Tournament information | |
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Dates | 19–25 February 2018 |
Venue | Preston Guild Hall |
City | Preston |
Country | England |
Organisation | World Snooker |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £375,000 |
Winner's share | £100,000 |
Highest break | Mark Joyce (ENG) (140) |
Final | |
Champion | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) |
Runner-up | Ding Junhui (CHN) |
Score | 10–3 |
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The 2018 World Grand Prix (officially the 2018 Ladbrokes World Grand Prix) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, taking place from 19 to 25 February 2018 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. [1] It was the fifteenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.
Barry Hawkins was the defending champion, but he did not qualify for this edition of the tournament.
Ronnie O'Sullivan won his fourth ranking title of the season and 32nd ranking title overall, beating Ding Junhui 10–3 in the final. [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 £15,000
The top 32 players on the one-year ranking list, running from the 2017 Riga Masters until the 2018 Snooker Shoot Out, qualified for the tournament. [4]
Rank | Player | Total points |
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1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 425,500 |
2 | Mark Williams | 259,000 |
3 | Judd Trump | 234,500 |
4 | Luca Brecel | 232,600 |
5 | Shaun Murphy | 209,500 |
6 | Mark Selby | 198,225 |
7 | Ding Junhui | 177,000 |
8 | John Higgins | 171,000 |
9 | Mark Allen | 164,000 |
10 | Kyren Wilson | 134,725 |
11 | Neil Robertson | 132,000 |
12 | Ryan Day | 129,500 |
13 | Stephen Maguire | 114,000 |
14 | Graeme Dott | 106,000 |
15 | Anthony McGill | 99,000 |
16 | Martin Gould | 98,500 |
17 | Yan Bingtao | 96,500 |
18 | Cao Yupeng | 91,000 |
19 | Joe Perry | 85,500 |
20 | Li Hang | 84,000 |
21 | Jack Lisowski | 83,600 |
22 | David Gilbert | 71,500 |
23 | Mark Joyce | 71,000 |
24 | Xiao Guodong | 69,500 |
25 | Ali Carter | 69,000 |
26 | Mark King | 68,725 |
27 | Jimmy Robertson | 64,000 |
28 | Ricky Walden | 61,600 |
29 | Michael Georgiou | 61,500 |
30 | Michael White | 61,500 |
31 | Stuart Bingham | 58,500 |
32 | Robert Milkins | 57,000 |
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Greg Coniglio Guild Hall, Preston, England, 25 February 2018. | ||
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) England | 10–3 | Ding Junhui (7) China |
Afternoon: 2–61, 79–22, 71–47, 42–81, 124–8 (124), 113–16 (105), 42–64, 81–37, 120–0 (120) Evening:113–4, 79–6, 89–16, 83–9 | ||
124 | Highest break | 68 |
3 | Century breaks | 0 |
Total: 26 [5]
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