The 2018 Welsh Open (officially 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 his 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 £20,000
Main draw
Qualifying round Rhydian Richards 4–3 Darren Morgan
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Finals
Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Terry Camilleri. Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales, 4 March 2018. Barry Hawkins (9) 7–9 John Higgins (6) Afternoon: 66–55, , , , , , , Evening: 1–56, 44–59, , , , , , 138 Highest break 141 3 Century breaks 2
Century breaks
Total: 66
144, 141, 138, 136, 115,113, 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
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