2018 Welsh Open (snooker)
The 2018 ManBetX Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place from 26 February to 4 March 2018 at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales. It was the sixteenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season and a part of the Home Nations Series.
The defending champion Stuart Bingham lost 1–4 to Matthew Stevens in the last 32.
John Higgins won a record fifth Welsh Open title and 30th ranking title overall, beating Barry Hawkins 9–7 in the final.Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
- Winner: £70,000
- Runner-up: £30,000
- Semi-final: £20,000
- Quarter-final: £10,000
- Last 16: £6,000
- Last 32: £3,500
- Last 64: £2,500
- Highest break: £2,000
- Total: £366,000
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £20,000Main draw
Qualifying
3–4 Rhydian RichardsTop half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Finals
Final
Total: 66
113, 107, 106, 101, 100 John Higgins
- 143, 100 Mark Selby
- 141, 138, 137, 130, 103 Barry Hawkins
- 141, 110 Martin Gould
- 140, 124, 105, 101 Gary Wilson
- 139, 120, 102 Noppon Saengkham
- 136, 105, 100, 100 Kyren Wilson
- 134, 129, 106 Mark Williams
- 133, 117, 106, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 131, 106 Ian Burns
- 131, 101 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
- 130, 100, 100 Neil Robertson
- 129, 115 Elliot Slessor
- 129 Ben Woollaston
- 124 Cao Yupeng
- 119, 116 Mark Allen
- 118 Zhang Anda
- 118 Stuart Bingham
- 115 Liam Highfield
- 114, 104, 104, 103 Jack Lisowski
- 111, 108 Sunny Akani
- 111 Robbie Williams
- 110 Yan Bingtao
- 107 Ryan Day
- 104 Mark King
- 103 Kurt Dunham
- 102 Gerard Greene
- 102 Stephen Maguire
