2018 World Grand Prix

This article is about the snooker tournament. For the darts tournament, see 2018 World Grand Prix (darts).

2018 Ladbrokes World Grand Prix

Tournament information
Dates	19–25 February 2018 (2018-02-19 – 2018-02-25)
Venue	Preston Guild Hall
City	Preston
Country	England
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£375,000
Winner's share	£100,000
Highest break	Mark Joyce (ENG) (140)
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Runner-up	Ding Junhui (CHN)
Score	10–3
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The 2018 World Grand Prix (officially 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]

Winner: £100,000 Runner-up: £40,000 Semi-final: £20,000 Quarter-final: £12,500 Last 16: £7,500 Last 32: £5,000

Highest break: £5,000 Total: £375,000

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, qualified for the tournament.[4]

Rank	Player	Total points
1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	425,500
2	Mark Williams	259,000
3	Judd Trump	234,500
4	Luca Brecel	232,600
5	Shaun Murphy	209,500
6	Mark Selby	198,225
7	Ding Junhui	177,000
8	John Higgins	171,000
9	Mark Allen	164,000
10	Kyren Wilson	134,725
11	Neil Robertson	132,000
12	Ryan Day	129,500
13	Stephen Maguire	114,000
14	Graeme Dott	106,000
15	Anthony McGill	99,000
16	Martin Gould	98,500
17	Yan Bingtao	96,500
18	Cao Yupeng	91,000
19	Joe Perry	85,500
20	Li Hang	84,000
21	Jack Lisowski	83,600
22	David Gilbert	71,500
23	Mark Joyce	71,000
24	Xiao Guodong	69,500
25	Ali Carter	69,000
26	Mark King	68,725
27	Jimmy Robertson	64,000
28	Ricky Walden	61,600
29	Michael Georgiou	61,500
30	Michael White	61,500
31	Stuart Bingham	58,500
32	Robert Milkins	57,000

Main draw

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

Final

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

Century breaks

Total: 26[5]

• 140 – Mark Joyce
• 134, 134, 117, 104 – Ding Junhui
• 134 – Mark Selby
• 130 – Martin Gould
• 128, 124, 121, 120, 119, 106, 105, 105, 102, 101 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 125, 102 – Anthony McGill
• 123, 105 – Shaun Murphy
• 122 – Yan Bingtao
• 111 – Ryan Day
• 109 – Graeme Dott
• 103 – Stephen Maguire
• 102 – Neil Robertson

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. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.

External links

• Ladbrokes World Grand Prix 2018, Draw
• Ladbrokes World Grand Prix 2018, Sessions