The 2018 Fuhua Group China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, taking place from 2–8 April 2018 in Beijing, China.[1] It was the nineteenth and penultimate ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2–8 April 2018 |
| Venue | Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium |
| City | Beijing |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £1,000,000 |
| Winner's share | £225,000 |
| Highest break |  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (147) Stuart Bingham (ENG) (147) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Mark Selby (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Barry Hawkins (ENG) |
| Score | 11–3 |
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Defending champion Mark Selby retained his title with an 11–3 final win against Barry Hawkins.[2] By winning this tournament, Selby ensured that he will end a seventh consecutive season as world number one, regardless of his result in the 2018 World Championship.
Ronnie O'Sullivan made his 14th maximum break in professional competition in the 5th frame of his last 64 match against Elliot Slessor.[3] The following day, Stuart Bingham made his fourth maximum break in professional competition in the 7th frame of his last 32 match against Ricky Walden.[4] These were the 137th and 138th official maximum breaks in professional competition. It was only the second time that two 147s were made at the main stage of a professional ranking event, the first time being at the 2008 World Championship.
Prize fund
editThe breakdown of prize money is shown below.[5]
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The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £35,000.
Main draw
editFinal
edit| Final: Best of 21 frames. Referee: Peggy Li. Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Beijing, China, 8 April 2018. | ||
| Mark Selby |
11–3 | Barry Hawkins |
| Afternoon: 0–80, 78–31, 66–1, 63–17, 69–58, 65–48, 0–83, 114–4, 86–13, 72–6 Evеning: 112–17 (112), 83–43, 47–59, 132–0 (132) | ||
| 132 | Highest break | 75 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 0 |
Qualifying
editThe Round 2 qualifying matches – except for the held over ones – were played between 27 and 30 January 2018 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. Qualifying Round 1 and the held over matches of Round 2 were played in Beijing on 2 April 2018.
All qualifying matches were best of 11 frames.
Round 1
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Round 2
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Century breaks
editMain stage centuries
editTotal: 72[6]
- 147, 105 – Stuart Bingham
- 147 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 143, 141, 136, 135, 135, 132, 119, 118, 112, 108 – Mark Selby
- 143, 110, 110, 105, 103, 103 – Neil Robertson
- 139 – Ali Carter
- 138, 133 – Ding Junhui
- 138, 105, 102 – Mark Allen
- 135, 127, 110, 101 – Sam Craigie
- 135, 105, 100 – Luo Honghao
- 135, 100 – Cao Yupeng
- 133, 122 – Craig Steadman
- 132, 125, 124, 103, 101 – Barry Hawkins
- 131, 130, 129, 112 – Mark Williams
- 130, 111 – Xiao Guodong
- 130, 102 – Joe Perry
- 130 – Yan Bingtao
- 127 – Stephen Maguire
- 126 – Anthony McGill
- 122, 115, 107, 103 – Zhou Yuelong
- 119 – David Gilbert
- 114, 106 – Duane Jones
- 114, 101 – Jack Lisowski
- 114 – Michael White
- 112, 111, 107, 105, 104 – Kyren Wilson
- 103 – Graeme Dott
- 103 – Tom Ford
- 102 – Fergal O'Brien
- 100 – Mark King
- 100 – Lyu Haotian
Qualifying stage centuries
editTotal: 45[7]
- 143, 112 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
- 139 – Nigel Bond
- 138 – Yan Bingtao
- 137 – Thor Chuan Leong
- 133 – David Grace
- 132 – Ian Burns
- 128 – Gary Wilson
- 127, 121 – Sanderson Lam
- 127 – Mark Allen
- 126 – Neil Robertson
- 124 – Soheil Vahedi
- 122 – Robin Hull
- 122 – Zhang Yong
- 121 – Cao Yupeng
- 121 – John Higgins
- 119 – Martin Gould
- 119 – Barry Hawkins
- 118, 107 – Luo Honghao
- 118 – Lyu Haotian
- 117 – Judd Trump
- 116 – Zhou Yuelong
- 115 – Stephen Maguire
- 112 – Noppon Saengkham
- 111 – Mark Davis
- 110 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 109, 101, 100 – Mark Williams
- 109 – Luca Brecel
- 108 – Xiao Guodong
- 106 – Zhao Xintong
- 105, 105 – Elliot Slessor
- 105, 101 – Liang Wenbo
- 104 – Stuart Bingham
- 104 – Peter Ebdon
- 104 – Tian Pengfei
- 103 – Ben Woollaston
- 101 – Anthony Hamilton
- 101 – Kyren Wilson
- 100 – Li Hang
References
edit- ^ "2017/18 World Snooker Calendar" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ "Selby Back On Form With China Open Victory". World Snooker. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "O'Sullivan Loses Despite 147". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ "Bingham Secures Crucible Spot And Makes 147". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2017/2018 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 7 March 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "Fuhua Group China Open 2018 Centuries". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 2–8 April 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-02-15. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
- ^ "China Open 2018 Qualifiers Centuries". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 27–30 January 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-01-27. Retrieved 2018-01-27.