2018 World Grand Prix

Ladbrokes World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates 19–25 February 2018
Venue Guild Hall
City Preston
Country England
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £375,000
Winner's share £100,000
Highest break England Mark Joyce (140)
Final
Champion England Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up China Ding Junhui
Score 10–3
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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.

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, have qualified for the tournament.[4]

Rank Player Total Points Event Status
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 425,500 Champion defeatedChina Ding Junhui [7]
2 Wales Mark Williams 259,000 First round loss toEngland Stuart Bingham [31]
3 England Judd Trump 234,500 First round loss toWales Michael White [30]
4 Belgium Luca Brecel 232,600 First round loss toCyprus Michael Georgiou [29]
5 England Shaun Murphy 209,500 Quarter-final loss toScotland Stephen Maguire [13]
6 England Mark Selby 198,225 Semi-final loss toChina Ding Junhui [7]
7 China Ding Junhui 177,000 Runner-up, lost toEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan [1]
8 Scotland John Higgins 171,000 Second round loss toChina Xiao Guodong [24]
9 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 164,000 First round loss toChina Xiao Guodong [24]
10 England Kyren Wilson 134,725 First round loss toEngland Mark Joyce [23]
11 Australia Neil Robertson 132,000 Second round loss toEngland Mark Selby [6]
12 Wales Ryan Day 129,500 First round loss toEngland Jack Lisowski [21]
13 Scotland Stephen Maguire 114,000 Semi-final loss toEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan [1]
14 Scotland Graeme Dott 106,000 First round loss toEngland Joe Perry [19]
15 Scotland Anthony McGill 99,000 Quarter-final loss toChina Ding Junhui [7]
16 England Martin Gould 98,500 First round loss toChina Yan Bingtao [17]
17 China Yan Bingtao 96,500 Second round loss toEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan [1]
18 China Cao Yupeng 91,000 First round loss toScotland Anthony McGill [15]
19 England Joe Perry 85,500 Second round loss toWales Michael White [30]
20 China Li Hang 84,000 First round loss toScotland Stephen Maguire [13]
21 England Jack Lisowski 83,600 Second round loss toEngland Shaun Murphy [5]
22 England David Gilbert 71,500 First round loss toAustralia Neil Robertson [11]
23 England Mark Joyce 71,000 Second round loss toChina Ding Junhui [7]
24 China Xiao Guodong 69,500 Quarter-final loss toEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan [1]
25 England Ali Carter 69,000 First round loss toScotland John Higgins [8]
26 England Mark King 68,725 First round loss toChina Ding Junhui [7]
27 England Jimmy Robertson 64,000 First round loss toEngland Mark Selby [6]
28 England Ricky Walden 61,600 First round loss toEngland Shaun Murphy [5]
29 Cyprus Michael Georgiou 61,500 Second round loss toScotland Stephen Maguire [13]
30 Wales Michael White 61,500 Quarter-final loss toEngland Mark Selby [6]
31 England Stuart Bingham 58,500 Second round loss toScotland Anthony McGill [15]
32 England Robert Milkins 57,000 First round loss toEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan [1]

Main draw

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

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: England Greg Coniglio.
Guild Hall, Preston, England, 25 February 2018.
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)
 England		 10–3 Ding Junhui (7)
 China
Afternoon: 2–61 (53), 79–22 (71), 71–47, 42–81 (68), 124–8 (124), 113–16 (105), 42–64, 81–37 (59), 120–0 (120)
Evening: 113–4, 79–6, 89–16, 83–9 (83)
124 Highest break 68
3 Century breaks 0
6 50+ breaks 2

Century breaks

Total: 26[5]

References

  1. ↑ "2017/18 World Snooker Calendar" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "World Grand Prix: Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Ding Junhui to win title". BBC Sport. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 14 March 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. ↑ "Preston to Host Snooker's World Grand Prix". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Ladbrokes World Grand Prix 2018 Centuries". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 19–25 February 2018.
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