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tournament that took place in

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, China. It was the ninth

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event of the 2017/2018 season. Qualifying for the tournament took place between 11 and 13 October in

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was the defending champion, but withdrew from the tournament due to an eye infection. Notably,

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won 20 consecutive frames in four matches before losing 3 frames to

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in the semi-finals.

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captured his 30th ranking title by beating

10–3 in the final. With his win, O'Sullivan is ranked 2nd place on the all-time list of ranking event wins, only behind

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Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: * Winner: £150,000 * Runner-up: £75,000 * Semi-final: £32,000 * Quarter-final: £18,000 * Last 16: £12,000 * Last 32: £7,000 * Last 64: £4,000 * Televised highest break: £3,000 * Total: £700,000 The "rolling 147 prize" for a

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stood at £5,000

Main draw

;Notes

Final

Qualifying

These matches were played between 11 and 13 October 2017 at the Robin Park Arena and Sports Centre in

, England. All matches were the best of 9 frames.

Round 1

Round 2

;Notes

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

Total: 37 * 142 Joe Perry * 141, 128

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* 140

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* 137, 121

* 132, 109

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* 131 Mark King * 129, 112, 109

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* 128

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* 127 David Grace * 127 Jimmy Robertson * 126

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* 122, 118

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* 122, 105

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* 119

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* 117 Zhang Yong * 116 Daniel Wells * 111 Mark Williams * 107

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* 107

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* 106 Mark Davis * 106 Michael White * 105

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* 104

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* 102

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* 101, 100

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* 101

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* 100

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* 100

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* 100

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Televised stage centuries

Total: 50 * 144, 127, 123, 108

* 143

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* 140 Michael White * 137, 111 Joe Perry * 137, 101

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* 135, 119, 107

Kurt Maflin Kurt Graham Maflin (born 8 August 1983) is an English-Norwegian former professional snooker player. A strong break-builder, Maflin has compiled more than 200 century breaks during his career and has made two 147 breaks in professional competit ...

* 135

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* 133, 115, 104, 102, 102, 100

* 133, 108 Mark Williams * 132, 120, 114

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* 131, 125, 104

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* 125, 108, 105

Liang Wenbo Liang Wenbo ( zh, s=梁文博; born 5 March 1987) is a Chinese former professional snooker player. During his playing career, he won one ranking title at the 2016 English Open, twice won the World Cup for China in 2011 and 2017 with teammate ...

* 124, 107

* 124, 102, 100

* 121

Barry Hawkins Barry Hawkins (born 23 April 1979) is an English professional snooker player from Ditton, Kent. He turned professional in 1996, but only rose to prominence in the 2004–05 snooker season when he reached the last 16 of the 2004 UK Championship, ...

* 119, 114, 108, 105, 102

* 118, 107

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* 117, 113, 102

* 110

Zhou Yuelong Zhou Yuelong (; born 24 January 1998) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He has been runner-up at three ranking events, the January 2020 European Masters, the 2020 Snooker Shoot Out, and the 2022 Northern Ireland Open. Career Between 2 ...

* 108

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* 106 Jimmy Robertson

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