2018 Shanghai Masters

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]

Shanghai Masters

Tournament information
Dates	10–16 September 2018
Venue	Regal International East Asia Hotel
City	Shanghai
Country	China
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£725,000
Winner's share	£200,000
Highest break	Ronnie O'Sullivan (140) Stuart Bingham (140)
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up	Barry Hawkins
Score	11–9
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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 pass £10 million in career prize money.

Field

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

The breakdown of prize money is shown below:

• Winner: £200,000
• Runner-up: £100,000
• Semi-finals: £60,000
• Quarter-finals: £30,000
• Last 16: £15,000
• Last 24: £7,500
• Highest break: £5,000
• Total: £725,000

Main draw

	Round 1 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
	10	Neil Robertson	6			1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
		Guo Hua	1			10	Neil Robertson	3
											1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
											12	Stuart Bingham	2
	12	Stuart Bingham	6	8	Shaun Murphy[4]	w/d
		Fan Zhengyi	0			12	Stuart Bingham	w/o
																1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	10
															9	Kyren Wilson	6
	9	Kyren Wilson	6			5	Judd Trump	2
		Liang Wenbo	3			9	Kyren Wilson	6
											9	Kyren Wilson	6
											15	Ryan Day	5
	15	Ryan Day	6	4	John Higgins	5
		Chang Bingyu	2			15	Ryan Day	6
																					1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	11
																					7	Barry Hawkins	9
	13	Luca Brecel	4			3	Mark Selby	6
		Zhou Yuelong	6				Zhou Yuelong	5
											3	Mark Selby	5
											6	Ding Junhui	6
	11	Mark Allen	6	6	Ding Junhui	6
		Xiao Guodong	4			11	Mark Allen	3
																6	Ding Junhui	9
															7	Barry Hawkins	10
	14	Stephen Maguire	6			7	Barry Hawkins	6
		Pu QingSong	4			14	Stephen Maguire	3
											7	Barry Hawkins	6
											2	Mark Williams	4
	16	Anthony McGill	6	2	Mark Williams	6
		Yan Bingtao	2			16	Anthony McGill	3

Final

Final: Best of 21 frames. Referee: Zheng Weili. Regal International East Asia Hotel, Shanghai, China, 16 September 2018.
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)  England	11–9	Barry Hawkins (7)  England
Afternoon: 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) 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)
122	Highest break	132
2	Century breaks	2
10	50+ breaks	6

Century breaks

Total: 37[5]

References