Tournament information | |
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Dates | 19–25 March 2018 |
Venue | Venue Cymru |
City | Llandudno |
Country | Wales |
Organisation | World Snooker |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £380,000 |
Winner's share | £125,000 |
Highest break | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (143) |
Final | |
Champion | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) |
Runner-up | Shaun Murphy (ENG) |
Score | 10–4 |
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The 2018 Players Championship (officially the 2018 Ladbrokes Players Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 19 to 25 March 2018 at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales. [1] It was the eighteenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.
Judd Trump was the defending champion, but he was beaten by Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–5 in the semi-finals.
Ronnie O'Sullivan captured his 33rd ranking title and fifth ranking title of the season by defeating Shaun Murphy 10–4 in the final, equalling the record of most ranking titles in a season shared by Stephen Hendry, Ding Junhui and Mark Selby. [2]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: [3]
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The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £30,000
The seedings were conducted on the basis of the one-year ranking list up to and including the 2018 Gibraltar Open. [4]
Rank | Player | Total points |
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1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | 535,500 |
2 | Mark Williams (WAL) | 267,500 |
3 | John Higgins (SCO) | 248,500 |
4 | Judd Trump (ENG) | 242,000 |
5 | Luca Brecel (BEL) | 240,100 |
6 | Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 222,000 |
7 | Mark Selby (ENG) | 220,725 |
8 | Ding Junhui (CHN) | 219,500 |
9 | Mark Allen (NIR) | 172,500 |
10 | Ryan Day (WAL) | 159,500 |
11 | Kyren Wilson (ENG) | 149,725 |
12 | Neil Robertson (AUS) | 142,000 |
13 | Stephen Maguire (SCO) | 136,500 |
14 | Anthony McGill (SCO) | 117,000 |
15 | Yan Bingtao (CHN) | 114,000 |
16 | Graeme Dott (SCO) | 113,500 |
Last 16 Best of 11 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 19 frames | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
16 | Graeme Dott (SCO) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Ding Junhui | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Ding Junhui (CHN) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Mark Allen (NIR) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Judd Trump | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Luca Brecel (BEL) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
12 | Neil Robertson (AUS) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
12 | Neil Robertson | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Judd Trump | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Judd Trump (ENG) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
13 | Stephen Maguire (SCO) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Shaun Murphy | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | John Higgins (SCO) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
14 | Anthony McGill (SCO) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
14 | Anthony McGill | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Shaun Murphy | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
11 | Kyren Wilson (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Shaun Murphy | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Mark Williams | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Mark Selby (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | Ryan Day (WAL) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | Ryan Day | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Mark Williams | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Mark Williams (WAL) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
15 | Yan Bingtao (CHN) | 2 |
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Scheers. Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales, 25 March 2018. | ||
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) England | 10–4 | Shaun Murphy (6) England |
Afternoon: 39–93, 67–55, 80–67, 76–9, 30–86, 65–50, 92–14, 70–0, 0–77 Evening:92–43, 0–137 (137), 98–7, 121–9, 90–23 | ||
92 | Highest break | 137 |
0 | Century breaks | 1 |
Total: 28 [5]
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