2018 Shanghai Masters
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 10–16 September 2018 (2018年09月10日 – 2018年09月16日) |
| Venue | Regal International East Asia Hotel |
| City | Shanghai |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £725,000 |
| Winner's share | 200,000ドル |
| Highest break | England Ronnie O'Sullivan (140) England Stuart Bingham (140) |
| Final | |
| Champion | England Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| Runner-up | England Barry Hawkins |
| Score | 11–9 |
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The 2018 Shanghai Masters was a professional snooker tournament that took place in Shanghai, China from 10 to 16 September. It was a 24-man non-ranking invitation event, unlike previous editions of the Shanghai Masters which were ranking events.[1]
Ronnie O'Sullivan successfully defended the title by beating Barry Hawkins 11–9 in the final.[2] With this win O'Sullivan became the first player to surpass 10ドル million in career prize money.
Field
[edit ]The 24 players were the top-16 in the world rankings after the 2018 World Open, the next four players, outside the top-16 in the world rankings, of Chinese origin, two players from the CBSA under-21 rankings and two from China's Amateur Masters series. The Amateur Masters was won by Pu Qingsong with Guo Hua the runner-up. The two players from the CBSA under-21 rankings were Chang Bingyu and Fan Zhengyi.[3]
Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was the number 1 seed with World Champion Mark Williams seeded 2. The top 8 seeds received byes into the second round.
Prize fund
[edit ]The breakdown of prize money is shown below:
- Winner: £200,000
- Runner-up: 100,000ドル
- Semi-finals: 60,000ドル
- Quarter-finals: 30,000ドル
- Last 16: 15,000ドル
- Last 24: 7,500ドル
- Highest break: 5,000ドル
- Total: 725,000ドル
Main draw
[edit ]Best of 11 frames Round 2
Best of 11 frames Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames Semi-finals
Best of 19 frames Final
Best of 21 frames
Final
[edit ]Regal International East Asia Hotel, Shanghai, China, 16 September 2018.
Evening: 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)
Century breaks
[edit ]Total: 37[5]
- 140, 135, 122, 113, 111 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 140, 134 – Stuart Bingham
- 138, 101, 100 – Ding Junhui
- 138 – Luca Brecel
- 136 – John Higgins
- 135, 131, 114, 100 – Kyren Wilson
- 134, 132, 125, 114, 103, 101, 100 – Barry Hawkins
- 134, 110, 100 – Anthony McGill
- 133 – Yan Bingtao
- 130, 100 – Ryan Day
- 128 – Judd Trump
- 128 – Liang Wenbo
- 114, 113 – Stephen Maguire
- 107, 103 – Neil Robertson
- 103 – Mark Williams
- 102 – Mark Allen
References
[edit ]- ^ "Shanghai Masters to Become Snooker's Richest Invitational - World Snooker". World Snooker. 18 November 2017.
- ^ "Rocket Fires To Shanghai Victory". World Snooker. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ "Shanghai Masters wild cards". World Snooker. 7 September 2018.
- ^ "Murphy Withdraws From Shanghai Masters - World Snooker". World Snooker. 10 September 2018.
- ^ "Shanghai Masters 2018 – Centuries". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 10–16 September 2018. Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.