The 2018 China Championship (officially the 2018 Evergrande China Championship) was professional

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tournament, that took place between 24 and 30 September 2018 in

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, with qualifying took place from 19 to 22 August 2018 in Preston,

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. It was the fourth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season. Luca Brecel was the defending champion, but he lost to

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3–5 in the first round.

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won the event, defeating John Higgins in the final 10–9. Selby's win was his 15th professional ranking event win.

Prize fund

The event had a prize pool of £725,000, with the following breakdown for the player's reaching the following positions. * Winner: £150,000 * Runner-up: £75,000 * Semi-final: £32,000 * Quarter-final: £20,000 * Last 16: £13,000 * Last 32: £7,500 * Last 64: £4,000 * Televised highest break: £4,000 The event also had a "rolling 147 prize" for a

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, which stood as £5,000.

Main draw

The main draw of the event featured 64 players. Players in bold denote match winners.

Top half

Bottom half

Final

Qualifying

These matches were held between 19 and 22 August 2018 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston,

. All matches were best of 9 frames. ;Notes

Century breaks

Main stage centuries

Total: 29 * 144 Ali Carter * 136, 108 Mark Williams * 131 Anthony Hamilton * 128, 111

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* 127 Jamie Jones * 126 Graeme Dott * 125 Ding Junhui * 124, 102 Lyu Haotian * 121 Fergal O'Brien * 120

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* 118, 108, 100

* 117 Peter Ebdon * 113 Stuart Bingham * 111, 102

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* 110 Luo Honghao * 110 Zhao Xintong * 108

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* 108 Yuan Sijun * 108 Hossein Vafaei * 105 Scott Donaldson * 103 Liang Wenbo * 101 Mark Allen * 100 Ryan Day

Qualifying stage centuries

Total: 31 * 138 Joe Perry * 135 Liam Highfield * 135 Martin Gould * 131 Jak Jones * 124, 103 Mark Allen * 123, 109 Ryan Day * 123

* 122 David Gilbert * 121 Peter Ebdon * 118

* 117, 114 Stephen Maguire * 117 Graeme Dott * 115 Liang Wenbo * 114 Billy Joe Castle * 112

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* 109 John Higgins * 109 Zhang Anda * 106, 101 Chen Zifan * 106

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* 106 Niu Zhuang * 105 Jamie Jones * 103 Stuart Carrington * 102

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* 102 Mark Williams * 101 Marco Fu * 101

* 100 Jimmy Robertson

References

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