2018 China Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 24–30 September 2018 |
| Venue | Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Centre |
| City | Guangzhou |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £725,000 |
| Winner's share | £150,000 |
| Highest break | File:Flag of England.svg Ali Carter (ENG) (144) |
| Final | |
| Champion | File:Flag of England.svg Mark Selby (ENG) |
| Runner-up | File:Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins (SCO) |
| Score | 10–9 |
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The 2018 China Championship (officially the 2018 Evergrande China Championship) was professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 24 and 30 September 2018 in Guangzhou, China, with qualifying took place from 19 to 22 August 2018 in Preston, England.[1] It was the fourth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.[2]
Luca Brecel was the defending champion, but he lost to Martin O'Donnell 3–5 in the first round. Mark Selby won the event, defeating John Higgins in the final 10–9. Selby's win was his 15th professional ranking event win.
Prize fund
[edit | edit source]The event had a prize pool of £725,000, with the following breakdown for the player's reaching the following positions.[3]
- Winner: £150,000
- Runner-up: £75,000
- Semi-final: £32,000
- Quarter-final: £20,000
- Last 16: £13,000
- Last 32: £7,500
- Last 64: £4,000
- Televised highest break: £4,000
The event also had a "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break, which stood as £5,000.[3]
Main draw
[edit | edit source]The main draw of the event featured 64 players. Players in bold denote match winners.
Top half
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Bottom half
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Final
[edit | edit source]| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Zhu Ying. Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Centre, Guangzhou, China, 30 September 2018. | ||
| John Higgins File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland |
9–10 | Mark Selby File:Flag of England.svg England |
| Afternoon: 65–17, 6–83, 21–60, 0–70, 75–7, 58–1, 67–5, 0–119 (118), 85–14 Evening: 4–70, 71–39, 25–66, 26–77, 65–38, 86–34, 49–86, 68–60, 52–74, 12–72 | ||
| 85 | Highest break | 118 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 1 |
Qualifying
[edit | edit source]These matches were held between 19 and 22 August 2018 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.
- Notes
Century breaks
[edit | edit source]Main stage centuries
[edit | edit source]Total: 29
- 144 – Ali Carter
- 136, 108 – Mark Williams
- 131 – Anthony Hamilton
- 128, 111 – Yan Bingtao
- 127 – Jamie Jones
- 126 – Graeme Dott
- 125 – Ding Junhui
- 124, 102 – Lyu Haotian
- 121 – Fergal O'Brien
- 120 – Neil Robertson
- 118, 108, 100 – Mark Selby
- 117 – Peter Ebdon
- 113 – Stuart Bingham
- 111, 102 – Judd Trump
- 110 – Luo Honghao
- 110 – Zhao Xintong
- 108 – Shaun Murphy
- 108 – Yuan Sijun
- 108 – Hossein Vafaei
- 105 – Scott Donaldson
- 103 – Liang Wenbo
- 101 – Mark Allen
- 100 – Ryan Day
Qualifying stage centuries
[edit | edit source]Total: 31
- 138 – Joe Perry
- 135 – Liam Highfield
- 135 – Martin Gould
- 131 – Jak Jones
- 124, 103 – Mark Allen
- 123, 109 – Ryan Day
- 123 – Shaun Murphy
- 122 – David Gilbert
- 121 – Peter Ebdon
- 118 – Mark Selby
- 117, 114 – Stephen Maguire
- 117 – Graeme Dott
- 115 – Liang Wenbo
- 114 – Billy Joe Castle
- 112 – Tian Pengfei
- 109 – John Higgins
- 109 – Zhang Anda
- 106, 101 – Chen Zifan
- 106 – Tom Ford
- 106 – Niu Zhuang
- 105 – Jamie Jones
- 103 – Stuart Carrington
- 102 – Noppon Saengkham
- 102 – Mark Williams
- 101 – Marco Fu
- 101 – Neil Robertson
- 100 – Jimmy Robertson
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