2018 World Grand Prix
The 2018 Ladbrokes World Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament, taking place from 19 to 25 February 2018 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. It was the fifteenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.
Barry Hawkins was the defending champion, but he did not qualify for this edition of the tournament.
Ronnie O'Sullivan won his fourth ranking title of the season and 32nd ranking title overall, beating Ding Junhui 10–3 in the final.Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
- Winner: £100,000
- Runner-up: £40,000
- Semi-final: £20,000
- Quarter-final: £12,500
- Last 16: £7,500
- Last 32: £5,000
- Highest break: £5,000
- Total: £375,000
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £15,000Seeding list
The top 32 players on the one-year ranking list, running from the 2017 Riga Masters until the 2018 Snooker Shoot Out, qualified for the tournament.
Rank | Player | Total Points |
1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 425,500 |
2 | Mark Williams | 259,000 |
3 | Judd Trump | 234,500 |
4 | Luca Brecel | 232,600 |
5 | Shaun Murphy | 209,500 |
6 | Mark Selby | 198,225 |
7 | Ding Junhui | 177,000 |
8 | John Higgins | 171,000 |
9 | Mark Allen | 164,000 |
10 | Kyren Wilson | 134,725 |
11 | Neil Robertson | 132,000 |
12 | Ryan Day | 129,500 |
13 | Stephen Maguire | 114,000 |
14 | Graeme Dott | 106,000 |
15 | Anthony McGill | 99,000 |
16 | Martin Gould | 98,500 |
17 | Yan Bingtao | 96,500 |
18 | Cao Yupeng | 91,000 |
19 | Joe Perry | 85,500 |
20 | Li Hang | 84,000 |
21 | Jack Lisowski | 83,600 |
22 | David Gilbert | 71,500 |
23 | Mark Joyce | 71,000 |
24 | Xiao Guodong | 69,500 |
25 | Ali Carter | 69,000 |
26 | Mark King | 68,725 |
27 | Jimmy Robertson | 64,000 |
28 | Ricky Walden | 61,600 |
29 | Michael Georgiou | 61,500 |
30 | Michael White | 61,500 |
31 | Stuart Bingham | 58,500 |
32 | Robert Milkins | 57,000 |
Main draw
Final
Total: 26
- 140 Mark Joyce
- 134, 134, 117, 104 Ding Junhui
- 134 Mark Selby
- 130 Martin Gould
- 128, 124, 121, 120, 119, 106, 105, 105, 102, 101 Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 125, 102 Anthony McGill
- 123, 105 Shaun Murphy
- 122 Yan Bingtao
- 111 Ryan Day
- 109 Graeme Dott
- 103 Stephen Maguire
- 102 Neil Robertson