The 2018 Players Championship (officially the 2018 Ladbrokes Players Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 19 to 25 March 2018 at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales. It was the eighteenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.
Judd Trump was the defending champion, but he was beaten by Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–5 in the semi-finals.
Ronnie O'Sullivan captured his 33rd ranking title and fifth ranking title of the season by defeating Shaun Murphy 10–4 in the final, equalling the record of most ranking titles in a season shared by Stephen Hendry, Ding Junhui and Mark Selby.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £125,000 Runner-up: £50,000 Semi-final: £30,000 Quarter-final: £15,000 Last 16: £10,000
Highest break: £5,000 Total: £380,000
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £30,000
Seeding list The seedings were conducted on the basis of the one-year ranking list up to and including the 2018 Gibraltar Open.
Rank Player Total points1 535,5002 267,5003 248,500 4 242,0005 240,1006 222,000 7 220,7258 219,500 9 172,50010 159,500 11 149,72512 142,000 13 136,50014 117,00015 114,000 16 113,500
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Scheers.Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales, 25 March 2018. Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) 10–4 Shaun Murphy (6)Afternoon: 39–93, , , , , , , , Evening: 92–43, 0–137 (137), , , 92 Highest break 137 0 Century breaks 1
Century breaks Total: 28
143, 134, 121, 106, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan 141, 127, 124 Mark Williams 137, 133, 133, 117, 115, 105 Shaun Murphy 133, 107 Ryan Day 130 Luca Brecel 129, 102 Stephen Maguire 128, 123, 117, 109, 100 Judd Trump 119 Ding Junhui 107, 103 Neil Robertson 107 Anthony McGill
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