2018 Shanghai Masters

For the tennis tournament, see 2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters. For the darts tournament, see 2018 Shanghai Darts Masters.

The 2018 Shanghai Masters was a professional snooker tournament that took place in Shanghai, China from 10 to 16 September. The 12th edition of the tournament since it was first held in 2007, it was the first to be staged as a 24-player non-ranking invitational event; previous editions of the Shanghai Masters had been held as ranking events.^[1]

Shanghai Masters

Tournament information
Dates	10–16 September 2018 (2018-09-10 – 2018-09-16)
Venue	Regal International East Asia Hotel
City	Shanghai
Country	China
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£725,000
Winner's share	£200,000
Highest break	Ronnie O'Sullivan (140) Stuart Bingham (140)
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up	Barry Hawkins
Score	11–9
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Ronnie O'Sullivan successfully defended the title by beating Barry Hawkins 11–9 in the final.^[2] With this win O'Sullivan became the first player to surpass £10 million in career prize money.

Field

The 24 players were the top-16 in the world rankings after the 2018 World Open, the next four players, outside the top-16 in the world rankings, of Chinese origin, two players from the CBSA under-21 rankings and two from China's Amateur Masters series. The Amateur Masters was won by Pu Qingsong with Guo Hua the runner-up. The two players from the CBSA under-21 rankings were Chang Bingyu and Fan Zhengyi.^[3]

Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was the number 1 seed with World Champion Mark Williams seeded 2. The top 8 seeds received byes into the second round.

Shaun Murphy, the 8 seed and thus a first round bye, withdrew before the start of the tournament for family reasons. First round winner Stuart Bingham was credited with the walkover second round victory.^[4]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money is shown below:

• Winner: £200,000
• Runner-up: £100,000
• Semi-finals: £60,000
• Quarter-finals: £30,000
• Last 16: £15,000
• Last 24: £7,500
• Highest break: £5,000
• Total: £725,000

Main draw

	Round 1 Best of 11 frames					Round 2 Best of 11 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames					Semi-finals Best of 19 frames					Final Best of 21 frames
						1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
	10	Neil Robertson	6			10	Neil Robertson	3
											1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
		Guo Hua	1
											12	Stuart Bingham	2
						8	Shaun Murphy[5]	w/d
	12	Stuart Bingham	6			12	Stuart Bingham	w/o
																1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	10
		Fan Zhengyi	0
																9	Kyren Wilson	6
						5	Judd Trump	2
	9	Kyren Wilson	6			9	Kyren Wilson	6
											9	Kyren Wilson	6
		Liang Wenbo	3
											15	Ryan Day	5
						4	John Higgins	5
	15	Ryan Day	6			15	Ryan Day	6
																					1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	11
		Chang Bingyu	2
																					7	Barry Hawkins	9
						3	Mark Selby	6
	13	Luca Brecel	4				Zhou Yuelong	5
											3	Mark Selby	5
		Zhou Yuelong	6
											6	Ding Junhui	6
						6	Ding Junhui	6
	11	Mark Allen	6			11	Mark Allen	3
																6	Ding Junhui	9
		Xiao Guodong	4
																7	Barry Hawkins	10
						7	Barry Hawkins	6
	14	Stephen Maguire	6			14	Stephen Maguire	3
											7	Barry Hawkins	6
		Pu QingSong	4
											2	Mark Williams	4
						2	Mark Williams	6
	16	Anthony McGill	6			16	Anthony McGill	3
		Yan Bingtao	2

Final

Final: Best of 21 frames. Referee: Zheng Weili. Regal International East Asia Hotel, Shanghai, China, 16 September 2018.
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)   England	11–9	Barry Hawkins (7)   England
Afternoon: 1–125 (125), 23–66, 85–5 (85), 0–97 (55), 101–0 (93), 89–35 (66), 0–132 (132), 33–61, 93–29 (68), 5–63 (63) Evening: 73–0, 134–1 (64, 61), 56–3 (56), 113–0 (113), 26–97 (83), 83–24 (83), 63–14, 14–57, 0–90 (74), 122–0 (122)
122	Highest break	132
2	Century breaks	2
10	50+ breaks	6

Century breaks

Total: 37^[6]

• 140, 135, 122, 113, 111 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 140, 134 – Stuart Bingham
• 138, 101, 100 – Ding Junhui
• 138 – Luca Brecel
• 136 – John Higgins
• 135, 131, 114, 100 – Kyren Wilson
• 134, 132, 125, 114, 103, 101, 100 – Barry Hawkins
• 134, 110, 100 – Anthony McGill
• 133 – Yan Bingtao
• 130, 100 – Ryan Day
• 128 – Judd Trump
• 128 – Liang Wenbo
• 114, 113 – Stephen Maguire
• 107, 103 – Neil Robertson
• 103 – Mark Williams
• 102 – Mark Allen

References

1. "Shanghai Masters to Become Snooker's Richest Invitational - World Snooker". World Snooker. 18 November 2017.
2. "Rocket Fires To Shanghai Victory". World Snooker. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
3. "Shanghai Masters wild cards". World Snooker. 7 September 2018.
4. "Shaun Murphy reveals why he has missed Shanghai Masters". The Old Green Baize. 11 September 2018.
5. "Murphy Withdraws From Shanghai Masters - World Snooker". World Snooker. 10 September 2018.
6. "Shanghai Masters 2018 – Centuries". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 10–16 September 2018. Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.