The 2018 Gibraltar Open (officially the 2018 ManBetX Gibraltar Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 7 to 11 March 2018 at the Tercentenary Sports Hall in Gibraltar.^[1] It was the seventeenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.

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2018 ManBetX Gibraltar Open

Tournament information
Dates	7–11 March 2018 (2018-03-07 – 2018-03-11)
Venue	Tercentenary Sports Hall
City	Gibraltar
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£153,000
Winner's share	£25,000
Highest break	Stuart Bingham (ENG)  Scott Donaldson (SCO)  Anthony McGill (SCO) (140)
Final
Champion	Ryan Day (WAL)
Runner-up	Cao Yupeng (CHN)
Score	4–0
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Shaun Murphy was the defending champion, but due to back and neck problems he withdrew prior to the tournament.^[2][3]

Ryan Day captured his second career ranking title, both won in the 2017/2018 season. He did so with a 4–0 win in the final against Cao Yupeng.^[4]

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[5]

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £25,000

These matches were played in Gibraltar on 7–8 March 2018. All matches were best of 7 frames.

Round 1

Mihai Vladu 4–2 Aaron Graham Louis Heathcote 4–0 Paul McLeod Daniel Schneider 1–4 Richard Beckham Conor McCormack 1–4 Paul Gibbs Martin Pitcher 4–2 Danny Connolly Felix Frede 4–0 Andrew Urbaniak

Joshua Thomond 1–4 Patrick Whelan Dylan Craig 4–1 Peter Devlin Jackson Page 4–0 Andrew Mincher Dan Barsley 2–4 Brian Cini Michael Wild 4–2 Sean McAllister Iulian Boiko 2–4 Brandon Sargeant

Round 2

Ben Jones 1–4 Ryan Causton Steven Hallworth 2–4 Barry Pinches Manasawin Phetmalaikul 4–2 Mihai Vladu James Cahill 4–1 Hamim Hussain Charlie Walters 4–1 Kevin Kelly Andreas Ploner 4–3 Ashley Carty Bradley Tyson 0–4 Louis Heathcote Matthew Hudson 3–4 Liam Golt Ian Martin 3–4 Richard Beckham Jamie Cope 4–1 Lee Prickman Joe O'Connor 4–0 Daniel O'Regan Adam Edge 4–0 Manon Melief Andrew Milliard 4–0 Paul Gibbs Andy Symons 4–0 Tony Corrigan Sergiy Isayenko 2–4 Harvey Chandler Jenson Kendrick 3–4 Mike Finn Reggie Edwards 3–4 Martin Pitcher Fergal Quinn 0–4 Matthew Glasby Shahidul Islam 1–4 Felix Frede Robin Otto 0–4 Patrick Whelan Andy Hicks 4–3 Zack Richardson

George Pragnall 4–3 Mitchell Grinstead John Foster 4–0 Bhavesh Sodha Matthew Day 4–3 Joshua Cooper Jack Bradford 3–4 Adam Ashley Jamie Clarke 4–2 Michael Williams Simon Lichtenberg 4–3 Rob James Barry Mincher 0–4 Dylan Craig Mohammed M.Shariff w/d–w/o Ivelin Boyanov Bozhanov Thomas Lancastle 3–4 Umut Dikme Daniel Williams w/d–w/o Jackson Page Francis Becerra 1–4 Brian Cini Dylan Emery 4–2 Phil O'Kane Jamie O'Neill 4–0 Andrew Olivero Andrei Orzan 4–2 Adam Nash Kevin Chan 0–4 Michael Wild Matthew Roberts 2–4 James Height Oliver Brown 4–0 Blythe Reeve Lee Mein 0–4 Saqib Nasir Ron Kantor 0–4 Brandon Sargeant Thomas Kevern 4–2 Gareth Lopez Bash Maqsood 4–0 Simon Dent

Round 3

Ryan Causton 2–4 Barry Pinches Manasawin Phetmalaikul 1–4 James Cahill Charlie Walters 3–4 Andreas Ploner Louis Heathcote 4–0 Liam Golt Richard Beckham 2–4 Jamie Cope Joe O'Connor 4–2 Adam Edge Andrew Milliard 3–4 Andy Symons Harvey Chandler 3–4 Mike Finn Martin Pitcher 2–4 Matthew Glasby Felix Frede 0–4 Patrick Whelan Andy Hicks 4–2 George Pragnall

John Foster 1–4 Matthew Day Adam Ashley 1–4 Jamie Clarke Simon Lichtenberg 4–2 Dylan Craig Ivelin Boyanov Bozhanov 1–4 Umut Dikme Jackson Page 4–2 Brian Cini Dylan Emery 2–4 Jamie O'Neill Andrei Orzan 0–4 Michael Wild James Height 0–4 Oliver Brown Saqib Nasir 0–4 Brandon Sargeant Thomas Kevern 4–2 Bash Maqsood