2018 Six-red World Championship

The 2018 SangSom Six-red World Championship was a six-red snooker invitational tournament held between 3 and 8 September 2018 at the Bangkok Convention Center in Bangkok, Thailand.^[2][3]

Six-red World Championship

Tournament information
Dates	3–8 September 2018 (2018-09-03 – 2018-09-08)[1]
Venue	Bangkok Convention Center
City	Bangkok
Country	Thailand
Organisation	WPBSA
Total prize fund	10,000,000 baht
Winner's share	3,500,000 baht
Highest break	Stuart Bingham (75) Ding Junhui (75) (Note: A maximum break in six-red snooker is 75)
Final
Champion	Kyren Wilson
Runner-up	Ding Junhui
Score	8–4
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Mark Williams was the defending champion,^[4] but he lost in the last 16 to amateur player Mohammed Shehab.

The event was won by Kyren Wilson, defeating Ding Junhui 8–4 in the final.^[5]

Prize money

The breakdown of prize money is shown below:^[6]

• Winner: 3,500,000 baht
• Runner-up: 1,300,000 baht
• Semi-finalists: 750,000 baht
• Quarter-finalists: 375,000 baht
• Last 16: 150,000 baht
• Third in Group: 75,000 baht
• Fourth in Group: 50,000 baht
• Total: 10,000,000 baht

Round-robin stage

Group matches were played from 3–5 September. The top two players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were the best of 9 frames.^[7]

Positions within the group were decided by the number of matches won (MW) and then, in the event of a tie, by the frame difference (FD). Where two players were still tied, the result of the match between them determined their positions. Where three players were still tied, the top position was determined by a draw and the other two positions by the result of the match between those two players.^[8]

Group A

POS Player MP MW ML FW FL FD 1 Mark Williams 3 3 0 15 7 +8 2 Tom Ford 3 2 1 14 10 +4 3 Ricky Walden 3 1 2 11 14 −3 4 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 3 0 3 6 15 −9

Mark Williams 5–1 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Tom Ford 5–4 Ricky Walden Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4–5 Ricky Walden Mark Williams 5–4 Tom Ford Mark Williams 5–2 Ricky Walden Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 1–5 Tom Ford

Group B

POS Player MP MW ML FW FL FD 1 Stephen Maguire 3 3 0 15 6 +9 2 Ryan Day 3 2 1 13 8 +5 3 Luo Honghao 3 1 2 9 11 −2 4 Nutcharut Wongharuthai 3 0 3 3 15 −12

Ryan Day 5–1 Nutcharut Wongharuthai Luo Honghao 2–5 Stephen Maguire Nutcharut Wongharuthai 1–5 Stephen Maguire Ryan Day 5–2 Luo Honghao Nutcharut Wongharuthai 1–5 Luo Honghao Ryan Day 3–5 Stephen Maguire

Group C

POS Player MP MW ML FW FL FD 1 Stuart Bingham 3 3 0 15 6 +9 2 James Wattana 3 2 1 13 10 +3 3 Mark King 3 1 2 10 10 0 4 Shachar Ruberg 3 0 3 3 15 −12

Stuart Bingham 5–3 James Wattana Shachar Ruberg 0–5 Mark King James Wattana 5–3 Mark King Stuart Bingham 5–1 Shachar Ruberg Stuart Bingham 5–2 Mark King James Wattana 5–2 Shachar Ruberg

Group D

POS Player MP MW ML FW FL FD 1 Kyren Wilson 3 3 0 15 5 +10 2 Graeme Dott 3 2 1 11 6 +5 3 Marvin Lim Chun Kiat 3 1 2 6 10 −4 4 Michael White 3 0 3 4 15 −11

Michael White 0–5 Graeme Dott Kyren Wilson 5–0 Marvin Lim Chun Kiat Kyren Wilson 5–4 Michael White Marvin Lim Chun Kiat 1–5 Graeme Dott Kyren Wilson 5–1 Graeme Dott Michael White 0–5 Marvin Lim Chun Kiat

Group E

POS Player MP MW ML FW FL FD 1 Ding Junhui 3 3 0 15 10 +5 2 Sunny Akani 3 2 1 14 10 +4 3 Jimmy Robertson 3 1 2 12 11 +1 4 Mohamed Khairy 3 0 3 5 15 −10

Sunny Akani 5–4 Jimmy Robertson Ding Junhui 5–3 Mohamed Khairy Ding Junhui 5–4 Sunny Akani Mohamed Khairy 1–5 Jimmy Robertson Ding Junhui 5–3 Jimmy Robertson Sunny Akani 5–1 Mohamed Khairy

Group F

POS Player MP MW ML FW FL FD 1 Zhou Yuelong 3 2 1 13 11 +2 2 Anthony McGill 3 2 1 13 12 +1 3 Joe Perry 3 1 2 12 13 −1 4 Michael Holt 3 1 2 11 13 −2

Michael Holt 5–3 Joe Perry Anthony McGill 5–3 Zhou Yuelong Anthony McGill 5–4 Michael Holt Zhou Yuelong 5–4 Joe Perry Anthony McGill 3–5 Joe Perry Michael Holt 2–5 Zhou Yuelong

Group G

POS Player MP MW ML FW FL FD 1 Luca Brecel 3 2 1 14 8 +6 2 Marco Fu 3 2 1 14 12 +2 3 Noppon Saengkham 3 2 1 11 11 0 4 Kurt Dunham 3 0 3 7 15 −8

Noppon Saengkham 5–4 Marco Fu Luca Brecel 5–2 Kurt Dunham Luca Brecel 4–5 Marco Fu Noppon Saengkham 5–2 Kurt Dunham Luca Brecel 5–1 Noppon Saengkham Kurt Dunham 3–5 Marco Fu

Group H

POS Player MP MW ML FW FL FD 1 Mark Selby 3 3 0 15 7 +8 2 Mohammed Shehab 3 2 1 14 13 +1 3 David Gilbert 3 1 2 10 13 −3 4 Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon 3 0 3 9 15 −6

Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon 3–5 David Gilbert Mark Selby 5–4 Mohammed Shehab Mark Selby 5–1 David Gilbert Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon 4–5 Mohammed Shehab Mark Selby 5–2 Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon Mohammed Shehab 5–4 David Gilbert

Source:^[9][10]

Knockout stage

The last 16 matches and quarter-finals were played on 6 September, the semi-finals on 7 September and the final on 8 September.^[11][12]

	Last 16 Best of 11 frames				Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames				Semi-finals Best of 13 frames				Final Best of 15 frames
	Mark Williams	3
	Mohammed Shehab	6
					Mohammed Shehab	5
					Sunny Akani	6
	Stephen Maguire	5
	Sunny Akani	6
									Sunny Akani	5
									Kyren Wilson	7
	Stuart Bingham	6
	Marco Fu	2
					Stuart Bingham	4
					Kyren Wilson	6
	Kyren Wilson	6
	Anthony McGill	3
													Kyren Wilson	8
													Ding Junhui	4
	Ding Junhui	6
	Graeme Dott	3
					Ding Junhui	6
					James Wattana	2
	Zhou Yuelong	5
	James Wattana	6
									Ding Junhui	7
									Luca Brecel	6
	Luca Brecel	6
	Ryan Day	3
					Luca Brecel	6
					Tom Ford	3
	Mark Selby	5
	Tom Ford	6

Final

Final: Best of 15 frames. Referee: Peggy Li Bangkok Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand, 8 September 2018.
Kyren Wilson  England	8–4	Ding Junhui  China
35–18, 23–39, 1–35, 37–25, 39–0, 55–6 (55), 67–0 (67), 32–17, 24–30, 0–57, 40–0, 45–5
67	Highest break	31
2	50+ breaks	0

Maximum breaks

(Note: A maximum break in 6-red is 75)^[11]

• Stuart Bingham
• Ding Junhui