The 2018 Northern Ireland Open (officially the 2018 BetVictor Northern Ireland Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 12 and 18 November 2018 in the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland.{{cite web|url=http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/?year=2018&month=11|title=Calendar 2018/2019_November|publisher=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|access-date=23 September 2018|archive-date=3 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003204642/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/?year=2018&month=11|url-status=dead}} It was the eighth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season and a part of the Home Nations Series.

Mark Williams was the defending champion, but he was beaten 3–4 by Ali Carter in the second round.{{cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/northern-ireland-open/2018-2019/snooker-news-ali-carter-ends-mark-williams-title-defence-in-belfast_sto7011793/story.shtml|title=Ali Carter ends Mark Williams' title defence in Belfast|publisher=Eurosport|access-date=14 November 2018}}

Judd Trump won his ninth professional ranking title with a 9–7 final victory against Ronnie O'Sullivan.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/trump-downs-the-rocket-in-thriller/|title=Trump Downs The Rocket In Thriller|work=worldsnooker.com|publisher=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|date=18 November 2018|access-date=19 November 2018}}

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:{{cite web|title=Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2018/2019 Season|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Click-here-for-the-prize-money.pdf|work=worldsnooker.com|publisher=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|date=18 July 2018|access-date=23 September 2018}}

Winner: £70,000
Runner-up: £30,000
Semi-final: £20,000
Quarter-final: £10,000
Last 16: £6,000
Last 32: £3,500
Last 64: £2,500

Highest break: £2,000
Total: £366,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £10,000

Main draw

=Top half=

==Section 1==

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=4

|team-width=200

|short_brackets=yes

|bold_winner=high

|| {{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams (1)|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Alfie Burden|2

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Davison|1 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Ali Carter|4

|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Fan Zhengyi|0 |{{flagicon|THA}} Sunny Akani|4

|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Xiao Guodong|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Harvey Chandler|3

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Perry (16)|2 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Bond|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Luke Simmonds|1 |{{flagicon|NIR}} Joe Swail|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Joyce|0 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Michael White|4

|| {{flagicon|ISR}} Eden Sharav|4 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Li Yuan|3

|| {{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams (1)|3 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Ali Carter|4

|| {{flagicon|THA}} Sunny Akani|3 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Xiao Guodong|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Bond|2 |{{flagicon|NIR}} Joe Swail|4

|| {{flagicon|WAL}} Michael White|2 |{{flagicon|ISR}} Eden Sharav|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ali Carter|4 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Xiao Guodong|2

|| {{flagicon|NIR}} Joe Swail|2 |{{flagicon|ISR}} Eden Sharav|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ali Carter|3 |{{flagicon|ISR}} Eden Sharav|4

}}

==Section 2==

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=4

|team-width=200

|short_brackets=yes

|bold_winner=high

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Adam Duffy|0 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Sam Craigie|4

|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Yong|3 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Li Hang|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ashley Carty|0 |{{flagicon|NOR}} Kurt Maflin|4

|| {{flagicon|AUS}} Neil Robertson (9)|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Ben Woollaston|3

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Davis|4 |{{flagicon|THA}} Noppon Saengkham|3

|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Luo Honghao|4 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Lyu Haotian|2

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon|4 |{{flagicon|NIR}} Patrick Wallace|0

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Kyren Wilson (8)|3 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Lee Walker|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Sam Craigie|2 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Li Hang|4

|| {{flagicon|NOR}} Kurt Maflin|3 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Neil Robertson (9)|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Davis|4 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Luo Honghao|1

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon|4 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Lee Walker|3

|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Li Hang|4 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Neil Robertson (9)|0

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Davis|1 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon|4

|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Li Hang|1 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon|4

}}

==Section 3==

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=4

|team-width=200

|short_brackets=yes

|bold_winner=high

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump (5)|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Selt|2

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Carrington|4 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Xu Si|1

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Liam Highfield|4 |{{flagicon|THA}} James Wattana|2

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Lisowski|4 |{{flagicon|IRN}} Hossein Vafaei|0

|| {{flagicon|BEL}} Luca Brecel (12)|4 |{{flagicon|NIR}} Raymond Fry|1

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ian Burns|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Farakh Ajaib|1

|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhao Xintong|1 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Daniel Wells|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Wilson|4 |{{flagicon|POL}} Adam Stefanow|3

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump (5)|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Carrington|0

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Liam Highfield|3 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Lisowski|4

|| {{flagicon|BEL}} Luca Brecel (12)|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Ian Burns |0

|| {{flagicon|WAL}} Daniel Wells|3 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Wilson|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump (5)|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Lisowski|0

|| {{flagicon|BEL}} Luca Brecel (12)|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Wilson|2

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump (5)|4 |{{flagicon|BEL}} Luca Brecel (12)|2

}}

==Section 4==

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=4

|team-width=200

|short_brackets=yes

|bold_winner=high

|| {{flagicon|NIR}} Jordan Brown|1 |{{flagicon|FIN}} Robin Hull|4

|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Tian Pengfei|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Dunn|3

|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Anda|4 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Yan Bingtao|3

|| {{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day (13)|4 |{{flagicon|CYP}} Michael Georgiou|1

|| {{flagicon|WAL}} Jamie Clarke|1 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Yuan Sijun|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Andrew Higginson|w/o|{{flagicon|CHN}} Liang Wenbo|w/d

|| {{flagicon|SCO}} Graeme Dott|3 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Billy Joe Castle|4

|| {{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins (4)|2 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Rory McLeod|4

|| {{flagicon|FIN}} Robin Hull|4 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Tian Pengfei|1

|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Anda|3 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day (13)|4

|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Yuan Sijun|3 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Andrew Higginson|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Billy Joe Castle|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Rory McLeod|1

|| {{flagicon|FIN}} Robin Hull|3 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day (13)|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Andrew Higginson|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Billy Joe Castle|2

||{{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day (13)|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Andrew Higginson|0

}}

=Bottom half=

==Section 5==

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=4

|team-width=200

|short_brackets=yes

|bold_winner=high

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)|4 |{{flagicon|IRN}} Soheil Vahedi|0

|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Mei Xiwen|4 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Jiankang|0

|| {{flagicon|MAS}} Thor Chuan Leong|1 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Chris Wakelin|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Ford|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Rod Lawler|3

|| {{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Maguire (14)|2 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Holt|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark King|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} John Astley|0

|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhou Yuelong|4 |{{flagicon|GER}} Lukas Kleckers|1

|| {{flagicon|WAL}} Kishan Hirani|4 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Jak Jones|3

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)|4 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Mei Xiwen|1

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Chris Wakelin|3 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Ford|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Holt|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark King|3

|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhou Yuelong|4 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Kishan Hirani|0

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Ford|0

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Holt|3 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhou Yuelong|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)|4 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhou Yuelong|1

}}

==Section 6==

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=4

|team-width=200

|short_brackets=yes

|bold_winner=high

|| {{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Allan Taylor|0

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Craig Steadman|3 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Lu Ning|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Hammad Miah|4 |{{flagicon|EGY}} Basem Eltahhan|2

|| {{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Allen (11)|1 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Niu Zhuang|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ricky Walden|3 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Matthew Stevens|4

|| {{flagicon|NIR}} Gerard Greene|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Oliver Lines|0

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} David Gilbert|4 |{{flagicon|IRL}} Fergal O'Brien|1

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins (6)|3 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Zifan|4

|| {{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus|1 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Lu Ning|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Hammad Miah|4 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Niu Zhuang|0

|| {{flagicon|WAL}} Matthew Stevens|4 |{{flagicon|NIR}} Gerard Greene|1

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} David Gilbert|4 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Zifan|2

|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Lu Ning|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Hammad Miah|2

|| {{flagicon|WAL}} Matthew Stevens|2 |{{flagicon|ENG}} David Gilbert|4

|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Lu Ning|0 |{{flagicon|ENG}} David Gilbert|4

}}

==Section 7==

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=4

|team-width=200

|short_brackets=yes

|bold_winner=high

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Shaun Murphy (7)|2 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Sam Baird|4

|| {{flagicon|WAL}} Dominic Dale|3 |{{flagicon|SCO}} Chris Totten|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Robert Milkins|0 |{{flagicon|THA}} Thepchaiya Un-Nooh|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Elliot Slessor|1 |{{flagicon|SCO}} Ross Muir|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham (10)|2 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Lines|4

|| {{flagicon|GER}} Simon Lichtenberg|0 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Robbie Williams|4

|| {{flagicon|HKG}} Andy Lee|1 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Sean O'Sullivan|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Sanderson Lam|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe O'Connor|3

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Sam Baird|3 |{{flagicon|SCO}} Chris Totten|4

|| {{flagicon|THA}} Thepchaiya Un-Nooh|4 |{{flagicon|SCO}} Ross Muir|0

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Lines|2 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Robbie Williams|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Sean O'Sullivan|3 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Sanderson Lam|4

|| {{flagicon|SCO}} Chris Totten|1 |{{flagicon|THA}} Thepchaiya Un-Nooh|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Robbie Williams|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Sanderson Lam|1

|| {{flagicon|THA}} Thepchaiya Un-Nooh|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Robbie Williams|0

}}

==Section 8==

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=4

|team-width=200

|short_brackets=yes

|bold_winner=high

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} David Lilley|4 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Duane Jones|2

|| {{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty|1 |{{flagicon|SCO}} Scott Donaldson|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White|3 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin O'Donnell|4

|| {{flagicon|HKG}} Marco Fu (15)|2 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Feilong|4

|| {{flagicon|SCO}} Anthony McGill|0 |{{flagicon|SUI}} Alexander Ursenbacher|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ashley Hugill|2 |{{flagicon|PAK}} Hamza Akbar|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Robertson|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} James Cahill|1

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby (2)|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Anthony Hamilton|1

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} David Lilley|2 |{{flagicon|SCO}} Scott Donaldson|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Martin O'Donnell|4 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Feilong|1

|| {{flagicon|SUI}} Alexander Ursenbacher|3 |{{flagicon|PAK}} Hamza Akbar|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Robertson |0 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby (2)|4

|| {{flagicon|SCO}} Scott Donaldson|1 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin O'Donnell|4

|| {{flagicon|PAK}} Hamza Akbar|0 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby (2)|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Martin O'Donnell|2 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby (2)|4

}}

=Finals=

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=3

|team-width=200

|short_brackets=yes

|bold_winner=high

| RD1 = Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames | RD2 = Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames | 3rdplace=no | RD3 = Final
Best of 17 frames

|| {{flagicon|ISR}} Eden Sharav|5 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump (5)|5 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day (13)|3

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)|5 |{{flagicon|ENG}} David Gilbert|2

|| {{flagicon|THA}} Thepchaiya Un-Nooh|3 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby (2)|5

|| {{flagicon|ISR}} Eden Sharav|3 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump (5)|6

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)|6 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby (2)|5

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump (5)|9 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)|7

}}

Final

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"

colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Maike Kesseler.
Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 18 November 2018.

width="230" align="right" | Judd Trump (5)
{{ENG}}

| width="100" align="center" | 9–7

| width="230" | Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)
{{ENG}}

colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" | Afternoon: {{nowrap|76–64}}, {{nowrap|0–73}}, {{nowrap|1–65}}, {{nowrap|112–12 (105)}}, {{nowrap|117–6 (117)}}, {{nowrap|41–78}}, {{nowrap|108–0 (108)}}, {{nowrap|48–60}}
Evening: 24–68, 64–52, {{nowrap|73–33}}, {{nowrap|0–78}}, {{nowrap|0–134 (134)}}, {{nowrap|92–0}}, {{nowrap|65–5}}, {{nowrap|79–0}}

align="right" | 117

| align="center" | Highest break

| 134

align="right" | 3

| align="center" | Century breaks

| 1

Century breaks

Total: 71

145, 139, 137, 115, 112 {{ndash}} Li Hang
145, 138, 104 {{ndash}} Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
142, 121 {{ndash}} Eden Sharav
142, 119 {{ndash}} Hammad Miah
140, 126 {{ndash}} Ryan Day
137, 120, 117, 115, 112, 108, 108, 107, 105 {{ndash}} Judd Trump
136, 101 {{ndash}} Noppon Saengkham
135, 134, 132, 119, 116, 114, 112, 111, 108, 102 {{ndash}} Ronnie O'Sullivan
134, 121, 102 {{ndash}} Zhou Yuelong
132 {{ndash}} Luca Brecel
132 {{ndash}} Tian Pengfei
131, 118 {{ndash}} Lu Ning
128, 127, 122, 122, 101 {{ndash}} Mark Selby
127 {{ndash}} James Wattana
125 {{ndash}} Neil Robertson
124, 113, 102 {{ndash}} David Gilbert
122 {{ndash}} Niu Zhuang
120, 110 {{ndash}} Jimmy Robertson
118, 109 {{ndash}} Daniel Wells
115 {{ndash}} Sam Craigie
113 {{ndash}} Robin Hull
113 {{ndash}} Joe O'Connor
113 {{ndash}} Ben Woollaston
111 {{ndash}} Zhang Yong
110 {{ndash}} Mark King
107 {{ndash}} Peter Ebdon
105 {{ndash}} Sam Baird
102 {{ndash}} Harvey Chandler
102 {{ndash}} Tom Ford
102 {{ndash}} Luo Honghao
101 {{ndash}} Ian Burns
101 {{ndash}} Andrew Higginson
100 {{ndash}} Zhang Anda

References

Category:Home Nations Series

2018

Category:2018 in snooker

Category:2018 in Northern Ireland sport

Category:Sports competitions in Belfast

Category:2010s in Northern Ireland

Category:21st century in Belfast

Category:November 2018 sports events in the United Kingdom