2018 Players Championship (snooker)

Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates 19–25 March 2018
City Llandudno
Country Wales
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £380,000
Winner's share £125,000
Highest break England Ronnie O'Sullivan (143)
Final
Champion England Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up England Shaun Murphy
Score 10–4
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The 2018 Ladbrokes Players Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 19–25 March 2018 in Llandudno, Wales.[1] It was the eighteenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.

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]

Seeding Player Total Points Event Status
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 535,500 Champion defeatedEngland Shaun Murphy [6]
2 Wales Mark Williams 267,500 Semi-final loss toEngland Shaun Murphy [6]
3 Scotland John Higgins 248,500 Last 16 loss toScotland Anthony McGill [14]
4 England Judd Trump 242,000 Semi-final loss toEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan [1]
5 Belgium Luca Brecel 240,100 Last 16 loss toAustralia Neil Robertson [12]
6 England Shaun Murphy 222,000 Runner-up, lost toEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan [1]
7 England Mark Selby 220,725 Last 16 loss toWales Ryan Day [10]
8 China Ding Junhui 219,500 Quarter-final loss toEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan [1]
9 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 172,500 Last 16 loss toChina Ding Junhui [8]
10 Wales Ryan Day 159,500 Quarter-final loss toWales Mark Williams [2]
11 England Kyren Wilson 149,725 Last 16 loss toEngland Shaun Murphy [6]
12 Australia Neil Robertson 142,000 Quarter-final loss toEngland Judd Trump [4]
13 Scotland Stephen Maguire 136,500 Last 16 loss toEngland Judd Trump [4]
14 Scotland Anthony McGill 117,000 Quarter-final loss toEngland Shaun Murphy [6]
15 China Yan Bingtao 114,000 Lass 16 loss toWales Mark Williams [2]
16 Scotland Graeme Dott 113,500 Last 16 loss toEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan [1]

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 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
16 Scotland Graeme Dott 1
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
8 China Ding Junhui 3
8 China Ding Junhui 6
9 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 2
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
4 England Judd Trump 5
5 Belgium Luca Brecel 2
12 Australia Neil Robertson 6
12 Australia Neil Robertson 1
4 England Judd Trump 6
4 England Judd Trump 6
13 Scotland Stephen Maguire 4
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 10
6 England Shaun Murphy 4
3 Scotland John Higgins 0
14 Scotland Anthony McGill 6
14 Scotland Anthony McGill 5
6 England Shaun Murphy 6
6 England Shaun Murphy 6
11 England Kyren Wilson 3
6 England Shaun Murphy 6
2 Wales Mark Williams 3
7 England Mark Selby 3
10 Wales Ryan Day 6
10 Wales Ryan Day 3
2 Wales Mark Williams 6
2 Wales Mark Williams 6
15 China Yan Bingtao 2

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Belgium Jan Scheers.
Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales, 25 March 2018.
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)
 England		 10–4 Shaun Murphy (6)
 England
Afternoon: 39–93 (93), 67–55 (54), 80–67 (O'Sullivan 50, Murphy 55), 76–9, 30–86 (61), 65–50 (65), 92–14, 70–0 (69), 0–77 (77)
Evening: 92–43 (92), 0–137 (137), 98–7 (54), 121–9 (76), 90–23 (85)
92 Highest break 137
0 Century breaks 1
8 50+ breaks 5

Century breaks

Total: 27[5]

References

  1. ↑ "2017/18 World Snooker Calendar" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "O'Sullivan Beats Murphy To Equal Titles Record". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2017/2018 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "1 Year List 2017/2018". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. June 2017 – May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Ladbrokes Players Championship 2018 Centuries". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 19–25 March 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-03-14. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
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