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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.

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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]

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

Last 16
Best of 11 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 19 frames
            
1  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 6
16  Graeme Dott (SCO) 1
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
8 China Ding Junhui 3
8  Ding Junhui (CHN) 6
9  Mark Allen (NIR) 2
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
4 England Judd Trump 5
5  Luca Brecel (BEL) 2
12  Neil Robertson (AUS) 6
12 Australia Neil Robertson 1
4 England Judd Trump 6
4  Judd Trump (ENG) 6
13  Stephen Maguire (SCO) 4
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 10
6 England Shaun Murphy 4
3  John Higgins (SCO) 0
14  Anthony McGill (SCO) 6
14 Scotland Anthony McGill 5
6 England Shaun Murphy 6
6  Shaun Murphy (ENG) 6
11  Kyren Wilson (ENG) 3
6 England Shaun Murphy 6
2 Wales Mark Williams 3
7  Mark Selby (ENG) 3
10  Ryan Day (WAL) 6
10 Wales Ryan Day 3
2 Wales Mark Williams 6
2  Mark Williams (WAL) 6
15  Yan Bingtao (CHN) 2

Final

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

Century breaks

Total: 28[5]

References

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