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 £15,000

Main draw

Final Final: Best of 19 frames; Referee: Peggy Li.Yushan No.1 Middle School, Yushan, China, 12 August 2018. David Gilbert 9–10 Mark Williams Afternoon: 72–45, , , , , , , , Evening: 68–58, , , , , , , , , 142 Highest break 121 1 Century breaks 1

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.

Ding Junhui 5–4 James Wattana Xu Si 4–5 Yuan Sijun Robert Milkins 5–0 Chen Zifan Li Hang 4–5 David Lilley Marco Fu 5–0 Chris Totten Peter Ebdon 5–3 Jamie Clarke Liang Wenbo 1–5 James Cahill Andrew Higginson 5–3 Luo Honghao Matthew Stevens 5–0 Allan Taylor David Gilbert 5–1 Niu Zhuang Rory McLeod 5–3 Thor Chuan Leong Ali Carter 5–0 Basem Eltahhan Dominic Dale 5–4 Hammad Miah Ricky Walden 5–2 Joe Swail Daniel Wells 2–5 Andy Lee Neil Robertson 5–0 He Guoqiang Barry Hawkins 5–2 Alfie Burden Sunny Akani 5–0 Fan Zhengyi Michael Holt 5–2 John Astley Mark Davis 5–1 Sam Baird Anthony McGill 1–5 Lee Walker Matthew Selt 5–3 Joe O'Connor Yan Bingtao 5–3 Ashley Carty Stuart Carrington 5–2 Duane Jones Fergal O'Brien 5–3 Robin Hull Graeme Dott 3–5 Zhao Xintong Scott Donaldson 5–1 Sanderson Lam Luca Brecel 5–1 Ian Burns Gary Wilson 5–1 Jimmy White Tom Ford 5–4 Dechawat Poomjaeng Martin O'Donnell 5–1 Soheil Vahedi Judd Trump 5–0 Kishan Hirani Mark Selby 5–3 Luke Simmonds Gerard Greene 0–5 Elliot Slessor Zhou Yuelong 5–3 Adam Duffy Jamie Jones Sam Craigie Ryan Day 5–4 Ross Muir Robbie Williams 5–4 Oliver Lines Mark King 4–5 Rod Lawler Noppon Saengkham 5–2 Sean O'Sullivan Michael Georgiou 5–1 Jordan Brown Xiao Guodong 5–2 Zhang Yong Liam Highfield 4–5 Jak Jones Stuart Bingham 4–5 Zhang Anda Mark Joyce 5–2 Chen Feilong Anthony Hamilton 5–1 Rhys Clark Ken Doherty 2–5 Simon Lichtenberg Shaun Murphy 4–5 Mei Xiwen Kyren Wilson 5–3 Nigel Bond Alan McManus 2–5 Paul Davison Michael White 4–5 Harvey Chandler Kurt Maflin 5–1 Lu Ning Mark Allen 5–2 Peter Lines Lyu Haotian 5–1 Eden Sharav Jack Lisowski 5–2 Zhang Jiankang Chris Wakelin 5–3 Craig Steadman Mike Dunn 5–0 Luo Zetao Joe Perry 5–3 Li Yuan Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–1 Billy Joe Castle Stephen Maguire 5–4 Adam Stefanow Ben Woollaston 5–1 Bai Langning Jimmy Robertson 4–5 Chang Bingyu Alexander Ursenbacher 5–4 Tian Pengfei Mark Williams 5–4 Lukas Kleckers

Notes

Century 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

140 Robbie Williams 133 David Gilbert 131, 109, 108 Noppon Saengkham 124 Peter Ebdon 121 Judd Trump 118, 102 Fergal O'Brien 118 Marco Fu 109 Mark Joyce 108 Joe Perry 104 Ricky Walden 102 Mark Allen

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