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2018 Players Championship (snooker)
The 2018 Players Championship (officially the 2018 Ladbrokes Players Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 19 to 25 March 2018 at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales. It was the eighteenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.
| Column 1 |
|---|
| 19–25 March 2018 (2018-03-19 – 2018-03-25) |
| Venue Cymru |
| Llandudno |
| Wales |
| World Snooker |
| Ranking event |
| £380,000 |
| £125,000 |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (143) |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) |
| Shaun Murphy (ENG) |
| 10–4 |
| ← 2017 2019 → |
The 2018 Players Championship (officially the 2018 Ladbrokes Players Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 19 to 25 March 2018 at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales. 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.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £30,000
The seedings were conducted on the basis of the one-year ranking list up to and including the 2018 Gibraltar Open.
| Rank | Player | Total points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | 535,500 |
| 2 | Mark Williams (WAL) | 267,500 |
| 3 | John Higgins (SCO) | 248,500 |
| 4 | Judd Trump (ENG) | 242,000 |
| 5 | Luca Brecel (BEL) | 240,100 |
| 6 | Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 222,000 |
| 7 | Mark Selby (ENG) | 220,725 |
| 8 | Ding Junhui (CHN) | 219,500 |
| 9 | Mark Allen (NIR) | 172,500 |
| 10 | Ryan Day (WAL) | 159,500 |
| 11 | Kyren Wilson (ENG) | 149,725 |
| 12 | Neil Robertson (AUS) | 142,000 |
| 13 | Stephen Maguire (SCO) | 136,500 |
| 14 | Anthony McGill (SCO) | 117,000 |
| 15 | Yan Bingtao (CHN) | 114,000 |
| 16 | Graeme Dott (SCO) | 113,500 |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Scheers.Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales, 25 March 2018. | ||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) England | 10–4 | Shaun Murphy (6) England |
| Afternoon: 39–93, 67–55, 80–67, 76–9, 30–86, 65–50, 92–14, 70–0, 0–77 Evening: 92–43, 0–137 (137), 98–7, 121–9, 90–23 | ||
| 92 | Highest break | 137 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 1 |
Total: 28
- 143, 134, 121, 106, 100 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 141, 127, 124 – Mark Williams
- 137, 133, 133, 117, 115, 105 – Shaun Murphy
- 133, 107 – Ryan Day
- 130 – Luca Brecel
- 129, 102 – Stephen Maguire
- 128, 123, 117, 109, 100 – Judd Trump
- 119 – Ding Junhui
- 107, 103 – Neil Robertson
- 107 – Anthony McGill
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