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The 2018 World Snooker Championship (officially the 2018 Betfred World Snooker Championship) was a professional
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tournament held from 21 April to 7 May 2018 at the
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in
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, England. Hosted by the
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, it was the 20th and final ranking event of the
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and the 42nd consecutive time the
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had been held at the venue. The tournament was broadcast by
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in Europe, and sponsored by betting company
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. Welsh left-hander Mark Williams won his third world championship and 21st ranking title, defeating Scottish professional
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18–16 in the final. Williams' victory came 15 years after his second world title in
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; before the start of the season, he had not won a ranking event in the previous six years. In winning the event, Williams received the highest prize money awarded for a snooker event, £425,000 of a total pool of £1,968,000. Aged 43, he was the third oldest winner at the crucible after
Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronald Antonio O'Sullivan (born 5 December 1975) is an English professional snooker player. Widely recognised as one of the most talented and accomplished players in snooker history, he has won the World Snooker Championship seven times, a m ...
who was 44 when he won the
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and
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who was 45 when he won the title in
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. Defending and three-time world champion
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had won the world title for the previous two years, but lost in the first round 4–10 to Joe Perry. The highest of the championship was scored by Higgins, who made a break of 146 in frame 13 of his second round win over
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. However, in qualifying for the event,
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 ...
scored a maximum break of 147.


Background

The
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is an annual
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. Snooker was founded in the late 19th century by
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soldiers stationed in India. The sport originated by players from the United Kingdom, and later players from Europe and the
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. In more modern times, the sport has transferred to being played worldwide, specifically in Asia, such as in China, Thailand and Hong Kong. The world championship was the final event of the 2017/18 snooker calendar, with the winner of the event being crowned as the professional world champion of the sport. The world championship sees 32 professional players compete in one-on-one snooker matches in a
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format, each played over several . The 32 players for the event are selected through a mix of the world snooker rankings and a pre-tournament qualification round. The first world championship in
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, held in
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, Birmingham, England, was won by
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. Since 1977, the event has been held in the
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in Sheffield. ,
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and Ronnie O’Sullivan are the event's most successful participants in the modern era, having both won the championship seven times. The previous year's championship had been won by England's
Mark Selby Mark Anthony Selby (born 19 June 1983) is an English professional snooker player. Ranked List of world number one snooker players, world number one on multiple occasions, he has won a total of 24 ranking titles, placing him eighth on the all ...
, who won the event defeating Scotland's
John Higgins John Higgins (born 18 May 1975) is a Scottish professional snooker player from Wishaw in North Lanarkshire. Since turning professional in 1992, he has won 33 ranking titles, placing him in third position on the List of snooker players by num ...
in the final 18–15. This was Selby's third championship, having won previously in 2014 and 2016. The champion of the 2018 event would win prize money of £425,000, from a total pool of £1,968,000.


Format

The 2018 World Snooker Championship was held between 21 April and 7 May 2018 in
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, England. The tournament was the last of twenty rankings events in the 2017/2018 season on the
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. It featured a 32-player main draw that was played at the Crucible Theatre, as well as a 128-player qualifying draw which took place at the
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from 11 to 18 April 2018, finishing three days prior to the start of the main draw. This was the 42nd consecutive year the tournament was held at the Crucible, and the 50th consecutive year the championship was contested through the modern knockout format. The top 16 players in the latest world rankings automatically qualified for the main draw as seeded players. Defending champion Mark Selby was automatically seeded 1st overall. The remaining fifteen seeds were allocated based on the latest world rankings (revision 10), which were released following the
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, the penultimate event of the season. With Selby ranked as the world number 1 entering the event, every player's seed therefore corresponded to their respective world ranking. Matches in the first round of the main draw were played as best of 19 frames. The number of frames needed to win a match increased with each successive round, leading up to the final match which was played as best of 35 frames. All 16 non-seeded spots in the main draw were filled with players from the qualifying rounds. The qualifying draw consisted of 128 players, including 113 of the remaining 115 players on the World Snooker Tour, as well as fifteen wildcard places allotted to non-tour players. These invited players included the women's world champion, the European junior champion, and all four semi-finalists at the
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. As with the main draw, half of the participants in the qualifying draw were seeded players. Every player ranked from 17th to 80th was allocated one of 64 seeds in order of their ranking, while all of the other participants were placed randomly into the draw. In order to reach the main draw at the Crucible, players needed to win three best of 19 frame matches.


Participant summary

Eight former world champions participated in the main tournament:
Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronald Antonio O'Sullivan (born 5 December 1975) is an English professional snooker player. Widely recognised as one of the most talented and accomplished players in snooker history, he has won the World Snooker Championship seven times, a m ...
(five titles: 2001, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2013), John Higgins (four titles: 1998, 2007, 2009, 2011), Mark Selby (three titles and two-time defending champion: 2014, 2016, 2017), Mark Williams (two titles: 2000 and 2003),
Shaun Murphy Shaun Peter Murphy (born 10 August 1982) is an English professional snooker player who won the 2005 World Snooker Championship, 2005 World Championship and has completed the Triple Crown (snooker), Triple Crown. Nicknamed "The Magician", Murp ...
(one title: 2005),
Graeme Dott Graeme Dott (born 12 May 1977) is a Scottish professional snooker player and snooker coach from Larkhall. He turned professional in 1994 and first entered the top 16 in 2001. He has won two ranking titles, the 2006 World Snooker Championship ...
(one title: 2006),
Neil Robertson Neil Alexander Robertson (born 11 February 1982) is an Australian professional snooker player, who is a former List of World Snooker Championship winners, world champion and former List of world number one snooker players, world number one. He ...
(one title: 2010), and
Stuart Bingham Stuart Bingham (born 21 May 1976) is an English professional snooker player who is a former World Champion and Masters winner. Bingham won the 1996 World Amateur Championship but enjoyed little sustained success in the early part of his pro ...
(one title: 2015). This was O'Sullivan's 26th consecutive appearance in the final stages of the World Championship since his debut in 1993, just one short of Stephen Hendry's record of 27 consecutive appearances and four short of
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's record of 30 total appearances. Five other former world championship finalists also competed:
Matthew Stevens Matthew John Stevens (born 11 September 1977) is a Welsh professional snooker player. He has won two of the game's Triple Crown events, the Masters in 2000 and the UK Championship in 2003. He has also been a two-time runner-up in the other t ...
(twice: 2000 and 2005),
Ali Carter Allister Carter (born 25 July 1979) is an English professional snooker player. He has twice been a World Championship finalist, in 2008 and 2012, losing both finals to Ronnie O'Sullivan. He has won six ranking titles and briefly reached number t ...
(twice: 2008 and 2012),
Judd Trump Judd Trump (born 20 August 1989) is an English professional snooker player who is a former List of World Snooker Championship winners, world champion and the current List of world number one snooker players, world number one. He is currently in ...
(once: 2011),
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, ...
(once: 2013), and
Ding Junhui Ding Junhui (; born 1 April 1987) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He is the most successful Asian player in the history of the sport. Throughout his career, he has won 15 major ranking titles, including three UK Championships (2005 ...
(once: 2016). The youngest player to participate in the main stage of the tournament was
Lyu Haotian Lyu Haotian (; born 29 November 1997) is a Chinese professional snooker player, notable for being one of the youngest snooker players to have played in professional tournaments, aged only 14. He reached the quarter-finals of the 2012 Internatio ...
at 20 years of age, while 43-year-old Joe Perry was the oldest; both players entered the main draw through qualifying.
Marco Fu Marco Fu Ka-chun (; born 8 January 1978) is a Hong Kong professional snooker player. He is a three-time snooker world rankings, ranking event winner, having won the 2007 Grand Prix (snooker), 2007 Grand Prix, the 2013 Australian Goldfie ...
made his return to competition at the World Championship, having missed much of the 2017/2018 season after undergoing surgery to repair
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l degeneration and myodesopsia in his left eye. Three former world champions participated in the qualifying rounds:
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(1997),
Peter Ebdon Peter David Ebdon (born 27 August 1970) is an English retired professional snooker player who is a former world champion and current coach. Ebdon won nine ranking titles during his career, placing him in joint 14th position (with John Parrott ...
(2002) and Graeme Dott (2006). Of these, only Dott succeeded in qualifying for the main tournament at the Crucible. Also, three former world finalists participated in the qualifying rounds:
Jimmy White James Warren White (born 2 May 1962) is an English professional snooker player who has won ten ranking events. Nicknamed "The Whirlwind" because of his swift and attacking style of play, White has reached six World Snooker Championship finals ...
(six times: 1984 and 1990–1994),
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(once: 1995) and Matthew Stevens (twice: 2000 and 2005). Of these, only Stevens qualified for the main tournament at the Crucible. The youngest participant in qualifying was
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at 16 years of age, while 55-year-old Jimmy White was the oldest participant; however, neither player qualified.


Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for 2018 is shown below. * Winner: £425,000 * Runner-up: £180,000 * Semi-finalists: £85,000 * Quarter-finalists: £42,500 * Last 16: £27,500 * Last 32: £18,000 * Last 48: £13,500 * Last 80: £9,000 * Televised highest break: £10,000 * Non-televised highest break: £1,000 * Total: £1,968,000 The prize for a in the main rounds was boosted to £40,000, whereas the prize for a 147 in qualifying was £10,000. The latter prize was claimed by Liang Wenbo during his first qualifying round match against Rod Lawler.


Summary


Qualifying rounds

The qualifying rounds took place at the
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from 11 to 18 April 2018. In the first round of qualifying,
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 ...
achieved his third professional
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, and his second of the 2017/2018 season, in the 10th frame of his match against
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. It was the second consecutive year a 147 was made in World Championship qualifying, and the fourth time overall. Liang came very close to becoming the first player to score two maximums in the same match, but he missed the final black after a break of 140 in the last frame. Liang was eliminated in the third round of qualifying; ranked at world number 19, he was the highest-ranked player not to feature in the main draw of the tournament, as both world number 17 Ryan Day and world number 18
Stephen Maguire Stephen Maguire (born 13 March 1981) is a Scottish professional snooker player. He has won six major ranking tournaments, including the 2004 UK Championship, and has twice since reached the finals of that event. Maguire turned professional in ...
qualified. Only seven of the 64 unseeded participants in qualifying (players ranked outside the world's top 80) made it through the first qualifying round, and only one of those seven,
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, progressed to the third qualifying round. Duffy did not, however, qualify for the main draw at the Crucible. Four players qualified for the Crucible for the first time: Lyu Haotian,
Liam Highfield Liam Highfield (born 1 December 1990) is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010 after finishing second in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings. He plays left-handed. Career Amateur years In the 2007/2008 season, Highfi ...
,
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (, ; born 18 April 1985) is a Thai professional snooker player. He has won one ranking event, the 2019 Snooker Shoot Out, and finished as runner-up in the 2019 World Open. He is regarded as one of the fastest snooker players ...
, and
Chris Wakelin Chris Wakelin (born 16 March 1992) is an English professional snooker player from Rugby, Warwickshire. He turned professional in 2013 and won his first ranking title at the 2023 Snooker Shoot Out. Career Early career Wakelin started playing s ...
. Lyu was the lowest ranked player to reach the main stage, at world number 68.


First round

The draw for the opening round of the main tournament was conducted on 19 April 2018, two days before the start of the competition. Technical issues delayed the 10:00 BST start time by two hours, to 12:00. The matches for the first round were spread out over six days from 21 to 26 April, and played using a two table setup in the Crucible Theatre. Each first round match was played over two sessions, as best of 19 frames (10 frames needed to win). Players and spectators criticised the two-hour delay to the tournament's first-round draw, which was caused by "technical issues". World number 22 Joe Perry called the draw "an absolute joke", claiming the delay caused qualifiers to "have no idea when heyare playing, have to book hotels and make travel plans". Of the sixteen first round matches, six ended with qualifiers defeating seeded players. The biggest upset of the round happened in the opening match, when Joe Perry defeated the defending champion and world number 1 Mark Selby. Perry won the first four frames before pulling away to 7–2 ahead after the first session of play. Selby was unable to catch Perry and was defeated 4–10, ending his 10-match undefeated streak in the world championships, as well as his two-year reign as world champion. The next highest ranked player to lose was world number 8 Shaun Murphy, who was upset by world number 51 Jamie Jones in a tight 10–9 match, where the scores were level at various stages. The other four seeds to lose were the players ranked 10 through 13 in the world. Chinese debutant Lyu Haotian, both the youngest and lowest ranked player in the draw, defeated world number 11 Marco Fu in Fu's return to the Tour after eye surgery. Lyu was the only debutant to advance; he was 6–3 up after the first session and went on to win the match 10–5.
Robert Milkins Robert Milkins (born 6 March 1976) is an English professional snooker player known for quick play. Milkins has been a member of snooker's main tour since regaining a tour card in 1998. Milkins reached a career high rank of 12 in 2014 and 2023, ...
defeated world number 10 Neil Robertson 10–5.
Jack Lisowski Jack Lisowski (born 25 June 1991) is an English professional snooker player from Churchdown, Gloucestershire. He turned professional in 2010 by finishing first in the 2009/2010 International Open Series, PIOS rankings. A left-handed player, he ...
defeated world number 12 Stuart Bingham 10–7, thereby securing his first world championship match win in his second attempt. The 2015 world champion Bingham stated he was going to take a leave of absence from the sport after the loss. Bingham said he wanted to "spend some time with the family and put my cue down for a while". Bingham had spent three months of the season serving a ban for
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infringements; he commented, "It's not been the best of seasons in general, but on the table I've been pretty good."
Ricky Walden Ricky Walden (born 11 November 1982) is an English professional snooker player from Chester. Walden turned professional in 2000 and it took him eight years to win his first ranking title at the Shanghai Masters. He has since won the 2012 Wuxi ...
defeated world number 13
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10–6; he was comfortably five frames ahead at 8–3, when Brecel won the next three frames to bring the score to 8–6, before Walden won the last two frames of the match. Of the eight former world champions playing in the main stage of the tournament, only three progressed to the second round: Ronnie O'Sullivan (five-time champion), John Higgins (four-time champion) and Mark Williams (two-time champion). All three were top seven seeds and had turned professional in the same year, 1992. Ronnie O'Sullivan trailed 0–4 and then 3–6 after the opening session in his match against Stephen Maguire but then won seven of the last eight frames to win 10–7. The 16th frame of this encounter was O'Sullivan's 1000th frame win at the Crucible. This was also his 15th consecutive first round victory at the world championships. John Higgins defeated Thai debutant Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 10–7. Both players attempted maximum breaks: Higgins missed the 14th red ball on 104 in the 8th frame of the first session; Un-Nooh scored 14 reds with blacks, on course for his second career maximum, before missing the 15th red on 112 in the 12th frame of the final session. Mark Williams defeated Jimmy Robertson in his first round match 10–5. Williams led 7–2 after the initial session, then he hit a tournament highest break (at that point) of 140 in the 13th frame, to go 9–4 ahead, before winning the match after two further frames. In addition to O'Sullivan, Ali Carter and
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both advanced despite trailing by three frames in the middle of their matches. Carter defeated Graeme Dott 10–8 in his first round match, despite being behind 3–6 overnight. McGill defeated Ryan Day 10–8; after trailing 5–8 earlier in the match, McGill won the last five frames to secure his place in the second round. He said he could not believe he had won, and the BBC referred to McGill's win as an "unbelievable comeback". The closing match of the first round saw the second final frame decider, after Jones's upset of Murphy. Recovering from 4–8 behind against Judd Trump, debutant Chris Wakelin won four frames in a row, to draw level at 8–8. The two players shared the next two frames, bringing the score to nine apiece, before Trump took the deciding frame. The winners of the remaining matches of the round were
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,
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, Barry Hawkins, and Ding Junhui. Wilson defeated Matthew Stevens 10–3. In the 12th frame, Stevens accidentally nudged the pink ball with his hand and declared a foul on himself, which allowed Wilson to win the frame, extending his lead to 9–3. Allen, the reigning Masters champion, defeated debutant Liam Highfield 10–5; neither player scored a century, although Highfield came close with two breaks of 99. Hawkins defeated
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10–7, after winning a 55-minute 14th frame. For the second successive year, Ding faced a fellow Chinese player in the first round of the tournament; having defeated
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 ...
in 2017, he faced
Xiao Guodong Xiao Guodong (; born 10 February 1989) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2007 after winning the Asian Under-21 Championships. He won his first ranking event 17 years after first turning professional at the 202 ...
in 2018. Ding came out as a convincing 10–3 winner, despite losing the opening two frames of the match.


Second round

The second round matches were played as best of 25 frames (13 frames needed to win), each over three sessions using a two table setup. The first match of the second round was between Mark Allen and Joe Perry, who defeated the defending champion in the first round. After sharing the first two sessions of their second round match at 8–8, Allen won all five frames in the third session to go through to the quarter-finals with a 13–8 win. Barry Hawkins defeated Lyu Haotian 13–10 in their second round match, to enter the quarter-finals for the sixth consecutive year. The pair were level at 10–10 before Hawkins won the last three frames of the match. Ali Carter played Ronnie O'Sullivan in the second round, a rematch of both the
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and the 2012 World Championship finals. The two players came into contact and exchanged words after the 19th frame of the match. The pair had brushed shoulders, in an incident the ''
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'' described as a "barge". Following the match, O'Sullivan described it as being "overplayed" by the media. Having defeated O'Sullivan on only one occasion from a total of seventeen attempts in the group stages of the non-ranking
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, Carter eventually triumphed 13–9 to advance to the quarter-finals. Kyren Wilson secured a place in the quarter-finals by defeating Jamie Jones 13–5, winning all of the last six frames of the match. During a clearance in the penultimate frame, Wilson played a screw shot which jumped the cueball off the table, damaging the head of his cue tip. John Higgins defeated Jack Lisowski 13–1, with a session to spare; Lisowski scored his only frame of the match at 0–10 behind. In the 13th frame, Higgins scored a break of 146, one point short of a maximum. This was Higgins' highest break at the Crucible (until 147 in the 2020 tournament), and it was the highest anyone scored in the 2018 tournament. The remaining three matches of the second round finished with Ding Junhui defeating Anthony McGill 13–4, after having won the first session of their match 8–0 and scoring seven 50+ breaks. Judd Trump defeated Ricky Walden 13–9, taking a late lead after the score drew level at 8–8 following the first two sessions. Mark Williams defeated Robert Milkins, 13–7, thereby eliminating the only remaining qualifier in the competition.


Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals were also played as best of 25 frames, each over three sessions using a two table setup, with the four matches played on 1 and 2 May 2018. All eight of the quarter-finalists were seeded players, with Mark Allen the lowest ranked player left in the competition at world number 16. Barry Hawkins defeated Ding Junhui 13–5, to make it through to his fifth Crucible semi-final in six years. Kyren Wilson played Mark Allen, in a repeat of the 2018 Masters final just over three months prior. Despite having lost to Allen in that match, Wilson took an 11–5 lead over Allen overnight, eventually winning the match 13–6. With this victory, Wilson made it through to his first ever Crucible semi-final, having lost in the quarter-finals in the previous two World Championships. Mark Williams took leads of 5–3 and 9–7 after the first two sessions against Ali Carter. Williams then won four of the last five frames, with four breaks of 100 or more, to defeat Carter 13–8. The closest quarter-final was the last match, between John Higgins and Judd Trump, which was a rematch of the 2011 World Championship final. Trump gained an early lead in the second session at 7–3, but Higgins won the next five frames, and the pair finished the session at 8–8. Trump won the next two frames and took a two-frame lead at 11–9, before Higgins won the next three frames to retake the lead at 12–11. Trump won the 24th frame to force a final frame decider, which Higgins won to clinch the match, later describing it as a "classic" and joking that Trump "must hate the sight of him".


Semi-finals

The semi-finals were each played over four sessions, between 3 and 5 May 2018, with the matches played as best of 33 frames (17 frames needed to win) in a . The first semi-final was between John Higgins and Kyren Wilson. Higgins took an early lead in the opening session, leading Wilson 5–3, and retained this lead into the next two sessions, at 9–7, and 13–11. The pair shared the next four frames to leave the match at 15–13, before Higgins won the final two frames to win 17–13. The second semi-final was between Barry Hawkins and Mark Williams. Hawkins took a similar lead over Williams, with Hawkins taking 5–3, 9–7, and 13–11 leads, before going into the final session. Williams made a comeback, drawing level at 14 frames apiece, and then again at 15 all. Williams took the lead for the first time in the match at 16–15, before winning it 17–15. His victory ensured that, for the first time since the World Championship moved to the Crucible in
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, both finalists would be over 40 years old.


Final

The two finalists were John Higgins and Mark Williams, both multiple former champions. The final was played as a best of 35 frames match (18 frames needed to win), spread over four sessions between 6 and 7 May 2018. Williams took an early lead in the first session of the match, winning all of the first four frames. Higgins won the second mini-session 3–1, so the first session ended with a 5–3 lead for Williams. In the second session, Williams took the next two frames to lead 7–3, before Higgins scored four consecutive frames to level the score at 7–7. Williams then pulled away once again, winning the final three frames to take a 10–7 lead overnight. Williams won the first four frames on the second day of the final, extending his winning streak to seven frames and his lead to 14–7, before Higgins pulled two frames back after the mid-session interval. In the second of those frames, Higgins won with a 72 counter-clearance after Williams missed on a break of 65. In the following frame, Higgins started on a maximum break, which had never been achieved in a World Championship final; he potted ten reds with blacks but could not complete the clearance. Nevertheless, he secured his third successive frame with the break of 80, reducing his deficit to 10–14. Williams took the last frame to win the session 5–3, giving him a 15–10 lead heading into the final session of the championship. Higgins responded by winning the first five frames of the final session to level the match at 15–15, including three clearances and a match highest break of 131. Williams then won his first frame of the evening, and followed it up with a 100 break to take the score to 17–15, thus requiring one further frame to round off the match. In the 33rd frame, on a break of 63, Williams missed a pink that would have clinched the title; Higgins then cleared the table for a break of 65 to pull the score to 16–17. In the 34th frame, Williams held his nerve to make a match-winning break of 69, concluding the match at 18–16 and securing his third world title. On winning the championship, Williams said "The turnaround in the past twelve months is something I cannot work out", after not having appeared in the competition in the previous season. Before the tournament, Williams had said if he won the world title he would attend the post tournament press conference naked. Following his victory, Williams entered the conference wearing only a towel around his waist, but removed it when he was safely seated behind a table. Williams then promised that if he was to win the next season, he would "cartwheel round here naked". Williams' victory came fifteen years after his last world title in
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; this was the longest span between two successive wins in the history of the tournament. At the age of 43, Williams became the oldest world champion since
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won the event in
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aged 45. At the
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, O'Sullivan won the event at the age of 44.)


Main draw

The numbers in parentheses are players' seedings. Players listed in bold indicate match winner.


Qualifying

There were 128 players in the qualifying competition. The qualifying event was played in three rounds, with the 16 winners of the third round matches progressing to the main stages of the tournament at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. Qualifying took place between 11 and 18 April 2018 at the English Institute of Sport, also in Sheffield, in a 12-table setup. All matches were best of 19 frames. A total of 113 tour players (ranked outside the top 16, including Invitational Tour Card holders Ken Doherty and Jimmy White) were joined by 15 amateur players who had achieved success through the
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(WPBSA) qualifying criteria. Among the 131 World Snooker Tour players, only Boonyarit Keattikun and Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn (both from Thailand) did not participate in the qualifying rounds or the main draw. Players ranked 17–80 in the world rankings were seeded in qualifying. The following 15 amateur players were invited to compete in qualifying: * 2018
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semi-finalists:
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, Adam Stefanów,
Kristján Helgason Kristján Helgason (born 27 March 1974) is an Icelandic former professional snooker player. Career Born in 1974, Helgason turned professional in 1995. In 1998, he reached the last 48 at the Irish Open, losing 3–5 to Billy Snaddon, but made ...
,
Kacper Filipiak Kacper Filipiak (born 19 November 1995) is a Polish retired professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2011 after winning the European Under-21 Championship, and became Poland's first player on snooker's professional Main Tour. He wa ...
* 2018 WSF Seniors Championship winner:
Igor Figueiredo Igor Almeida Figueiredo (born October 11, 1977) is a Brazilian professional snooker player. An amateur, Figueiredo entered the International Open Series (PIOS) tour in 2009 finishing 12th at year end. The same year, he was a finalist at the IBS ...
* 2018 WLBS World Women's Championship winner:
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* 2018 EBSA European Championship finalists:
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, Jordan Brown * 2018 EBSA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: Tyler Rees * 2018 EBSA European Under-18 Championship winner:
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* 2018 World Seniors Championship winner: Aaron Canavan * WLBS World Ranking No.2:
Reanne Evans Reanne Evans (born 25 October 1985) is an English professional snooker player and regular pundit on televised snooker broadcasts. Widely recognised as the most successful female player in the sport's history, she has won the World Women's Sno ...
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Igor Figueiredo Igor Almeida Figueiredo (born October 11, 1977) is a Brazilian professional snooker player. An amateur, Figueiredo entered the International Open Series (PIOS) tour in 2009 finishing 12th at year end. The same year, he was a finalist at the IBS ...
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Mitchell Mann Mitchell Dennis Mann (born 26 December 1991) is an English professional snooker player. Career Junior Mann first played snooker aged 9, after being forced to quit football after a diagnosis of Legg–Calvé–Perthes syndrome, a rare disease ...
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Peter Lines Peter Lines (born 11 December 1969) is an English former professional snooker player. He has reached the semi-finals of one ranking tournament, the 2018 Paul Hunter Classic. He reached his highest ranking, 42nd in the world, in 1999. He is the ...
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Jak Jones Jak Jones (born 29 July 1993) is a Welsh professional snooker player. He is from Cwmbran, Torfaen, in South Wales. He became a professional in 2010 at the age of 16 after winning the 2010 European Under-19 Snooker Championship in Malta. As a ...
, WAL , RD1-score06= 8 , RD1-seed07= 33 , RD1-team07= {{flagathlete,
Peter Ebdon Peter David Ebdon (born 27 August 1970) is an English retired professional snooker player who is a former world champion and current coach. Ebdon won nine ranking titles during his career, placing him in joint 14th position (with John Parrott ...
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James Wattana James Wattana (; born January 17, 1970, as วัฒนา ภู่โอบอ้อม ''Wattana Pu-Ob-Orm'', then renamed รัชพล ภู่โอบอ้อม ''Ratchapol Pu-Ob-Orm'' in 2003) is a Thai former professional snooker pl ...
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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 ...
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Ian Preece Ian Preece (born 23 June 1982) is a Welsh former professional snooker player, from the city of Newport. Preece first appeared on the main tour in 2003, after a successful career as a junior; he held the record as the youngest winner of the ...
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Ng On-yee Ng On-yee (; born 17 November 1990) is a Hong Kong professional snooker player who has won three IBSF World Snooker Championships and three World Women's Snooker Championship, World Women's Snooker world championships. She held the number one ...
, HKG , RD1-score18= 1 , RD1-seed19= 24 , RD1-team19= {{flagathlete,
Mark Joyce Mark Joyce (born 11 August 1983) is an English former professional snooker player who lives in Walsall. He began his professional career by playing on the Challenge Tour in 2003. Joyce enjoyed an outstanding amateur career, winning the Europea ...
, ENG , RD1-score19= 4 , RD1-seed20= , RD1-team20= {{flagathlete,
Adam Duffy Adam Duffy (born 30 March 1989) is an English former professional snooker player. Duffy qualified for the 2011–12 professional Main Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the third and final 2011 Q School event. Career Debut season As a n ...
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Ben Woollaston Ben Woollaston (born 14 May 1987) is an English professional snooker player from Leicester. His sole professional title came at the minor-ranking Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 3, third Players Tour Championship event in 2011. W ...
, ENG , RD1-score27= 10 , RD1-seed28= , RD1-team28= {{flagathlete,
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Martin Gould Martin Gould (born 14 September 1981) is an English former professional snooker player from Pinner in the London Borough of Harrow. He has appeared in four ranking finals and won one ranking title, the 2016 German Masters. Career Gould began ...
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Paul Davison Paul S. Davison (born 1 October 1971) is an English former professional snooker player from Pickering, North Yorkshire. First earning a place on the World Snooker Tour in 1992, he played on the tour until 1997, and has since regained his place o ...
, ENG , RD1-score32= 4 , RD1-seed33= 5 , RD1-team33= {{flagathlete,
Graeme Dott Graeme Dott (born 12 May 1977) is a Scottish professional snooker player and snooker coach from Larkhall. He turned professional in 1994 and first entered the top 16 in 2001. He has won two ranking titles, the 2006 World Snooker Championship ...
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Sunny Akani Akani Songsermsawad (; born 10 September 1995), better known as Sunny Akani, is a Thai professional snooker player. Career Early career Akani, a regular in amateur Thai snooker events since 2011, first came to international attention with a 5–2 ...
, THA , RD1-score35= 10 , RD1-seed36= , RD1-team36= {{flagathlete,
Lukas Kleckers Lukas Kleckers (born 18 May 1996 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German former professional snooker player. Career Kleckers first drew attention in 2013 when, at the age of 17, he captured the highest ranking and most prestigious amateur ...
, GER , RD1-score36= 4 , RD1-seed37= 28 , RD1-team37= {{flagathlete,
Dominic Dale Dominic Dale (born Christopher Dale; 29 December 1971) is a Welsh retired professional snooker player, as well as a current snooker commentator, pundit and presenter for BBC Cymru Wales and TNT Sports (United Kingdom), TNT Sports (formerly Eur ...
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Reanne Evans Reanne Evans (born 25 October 1985) is an English professional snooker player and regular pundit on televised snooker broadcasts. Widely recognised as the most successful female player in the sport's history, she has won the World Women's Sno ...
, ENG , RD1-score38= 7 , RD1-seed39= 37 , RD1-team39= {{flagathlete, Mike Dunn, ENG , RD1-score39= 10 , RD1-seed40= , RD1-team40= {{flagathlete,
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, WAL , RD1-score40= 8 , RD1-seed41= 12 , RD1-team41= {{flagathlete, Michael Holt, ENG , RD1-score41= 10 , RD1-seed42= , RD1-team42= {{flagathlete,
Thor Chuan Leong Thor Chuan Leong (; born 24 March 1988), better known on the main tour as Rory Thor, is a Malaysian professional snooker player. Career Thor, based in Penang, Malaysia represented his country at the 2006 & 2010 Asian Games and in the 201 ...
, MYS , RD1-score42= 7 , RD1-seed43= 53 , RD1-team43= {{flagathlete, Elliot Slessor, ENG , RD1-score43= 10 , RD1-seed44= , RD1-team44= {{flagathlete, Eden Sharav, SCO , RD1-score44= 7 , RD1-seed45= 21 , RD1-team45= {{flagathlete,
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, ENG , RD1-score45= 10 , RD1-seed46= , RD1-team46= {{flagathlete, Aaron Canavan, JER , RD1-score46= 1 , RD1-seed47= 44 , RD1-team47= {{flagathlete,
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, SCO , RD1-score47= 10 , RD1-seed48= , RD1-team48= {{flagathlete, Tyler Rees, WAL , RD1-score48= 5 , RD1-seed49= 45 , RD1-team49= {{flagathlete, Rory McLeod, ENG , RD1-score49= 10 , RD1-seed50= , RD1-team50= {{flagathlete, Ian Burns, ENG , RD1-score50= 8 , RD1-seed51= 20 , RD1-team51= {{flagathlete, Li Hang, CHN , RD1-score51= 10 , RD1-seed52= , RD1-team52= {{flagathlete,
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, ENG , RD1-score52= 9 , RD1-seed53= 52 , RD1-team53= {{flagathlete,
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, ENG , RD1-score56= 10 , RD1-seed57= 36 , RD1-team57= {{flagathlete,
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, CHN , RD1-score60= 10 , RD1-seed61= 61 , RD1-team61= {{flagathlete,
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, IRL , RD1-score62= 8 , RD1-seed63= 4 , RD1-team63= {{flagathlete, Mark King, ENG , RD1-score63= 9 , RD1-seed64= , RD1-team64= {{flagathlete,
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, NIR , RD1-score64= 10 , RD1-seed65= 3 , RD1-team65= {{flagathlete,
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, CHN , RD1-score65= 10 , RD1-seed66= , RD1-team66= {{flagathlete,
Rod Lawler Rod Lawler (born 12 July 1971) is an English retired professional snooker player. He is noted for his slow playing style which gave rise to his nickname, "Rod the Plod". After turning professional in 1990, Lawler has reached one ranking tourna ...
, ENG , RD1-score66= 2 , RD1-seed67= 62 , RD1-team67= {{flagathlete,
Zhao Xintong Zhao Xintong (; born 3 April 1997) is a Chinese professional snooker player and the reigning World Snooker Champion. He first turned professional in the 2016–17 season, aged 19, having previously recorded wins against a number of top p ...
, CHN , RD1-score67= 10 , RD1-seed68= , RD1-team68= {{flagathlete,
Aditya Mehta Aditya Mehta (born 31 October 1985) is an Indian former professional snooker player. He participated on the World Snooker Tour for the 2007–08 season, and between 2011 and 2018. He reached a highest world ranking of 49. Mehta participated in ...
, IND , RD1-score68= 8 , RD1-seed69= 30 , RD1-team69= {{flagathlete,
Yu Delu Yu Delu (; born 11 October 1987) is a former professional snooker player from the People's Republic of China. He is currently serving a 10 years and 9 months ban for match-fixing from 25 May 2018 until 24 February 2029. The ban was announced on ...
, CHN , RD1-score69= 10 , RD1-seed70= , RD1-team70= {{flagathlete, Sean O'Sullivan, ENG , RD1-score70= 8 , RD1-seed71= 35 , RD1-team71= {{flagathlete, Jamie Jones, WAL , RD1-score71= 10 , RD1-seed72= , RD1-team72= {{flagathlete,
Craig Steadman Craig Steadman (born 14 July 1982) is an English former professional snooker player. Career Early career Steadman began his professional career by playing Challenge Tour in 2001, at the time the second-level professional tour. He reached the ...
, ENG , RD1-score72= 5 , RD1-seed73= 14 , RD1-team73= {{flagathlete,
Jack Lisowski Jack Lisowski (born 25 June 1991) is an English professional snooker player from Churchdown, Gloucestershire. He turned professional in 2010 by finishing first in the 2009/2010 International Open Series, PIOS rankings. A left-handed player, he ...
, ENG , RD1-score73= 10 , RD1-seed74= , RD1-team74= {{flagathlete,
Christopher Keogan Christopher Keogan (born 26 August 1992) is an English former professional snooker player. Career From the town of Doncaster, Yorkshire in England, Keogan started playing snooker at the age of 6. In his early years he was coached by Steve Pre ...
, ENG , RD1-score74= 4 , RD1-seed75= 51 , RD1-team75= {{flagathlete, David Grace, ENG , RD1-score75= 10 , RD1-seed76= , RD1-team76= {{flagathlete, Wang Yuchen, CHN , RD1-score76= 6 , RD1-seed77= 19 , RD1-team77= {{flagathlete,
Alan McManus Alan McManus (born 21 January 1971) is a Scottish retired professional snooker player, and a current commentator and pundit for ITV and Eurosport on snooker coverage. A mainstay of the world's top sixteen during the 1990s and 2000s, he has wo ...
, SCO , RD1-score77= 10 , RD1-seed78= , RD1-team78= {{flagathlete, Rhys Clark, SCO , RD1-score78= 2 , RD1-seed79= 46 , RD1-team79= {{flagathlete,
Oliver Lines Oliver Lines (born 16 June 1995) is an English professional snooker player who practices at Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds. He is the son of former professional snooker player Peter Lines. Career Amateur Lines switched sports from football ...
, ENG , RD1-score79= 10 , RD1-seed80= , RD1-team80= {{flagathlete,
Harvey Chandler Harvey Chandler (born 19 April 1995) is an English professional snooker player from Northamptonshire. Early and personal life He is from Raunds in North Northamptonshire. He started playing snooker at the age of 13 years-old. His father would ...
, ENG , RD1-score80= 6 , RD1-seed81= 43 , RD1-team81= {{flagathlete,
Andrew Higginson Andrew Higginson (born 13 December 1977) is an English professional snooker player from Widnes, Cheshire. He is best known for being the surprise finalist of the 2007 Welsh Open (snooker), 2007 Welsh Open. Career Early years After some succ ...
, ENG , RD1-score81= 10 , RD1-seed82= , RD1-team82= {{flagathlete, David John, WAL , RD1-score82= 4 , RD1-seed83= 22 , RD1-team83= {{flagathlete,
Cao Yupeng Cao Yupeng (; born 27 October 1990) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He won the 2011 Asian Under-21 Championship, thus qualifying for the professional main tour for the 2011–12 season. In his first season on the circuit, he reached ...
, CHN , RD1-score83= 7 , RD1-seed84= , RD1-team84= {{flagathlete,
Robin Hull Robin Hull (born 16 August 1974) is a Finnish former professional snooker player. For some time, he was the sole Nordic countries, Nordic player on the game's Snooker world rankings, main tour. He is known as a solid -builder, having compiled o ...
, FIN , RD1-score84= 10 , RD1-seed85= 54 , RD1-team85= {{flagathlete,
Lee Walker Lee Walker (born 11 February 1976) is a Welsh retired professional snooker player and former World Seniors Champion. He is an official WPBSA coach and is the long-term coach of Mark Williams. Career After turning professional in 1994 at the ag ...
, WAL , RD1-score85= 10 , RD1-seed86= , RD1-team86= {{flagathlete,
Kristján Helgason Kristján Helgason (born 27 March 1974) is an Icelandic former professional snooker player. Career Born in 1974, Helgason turned professional in 1995. In 1998, he reached the last 48 at the Irish Open, losing 3–5 to Billy Snaddon, but made ...
, ISL , RD1-score86= 6 , RD1-seed87= 11 , RD1-team87= {{flagathlete,
Ricky Walden Ricky Walden (born 11 November 1982) is an English professional snooker player from Chester. Walden turned professional in 2000 and it took him eight years to win his first ranking title at the Shanghai Masters. He has since won the 2012 Wuxi ...
, ENG , RD1-score87= 10 , RD1-seed88= , RD1-team88= {{flagathlete,
Joe Swail Joe Swail (born 29 August 1969) is a Northern Irish former professional snooker player from Belfast. He retired in May 2019 after being relegated from the tour. He has reached ten major ranking semi-finals, including the 2000 and 2001 World Cham ...
, NIR , RD1-score88= 8 , RD1-seed89= 38 , RD1-team89= {{flagathlete,
Michael Georgiou Michael Georgiou (born 18 January 1988) is a British-Greek Cypriots, Cypriot former professional snooker player from Forest Hill, London, Forest Hill. He is a practice partner of Igor Figueiredo and Hammad Miah, who practises at Whetstone Snooke ...
, CYP , RD1-score89= 10 , RD1-seed90= , RD1-team90= {{flagathlete, Matthew Bolton, AUS , RD1-score90= 4 , RD1-seed91= 27 , RD1-team91= {{flagathlete, Mark Davis, ENG , RD1-score91= 10 , RD1-seed92= , RD1-team92= {{flagathlete,
Sanderson Lam Sanderson Lam () (born 28 January 1994) is an English professional snooker player. Early life Lam was born to Chinese parents in Leeds, England. His parents moved to England in the 1980s. Career In 2011, Lam started to take part in the Players ...
, ENG , RD1-score92= 1 , RD1-seed93= 59 , RD1-team93= {{flagathlete,
Sam Craigie Sam Craigie (born 29 December 1993) is an English professional snooker player from Newcastle. He enjoyed a successful junior career before turning professional in 2011. Career Early career Craigie qualified for the 2011/2012 Main Tour after ...
, ENG , RD1-score93= 6 , RD1-seed94= , RD1-team94= {{flagathlete,
Jimmy White James Warren White (born 2 May 1962) is an English professional snooker player who has won ten ranking events. Nicknamed "The Whirlwind" because of his swift and attacking style of play, White has reached six World Snooker Championship finals ...
, ENG , RD1-score94= 10 , RD1-seed95= 6 , RD1-team95= {{flagathlete, Joe Perry, ENG , RD1-score95= 10 , RD1-seed96= , RD1-team96= {{flagathlete,
Ross Muir Ross Muir (born 6 October 1995 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2013 after graduating from event two of Q School, defeating David Morris 4–0 in the final round. Career Junior career Muir ha ...
, SCO , RD1-score96= 1 , RD1-seed97= 7 , RD1-team97= {{flagathlete,
Yan Bingtao Yan Bingtao (; born 16 February 2000) is a Chinese former professional snooker player who is currently serving a five-year ban from professional competition after committing a range of match-fixing offences. He rose to prominence by winning th ...
, CHN , RD1-score97= 10 , RD1-seed98= , RD1-team98= {{flagathlete,
Jackson Page Jackson Page (born 8 August 2001) is a Welsh professional snooker player. He was born in Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, and is a former European U-21 champion and the former Under-18 World Snooker Champion and in 2017 also became the Under-18 Europ ...
, WAL , RD1-score98= 7 , RD1-seed99= 58 , RD1-team99= {{flagathlete,
Tian Pengfei Tian Pengfei (; born 16 August 1987) is a Chinese former professional snooker player. He began his career by playing the Challenge Tour in 2004, at the time the second-level professional tour. Tian played on the Main Tour in 2006 and competed o ...
, CHN , RD1-score99= 10 , RD1-seed100= , RD1-team100= {{flagathlete,
Li Yuan Emperor Gaozu of Tang (7 April 566 – 25 June 635), born Li Yuan, courtesy name Shude, was the founding emperor of the Tang dynasty of China, reigning from 618 to 626 CE. Under the Sui dynasty, Li Yuan was the governor in the area of modern- ...
, CHN , RD1-score100= 1 , RD1-seed101= 26 , RD1-team101= {{flagathlete,
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 ...
, NOR , RD1-score101= 10 , RD1-seed102= , RD1-team102= {{flagathlete, Hamza Akbar, PAK , RD1-score102= 7 , RD1-seed103= 39 , RD1-team103= {{flagathlete,
Chris Wakelin Chris Wakelin (born 16 March 1992) is an English professional snooker player from Rugby, Warwickshire. He turned professional in 2013 and won his first ranking title at the 2023 Snooker Shoot Out. Career Early career Wakelin started playing s ...
, ENG , RD1-score103= 10 , RD1-seed104= , RD1-team104= {{flagathlete, Xu Si, CHN , RD1-score104= 4 , RD1-seed105= 10 , RD1-team105= {{flagathlete, David Gilbert, ENG , RD1-score105= 10 , RD1-seed106= , RD1-team106= {{flagathlete, Billy Joe Castle, ENG , RD1-score106= 8 , RD1-seed107= 55 , RD1-team107= {{flagathlete,
Alfie Burden Alfred Burden (born 14 December 1976) is an English former professional snooker player from London. He first turned professional in 1994 and reached his highest world ranking of 38th in the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons. His best results in ...
, ENG , RD1-score107= 10 , RD1-seed108= , RD1-team108= {{flagathlete, Jamie Curtis-Barrett, ENG , RD1-score108= 6 , RD1-seed109= 23 , RD1-team109= {{flagathlete, Gary Wilson, ENG , RD1-score109= 8 , RD1-seed110= , RD1-team110= {{flagathlete, Adam Stefanów, POL , RD1-score110= 10 , RD1-seed111= 42 , RD1-team111= {{flagathlete,
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (, ; born 18 April 1985) is a Thai professional snooker player. He has won one ranking event, the 2019 Snooker Shoot Out, and finished as runner-up in the 2019 World Open. He is regarded as one of the fastest snooker players ...
, THA , RD1-score111= 10 , RD1-seed112= , RD1-team112= {{flagathlete,
Alexander Ursenbacher Alexander Ursenbacher (born 26 April 1996) is a Swiss professional snooker player from Rheinfelden. He is the first snooker player from Switzerland to have competed professionally (former professional Darren Paris represented England, in the mid ...
, SUI , RD1-score112= 8 , RD1-seed113= 47 , RD1-team113= {{flagathlete,
Sam Baird Sam Baird (born 17 June 1988) is an English former professional snooker player. He first entered the professional tour for the 2009/10 season, by winning the EBSA Pro-Ticket Tour Play-offs. Career 2011/2012 season Baird reached the main draw o ...
, ENG , RD1-score113= 10 , RD1-seed114= , RD1-team114= {{flagathlete,
Soheil Vahedi Soheil Vahedi (, born March 15, 1989) is an Iranian former professional snooker player. Career In 2009 Vahedi entered the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship, World Amateur Under-21 Snooker Championships in his home country in Kish Island, ...
, IRN , RD1-score114= 5 , RD1-seed115= 18 , RD1-team115= {{flagathlete, Jimmy Robertson, ENG , RD1-score115= 10 , RD1-seed116= , RD1-team116= {{flagathlete, Alex Borg, MLT , RD1-score116= 2 , RD1-seed117= 50 , RD1-team117= {{flagathlete, John Astley, ENG , RD1-score117= 10 , RD1-seed118= , RD1-team118= {{flagathlete, Marvin Lim, SGP , RD1-score118= 1 , RD1-seed119= 15 , RD1-team119= {{flagathlete, Michael White, WAL , RD1-score119= 10 , RD1-seed120= , RD1-team120= {{flagathlete,
Niu Zhuang Niu Zhuang (; born 26 June 1994) is a Chinese former professional snooker player. Career Niu first received attention in world snooker when he entered APTC Event 2 in 2012, reaching the last 16 and defeating established professionals Mark Ki ...
, CHN , RD1-score120= 9 , RD1-seed121= 34 , RD1-team121= {{flagathlete,
Noppon Saengkham Noppon Saengkham (; born 15 July 1992) is a Thai professional snooker player. Since turning professional in 2010, he has reached one ranking final (the 2023 Scottish Open) in which he finished as runner-up to Gary Wilson. Career Early years I ...
, THA , RD1-score121= 10 , RD1-seed122= , RD1-team122= {{flagathlete,
Chen Zifan Chen Zifan (; born 17 September 1995) is a Chinese professional snooker player who, in 2023, received a five-year ban from professional competition after committing match-fixing offences. In December 2022, Chen was suspended from the professio ...
, CHN , RD1-score122= 1 , RD1-seed123= 31 , RD1-team123= {{flagathlete,
Hossein Vafaei Hossein Vafaei (; born 15 October 1994) is an Iranian professional snooker player. He is the first professional player from Iran. He won his first ranking title at the 2022 Snooker Shoot Out, beating Mark Williams 1–0 (71–0) in the final. ...
, IRN , RD1-score123= 10 , RD1-seed124= , RD1-team124= {{flagathlete,
Jamie Cope Jamie Cope (born 12 September 1985) is an English former professional snooker player. A finalist in two ranking tournaments, the 2006 Grand Prix and the 2007 China Open, Cope also reached the semi-finals of the 2011 Masters. He reached his h ...
, ENG , RD1-score124= 8 , RD1-seed125= 63 , RD1-team125= {{flagathlete,
Hammad Miah Hammad Miah (born 6 July 1993) is an English former professional snooker player. In May 2013, Miah qualified for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 professional Main Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the first 2013 Q School event. Hammad Mi ...
, ENG , RD1-score125= 10 , RD1-seed126= , RD1-team126= {{flagathlete, Jordan Brown, NIR , RD1-score126= 9 , RD1-seed127= 2 , RD1-team127= {{flagathlete,
Stephen Maguire Stephen Maguire (born 13 March 1981) is a Scottish professional snooker player. He has won six major ranking tournaments, including the 2004 UK Championship, and has twice since reached the finals of that event. Maguire turned professional in ...
, SCO , RD1-score127= 10 , RD1-seed128= , RD1-team128= {{flagathlete, Allan Taylor, ENG , RD1-score128= 5 , RD2-seed01= 1 , RD2-team01= {{flagicon, WAL Ryan Day , RD2-score01= 10 , RD2-seed02= 64 , RD2-team02= {{flagicon, ENG
Mitchell Mann Mitchell Dennis Mann (born 26 December 1991) is an English professional snooker player. Career Junior Mann first played snooker aged 9, after being forced to quit football after a diagnosis of Legg–Calvé–Perthes syndrome, a rare disease ...
, RD2-score02= 1{{efn, Mitchell Mann conceded the match due to illness at 1–7. , RD2-seed03= 32 , RD2-team03= {{flagicon, ENG
Robbie Williams Robert Peter Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer and songwriter. He found fame as a member of the pop group Take That from 1990 to 1995, launching a solo career in 1996. His debut studio album, ''Life thru a Lens'', was re ...
, RD2-score03= 5 , RD2-seed04= 33 , RD2-team04= {{flagicon, ENG
Peter Ebdon Peter David Ebdon (born 27 August 1970) is an English retired professional snooker player who is a former world champion and current coach. Ebdon won nine ranking titles during his career, placing him in joint 14th position (with John Parrott ...
, RD2-score04= 10 , RD2-seed05= 16 , RD2-team05= {{flagicon, CHN
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 ...
, RD2-score05= 8 , RD2-seed06= 49 , RD2-team06= {{flagicon, WAL Daniel Wells , RD2-score06= 10 , RD2-seed07= 17 , RD2-team07= {{flagicon, ENG
Tom Ford Thomas Carlyle Ford (born August 27, 1961) is an American fashion designer and filmmaker. He launched Tom Ford (brand), his eponymous brand in 2005, having previously been the creative director at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent (brand), Yves Sai ...
, RD2-score07= 6 , RD2-seed08= 48 , RD2-team08= {{flagicon, ENG
Liam Highfield Liam Highfield (born 1 December 1990) is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010 after finishing second in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings. He plays left-handed. Career Amateur years In the 2007/2008 season, Highfi ...
, RD2-score08= 10 , RD2-seed09= 41 , RD2-team09= {{flagicon, ENG
Matthew Selt Matthew Selt (born 7 March 1985) is an English professional snooker player. He qualified for the professional tour by finishing seventh in the Pontin's International Open Series in 2006/2007. Selt played in his first professional final in 2014 ...
, RD2-score09= 6 , RD2-seed10= , RD2-team10= {{flagicon, ENG
Adam Duffy Adam Duffy (born 30 March 1989) is an English former professional snooker player. Duffy qualified for the 2011–12 professional Main Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the third and final 2011 Q School event. Career Debut season As a n ...
, RD2-score10= 10 , RD2-seed11= 56 , RD2-team11= {{flagicon, CHN Mei Xiwen , RD2-score11= 4 , RD2-seed12= 9 , RD2-team12= {{flagicon, CHN
Xiao Guodong Xiao Guodong (; born 10 February 1989) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2007 after winning the Asian Under-21 Championships. He won his first ranking event 17 years after first turning professional at the 202 ...
, RD2-score12= 10 , RD2-seed13= 40 , RD2-team13= {{flagicon, ENG
Stuart Carrington Stuart Carrington (born 14 May 1990) is an English former professional snooker player. He practises frequently with Steven Hallworth and Ian Glover in Grimsby. In May 2011, Carrington qualified for the 2011–12 professional Main Tour as on ...
, RD2-score13= 10 , RD2-seed14= 25 , RD2-team14= {{flagicon, ENG
Ben Woollaston Ben Woollaston (born 14 May 1987) is an English professional snooker player from Leicester. His sole professional title came at the minor-ranking Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 3, third Players Tour Championship event in 2011. W ...
, RD2-score14= 8 , RD2-seed15= 57 , RD2-team15= {{flagicon, CHN
Zhang Anda Zhang Anda (; born 25 December 1991) is a Chinese professional snooker player, who made his debut on the Main Tour for the 2009–10 season. He qualified by winning the ACBS Asian Under-21 Championship. In November 2023 he won his first world ...
, RD2-score15= 10 , RD2-seed16= 8 , RD2-team16= {{flagicon, ENG
Martin Gould Martin Gould (born 14 September 1981) is an English former professional snooker player from Pinner in the London Borough of Harrow. He has appeared in four ranking finals and won one ranking title, the 2016 German Masters. Career Gould began ...
, RD2-score16= 4 , RD2-seed17= 5 , RD2-team17= {{flagicon, SCO
Graeme Dott Graeme Dott (born 12 May 1977) is a Scottish professional snooker player and snooker coach from Larkhall. He turned professional in 1994 and first entered the top 16 in 2001. He has won two ranking titles, the 2006 World Snooker Championship ...
, RD2-score17= 10 , RD2-seed18= 60 , RD2-team18= {{flagicon, THA
Sunny Akani Akani Songsermsawad (; born 10 September 1995), better known as Sunny Akani, is a Thai professional snooker player. Career Early career Akani, a regular in amateur Thai snooker events since 2011, first came to international attention with a 5–2 ...
, RD2-score18= 2 , RD2-seed19= 28 , RD2-team19= {{flagicon, WAL
Dominic Dale Dominic Dale (born Christopher Dale; 29 December 1971) is a Welsh retired professional snooker player, as well as a current snooker commentator, pundit and presenter for BBC Cymru Wales and TNT Sports (United Kingdom), TNT Sports (formerly Eur ...
, RD2-score19= 3 , RD2-seed20= 37 , RD2-team20= {{flagicon, ENG Mike Dunn , RD2-score20= 10 , RD2-seed21= 12 , RD2-team21= {{flagicon, ENG Michael Holt , RD2-score21= 10 , RD2-seed22= 53 , RD2-team22= {{flagicon, ENG Elliot Slessor , RD2-score22= 7 , RD2-seed23= 21 , RD2-team23= {{flagicon, ENG
Robert Milkins Robert Milkins (born 6 March 1976) is an English professional snooker player known for quick play. Milkins has been a member of snooker's main tour since regaining a tour card in 1998. Milkins reached a career high rank of 12 in 2014 and 2023, ...
, RD2-score23= 10 , RD2-seed24= 44 , RD2-team24= {{flagicon, SCO
Scott Donaldson Scott Donaldson (born 19 March 1994) is a Scottish professional snooker player. Donaldson turned professional in 2012 after winning the 2012 EBSA European Snooker Championship and gained a two-year tour card for the 2012–13 and 2013–14 ...
, RD2-score24= 8 , RD2-seed25= 45 , RD2-team25= {{flagicon, ENG Rory McLeod , RD2-score25= 10 , RD2-seed26= 20 , RD2-team26= {{flagicon, CHN Li Hang , RD2-score26= 9 , RD2-seed27= 52 , RD2-team27= {{flagicon, CHN
Lyu Haotian Lyu Haotian (; born 29 November 1997) is a Chinese professional snooker player, notable for being one of the youngest snooker players to have played in professional tournaments, aged only 14. He reached the quarter-finals of the 2012 Internatio ...
, RD2-score27= 10 , RD2-seed28= , RD2-team28= {{flagicon, ENG
Martin O'Donnell Martin O'Donnell (born May 1, 1955) is an American composer, audio director, and sound designer best known for his work on video game developer Bungie's titles, such as the ''Myth'' series, ''Oni'', the ''Halo'' series, and ''Destiny''. O'Don ...
, RD2-score28= 9 , RD2-seed29= 36 , RD2-team29= {{flagicon, WAL
Matthew Stevens Matthew John Stevens (born 11 September 1977) is a Welsh professional snooker player. He has won two of the game's Triple Crown events, the Masters in 2000 and the UK Championship in 2003. He has also been a two-time runner-up in the other t ...
, RD2-score29= 10 , RD2-seed30= , RD2-team30= {{flagicon, CHN
Yuan Sijun Yuan Sijun (; born 29 May 2000) is a Chinese professional snooker player. Career Yuan started to play snooker at the age of 10 and played as a wildcard in many professional tournaments between ages of 13 and 16. Yuan first drew attention in 201 ...
, RD2-score30= 9 , RD2-seed31= 61 , RD2-team31= {{flagicon, IRL
Ken Doherty Kenneth Joseph Doherty (born 17 September 1969) is an Irish professional snooker player who also works as a commentator and pundit on televised snooker broadcasts. From Ranelagh in Dublin, he is the sport's only World Snooker Championship, wor ...
, RD2-score31= 10 , RD2-seed32= , RD2-team32= {{flagicon, NIR
Gerard Greene Gerard Eamonn Greene (born 12 November 1973 in Chatham, Kent) is a Northern Irish former professional snooker player. He represents Northern Ireland in international events, as his parents are from Belfast. Greene has enjoyed moderate success ...
, RD2-score32= 4 , RD2-seed33= 3 , RD2-team33= {{flagicon, CHN
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 ...
, RD2-score33= 10 , RD2-seed34= 62 , RD2-team34= {{flagicon, CHN
Zhao Xintong Zhao Xintong (; born 3 April 1997) is a Chinese professional snooker player and the reigning World Snooker Champion. He first turned professional in the 2016–17 season, aged 19, having previously recorded wins against a number of top p ...
, RD2-score34= 5 , RD2-seed35= 30 , RD2-team35= {{flagicon, CHN
Yu Delu Yu Delu (; born 11 October 1987) is a former professional snooker player from the People's Republic of China. He is currently serving a 10 years and 9 months ban for match-fixing from 25 May 2018 until 24 February 2029. The ban was announced on ...
, RD2-score35= 7 , RD2-seed36= 35 , RD2-team36= {{flagicon, WAL Jamie Jones , RD2-score36= 10 , RD2-seed37= 14 , RD2-team37= {{flagicon, ENG
Jack Lisowski Jack Lisowski (born 25 June 1991) is an English professional snooker player from Churchdown, Gloucestershire. He turned professional in 2010 by finishing first in the 2009/2010 International Open Series, PIOS rankings. A left-handed player, he ...
, RD2-score37= 10 , RD2-seed38= 51 , RD2-team38= {{flagicon, ENG David Grace , RD2-score38= 3 , RD2-seed39= 19 , RD2-team39= {{flagicon, SCO
Alan McManus Alan McManus (born 21 January 1971) is a Scottish retired professional snooker player, and a current commentator and pundit for ITV and Eurosport on snooker coverage. A mainstay of the world's top sixteen during the 1990s and 2000s, he has wo ...
, RD2-score39= 10 , RD2-seed40= 46 , RD2-team40= {{flagicon, ENG
Oliver Lines Oliver Lines (born 16 June 1995) is an English professional snooker player who practices at Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds. He is the son of former professional snooker player Peter Lines. Career Amateur Lines switched sports from football ...
, RD2-score40= 9 , RD2-seed41= 43 , RD2-team41 ={{flagicon, ENG
Andrew Higginson Andrew Higginson (born 13 December 1977) is an English professional snooker player from Widnes, Cheshire. He is best known for being the surprise finalist of the 2007 Welsh Open (snooker), 2007 Welsh Open. Career Early years After some succ ...
, RD2-score41= 10 , RD2-seed42= , RD2-team42= {{flagicon, FIN
Robin Hull Robin Hull (born 16 August 1974) is a Finnish former professional snooker player. For some time, he was the sole Nordic countries, Nordic player on the game's Snooker world rankings, main tour. He is known as a solid -builder, having compiled o ...
, RD2-score42= 5 , RD2-seed43= 54 , RD2-team43= {{flagicon, WAL
Lee Walker Lee Walker (born 11 February 1976) is a Welsh retired professional snooker player and former World Seniors Champion. He is an official WPBSA coach and is the long-term coach of Mark Williams. Career After turning professional in 1994 at the ag ...
, RD2-score43= 7 , RD2-seed44= 11 , RD2-team44= {{flagicon, ENG
Ricky Walden Ricky Walden (born 11 November 1982) is an English professional snooker player from Chester. Walden turned professional in 2000 and it took him eight years to win his first ranking title at the Shanghai Masters. He has since won the 2012 Wuxi ...
, RD2-score44= 10 , RD2-seed45= 38 , RD2-team45= {{flagicon, CYP
Michael Georgiou Michael Georgiou (born 18 January 1988) is a British-Greek Cypriots, Cypriot former professional snooker player from Forest Hill, London, Forest Hill. He is a practice partner of Igor Figueiredo and Hammad Miah, who practises at Whetstone Snooke ...
, RD2-score45= 0 , RD2-seed46= 27 , RD2-team46= {{flagicon, ENG Mark Davis , RD2-score46= 10 , RD2-seed47= , RD2-team47= {{flagicon, ENG
Jimmy White James Warren White (born 2 May 1962) is an English professional snooker player who has won ten ranking events. Nicknamed "The Whirlwind" because of his swift and attacking style of play, White has reached six World Snooker Championship finals ...
, RD2-score47= 5 , RD2-seed48= 6 , RD2-team48= {{flagicon, ENG Joe Perry , RD2-score48= 10 , RD2-seed49= 7 , RD2-team49= {{flagicon, CHN
Yan Bingtao Yan Bingtao (; born 16 February 2000) is a Chinese former professional snooker player who is currently serving a five-year ban from professional competition after committing a range of match-fixing offences. He rose to prominence by winning th ...
, RD2-score49= 9 , RD2-seed50= 58 , RD2-team50= {{flagicon, CHN
Tian Pengfei Tian Pengfei (; born 16 August 1987) is a Chinese former professional snooker player. He began his career by playing the Challenge Tour in 2004, at the time the second-level professional tour. Tian played on the Main Tour in 2006 and competed o ...
, RD2-score50= 10 , RD2-seed51= 26 , RD2-team51= {{flagicon, NOR
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 ...
, RD2-score51= 4 , RD2-seed52= 39 , RD2-team52= {{flagicon, ENG
Chris Wakelin Chris Wakelin (born 16 March 1992) is an English professional snooker player from Rugby, Warwickshire. He turned professional in 2013 and won his first ranking title at the 2023 Snooker Shoot Out. Career Early career Wakelin started playing s ...
, RD2-score52= 10 , RD2-seed53= 10 , RD2-team53= {{flagicon, ENG David Gilbert , RD2-score53= 9 , RD2-seed54= 55 , RD2-team54= {{flagicon, ENG
Alfie Burden Alfred Burden (born 14 December 1976) is an English former professional snooker player from London. He first turned professional in 1994 and reached his highest world ranking of 38th in the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons. His best results in ...
, RD2-score54= 10 , RD2-seed55= , RD2-team55= {{flagicon, POL Adam Stefanów , RD2-score55= 4 , RD2-seed56= 42 , RD2-team56= {{flagicon, THA
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (, ; born 18 April 1985) is a Thai professional snooker player. He has won one ranking event, the 2019 Snooker Shoot Out, and finished as runner-up in the 2019 World Open. He is regarded as one of the fastest snooker players ...
, RD2-score56= 10 , RD2-seed57= 47 , RD2-team57= {{flagicon, ENG
Sam Baird Sam Baird (born 17 June 1988) is an English former professional snooker player. He first entered the professional tour for the 2009/10 season, by winning the EBSA Pro-Ticket Tour Play-offs. Career 2011/2012 season Baird reached the main draw o ...
, RD2-score57= 7 , RD2-seed58= 18 , RD2-team58= {{flagicon, ENG Jimmy Robertson , RD2-score58= 10 , RD2-seed59= 50 , RD2-team59= {{flagicon, ENG John Astley , RD2-score59= 7 , RD2-seed60= 15 , RD2-team60= {{flagicon, WAL Michael White , RD2-score60= 10 , RD2-seed61= 34 , RD2-team61= {{flagicon, THA
Noppon Saengkham Noppon Saengkham (; born 15 July 1992) is a Thai professional snooker player. Since turning professional in 2010, he has reached one ranking final (the 2023 Scottish Open) in which he finished as runner-up to Gary Wilson. Career Early years I ...
, RD2-score61= 5 , RD2-seed62= 31 , RD2-team62= {{flagicon, IRN
Hossein Vafaei Hossein Vafaei (; born 15 October 1994) is an Iranian professional snooker player. He is the first professional player from Iran. He won his first ranking title at the 2022 Snooker Shoot Out, beating Mark Williams 1–0 (71–0) in the final. ...
, RD2-score62= 10 , RD2-seed63= 63 , RD2-team63= {{flagicon, ENG
Hammad Miah Hammad Miah (born 6 July 1993) is an English former professional snooker player. In May 2013, Miah qualified for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 professional Main Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the first 2013 Q School event. Hammad Mi ...
, RD2-score63= 4 , RD2-seed64= 2 , RD2-team64= {{flagicon, SCO
Stephen Maguire Stephen Maguire (born 13 March 1981) is a Scottish professional snooker player. He has won six major ranking tournaments, including the 2004 UK Championship, and has twice since reached the finals of that event. Maguire turned professional in ...
, RD2-score64= 10 , RD3-seed01= 1 , RD3-team01= {{flagicon, WAL Ryan Day , RD3-score01= 10 , RD3-seed02= 33 , RD3-team02= {{flagicon, ENG
Peter Ebdon Peter David Ebdon (born 27 August 1970) is an English retired professional snooker player who is a former world champion and current coach. Ebdon won nine ranking titles during his career, placing him in joint 14th position (with John Parrott ...
, RD3-score02= 6 , RD3-seed03= 49 , RD3-team03= {{flagicon, WAL Daniel Wells , RD3-score03= 4 , RD3-seed04= 48 , RD3-team04= {{flagicon, ENG
Liam Highfield Liam Highfield (born 1 December 1990) is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010 after finishing second in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings. He plays left-handed. Career Amateur years In the 2007/2008 season, Highfi ...
, RD3-score04= 10 , RD3-seed05= , RD3-team05= {{flagicon, ENG
Adam Duffy Adam Duffy (born 30 March 1989) is an English former professional snooker player. Duffy qualified for the 2011–12 professional Main Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the third and final 2011 Q School event. Career Debut season As a n ...
, RD3-score05= 1 , RD3-seed06= 9 , RD3-team06= {{flagicon, CHN
Xiao Guodong Xiao Guodong (; born 10 February 1989) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2007 after winning the Asian Under-21 Championships. He won his first ranking event 17 years after first turning professional at the 202 ...
, RD3-score06= 10 , RD3-seed07= 40 , RD3-team07= {{flagicon, ENG
Stuart Carrington Stuart Carrington (born 14 May 1990) is an English former professional snooker player. He practises frequently with Steven Hallworth and Ian Glover in Grimsby. In May 2011, Carrington qualified for the 2011–12 professional Main Tour as on ...
, RD3-score07= 10 , RD3-seed08= 57 , RD3-team08= {{flagicon, CHN
Zhang Anda Zhang Anda (; born 25 December 1991) is a Chinese professional snooker player, who made his debut on the Main Tour for the 2009–10 season. He qualified by winning the ACBS Asian Under-21 Championship. In November 2023 he won his first world ...
, RD3-score08= 8 , RD3-seed09= 5 , RD3-team09= {{flagicon, SCO
Graeme Dott Graeme Dott (born 12 May 1977) is a Scottish professional snooker player and snooker coach from Larkhall. He turned professional in 1994 and first entered the top 16 in 2001. He has won two ranking titles, the 2006 World Snooker Championship ...
, RD3-score09= 10 , RD3-seed10= 37 , RD3-team10= {{flagicon, ENG Mike Dunn , RD3-score10= 7 , RD3-seed11= 12 , RD3-team11= {{flagicon, ENG Michael Holt , RD3-score11= 3 , RD3-seed12= 21 , RD3-team12= {{flagicon, ENG
Robert Milkins Robert Milkins (born 6 March 1976) is an English professional snooker player known for quick play. Milkins has been a member of snooker's main tour since regaining a tour card in 1998. Milkins reached a career high rank of 12 in 2014 and 2023, ...
, RD3-score12= 10 , RD3-seed13= 45 , RD3-team13= {{flagicon, ENG Rory McLeod , RD3-score13= 2 , RD3-seed14= 52 , RD3-team14= {{flagicon, CHN
Lyu Haotian Lyu Haotian (; born 29 November 1997) is a Chinese professional snooker player, notable for being one of the youngest snooker players to have played in professional tournaments, aged only 14. He reached the quarter-finals of the 2012 Internatio ...
, RD3-score14= 10 , RD3-seed15= 36 , RD3-team15= {{flagicon, WAL
Matthew Stevens Matthew John Stevens (born 11 September 1977) is a Welsh professional snooker player. He has won two of the game's Triple Crown events, the Masters in 2000 and the UK Championship in 2003. He has also been a two-time runner-up in the other t ...
, RD3-score15= 10 , RD3-seed16= 61 , RD3-team16= {{flagicon, IRL
Ken Doherty Kenneth Joseph Doherty (born 17 September 1969) is an Irish professional snooker player who also works as a commentator and pundit on televised snooker broadcasts. From Ranelagh in Dublin, he is the sport's only World Snooker Championship, wor ...
, RD3-score16= 2 , RD3-seed17= 3 , RD3-team17= {{flagicon, CHN
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 ...
, RD3-score17= 0 , RD3-seed18= 35 , RD3-team18= {{flagicon, WAL Jamie Jones , RD3-score18= 10 , RD3-seed19= 14 , RD3-team19= {{flagicon, ENG
Jack Lisowski Jack Lisowski (born 25 June 1991) is an English professional snooker player from Churchdown, Gloucestershire. He turned professional in 2010 by finishing first in the 2009/2010 International Open Series, PIOS rankings. A left-handed player, he ...
, RD3-score19= 10 , RD3-seed20= 19 , RD3-team20= {{flagicon, SCO
Alan McManus Alan McManus (born 21 January 1971) is a Scottish retired professional snooker player, and a current commentator and pundit for ITV and Eurosport on snooker coverage. A mainstay of the world's top sixteen during the 1990s and 2000s, he has wo ...
, RD3-score20= 3 , RD3-seed21= 43 , RD3-team21= {{flagicon, ENG
Andrew Higginson Andrew Higginson (born 13 December 1977) is an English professional snooker player from Widnes, Cheshire. He is best known for being the surprise finalist of the 2007 Welsh Open (snooker), 2007 Welsh Open. Career Early years After some succ ...
, RD3-score21= 6 , RD3-seed22= 11 , RD3-team22= {{flagicon, ENG
Ricky Walden Ricky Walden (born 11 November 1982) is an English professional snooker player from Chester. Walden turned professional in 2000 and it took him eight years to win his first ranking title at the Shanghai Masters. He has since won the 2012 Wuxi ...
, RD3-score22= 10 , RD3-seed23= 27 , RD3-team23= {{flagicon, ENG Mark Davis , RD3-score23= 7 , RD3-seed24= 6 , RD3-team24= {{flagicon, ENG Joe Perry , RD3-score24= 10 , RD3-seed25= 58 , RD3-team25= {{flagicon, CHN
Tian Pengfei Tian Pengfei (; born 16 August 1987) is a Chinese former professional snooker player. He began his career by playing the Challenge Tour in 2004, at the time the second-level professional tour. Tian played on the Main Tour in 2006 and competed o ...
, RD3-score25= 1 , RD3-seed26= 39 , RD3-team26= {{flagicon, ENG
Chris Wakelin Chris Wakelin (born 16 March 1992) is an English professional snooker player from Rugby, Warwickshire. He turned professional in 2013 and won his first ranking title at the 2023 Snooker Shoot Out. Career Early career Wakelin started playing s ...
, RD3-score26= 10 , RD3-seed27= 55 , RD3-team27= {{flagicon, ENG
Alfie Burden Alfred Burden (born 14 December 1976) is an English former professional snooker player from London. He first turned professional in 1994 and reached his highest world ranking of 38th in the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons. His best results in ...
, RD3-score27= 8 , RD3-seed28= 42 , RD3-team28= {{flagicon, THA
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (, ; born 18 April 1985) is a Thai professional snooker player. He has won one ranking event, the 2019 Snooker Shoot Out, and finished as runner-up in the 2019 World Open. He is regarded as one of the fastest snooker players ...
, RD3-score28= 10 , RD3-seed29= 18 , RD3-team29= {{flagicon, ENG Jimmy Robertson , RD3-score29= 10 , RD3-seed30= 15 , RD3-team30= {{flagicon, WAL Michael White , RD3-score30= 7 , RD3-seed31= 31 , RD3-team31= {{flagicon, IRN
Hossein Vafaei Hossein Vafaei (; born 15 October 1994) is an Iranian professional snooker player. He is the first professional player from Iran. He won his first ranking title at the 2022 Snooker Shoot Out, beating Mark Williams 1–0 (71–0) in the final. ...
, RD3-score31= 7 , RD3-seed32= 2 , RD3-team32= {{flagicon, SCO
Stephen Maguire Stephen Maguire (born 13 March 1981) is a Scottish professional snooker player. He has won six major ranking tournaments, including the 2004 UK Championship, and has twice since reached the finals of that event. Maguire turned professional in ...
, RD3-score32= 10


Century breaks


Main stage centuries

A total of 84
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s were made by 21 players during the main stage of the World Championship. {{colbegin * 146, 136, 134, 131, 127, 119, 117, 104, 101, 100, 100 {{ndash
John Higgins John Higgins (born 18 May 1975) is a Scottish professional snooker player from Wishaw in North Lanarkshire. Since turning professional in 1992, he has won 33 ranking titles, placing him in third position on the List of snooker players by num ...
* 145, 141 {{ndash Ryan Day * 141 {{ndash
Chris Wakelin Chris Wakelin (born 16 March 1992) is an English professional snooker player from Rugby, Warwickshire. He turned professional in 2013 and won his first ranking title at the 2023 Snooker Shoot Out. Career Early career Wakelin started playing s ...
* 140, 135, 118, 114, 113, 113, 110, 103, 102, 101, 100, 100 {{ndash Mark Williams * 140, 126, 125, 124, 121, 106, 105 {{ndash
Kyren Wilson Kyren James Wilson (; born 23 December 1991) is an English professional snooker player from Kettering. He has won 10 ranking titles. Wilson made his professional tour debut in the 2010–11 snooker season, 2010–11 season after finishing fif ...
* 137, 102, 101 {{ndash
Shaun Murphy Shaun Peter Murphy (born 10 August 1982) is an English professional snooker player who won the 2005 World Snooker Championship, 2005 World Championship and has completed the Triple Crown (snooker), Triple Crown. Nicknamed "The Magician", Murp ...
* 133, 132, 129, 129, 128, 124, 117, 113, 103 {{ndash
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, ...
* 133, 122 {{ndash
Mark Allen Mark may refer to: In the Bible * Mark the Evangelist (5–68), traditionally ascribed author of the Gospel of Mark * Gospel of Mark, one of the four canonical gospels and one of the three synoptic gospels Currencies * Mark (currency), a currenc ...
* 128, 105 {{ndash
Jack Lisowski Jack Lisowski (born 25 June 1991) is an English professional snooker player from Churchdown, Gloucestershire. He turned professional in 2010 by finishing first in the 2009/2010 International Open Series, PIOS rankings. A left-handed player, he ...
* 127, 125, 122, 100 {{ndash
Lyu Haotian Lyu Haotian (; born 29 November 1997) is a Chinese professional snooker player, notable for being one of the youngest snooker players to have played in professional tournaments, aged only 14. He reached the quarter-finals of the 2012 Internatio ...
* 126, 124, 113, 102, 102 {{ndash
Ding Junhui Ding Junhui (; born 1 April 1987) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He is the most successful Asian player in the history of the sport. Throughout his career, he has won 15 major ranking titles, including three UK Championships (2005 ...
* 126, 115, 108, 106 {{ndash
Ali Carter Allister Carter (born 25 July 1979) is an English professional snooker player. He has twice been a World Championship finalist, in 2008 and 2012, losing both finals to Ronnie O'Sullivan. He has won six ranking titles and briefly reached number t ...
* 124, 114 {{ndash Jamie Jones * 123 {{ndash
Stuart Bingham Stuart Bingham (born 21 May 1976) is an English professional snooker player who is a former World Champion and Masters winner. Bingham won the 1996 World Amateur Championship but enjoyed little sustained success in the early part of his pro ...
* 122, 105 {{ndash
Ricky Walden Ricky Walden (born 11 November 1982) is an English professional snooker player from Chester. Walden turned professional in 2000 and it took him eight years to win his first ranking title at the Shanghai Masters. He has since won the 2012 Wuxi ...
* 121, 118, 110, 105 {{ndash
Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronald Antonio O'Sullivan (born 5 December 1975) is an English professional snooker player. Widely recognised as one of the most talented and accomplished players in snooker history, he has won the World Snooker Championship seven times, a m ...
* 121, 112 {{ndash
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (, ; born 18 April 1985) is a Thai professional snooker player. He has won one ranking event, the 2019 Snooker Shoot Out, and finished as runner-up in the 2019 World Open. He is regarded as one of the fastest snooker players ...
* 120, 109, 103 {{ndash Joe Perry * 120, 102 {{ndash
Marco Fu Marco Fu Ka-chun (; born 8 January 1978) is a Hong Kong professional snooker player. He is a three-time snooker world rankings, ranking event winner, having won the 2007 Grand Prix (snooker), 2007 Grand Prix, the 2013 Australian Goldfie ...
* 103, 103, 101, 100, 100 {{ndash
Judd Trump Judd Trump (born 20 August 1989) is an English professional snooker player who is a former List of World Snooker Championship winners, world champion and the current List of world number one snooker players, world number one. He is currently in ...
* 101 {{ndash
Stephen Maguire Stephen Maguire (born 13 March 1981) is a Scottish professional snooker player. He has won six major ranking tournaments, including the 2004 UK Championship, and has twice since reached the finals of that event. Maguire turned professional in ...
{{colend


Qualifying stage centuries

A total of 111 century breaks – including a maximum break – were made by 53 players during the qualifying stage of the World Championship.{{cite web , url=http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14004/betfred-world-championship-2018-qualifiers , title=Betfred World Championship 2018 Qualifiers – Centuries , work=worldsnooker.com , publisher=
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{{div col, colwidth=20em * 147, 140, 124, 124, 103 {{ndash
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 ...
* 141, 119 {{ndash
Jamie Cope Jamie Cope (born 12 September 1985) is an English former professional snooker player. A finalist in two ranking tournaments, the 2006 Grand Prix and the 2007 China Open, Cope also reached the semi-finals of the 2011 Masters. He reached his h ...
* 141, 100, 100 {{ndash
Stuart Carrington Stuart Carrington (born 14 May 1990) is an English former professional snooker player. He practises frequently with Steven Hallworth and Ian Glover in Grimsby. In May 2011, Carrington qualified for the 2011–12 professional Main Tour as on ...
* 137, 105 {{ndash
Xiao Guodong Xiao Guodong (; born 10 February 1989) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2007 after winning the Asian Under-21 Championships. He won his first ranking event 17 years after first turning professional at the 202 ...
* 136, 130, 116, 100 {{ndash
Yan Bingtao Yan Bingtao (; born 16 February 2000) is a Chinese former professional snooker player who is currently serving a five-year ban from professional competition after committing a range of match-fixing offences. He rose to prominence by winning th ...
* 136, 120, 109 {{ndash Mark Davis * 136, 117, 113, 109 {{ndash
Lyu Haotian Lyu Haotian (; born 29 November 1997) is a Chinese professional snooker player, notable for being one of the youngest snooker players to have played in professional tournaments, aged only 14. He reached the quarter-finals of the 2012 Internatio ...
* 136 {{ndash Michael Holt * 135, 133, 125, 103, 102, 101, 100 {{ndash
Ricky Walden Ricky Walden (born 11 November 1982) is an English professional snooker player from Chester. Walden turned professional in 2000 and it took him eight years to win his first ranking title at the Shanghai Masters. He has since won the 2012 Wuxi ...
* 135 {{ndash
Peter Ebdon Peter David Ebdon (born 27 August 1970) is an English retired professional snooker player who is a former world champion and current coach. Ebdon won nine ranking titles during his career, placing him in joint 14th position (with John Parrott ...
* 134, 122, 103 {{ndash
Noppon Saengkham Noppon Saengkham (; born 15 July 1992) is a Thai professional snooker player. Since turning professional in 2010, he has reached one ranking final (the 2023 Scottish Open) in which he finished as runner-up to Gary Wilson. Career Early years I ...
* 133, 102 {{ndash
Ken Doherty Kenneth Joseph Doherty (born 17 September 1969) is an Irish professional snooker player who also works as a commentator and pundit on televised snooker broadcasts. From Ranelagh in Dublin, he is the sport's only World Snooker Championship, wor ...
* 132, 121, 117, 111, 111, 102 {{ndash
Zhang Anda Zhang Anda (; born 25 December 1991) is a Chinese professional snooker player, who made his debut on the Main Tour for the 2009–10 season. He qualified by winning the ACBS Asian Under-21 Championship. In November 2023 he won his first world ...
* 131, 107, 107, 100 {{ndash
Andrew Higginson Andrew Higginson (born 13 December 1977) is an English professional snooker player from Widnes, Cheshire. He is best known for being the surprise finalist of the 2007 Welsh Open (snooker), 2007 Welsh Open. Career Early years After some succ ...
* 131, 100 {{ndash David Gilbert * 130 {{ndash
Dominic Dale Dominic Dale (born Christopher Dale; 29 December 1971) is a Welsh retired professional snooker player, as well as a current snooker commentator, pundit and presenter for BBC Cymru Wales and TNT Sports (United Kingdom), TNT Sports (formerly Eur ...
* 130 {{ndash
Stephen Maguire Stephen Maguire (born 13 March 1981) is a Scottish professional snooker player. He has won six major ranking tournaments, including the 2004 UK Championship, and has twice since reached the finals of that event. Maguire turned professional in ...
* 127, 126, 102 {{ndash
Tian Pengfei Tian Pengfei (; born 16 August 1987) is a Chinese former professional snooker player. He began his career by playing the Challenge Tour in 2004, at the time the second-level professional tour. Tian played on the Main Tour in 2006 and competed o ...
* 127, 114, 111, 102 {{ndash
Liam Highfield Liam Highfield (born 1 December 1990) is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010 after finishing second in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings. He plays left-handed. Career Amateur years In the 2007/2008 season, Highfi ...
* 127 {{ndash
Christopher Keogan Christopher Keogan (born 26 August 1992) is an English former professional snooker player. Career From the town of Doncaster, Yorkshire in England, Keogan started playing snooker at the age of 6. In his early years he was coached by Steve Pre ...
* 126 {{ndash
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 ...
* 125, 108 {{ndash Joe Perry * 125, 104 {{ndash
Chris Wakelin Chris Wakelin (born 16 March 1992) is an English professional snooker player from Rugby, Warwickshire. He turned professional in 2013 and won his first ranking title at the 2023 Snooker Shoot Out. Career Early career Wakelin started playing s ...
* 122, 114, 111, 104, 100 {{ndash
Jack Lisowski Jack Lisowski (born 25 June 1991) is an English professional snooker player from Churchdown, Gloucestershire. He turned professional in 2010 by finishing first in the 2009/2010 International Open Series, PIOS rankings. A left-handed player, he ...
* 120 {{ndash
Robert Milkins Robert Milkins (born 6 March 1976) is an English professional snooker player known for quick play. Milkins has been a member of snooker's main tour since regaining a tour card in 1998. Milkins reached a career high rank of 12 in 2014 and 2023, ...
* 119 {{ndash
Adam Duffy Adam Duffy (born 30 March 1989) is an English former professional snooker player. Duffy qualified for the 2011–12 professional Main Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the third and final 2011 Q School event. Career Debut season As a n ...
* 118, 109 {{ndash
Alan McManus Alan McManus (born 21 January 1971) is a Scottish retired professional snooker player, and a current commentator and pundit for ITV and Eurosport on snooker coverage. A mainstay of the world's top sixteen during the 1990s and 2000s, he has wo ...
* 118 {{ndash Rory McLeod * 118 {{ndash
Hossein Vafaei Hossein Vafaei (; born 15 October 1994) is an Iranian professional snooker player. He is the first professional player from Iran. He won his first ranking title at the 2022 Snooker Shoot Out, beating Mark Williams 1–0 (71–0) in the final. ...
* 118 {{ndash
Zhao Xintong Zhao Xintong (; born 3 April 1997) is a Chinese professional snooker player and the reigning World Snooker Champion. He first turned professional in the 2016–17 season, aged 19, having previously recorded wins against a number of top p ...
* 117 {{ndash
Sunny Akani Akani Songsermsawad (; born 10 September 1995), better known as Sunny Akani, is a Thai professional snooker player. Career Early career Akani, a regular in amateur Thai snooker events since 2011, first came to international attention with a 5–2 ...
* 114, 101 {{ndash Jamie Jones * 114 {{ndash Zhang Yong * 113 {{ndash Elliot Slessor * 109, 105 {{ndash
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (, ; born 18 April 1985) is a Thai professional snooker player. He has won one ranking event, the 2019 Snooker Shoot Out, and finished as runner-up in the 2019 World Open. He is regarded as one of the fastest snooker players ...
* 109, 101 {{ndash Li Hang * 109 {{ndash
Mark Joyce Mark Joyce (born 11 August 1983) is an English former professional snooker player who lives in Walsall. He began his professional career by playing on the Challenge Tour in 2003. Joyce enjoyed an outstanding amateur career, winning the Europea ...
* 108, 104 {{ndash Gary Wilson * 107, 100, 100 {{ndash Ryan Day * 106 {{ndash John Astley * 105, 104, 100 {{ndash
Gerard Greene Gerard Eamonn Greene (born 12 November 1973 in Chatham, Kent) is a Northern Irish former professional snooker player. He represents Northern Ireland in international events, as his parents are from Belfast. Greene has enjoyed moderate success ...
* 105, 102 {{ndash Mark King * 105 {{ndash David Grace * 104, 101, 100 {{ndash Jimmy Robertson * 104 {{ndash
Sam Craigie Sam Craigie (born 29 December 1993) is an English professional snooker player from Newcastle. He enjoyed a successful junior career before turning professional in 2011. Career Early career Craigie qualified for the 2011/2012 Main Tour after ...
* 104 {{ndash
Fergal O'Brien Fergal O'Brien (born 8 March 1972) is an Irish retired professional snooker player who competed on the World Snooker Tour from 1991 to 2024. He won one ranking title during his career, defeating Anthony Hamilton 9–7 in the final of the 1999 ...
* 104 {{ndash Daniel Wells * 103, 100 {{ndash
Matthew Stevens Matthew John Stevens (born 11 September 1977) is a Welsh professional snooker player. He has won two of the game's Triple Crown events, the Masters in 2000 and the UK Championship in 2003. He has also been a two-time runner-up in the other t ...
* 102 {{ndash
Leo Fernandez Leo Fernandez (born 5 July 1976 in Limerick) is an Irish former professional snooker player. Snooker career Fernandez's best ranking event progress was reaching the last 16 of the 2003 Welsh Open, defeating opponents including fellow Irishman F ...
* 101 {{ndash
Cao Yupeng Cao Yupeng (; born 27 October 1990) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He won the 2011 Asian Under-21 Championship, thus qualifying for the professional main tour for the 2011–12 season. In his first season on the circuit, he reached ...
* 101 {{ndash
Chen Zhe Chen Zhe (; born 28 February 1993) is a Chinese former professional snooker player from Shanxi who won five matches at the 2012 Q School to earn a two-year card to play on the World Snooker Tour starting in the 2012–13 season. He is based in ...
* 100 {{ndash
Graeme Dott Graeme Dott (born 12 May 1977) is a Scottish professional snooker player and snooker coach from Larkhall. He turned professional in 1994 and first entered the top 16 in 2001. He has won two ranking titles, the 2006 World Snooker Championship ...
* 100 {{ndash Mike Dunn {{div col end


Coverage

The tournament was broadcast live in the UK by
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BBC Online BBC Online, formerly known as BBCi, is the BBC's online service. It is a large network of websites including such high-profile sites as BBC News and BBC Sport, Sport, the on-demand video and radio services branded BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds, t ...
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Eurosport Eurosport is a group of pay television networks in Europe and parts of Asia, owned and operated by Warner Bros. Discovery through its WBD Sports unit, it operates two main channels—Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2—across most of its territorie ...
.{{Cite web , title=Live Snooker on Eurosport {{! Eurosport Snooker TV Schedule UK , work = wheresthematch.com , access-date = 8 May 2018 , url = http://www.wheresthematch.com/channels/Eurosport.asp?sportid=16 , url-status = live , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170617090046/http://www.wheresthematch.com/channels/Eurosport.asp?sportid=16 , archive-date = 17 June 2017 , df = dmy-all The event was also broadcast by ''World Snooker'' internationally on Facebook, doing so for the second time.{{Cite web , title=Facebook Live Broadcasts World Snooker Championship , work=SnookerHQ , date=11 April 2018 , access-date=12 March 2019 , url=https://snookerhq.com/2018/04/11/facebook-live-broadcasts-world-snooker-championship/ , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411054520/https://snookerhq.com/2018/04/11/facebook-live-broadcasts-world-snooker-championship/ , archive-date=11 April 2018 , url-status=live Coverage for the qualifying event was also broadcast on Facebook, and the
Eurosport Player Eurosport is a group of pay television networks in Europe and parts of Asia, owned and operated by Warner Bros. Discovery through its WBD Sports unit, it operates two main channels—Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2—across most of its territorie ...
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World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) is the governing body of professional snooker and English billiards. It is headquartered in Bristol, England. Founded as the Professional Billiard Players Association (PBPA) in ...
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World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) is the governing body of professional snooker and English billiards. It is headquartered in Bristol, England. Founded as the Professional Billiard Players Association (PBPA) in ...
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BBC Sport BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC BBC Television, television, BBC Radio, radio and BBC Online, online. The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadc ...
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{{Cite web , title=Marco Fu out of Crucible but still wants to play despite eye problem , author=Careem, Nazvi , work=
South China Morning Post The ''South China Morning Post'' (''SCMP''), with its Sunday edition, the ''Sunday Morning Post'', is a Hong Kong-based English-language newspaper owned by Alibaba Group. Founded in 1903 by Tse Tsan-tai and Alfred Cunningham, it has remaine ...
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{{Cite web , title=World Snooker Championship 2018: Ding Junhui and Jack Lisowski through , author=Phillips, Owen , work=
BBC Sport BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC BBC Television, television, BBC Radio, radio and BBC Online, online. The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadc ...
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{{cite web , url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/43855570 , title=World Snooker Championship 2018: Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Stephen Maguire , work=
BBC Sport BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC BBC Television, television, BBC Radio, radio and BBC Online, online. The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadc ...
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{{Cite web , title=World Snooker Championship 2018: Judd Trump beats debutant Chris Wakelin , author=Phillips, Owen , work=
BBC Sport BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC BBC Television, television, BBC Radio, radio and BBC Online, online. The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadc ...
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{{Cite web , title=World Snooker Championship 2018: Ronnie O'Sullivan loses to Ali Carter , author=Hafez, Shamoon , work=
BBC Sport BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC BBC Television, television, BBC Radio, radio and BBC Online, online. The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadc ...
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{{Cite web , title=World Snooker Championship 2018: Mark Williams joins Ding Junhui and Judd Trump in last eight , author=Phillips, Owen , work=
BBC Sport BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC BBC Television, television, BBC Radio, radio and BBC Online, online. The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadc ...
, date=30 April 2018 , access-date=1 May 2018 , url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/43952342 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430222813/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/43952342 , archive-date=30 April 2018
{{Cite web , title=Kyren Wilson eases past Mark Allen to reach last four , author= , work=Eurosport UK , date=2 May 2018 , access-date=21 April 2021 , url= https://www.eurosport.co.uk/snooker/world-championship/2017-2018/kyren-wilson-eases-past-mark-allen-to-reach-last-four_sto6736539/story.shtml , quote= {{Cite web , title=World Snooker Championship 2018: John Higgins wins epic against Judd Trump to complete semis line-up , author=Phillips, Owen , work=
BBC Sport BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC BBC Television, television, BBC Radio, radio and BBC Online, online. The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadc ...
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{{Cite web , title=Mark Williams strips naked for press conference after winning epic final , author=Ostlere, Lawrence , work=
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{{cite web , title=Field Set for Betfred World Championship , url=https://www.wpbsa.com/field-set-for-betfred-world-championship/ , work=wpbsa.com , publisher=
World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) is the governing body of professional snooker and English billiards. It is headquartered in Bristol, England. Founded as the Professional Billiard Players Association (PBPA) in ...
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{{Cite web , title=World Championship: Ronnie O'Sullivan faces Stephen Maguire; Mark Selby plays Joe Perry , author=Hafex, Shamoon , work=
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{{Cite web , title=Stuart Bingham: 2015 world champion to take break from game over summer , author=Phillips, Owen , work=
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{{cite web , title=Calendar 2017/2018 – April , url=http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/?year=2018&month=4 , work=worldsnooker.com , publisher=
World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) is the governing body of professional snooker and English billiards. It is headquartered in Bristol, England. Founded as the Professional Billiard Players Association (PBPA) in ...
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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
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