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2018 Welsh Open (snooker)
Snooker tournament
The 2018 Welsh Open (officially the 2018 ManBetX Welsh Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place from 26 February to 4 March 2018 at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales.[1] It was the sixteenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season and a part of the Home Nations Series.
The defending champion Stuart Bingham[2] lost 1–4 to Matthew Stevens in the last 32.[3]
John Higgins won a record fifth Welsh Open title, and his 30th ranking title overall, beating Barry Hawkins 9–7 in the final.[4]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[5]
- Winner: £70,000
- Runner-up: £30,000
- Semi-final: £20,000
- Quarter-final: £10,000
- Last 16: £6,000
- Last 32: £3,500
- Last 64: £2,500
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- Highest break: £2,000
- Total: £366,000
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The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £20,000
Main draw
Qualifying round
 Rhydian Richards 4–3 Darren Morgan
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Finals
Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Terry Camilleri.
Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales, 4 March 2018.
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Barry Hawkins (9)
 England
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7–9
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John Higgins (6)
 Scotland
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Afternoon: 66–55, 0–138 (138), 70–68, 0–141 (141), 66–16, 131–0 (130), 14–83, 15–73
Evening: 1–56, 44–59, 125–6 (103), 142–0 (138), 44–70, 55–65, 82–0, 0–72
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Highest break
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141
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Century breaks
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2
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Century breaks
Total: 66[6]
- 144, 141, 138, 136, 115,
113, 107, 106, 101, 100 – John Higgins
- 143, 100 – Mark Selby
- 141, 138, 137, 130, 103 – Barry Hawkins
- 141, 110 – Martin Gould
- 140, 124, 105, 101 – Gary Wilson
- 139, 120, 102 – Noppon Saengkham
- 136, 105, 100, 100 – Kyren Wilson
- 134, 129, 106 – Mark Williams
- 133, 117, 106, 100 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 131, 106 – Ian Burns
- 131, 101 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
- 130, 100, 100 – Neil Robertson
- 129, 115 – Elliot Slessor
- 129 – Ben Woollaston
- 124 – Cao Yupeng
- 119, 116 – Mark Allen
- 118 – Zhang Anda
- 118 – Stuart Bingham
- 115 – Liam Highfield
- 114, 104, 104, 103 – Jack Lisowski
- 111, 108 – Sunny Akani
- 111 – Robbie Williams
- 110 – Yan Bingtao
- 107 – Ryan Day
- 104 – Mark King
- 103 – Kurt Dunham
- 102 – Gerard Greene
- 102 – Stephen Maguire
References
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