| Tournament name | Shanghai Masters |
|---|---|
| Dates | 10 September 2018 – 16 September 2018 |
| Venue | Regal International East Asia Hotel |
| Location | Shanghai |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £725,000 |
| Winners share | £200,000 |
| Highest break | Ronnie O'Sullivan (140) Stuart Bingham (140) |
| Winner | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| Runner up | Barry Hawkins |
| Score | 11–9 |
| Previous | 2017 |
| Next | 2019 |
The 2018 Shanghai Masters was a professional snooker tournament that took place in Shanghai, China from 10 to 16 September. The 12th edition of the tournament since it was first held in 2007, it was the first to be staged as a 24-player non-ranking invitational event; previous editions of the Shanghai Masters had been held as 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.
Shaun Murphy, the 8 seed and thus a first round bye, withdrew before the start of the tournament for family reasons. First round winner Stuart Bingham was credited with the walkover second round victory.[4]
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
Final
| Final: Best of 21 frames. Referee: Zheng Weili. Regal International East Asia Hotel, Shanghai, China, 16 September 2018. | ||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) | 11–9 | Barry Hawkins (7) |
| 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]
- 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
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Shaun Murphy reveals why he has missed Shanghai Masters". The Old Green Baize. 11 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.