2018 Players Championship (snooker)

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2018 Ladbrokes Players Championship
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Tournament information
Dates19–25 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 breakFlag of England.svg  Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG) (143)
Final
ChampionFlag of England.svg  Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)
Runner-upFlag of England.svg  Shaun Murphy  (ENG)
Score10–4
2017
2019

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.

Contents

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]

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]

RankPlayerTotal points
1Flag of England.svg  Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)535,500
2Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Mark Williams  (WAL)267,500
3Flag of Scotland.svg  John Higgins  (SCO)248,500
4Flag of England.svg  Judd Trump  (ENG)242,000
5Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Luca Brecel  (BEL)240,100
6Flag of England.svg  Shaun Murphy  (ENG)222,000
7Flag of England.svg  Mark Selby  (ENG)220,725
8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ding Junhui  (CHN)219,500
9Ulster Banner.svg  Mark Allen  (NIR)172,500
10Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Ryan Day  (WAL)159,500
11Flag of England.svg  Kyren Wilson  (ENG)149,725
12Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Neil Robertson  (AUS)142,000
13Flag of Scotland.svg  Stephen Maguire  (SCO)136,500
14Flag of Scotland.svg  Anthony McGill  (SCO)117,000
15Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yan Bingtao  (CHN)114,000
16Flag of Scotland.svg  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 Flag of England.svg  Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)6
16 Flag of Scotland.svg  Graeme Dott  (SCO)1
1 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
8 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui 3
8 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ding Junhui  (CHN)6
9 Ulster Banner.svg  Mark Allen  (NIR)2
1 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
4 Flag of England.svg Judd Trump 5
5 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Luca Brecel  (BEL)2
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Neil Robertson  (AUS)6
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson 1
4 Flag of England.svg Judd Trump 6
4 Flag of England.svg  Judd Trump  (ENG)6
13 Flag of Scotland.svg  Stephen Maguire  (SCO)4
1 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 10
6 Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy 4
3 Flag of Scotland.svg  John Higgins  (SCO)0
14 Flag of Scotland.svg  Anthony McGill  (SCO)6
14 Flag of Scotland.svg Anthony McGill 5
6 Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy 6
6 Flag of England.svg  Shaun Murphy  (ENG)6
11 Flag of England.svg  Kyren Wilson  (ENG)3
6 Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy 6
2 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams 3
7 Flag of England.svg  Mark Selby  (ENG)3
10 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Ryan Day  (WAL)6
10 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ryan Day 3
2 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams 6
2 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Mark Williams  (WAL)6
15 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yan Bingtao  (CHN)2

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Scheers.
Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales, 25 March 2018.
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)
Flag of England.svg  England
10–4 Shaun Murphy (6)
Flag of England.svg  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
92Highest break137
0Century breaks1

Century breaks

Total: 28 [5]

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