2018 Ladbrokes Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates19–25 March 2018 (2018-03-19 – 2018-03-25)
VenueVenue Cymru
CityLlandudno
CountryWales
OrganisationWorld Snooker
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£380,000
Winner's share£125,000
Highest break Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (143)
Final
Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Runner-up Shaun Murphy (ENG)
Score10–4
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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]

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]

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

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 (93), 67–55 (O'Sullivan 54), 80–67 (O'Sullivan 50, Murphy 55), 76–9, 30–86 (61), 65–50 (65), 92–14, 70–0 (69), 0–77 (77)
Evening: 92–43 (92), 0–137 (137), 98–7 (54), 121–9 (76), 90–23 (85)
92 Highest break 137
0 Century breaks 1
8 50+ breaks 5

Century breaks

Total: 28[5]

References

  1. ↑ "2017/18 World Snooker Calendar" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "O'Sullivan Beats Murphy To Equal Titles Record". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 3 April 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. ↑ "1 Year List 2017/2018". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. June 2017 – May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Ladbrokes Players Championship 2018 Centuries". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 19–25 March 2018. Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
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