2018 China Championship
{{Infobox individual snooker tournament
|tournament_name=2018 Evergrande China Championship
|logo=
|dates={{Start and end dates|2018|09|24|2018|09|30|df=y}}
|venue=Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Centre
|location=Guangzhou
|country=China
|organisation=World Snooker
|format=Ranking event
|Total prize fund=£725,000
|winners_share=£150,000
|highest_break={{flagathlete|Ali Carter|ENG}} (144)
|winner={{flagathlete|Mark Selby|ENG}}
|runner_up={{flagathlete|John Higgins|SCO}}
|score=10–9
|previous=2017
|next=2019
}}
The 2018 China Championship (officially the 2018 Evergrande China Championship) was professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 24 and 30 September 2018 in Guangzhou, China, with qualifying took place from 19 to 22 August 2018 in Preston, England.{{cite web |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournaments/evergrande-china-championship/ |title=Evergrande China Championship |publisher=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association |access-date=14 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106102545/http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournaments/evergrande-china-championship/ |archive-date=6 November 2016 |url-status=live }} It was the fourth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=2018&template=2 |title=Calendar 2018/2019 |publisher=Snooker.org |access-date=14 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719175017/http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=2018&template=2 |archive-date=19 July 2018 |url-status=live }}
Luca Brecel was the defending champion, but he lost to Martin O'Donnell 3–5 in the first round. Mark Selby won the event, defeating John Higgins in the final 10–9. Selby's win was his 15th professional ranking event win.
Prize fund
The event had a prize pool of £725,000, with the following breakdown for the player's reaching the following positions.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournaments/evergrande-china-championship/|title=Evergrande China Championship|publisher=World Snooker|access-date=1 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106102545/http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournaments/evergrande-china-championship/|archive-date=2016-11-06|url-status=live}}
- Winner: £150,000
- Runner-up: £75,000
- Semi-final: £32,000
- Quarter-final: £20,000
- Last 16: £13,000
- Last 32: £7,500
- Last 64: £4,000
- Televised highest break: £4,000
The event also had a "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break, which stood as £5,000.
Main draw
The main draw of the event featured 64 players. Players in bold denote match winners.
= Top half =
{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=5
| team-width=220
| bold_winner=high
| short_brackets=yes
| 3rdplace=no
| RD1=Last 64
Best of 9 frames
| RD2=Last 32
Best of 9 frames
| RD3=Last 16
Best of 9 frames
| RD4=Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
| RD5=Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
||{{flagicon|BEL}} Luca Brecel|3 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin O'Donnell|5
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Ford|5 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Bond|0
||{{flagicon|HKG}} Marco Fu|3 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Anda|5
||{{flagicon|CHN}} Liang Wenbo|5 |{{flagicon|ENG}} John Astley|3
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Joyce |1 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Perry|5
||{{flagicon|CHN}} Lyu Haotian|w/o |{{flagicon|ENG}} Kyren Wilson|w/d{{cite web |title=Wilson Withdraws From China Championship - World Snooker |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/wilson-withdraws-from-china-championship/ |publisher=World Snooker |date=21 September 2018 |access-date=21 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921191050/http://www.worldsnooker.com/wilson-withdraws-from-china-championship/ |archive-date=21 September 2018 |url-status=live }}
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Davis|0 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Xiao Guodong|5
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Liam Highfield|1 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Shaun Murphy|5
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump|5 |{{flagicon|SCO}} Rhys Clark|0
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Anthony Hamilton|4 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Jamie Jones|5
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham|5 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon|3
||{{flagicon|CHN}} Yan Bingtao|5 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Chris Wakelin|4
||{{flagicon|NOR}} Kurt Maflin|3 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Lisowski|5
||{{flagicon|SCO}} Scott Donaldson|5 |{{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Maguire|2
||{{flagicon|CHN}} Mei Xiwen |5 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Michael White|4
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Allan Taylor|3 |{{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins|5
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin O'Donnell|5 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Ford|4
||{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Anda|2 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Liang Wenbo|5
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Perry|3 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Lyu Haotian|5
||{{flagicon|CHN}} Xiao Guodong|2 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Shaun Murphy|5
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump|5 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Jamie Jones|2
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham|2 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Yan Bingtao|5
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Lisowski|3 |{{flagicon|SCO}} Scott Donaldson|5
||{{flagicon|CHN}} Mei Xiwen|4 |{{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins|5
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin O'Donnell|5 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Liang Wenbo|2
||{{flagicon|CHN}} Lyu Haotian|5 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Shaun Murphy|3
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump|5 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Yan Bingtao|1
||{{flagicon|SCO}} Scott Donaldson|3 |{{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins|5
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin O'Donnell|1 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Lyu Haotian|5
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump|3 |{{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins|5
||{{flagicon|CHN}} Lyu Haotian|3 |{{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins|6
}}
= Bottom half =
{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=5
| team-width=220
| bold_winner=high
| short_brackets=yes
| 3rdplace=no
| RD1=Last 64
Best of 9 frames
| RD2=Last 32
Best of 9 frames
| RD3=Last 16
Best of 9 frames
| RD4=Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
| RD5=Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby |5 |{{flagicon|THA}} Sunny Akani|3
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Robert Milkins|3 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Chang Bingyu|5
||{{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day|5 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Dunn|1
||{{flagicon|ENG}} David Gilbert|3 |{{flagicon|IRI}} Hossein Vafaei|5
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Sam Craigie|3 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark King|5
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Selt|1 |{{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Allen|5
||{{flagicon|SUI}} Alexander Ursenbacher |2 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Yuan Sijun|5
||{{flagicon|WAL}} Daniel Wells|1 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhui|5
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins|5 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Ashley Carty|3
||{{flagicon|CHN}} Xu Si|2 |{{flagicon|THA}} Noppon Saengkham|5
||{{flagicon|AUS}} Neil Robertson|5 |{{flagicon|NIR}} Gerard Greene|2
||{{flagicon|SCO}} Graeme Dott|5 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Carrington|4
||{{flagicon|IRL}} Fergal O'Brien|5 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Ali Carter|1
||{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhao Xintong|5 |{{flagicon|SCO}} Anthony McGill|4
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Wilson|5 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Luo Honghao|2
||{{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty |0 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams|5
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby|5 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Chang Bingyu|1
||{{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day|3 |{{flagicon|IRI}} Hossein Vafaei|5
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark King|5 |{{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Allen|1
||{{flagicon|CHN}} Yuan Sijun|5 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhui|4
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins|5 |{{flagicon|THA}} Noppon Saengkham|4
||{{flagicon|AUS}} Neil Robertson|2 |{{flagicon|SCO}} Graeme Dott|5
||{{flagicon|IRL}} Fergal O'Brien|2 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhao Xintong|5
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Wilson|2 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams|5
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby|5 |{{flagicon|IRI}} Hossein Vafaei|3
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark King|3 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Yuan Sijun|5
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins|5 |{{flagicon|SCO}} Graeme Dott|2
||{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhao Xintong|5 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams|3
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby|5 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Yuan Sijun|2
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins|4 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhao Xintong|5
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby|6 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhao Xintong|4
}}
= Final =
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;" |
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Zhu Ying. Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Centre, Guangzhou, China, 30 September 2018. |
| width="230" align="right" |John Higgins {{SCO}} | width="100" align="center" | 9–10 | width="230" | Mark Selby |
| colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" | Afternoon: 65–17, 6–83, {{nowrap|21–60}}, {{nowrap|0–70}}, {{nowrap|75–7}}, {{nowrap|58–1}}, {{nowrap|67–5}}, {{nowrap|0–119 (118)}}, {{nowrap|85–14}} Evening: 4–70, 71–39, {{nowrap|25–66}}, {{nowrap|26–77}}, {{nowrap|65–38}}, {{nowrap|86–34}}, {{nowrap|49–86}}, {{nowrap|68–60}}, {{nowrap|52–74}}, {{nowrap|12–72}} |
| align="right" | 85
| align="center" | Highest break | 118 |
| align="right" | 0
| align="center" | Century breaks | 1 |
Qualifying
These matches were held between 19 and 22 August 2018 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.
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| width=45%|{{flagicon|BEL}} Luca Brecel | width=10% align="center"| 5–1Match held over and played in Guangzhou. | width=45%|{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe O'Connor |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Martin O'Donnell | align="center"| 5–3 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Elliot Slessor |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Ford | align="center"| 5–0 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Davison |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Holt | align="center"| 3–5 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Bond |
| {{flagicon|HKG}} Marco Fu | align="center"| 5–2 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Sam Baird |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Andrew Higginson | align="center"| 3–5 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Anda |
| {{flagicon|CHN}} Liang Wenbo | align="center"| 5–4Match held over and played in Guangzhou. | {{flagicon|ENG}} Alfie Burden |
| {{flagicon|CYP}} Michael Georgiou | align="center"| 4–5 | {{flagicon|ENG}} John Astley |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Joyce | align="center"| 5–1 | {{flagicon|THA}} James Wattana |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Perry | align="center"| 5–2 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Ashley Hugill |
| {{flagicon|CHN}} Lyu Haotian | align="center"| 5–4 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Li Yuan |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Kyren Wilson | align="center"| 5–1 | {{flagicon|DEU}} Lukas Kleckers |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Davis | align="center"| 5–1 | {{flagicon|PAK}} Hamza Akbar |
| {{flagicon|CHN}} Xiao Guodong | align="center"| 5–1 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Yong |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Liam Highfield | align="center"| 5–2 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Hammad Miah |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Shaun Murphy | align="center"| 5–2 | {{flagicon|NIR}} Jordan Brown |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump | align="center"| 5–3 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Eden Sharav |
| {{flagicon|THA}} Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | align="center"| 4–5 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Rhys Clark |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Anthony Hamilton | align="center"| 5–0 | {{flagicon|IRI}} Soheil Vahedi |
| {{flagicon|WAL}} Jamie Jones | align="center"| 5–2 | {{flagicon|POL}} Adam Stefanow |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham | align="center"| 5–4 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Craig Steadman |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon | align="center"| 5–3 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Harvey Chandler |
| {{flagicon|CHN}} Yan Bingtao | align="center"| 5–3 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Niu Zhuang |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Chris Wakelin | align="center"| 5–4 | {{flagicon|MYS}} Thor Chuan Leong |
| {{flagicon|NOR}} Kurt Maflin | align="center"| 5–1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Sanderson Lam |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Lisowski | align="center"| 5–4 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Ian Burns |
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Scott Donaldson | align="center"| 5–0 | {{flagicon|EGY}} Basem Eltahhan |
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Maguire | align="center"| 5–1 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Feilong |
| {{flagicon|CHN}} Li Hang | align="center"| 2–5 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Mei Xiwen |
| {{flagicon|WAL}} Michael White | align="center"| 5–3 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Oliver Lines |
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus | align="center"| 1–5 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Allan Taylor |
| {{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins | align="center"| 5–1 | {{flagicon|WAL}} Duane Jones |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby | align="center"| 5–2 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White |
| {{flagicon|THA}} Sunny Akani | align="center"| 5–2 | {{flagicon|FIN}} Robin Hull |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Robert Milkins | align="center"| 5–2 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Chris Totten |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Robertson | align="center"| 3–5Match held over and played in Guangzhou. | {{flagicon|CHN}} Chang Bingyu |
| {{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day | align="center"| 5–2 | {{flagicon|WAL}} Jak Jones |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Dunn | align="center"| 5–1Match held over and played in Guangzhou. | {{flagicon|CHN}} Luo Zetao |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} David Gilbert | align="center"| 5–0 | {{flagicon|WAL}} Kishan Hirani |
| {{flagicon|IRI}} Hossein Vafaei | align="center"| 5–2 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Zifan |
| {{flagicon|WAL}} Dominic Dale | align="center"| 2–5 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Sam Craigie |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark King | align="center"| 5–1 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Jiankang |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Selt | align="center"| 5–2 | {{flagicon|WAL}} Jamie Clarke |
| {{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Allen | align="center"| 5–2 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Sean O'Sullivan |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ben Woollaston | align="center"| 0–5 | {{flagicon|CHE}} Alexander Ursenbacher |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ricky Walden | align="center"| 2–5 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Yuan Sijun |
| {{flagicon|WAL}} Daniel Wells | align="center"| 5–4 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Billy Joe Castle |
| {{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhui | align="center"| 5–3Match held over and played in Guangzhou. | {{flagicon|WAL}} Lee Walker |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins | align="center"| 5–0 | {{flagicon|DEU}} Simon Lichtenberg |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Rory McLeod | align="center"| 3–5 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Ashley Carty |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Gould | align="center"| 4–5 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Xu Si |
| {{flagicon|THA}} Noppon Saengkham | align="center"| 5–1 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Lu Ning |
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Neil Robertson | align="center"| 5–3 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Ross Muir |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Robbie Williams | align="center"| 0–5 | {{flagicon|NIR}} Gerard Greene |
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Graeme Dott | align="center"| 5–2Match held over and played in Guangzhou. | {{flagicon|CHN}} Bai Langning |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Carrington | align="center"| 5–3Match held over and played in Guangzhou. | {{flagicon|CHN}} He Guoqiang |
| {{flagicon|IRL}} Fergal O'Brien | align="center"| 5–2 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Lines |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ali Carter | align="center"| 5–1 | {{flagicon|HKG}} Andy Lee |
| {{flagicon|WAL}} Matthew Stevens | align="center"| 3–5 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhao Xintong |
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Anthony McGill | align="center"| 5–3 | {{flagicon|NIR}} Joe Swail |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Wilson | align="center"| 5–3 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Fan Zhengyi |
| {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhou Yuelong | align="center"| 1–5 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Luo Honghao |
| {{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty | align="center"| 5–3 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Tian Pengfei |
| {{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams | align="center"| 5–0Match held over and played in Guangzhou. | {{flagicon|ENG}} Rod Lawler |
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;Notes
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Century breaks
=Main stage centuries=
Total: 29
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- 144 {{ndash}} Ali Carter
- 136, 108 {{ndash}} Mark Williams
- 131 {{ndash}} Anthony Hamilton
- 128, 111 {{ndash}} Yan Bingtao
- 127 {{ndash}} Jamie Jones
- 126 {{ndash}} Graeme Dott
- 125 {{ndash}} Ding Junhui
- 124, 102 {{ndash}} Lyu Haotian
- 121 {{ndash}} Fergal O'Brien
- 120 {{ndash}} Neil Robertson
- 118, 108, 100 {{ndash}} Mark Selby
- 117 {{ndash}} Peter Ebdon
- 113 {{ndash}} Stuart Bingham
- 111, 102 {{ndash}} Judd Trump
- 110 {{ndash}} Luo Honghao
- 110 {{ndash}} Zhao Xintong
- 108 {{ndash}} Shaun Murphy
- 108 {{ndash}} Yuan Sijun
- 108 {{ndash}} Hossein Vafaei
- 105 {{ndash}} Scott Donaldson
- 103 {{ndash}} Liang Wenbo
- 101 {{ndash}} Mark Allen
- 100 {{ndash}} Ryan Day
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=Qualifying stage centuries=
Total: 31
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- 138 {{ndash}} Joe Perry
- 135 {{ndash}} Liam Highfield
- 135 {{ndash}} Martin Gould
- 131 {{ndash}} Jak Jones
- 124, 103 {{ndash}} Mark Allen
- 123, 109 {{ndash}} Ryan Day
- 123 {{ndash}} Shaun Murphy
- 122 {{ndash}} David Gilbert
- 121 {{ndash}} Peter Ebdon
- 118 {{ndash}} Mark Selby
- 117, 114 {{ndash}} Stephen Maguire
- 117 {{ndash}} Graeme Dott
- 115 {{ndash}} Liang Wenbo
- 114 {{ndash}} Billy Joe Castle
- 112 {{ndash}} Tian Pengfei
- 109 {{ndash}} John Higgins
- 109 {{ndash}} Zhang Anda
- 106, 101 {{ndash}} Chen Zifan
- 106 {{ndash}} Tom Ford
- 106 {{ndash}} Niu Zhuang
- 105 {{ndash}} Jamie Jones
- 103 {{ndash}} Stuart Carrington
- 102 {{ndash}} Noppon Saengkham
- 102 {{ndash}} Mark Williams
- 101 {{ndash}} Marco Fu
- 101 {{ndash}} Neil Robertson
- 100 {{ndash}} Jimmy Robertson
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