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2018 Players Championship (snooker)
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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.[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]
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Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[3]
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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]
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Main draw
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Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Scheers. Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales, 25 March 2018. | ||
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)![]() |
10–4 | Shaun Murphy (6)![]() |
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 |
Century breaks
Total: 28[5]
- 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
References
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