2018 Shanghai Masters

For the tennis tournament, see 2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters. For the darts tournament, see 2018 Shanghai Darts Masters.
Shanghai Masters
Tournament information
Dates10–16 September 2018 (2018-09-10 – 2018-09-16)
VenueRegal International East Asia Hotel
CityShanghai
CountryChina
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-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
Score11–9
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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 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
1 Ronnie O'Sullivan6
10 Neil Robertson610 Neil Robertson3
1 Ronnie O'Sullivan6
Guo Hua1
12 Stuart Bingham2
8 Shaun Murphy[4]w/d
12 Stuart Bingham612 Stuart Binghamw/o
1 Ronnie O'Sullivan10
Fan Zhengyi0
9 Kyren Wilson6
5 Judd Trump2
9 Kyren Wilson69 Kyren Wilson6
9 Kyren Wilson6
Liang Wenbo3
15 Ryan Day5
4 John Higgins5
15 Ryan Day615 Ryan Day6
1 Ronnie O'Sullivan11
Chang Bingyu2
7 Barry Hawkins9
3 Mark Selby6
13 Luca Brecel4 Zhou Yuelong5
3 Mark Selby5
Zhou Yuelong6
6 Ding Junhui6
6 Ding Junhui6
11 Mark Allen611 Mark Allen3
6 Ding Junhui9
Xiao Guodong4
7 Barry Hawkins10
7 Barry Hawkins6
14 Stephen Maguire614 Stephen Maguire3
7 Barry Hawkins6
Pu QingSong4
2 Mark Williams4
2 Mark Williams6
16 Anthony McGill616 Anthony McGill3
Yan Bingtao2

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

  1. ^ "Shanghai Masters to Become Snooker's Richest Invitational - World Snooker". World Snooker. 18 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Rocket Fires To Shanghai Victory". World Snooker. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Shanghai Masters wild cards". World Snooker. 7 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Murphy Withdraws From Shanghai Masters - World Snooker". World Snooker. 10 September 2018.
  5. ^ "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.
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