The 2018 Fuhua Group China Open was a professional

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tournament, taking place from 2–8 April 2018 in

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. It was the nineteenth and penultimate ranking event of the 2017/2018 season. Defending champion

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retained his title with an 11–3 final win against Barry Hawkins. By winning this tournament, Selby ensured that he will end a seventh consecutive season as world number one, regardless of his result in the 2018 World Championship.

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made his 14th

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in professional competition in the 5th frame of his last 64 match against Elliot Slessor. The following day, Stuart Bingham made his fourth maximum break in professional competition in the 7th frame of his last 32 match against Ricky Walden. These were the 137th and 138th official maximum breaks in professional competition. It was only the second time that two 147s were made at the main stage of a professional ranking event, the first time being at the 2008 World Championship.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money is shown below. * Winner: £225,000 * Runner-up: £90,000 * Semi-final: £45,000 * Quarter-final: £27,000 * Last 16: £18,000 * Last 32: £11,000 * Last 64: £5,000 * Televised highest break: £7,000 * Total: £1,000,000 The "rolling 147 prize" for a

stood at £35,000.

Main draw

Final

Qualifying

The Round 2 qualifying matches – except for the held over ones – were played between 27 and 30 January 2018 at the Barnsley Metrodome in

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. Qualifying Round 1 and the held over matches of Round 2 were played in

on 2 April 2018. All qualifying matches were best of 11 frames.

Round 1

Round 2

;Notes

Century breaks

Main stage centuries

Total: 72 * 147, 105 Stuart Bingham * 147

* 143, 141, 136, 135, 135, 132, 119, 118, 112, 108

* 143, 110, 110, 105, 103, 103

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* 139 Ali Carter * 138, 133 Ding Junhui * 138, 105, 102 Mark Allen * 135, 127, 110, 101 Sam Craigie * 135, 105, 100 Luo Honghao * 135, 100

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* 133, 122 Craig Steadman * 132, 125, 124, 103, 101 Barry Hawkins * 131, 130, 129, 112 Mark Williams * 130, 111 Xiao Guodong * 130, 102 Joe Perry * 130

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* 127 Stephen Maguire * 126

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* 122, 115, 107, 103 Zhou Yuelong * 119 David Gilbert * 114, 106 Duane Jones * 114, 101

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* 114 Michael White * 112, 111, 107, 105, 104

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* 103 Graeme Dott * 103

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* 102 Fergal O'Brien * 100 Mark King * 100 Lyu Haotian

Qualifying stage centuries

Total: 45 * 143, 112 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh * 139 Nigel Bond * 138

* 137 Thor Chuan Leong * 133 David Grace * 132 Ian Burns * 128 Gary Wilson * 127, 121 Sanderson Lam * 127 Mark Allen * 126

* 124 Soheil Vahedi * 122 Robin Hull * 122 Zhang Yong * 121

* 121 John Higgins * 119 Martin Gould * 119 Barry Hawkins * 118, 107 Luo Honghao * 118 Lyu Haotian * 117

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* 116 Zhou Yuelong * 115 Stephen Maguire * 112

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* 111 Mark Davis * 110

* 109, 101, 100 Mark Williams * 109 Luca Brecel * 108 Xiao Guodong * 106 Zhao Xintong * 105, 105 Elliot Slessor * 105, 101 Liang Wenbo * 104 Stuart Bingham * 104 Peter Ebdon * 104

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* 103 Ben Woollaston * 101 Anthony Hamilton * 101

* 100 Li Hang

References

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