2018 Players Championship (snooker)

2018 Ladbrokes Players Championship

Tournament information
Dates	19–25 March 2018 (2018-03-19 – 2018-03-25)
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]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: ^[3]

Winner: £125,000 Runner-up: £50,000 Semi-final: £30,000 Quarter-final: £15,000 Last 16: £10,000

Highest break: £5,000 Total: £380,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £30,000

Seeding list

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
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

Main draw

	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

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

Century breaks

Total: 28 ^[5]

• 143, 134, 121, 106, 100 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 141, 127, 124 – Mark Williams
• 137, 133, 133, 117, 115, 105 – Shaun Murphy
• 133, 107 – Ryan Day
• 130 – Luca Brecel
• 129, 102 – Stephen Maguire
• 128, 123, 117, 109, 100 – Judd Trump
• 119 – Ding Junhui
• 107, 103 – Neil Robertson
• 107 – Anthony McGill

References

1. "2017/18 World Snooker Calendar" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
2. "O'Sullivan Beats Murphy To Equal Titles Record". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
3. "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2017/2018 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
4. "1 Year List 2017/2018". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. June 2017 – May 2018.
5. "Ladbrokes Players Championship 2018 Centuries". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 19–25 March 2018. Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.