2018 Seniors Masters

Seniors Masters

Tournament information
Dates	12 April 2018
Venue	Crucible Theatre
City	Sheffield
Country	England
Organisation(s)	Snooker Legends
Format	Seniors event
Total prize fund	£14,500
Winner's share	£7,500
Highest break	John Parrott (85)
Final
Champion	Cliff Thorburn
Runner-up	Jonathan Bagley
Score	2–1
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The 2018 Seniors Masters was a senior snooker tournament which took place on 12 April 2018 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the fourth and final event on the newly created World Seniors Tour.^[1]

The tournament was won by Cliff Thorburn, who beat Jonathan Bagley 2–1* (re-spotted black ball replaced final frame decider) in the final.^[2]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money is shown below:^[3]

• Winner: £7,500
• Runner-up: £2,500
• Semi-finals: £1,000
• Quarter-finals: £500
• Highest break: £500
• Total: £14,500

Main Draw

	Quarter-finals Best of 3 frames				Semi-finals Best of 3 frames				Final Best of 3 frames
	Stephen Hendry (1)	1
	Michael Judge	2*
					Michael Judge	1
					Jonathan Bagley	2*
	Dennis Taylor (4)	0
	Jonathan Bagley	2
									Jonathan Bagley	1
									Cliff Thorburn (5)	2*
	John Parrott (2)	2
	Tony Knowles	0
					John Parrott (2)	0
					Cliff Thorburn (5)	2
	Cliff Thorburn (5)	w/o
	Joe Johnson (3)	w/d

• All matches were played with a 30-second shot clock with players having two time-outs per match
• *Re-spotted black ball replaced final frame deciders to determine the winner.

Final

Final: Best of 3 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb. Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England, 12 April 2018.
Jonathan Bagley  England	1–2	Cliff Thorburn  Canada
72–6, 21–57, 0–7*(respotted black)
36	Highest break	47
0	Century breaks	0
0	50+ breaks	0

References