2018 Northern Ireland Open
Snooker tournament
The 2018 Northern Ireland Open (officially the 2018 BetVictor Northern Ireland Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 12 and 18 November 2018 in the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland.[1] It was the eighth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season and a part of the Home Nations Series.
Mark Williams was the defending champion, but he was beaten 3–4 by Ali Carter in the second round.[2]
Judd Trump won his ninth professional ranking title with a 9–7 final victory against Ronnie O'Sullivan.[3]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4]
- 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
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- Highest break: £2,000
- Total: £366,000
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The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £10,000
Main draw
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: Maike Kesseler. Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 18 November 2018.
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Judd Trump (5) England
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9–7
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Ronnie O'Sullivan (3) England
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Afternoon: 76–64, 0–73, 1–65, 112–12 (105), 117–6 (117), 41–78, 108–0 (108), 48–60 Evening: 24–68, 64–52, 73–33, 0–78, 0–134 (134), 92–0, 65–5, 79–0
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117
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Highest break
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134
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3
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Century breaks
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1
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Century breaks
Total: 71
- 145, 139, 137, 115, 112 – Li Hang
- 145, 138, 104 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
- 142, 121 – Eden Sharav
- 142, 119 – Hammad Miah
- 140, 126 – Ryan Day
- 137, 120, 117, 115, 112, 108, 108, 107, 105 – Judd Trump
- 136, 101 – Noppon Saengkham
- 135, 134, 132, 119, 116, 114, 112, 111, 108, 102 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 134, 121, 102 – Zhou Yuelong
- 132 – Luca Brecel
- 132 – Tian Pengfei
- 131, 118 – Lu Ning
- 128, 127, 122, 122, 101 – Mark Selby
- 127 – James Wattana
- 125 – Neil Robertson
- 124, 113, 102 – David Gilbert
- 122 – Niu Zhuang
- 120, 110 – Jimmy Robertson
- 118, 109 – Daniel Wells
- 115 – Sam Craigie
- 113 – Robin Hull
- 113 – Joe O'Connor
- 113 – Ben Woollaston
- 111 – Zhang Yong
- 110 – Mark King
- 107 – Peter Ebdon
- 105 – Sam Baird
- 102 – Harvey Chandler
- 102 – Tom Ford
- 102 – Luo Honghao
- 101 – Ian Burns
- 101 – Andrew Higginson
- 100 – Zhang Anda
References
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