World Snooker Championship 2018

World Snooker Championship 2018 Betfred World Snooker Championship 2018
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Venue:	Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England
Opening:	April 21, 2018
Endgame:	May 6-7, 2018
Winner:	Mark Williams
Finalist:	John Higgins
Highest Break:	146 ( John Higgins )
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The 2018 Betfred World Snooker Championship was held from April 21 to May 7, 2018 at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield . It was the most important tournament on the Snooker Main Tour and ended the 2017/18 season .

World number one Mark Selby had secured the world title in the past two years and, as in the previous year, also won the last tournament before the World Cup with the China Open . He could have won the Crucible three times in a row as the third player after Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry , but was eliminated in the first main round against Joe Perry .

Welshman Mark Williams won his third world title , 15 years after his last World Cup victory. At the age of 43 he is the second oldest winner in the Crucible after his compatriot Ray Reardon in 1978. He defeated John Higgins , who was almost the same age, in the final 18:16.

Prize money

The prize money increased by more than 200,000 pounds and remained only slightly below the 2 million mark. The bonus for the winner alone increased by £ 50,000, but all other players got more as well, down to the winners of the first qualifying round, who each received £ 1,000 more than last year. The premiums for a maximum break were raised by the organizer shortly before the start of the tournament because the jackpot of the "Rolling 147 Prize" was cracked in the previous tournament and otherwise only 5000 pounds would have been in the pot.

	Prize money
winner	£ 425,000
finalist	£ 180,000
Semi-finalist	£ 85,000
Quarter finalist	£ 42,500
Round of 16	£ 27,500
Last 32	£ 18,000
Last 48	£ 13,500
Last 80	£ 9,000
Highest break (qualification / main round)	£ 1,000 £ 10,000
Maximum break a (qualification / main round)	£ 10,000 £ 40,000
All in all	£ 1,968,000

^aSince the jackpot for maximum breaks had been emptied at the previous China Open and only the minimum amount of £ 5,000 would have remained for the World Cup, the organizers subsequently increased the bonus to £ 10,000 or £ 40,000 (qualification / main round).

Main round

Tournament schedule

16 players were placed due to their world rankings . Your 16 first-round opponents had previously prevailed in the qualification.

The big surprise of the first round was Joe Perry's clear victory over last year's winner Mark Selby . Of the sixteen seeded players, six were eliminated in the first round.

	Round of the last 32 Best of 19 Frames Sessions (9/10)					Round of 16 Best of 25 Frames Sessions (8/8/9)					Quarterfinals Best of 25 Frames Sessions (8/8/9)					Semi-final Best of 33 Frames Sessions (8/8/8/9)					Final Best of 35 Frames Sessions (8/9/8/10)
	1	Mark Selby	4th
	22nd	Joe Perry	10
						22nd	Joe Perry	8th
						16	Mark Allen	13
	16	Mark Allen	10
	64	Liam Highfield	5
											16	Mark Allen	6th
											9	Kyren Wilson	13
	9	Kyren Wilson	10
	52	Matthew Stevens	3
						9	Kyren Wilson	13
						51	Jamie Jones	5
	8th	Shaun Murphy	9
	51	Jamie Jones	10
																9	Kyren Wilson	13
																5	John Higgins	17th
	5	John Higgins	10
	58	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	7th
						5	John Higgins	13
						30th	Jack Lisowski	1
	12	Stuart Bingham	7th
	30th	Jack Lisowski	10
											5	John Higgins	13
											4th	Judd Trump	12
	13	Luca Brecel	6th
	27	Ricky Walden	10
						27	Ricky Walden	9
						4th	Judd Trump	13
	4th	Judd Trump	10
	55	Chris Wakelin	9
																					5	John Higgins	16
																					7th	Mark Williams	18th
	3	Ding Junhui	10
	25th	Xiao Guodong	3
						3	Ding Junhui	13
						14th	Anthony McGill	4th
	14th	Anthony McGill	10
	17th	Ryan Day	8th
											3	Ding Junhui	5
											6th	Barry Hawkins	13
	11	Marco Fu	5
	68	Lü Haotian	10
						68	Lü Haotian	10
						6th	Barry Hawkins	13
	6th	Barry Hawkins	10
	56	Stuart Carrington	7th
																6th	Barry Hawkins	15th
																7th	Mark Williams	17th
	7th	Mark Williams	10
	34	Jimmy Robertson	5
						7th	Mark Williams	13
						37	Robert Milkins	7th
	10	Neil Robertson	5
	37	Robert Milkins	10
											7th	Mark Williams	13
											15th	Allister Carter	8th
	15th	Allister Carter	10
	21st	Graeme Dott	8th
						15th	Allister Carter	13
						2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9
	2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	10
	18th	Stephen Maguire	7th

final

Finale: Best of 35 Frames Referee: Brendan Moore Crucible Theater ,  Sheffield , England , May 6-7, 2018
John Higgins	16: 18	Mark Williams
1st session: 23: 75 , 15: 65 , 35: 72 , (55) 60: 70 , (119) 120 : 4, 0: 133 (95), (52) 98 : 0, (59) 82 : 21 2nd session: 46: 81 (72), (51) 75 : 31, (127) 127 : 8, 12:76, (56) 85 : 9, (117) 123 : 15, 0: 123 (118), 35: 64 (64), 43: 80 3rd session: 5: 98 (61), 19: 73 (56), 0: 126 (69, 56), 7: 63 (52), (67) 92 : 29 , (72) 76 : 65 (65), (80) 80 : 0, 8: 84 4th session: (131) 131 : 1, (67) 68 : 58 (58), (82) 82 : 47, 91 : 0, (62) 67 : 47, 0: 74 , 14: 104 (100), (65) 65 : 63 (63), 0: 71 (69)
131	Highest break	118
4th	Century breaks	2
17th	50+ breaks	14th

qualification

The top 16 of the world rankings were set for the main tournament, their 16 challengers were determined through qualification. The 128 participants included the professional players from 17th place, except for the two Thai Boonyarit Keattikun and Kritsanut Lertsattayatthorn , who canceled their participation. For the 15 remaining places, the WPBSA selected amateur players who were successful in continental and junior championships or who qualified according to other criteria.

The three qualifying rounds took place from April 11-18, 2018 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield . All games were played in best-of-19 mode .

Round 1

game	Player (seat)	Result	Player (seat)		game	Player (seat)	Result	Player (seat)
1	Ryan Day (17)	10 : 2	Igor Figueiredo (A)		33	Liang Wenbo (19)	10 : 2	Rod Lawler (123)
2	Mitchell Man (80)	10 : 5	Peter Lines (94)		34	Zhao Xintong (78)	10 : 8	Aditya Mehta (82)
3	Robbie Williams (48)	10 : 8	Jak Jones (81)		35	Yu Delu (46)	10 : 8	Sean O'Sullivan (122)
4th	Peter Ebdon (49)	10 : 4	James Wattana (85)		36	Jamie Jones (51)	10 : 5	Craig Steadman (87)
5	Zhou Yuelong (32)	10 : 1	Ian Preece (83)		37	Jack Lisowski (30)	10 : 4	Christopher Keogan (119)
6th	Daniel Wells (65)	10 : 6	Kurt Dunham (117)		38	David Grace (67)	10 : 6	Wang Yuchen (91)
7th	Tom Ford (33)	10 : 2	Leo Fernandez (124)		39	Alan McManus (35)	10 : 2	Rhys Clark (125)
8th	Liam Highfield (64)	10 : 3	Chen Zhe (104)		40	Oliver Lines (62)	10 : 6	Harvey Chandler (A)
9	Matthew Selt (57)	10 : 1	Ng On Yee (A)		41	Andrew Higginson (59)	10 : 4	David John (126)
10	Mark Joyce (40)	4: 10	Adam Duffy (99)		42	Cao Yupeng (38)	7: 10	Robin Hull (110)
11	Mei Xiwen (72)	10 : 8	Basem Eltahhan (128)		43	Lee Walker (70)	10 : 6	Kristján Helgason (A)
12	Xiao Guodong (25)	10 : 3	Chris Totten (108)		44	Ricky Walden (27)	10 : 8	Joe Swail (120)
13	Stuart Carrington (56)	10 : 9	Nigel Bond (103)		45	Michael Georgiou (54)	10 : 4	Matthew Bolton (129)
14th	Ben Woollaston (41)	10 : 5	Kacper Filipiak (A)		46	Mark Davis (43)	10 : 1	Sanderson Lam (121)
15th	Zhang Anda (73)	10 : 6	Zhang Yong (93)		47	Sam craigie (75)	6: 10	Jimmy White (101)
16	Martin Gould (24)	10 : 4	Paul Davison (112)		48	Joe Perry (22)	10 : 1	Ross Muir (118)
17th	Graeme Dott (21)	10 : 1	Adrian Ridley (A)		49	Yan Bingtao (23)	10 : 7	Jackson Page (A)
18th	Sunny Akani (76)	10 : 4	Lukas Kleckers (127)		50	Tian Pengfei (74)	10 : 1	Li Yuan (95)
19th	Dominic Dale (44)	10 : 7	Reanne Evans (A)		51	Kurt Maflin (42)	10 : 7	Hamza Akbar (116)
20th	Mike Dunn (53)	10 : 8	Duane Jones (98)		52	Chris Wakelin (55)	10 : 4	Xu Si (89)
21st	Michael Holt (28)	10 : 7	Thor Chuan Leong (97)		53	David Gilbert (26)	10 : 8	Billy Castle (114)
22nd	Elliot Slessor (69)	10 : 7	Eden Sharav (109)		54	Alfie Burden (71)	10 : 6	Jamie Curtis-Barrett (115)
23	Robert Milkins (37)	10 : 1	Aaron Canavan (A)		55	Gary Wilson (39)	8 10	Adam Stefanów (A)
24	Scott Donaldson (60)	10 : 5	Tyler Rees (A)		56	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (58)	10 : 8	Alexander Ursenbacher (86)
25th	Rory McLeod (61)	10 : 8	Ian Burns (92)		57	Sam Baird (63)	10 : 5	Soheil Vahedi (113)
26th	Li Hang (36)	10 : 9	Ashley Hugill (106)		58	Jimmy Robertson (34)	10 : 2	Alex Borg (102)
27	Lü Haotian (68)	10 : 8	Fang Xiongman (88)		59	John Astley (66)	10 : 1	Marvin Lim (A)
28	Anthony Hamilton (29)	7: 10	Martin O'Donnell (84)		60	Michael White (31)	10 : 9	Niu Zhuang (107)
29	Matthew Stevens (52)	10 : 5	Ryan Thomerson (A)		61	Noppon Saengkham (50)	10 : 1	Chen Zifan (105)
30th	Fergal O'Brien (45)	5: 10	Yuan Sijun (100)		62	Hossein Vafaei (47)	10 : 8	Jamie Cope (A)
31	Ken Doherty (77)	10 : 8	Josh Boileau (111)		63	Hammad Miah (79)	10 : 9	Jordan Brown (A)
32	Mark King (20)	9: 10	Gerard Greene (90)		64	Stephen Maguire (18)	10 : 5	Allan Taylor (96)

round 2

game	Player (seat)	Result	Player (seat)		game	Player (seat)	Result	Player (seat)
65	Ryan Day (17)	10 : 1	Mitchell Man (80)		81	Liang Wenbo (19)	10 : 5	Zhao Xintong (78)
66	Robbie Williams (48)	5: 10	Peter Ebdon (49)		82	Yu Delu (46)	7: 10	Jamie Jones (51)
67	Zhou Yuelong (32)	8 10	Daniel Wells (65)		83	Jack Lisowski (30)	10 : 3	David Grace (67)
68	Tom Ford (33)	6: 10	Liam Highfield (64)		84	Alan McManus (35)	10 : 9	Oliver Lines (62)
69	Matthew Selt (57)	6: 10	Adam Duffy (99)		85	Andrew Higginson (59)	10 : 5	Robin Hull (110)
70	Mei Xiwen (72)	4: 10	Xiao Guodong (25)		86	Lee Walker (70)	7: 10	Ricky Walden (27)
71	Stuart Carrington (56)	10 : 8	Ben Woollaston (41)		87	Michael Georgiou (54)	0: 10	Mark Davis (43)
72	Zhang Anda (73)	10 : 4	Martin Gould (24)		88	Jimmy White (101)	5: 10	Joe Perry (22)
73	Graeme Dott (21)	10 : 2	Sunny Akani (76)		89	Yan Bingtao (23)	9: 10	Tian Pengfei (74)
74	Dominic Dale (44)	3: 10	Mike Dunn (53)		90	Kurt Maflin (42)	4: 10	Chris Wakelin (55)
75	Michael Holt (28)	10 : 7	Elliot Slessor (69)		91	David Gilbert (26)	9: 10	Alfie Burden (71)
76	Robert Milkins (37)	10 : 8	Scott Donaldson (60)		92	Adam Stefanów (A)	4: 10	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (58)
77	Rory McLeod (61)	10 : 9	Li Hang (36)		93	Sam Baird (63)	7: 10	Jimmy Robertson (34)
78	Lü Haotian (68)	10 : 9	Martin O'Donnell (84)		94	John Astley (66)	7: 10	Michael White (31)
79	Matthew Stevens (52)	10 : 9	Yuan Sijun (100)		95	Noppon Saengkham (50)	5: 10	Hossein Vafaei (47)
80	Ken Doherty (77)	10 : 4	Gerard Greene (90)		96	Hammad Miah (79)	4: 10	Stephen Maguire (18)

Round 3

game	Player (seat)	Result	Player (seat)		game	Player (seat)	Result	Player (seat)
97	Ryan Day (17)	10 : 6	Peter Ebdon (49)		105	Liang Wenbo (19)	0: 10	Jamie Jones (51)
98	Daniel Wells (65)	4: 10	Liam Highfield (64)		106	Jack Lisowski (30)	10 : 3	Alan McManus (35)
99	Adam Duffy (99)	1: 10	Xiao Guodong (25)		107	Andrew Higginson (59)	6: 10	Ricky Walden (27)
100	Stuart Carrington (56)	10 : 8	Zhang Anda (73)		108	Mark Davis (43)	7: 10	Joe Perry (22)
101	Graeme Dott (21)	10 : 7	Mike Dunn (53)		109	Tian Pengfei (74)	1: 10	Chris Wakelin (55)
102	Michael Holt (28)	3: 10	Robert Milkins (37)		110	Alfie Burden (71)	8 10	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (58)
103	Rory McLeod (61)	2: 10	Lü Haotian (68)		111	Jimmy Robertson (34)	10 : 7	Michael White (31)
104	Matthew Stevens (52)	10 : 2	Ken Doherty (77)		112	Hossein Vafaei (47)	7: 10	Stephen Maguire (18)

Century breaks

Main tournament

With a total of 84 century breaks, the World Cup was two behind the record years of 2015 and 2016 . With eleven and thirteen breaks of at least 100 points, respectively, the two finalists John Higgins and Mark Williams achieved the most. The prize of £ 10,000 for the highest break went to Higgins. His 146 points are even rarer than a “ perfect break ” of 147 points.

John Higgins 146, 136, 134, 131, 127, 119, 117, 104, 101, 100 (2 ×) Ryan Day 145, 141 Chris Wakelin 141 Mark Williams 140, 135, 118, 114, 113 (2 ×), 110, 103, 102, 101, 100 (2 ×) Kyren Wilson 140, 126, 125, 124, 121, 106, 105 Shaun Murphy 137, 102, 101 Barry Hawkins 133, 132, 129 (2 ×), 128, 124, 117, 113, 103 Mark Allen 133, 122 Jack Lisowski 128, 105 Lü Haotian 127, 125, 122, 100 Ding Junhui 126, 124, 113, 102 (2 ×)

Allister Carter 126, 115, 108, 106 Jamie Jones 124, 114 Stuart Bingham 123 Ricky Walden 122, 105 Ronnie O'Sullivan 121, 118, 110, 105 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 121, 112 Joe Perry 120, 109, 103 Marco Fu 120, 102 Judd Trump 103 (2 ×), 101, 100 (2 ×) Stephen Maguire 101

qualification

source

Liang Wenbo 147 , 140, 124 (2 ×), 103 Jamie Cope 141, 119, 114, 101 Stuart Carrington 141, 100 (2 ×) Xiao Guodong 137, 105 Yan Bingtao 136, 130, 116, 100 Mark Davis 136, 120, 109 Lü Haotian 136, 117, 113, 109 Michael Holt 136 Ricky Walden 135, 133, 125, 103, 102, 101, 100 Peter Ebdon 135 Noppon Saengkham 134, 122, 103 Ken Doherty 133, 102 Zhang Anda 132, 121, 117, 111 (2 ×), 102 David Gilbert 131, 100 Andrew Higginson 131, 107 (2 ×), 100 Stephen Maguire 130 Dominic Dale 130 Tian Pengfei 127, 126, 102 Liam Highfield 127, 114, 111, 102 Christopher Keogan 127 Zhou Yuelong 126 Joe Perry 125, 108 Chris Wakelin 125, 104 Jack Lisowski 122, 114, 111, 104, 100 Robert Milkins 120 Adam Duffy 119

Alan McManus 118, 109 Rory McLeod 118 Hossein Vafaei 118 Zhao Xintong 118 Sunny Akani 117 Zhang Yong 114 Elliot Slessor 113 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 109, 105 Li Hang 109, 101 Mark Joyce 109 Gary Wilson 108, 104 Ryan Day 107, 100 (2 ×) John Astley 106 Gerard Greene 105, 104, 100 Mark King 105, 102 David Grace 105 Jimmy Robertson 104, 101, 100 Daniel Wells 104 Fergal O'Brien 104 Sam Craigie 104 Matthew Stevens 103, 100 Leo Fernandez 102 Cao Yupeng 101 Chen Zhe 101 Graeme Dott 100 Mike Dunn 100

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