2018 World Open (snooker)
The 2018 HongRuiMa Yushan World Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 6 and 12 August 2018 in Yushan, China. It was the second ranking event of the 2018/19 season.
Qualifying took place between 6–9 July in Preston. Ding Junhui was the defending champion, who defeated Kyren Wilson 10–3 in the 2017 World Open final, but lost 4–5 to Robert Milkins in the last 32 of the 2018 event.
Mark Williams won his 22nd ranking title, defeating David Gilbert 10–9 in the final. Williams trailed 5–9 but won the last 5 frames. It was the fourth time he had won this event, having won it twice when the tournament was named the Grand Prix and once when the tournament was named the LG Cup.Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
- Winner: £150,000
- Runner-up: £75,000
- Semi-final: £32,500
- Quarter-final: £20,000
- Last 16: £13,000
- Last 32: £8,000
- Last 64: £4,000
- Highest break: £5,000
- Total: £735,000
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £15,000Main draw
Final
Qualifying
These matches were held between 6 and 9 July 2018 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.
;NotesCentury breaks
Televised stage centuries
Total: 49
- 142, 140, 122, 101 David Gilbert
- 142, 111 Noppon Saengkham
- 132, 114, 110, 109, 106, 103 Neil Robertson
- 128 Michael Holt
- 124, 101 Barry Hawkins
- 121, 120, 104 Mark Williams
- 121, 111 Fergal O'Brien
- 120 Ali Carter
- 118, 118, 103 Marco Fu
- 115, 100 Jack Lisowski
- 115, 103 Anthony Hamilton
- 115 Ding Junhui
- 113, 112, 104, 103 Gary Wilson
- 112 Mike Dunn
- 111, 101 Xiao Guodong
- 109 Stephen Maguire
- 108 David Lilley
- 107 Ryan Day
- 107 Kyren Wilson
- 105 Elliot Slessor
- 103 Mark Allen
- 103 Harvey Chandler
- 102 Mark Selby
- 102 James Wattana
- 102 Jak Jones
- 101 Mark Davis
- 100 Andrew Higginson
- 100 Jamie Jones
Qualifying stage centuries
Total: 14