shanghai Masters Wildcard Draw. WPBSA , September 9, 2018, archived from the original on September 9, 2018 ; accessed on September 9, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Shanghai Masters 2018. (PDF; 143 kB) Provisional Format of Play. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , August 17, 2018, accessed August 27, 2018 .
- ^ Centuries. worldsnooker.com, accessed on August 27, 2018 .
