2018 World Grand Prix

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2018 Ladbrokes World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates19–25 February 2018 (2018-02-19 2018-02-25)
Venue Preston Guild Hall
City Preston
CountryEngland
Organisation World Snooker
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £375,000
Winner's share£100,000
Highest breakFlag of England.svg  Mark Joyce  (ENG) (140)
Final
ChampionFlag of England.svg  Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)
Runner-upFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ding Junhui  (CHN)
Score10–3
2017
2019

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.

Contents

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]

Prize fund

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

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £15,000

Seeding list

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]

RankPlayerTotal points
1 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 425,500
2 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams 259,000
3 Flag of England.svg Judd Trump 234,500
4 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Luca Brecel 232,600
5 Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy 209,500
6 Flag of England.svg Mark Selby 198,225
7 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui 177,000
8 Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins 171,000
9 Ulster Banner.svg Mark Allen 164,000
10 Flag of England.svg Kyren Wilson 134,725
11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson 132,000
12 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ryan Day 129,500
13 Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Maguire 114,000
14 Flag of Scotland.svg Graeme Dott 106,000
15 Flag of Scotland.svg Anthony McGill 99,000
16 Flag of England.svg Martin Gould 98,500
17 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Bingtao 96,500
18 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cao Yupeng 91,000
19 Flag of England.svg Joe Perry 85,500
20 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Hang 84,000
21 Flag of England.svg Jack Lisowski 83,600
22 Flag of England.svg David Gilbert 71,500
23 Flag of England.svg Mark Joyce 71,000
24 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xiao Guodong 69,500
25 Flag of England.svg Ali Carter 69,000
26 Flag of England.svg Mark King 68,725
27 Flag of England.svg Jimmy Robertson 64,000
28 Flag of England.svg Ricky Walden 61,600
29 Flag of Cyprus.svg Michael Georgiou 61,500
30 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Michael White 61,500
31 Flag of England.svg Stuart Bingham 58,500
32 Flag of England.svg Robert Milkins 57,000

Main draw

Last 32
Best of 7 frames
Last 16
Best of 7 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 19 frames
               
1 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 4
32 Flag of England.svg Robert Milkins 0
1 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 4
17 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Bingtao 3
16 Flag of England.svg Martin Gould 2
17 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Bingtao 4
1 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 5
24 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xiao Guodong 0
9 Ulster Banner.svg Mark Allen 3
24 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xiao Guodong 4
24 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xiao Guodong 4
8 Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins 3
8 Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins 4
25 Flag of England.svg Ali Carter 3
1 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
13 Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Maguire 4
5 Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy 4
28 Flag of England.svg Ricky Walden 1
5 Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy 4
21 Flag of England.svg Jack Lisowski 2
12 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ryan Day 3
21 Flag of England.svg Jack Lisowski 4
5 Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy 2
13 Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Maguire 5
13 Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Maguire 4
20 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Hang 0
13 Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Maguire 4
29 Flag of Cyprus.svg Michael Georgiou 3
4 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Luca Brecel 0
29 Flag of Cyprus.svg Michael Georgiou 4
1 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 10
7 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui 3
3 Flag of England.svg Judd Trump 1
30 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Michael White 4
30 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Michael White 4
19 Flag of England.svg Joe Perry 0
14 Flag of Scotland.svg Graeme Dott 2
19 Flag of England.svg Joe Perry 4
30 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Michael White 2
6 Flag of England.svg Mark Selby 5
11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson 4
22 Flag of England.svg David Gilbert 1
11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson 0
6 Flag of England.svg Mark Selby 4
6 Flag of England.svg Mark Selby 4
27 Flag of England.svg Jimmy Robertson 3
6 Flag of England.svg Mark Selby 5
7 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui 6
7 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui 4
26 Flag of England.svg Mark King 1
7 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui 4
23 Flag of England.svg Mark Joyce 1
10 Flag of England.svg Kyren Wilson 3
23 Flag of England.svg Mark Joyce 4
7 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui 5
15 Flag of Scotland.svg Anthony McGill 3
15 Flag of Scotland.svg Anthony McGill 4
18 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cao Yupeng 1
15 Flag of Scotland.svg Anthony McGill 4
31 Flag of England.svg Stuart Bingham 1
2 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams 2
31 Flag of England.svg Stuart Bingham 4

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Greg Coniglio
Guild Hall, Preston, England, 25 February 2018.
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)
Flag of England.svg  England
10–3 Ding Junhui (7)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  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
124Highest break68
3Century breaks0

Century breaks

Total: 26 [5]

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