2018 Romanian Masters

{{infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=Romanian Masters

|logo= Romanian Snooker Masters.png

|dates={{Start and end dates|2018|03|14|2018|03|18|df=y}}

|venue=Bucharest Metropolitan Circus

|location=Bucharest

|country=Romania

|organisation=WPBSA

|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=€200,000 (£176,800)

|winners_share=€50,000 (£44,200)

|highest_break={{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham (137)

|winner={{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day

|runner_up={{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham

|score=10–8

}}

The 2018 Romanian Masters was a non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from 14 to 18 March 2018 in Bucharest, Romania. Sanctioned by World Snooker, the tournament was organised by McCann/Thiess Events and McCann Bucharest and was a 16-player invitational event.{{cite web|title=Romanian Snooker Masters Set For March|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/romanian-snooker-masters-set-march/|publisher=World Snooker|accessdate=2 February 2018}}{{cite web|title=World Snooker Announces Romanian Snooker Masters|url=https://snookerhq.com/2018/02/01/world-snooker-announces-romanian-snooker-masters/|publisher=Snooker HQ|accessdate=2 February 2018}}

12 of the world's top 16 players returned to Romania, after Bucharest staged the 2016 European Masters in the 2016/2017 season.

Ryan Day won his third trophy of the 2017/2018 season, beating Stuart Bingham 10–8 in the final.{{cite web|title=Day The Best In Bucharest|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/day-best-bucharest/|publisher=World Snooker|accessdate=18 March 2018}}

Main draw

{{16TeamBracket

| seed-width =

| team-width =

| score-width =

| RD1= Last 16
Best of 7 frames

| RD2= Quarter-finals
{{nowrap|Best of 7 frames}}

| RD3= Semi-finals
{{nowrap|Best of 9 frames}}

| RD4= Final
{{nowrap|Best of 19 frames}}

| RD1-seed01=1

| RD1-team01={{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby}}

| RD1-score01=2

| RD1-seed02=15

| RD1-team02={{flagicon|CHN}} Liang Wenbo

| RD1-score02=4

| RD1-seed03=8

| RD1-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham

| RD1-score03=4

| RD1-seed04=10

| RD1-team04={{flagicon|AUS}} Neil Robertson

| RD1-score04=3

| RD1-seed05=5

| RD1-team05={{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams

| RD1-score05=0

| RD1-seed06=9

| RD1-team06={{flagicon|ENG}} Ali Carter

| RD1-score06=4

| RD1-seed07=*

| RD1-team07={{flagicon|ENG}} Mark King

| RD1-score07=0

| RD1-seed08=16

| RD1-team08={{nowrap|{{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Maguire}}

| RD1-score08=4

| RD1-seed09=3

| RD1-team09={{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins

| RD1-score09=4

| RD1-seed10=13

| RD1-team10={{flagicon|SCO}} Anthony McGill

| RD1-score10=2

| RD1-seed11=6

| RD1-team11={{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins

| RD1-score11=2

| RD1-seed12=14

| RD1-team12={{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day

| RD1-score12=4

| RD1-seed13=7

| RD1-team13={{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Allen

| RD1-score13=2

| RD1-seed14=11

| RD1-team14={{flagicon|ENG}} Kyren Wilson

| RD1-score14=4

| RD1-seed15=2

| RD1-team15={{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump

| RD1-score15=4

| RD1-seed16=12

| RD1-team16={{flagicon|BEL}} Luca Brecel

| RD1-score16=0

| RD2-seed01=15

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|CHN}} Liang Wenbo

| RD2-score01=1

| RD2-seed02=8

| RD2-team02={{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham}}

| RD2-score02=4

| RD2-seed03=9

| RD2-team03={{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ali Carter}}

| RD2-score03=4

| RD2-seed04=16

| RD2-team04={{nowrap|{{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Maguire}}

| RD2-score04=3

| RD2-seed05=3

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins

| RD2-score05=1

| RD2-seed06=14

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day

| RD2-score06=4

| RD2-seed07=11

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|ENG}} Kyren Wilson

| RD2-score07=4

| RD2-seed08=2

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump

| RD2-score08=2

| RD3-seed01=8

| RD3-team01={{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham}}

| RD3-score01=5

| RD3-seed02=9

| RD3-team02={{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ali Carter}}

| RD3-score02=2

| RD3-seed03=14

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day

| RD3-score03=5

| RD3-seed04=11

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Kyren Wilson

| RD3-score04=0

| RD4-seed01=8

| RD4-team01={{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham}}

| RD4-score01=8

| RD4-seed02=14

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day

| RD4-score02=10

}}

;Notes

* Mark King replaced 4th seed Shaun Murphy after the draw had taken place.

Final

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

colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Alex Crișan.
Bucharest Metropolitan Circus, Bucharest, Romania, 18 March 2018.

width="230" align="right" | Stuart Bingham (8)
{{ENG}}

| width="100" align="center" | 8–10

| width="230" | Ryan Day (14)
{{WAL}}

colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" |Afternoon: 65–45, {{nowrap|71–20 (57)}}, {{nowrap|90–1 (84)}}, {{nowrap|71–0}}, {{nowrap|52–62}}, {{nowrap|8–63 (62)}}, {{nowrap|13–77 (52)}}, {{nowrap|124–0 (124)}}, {{nowrap|7–62}}
Evening: 0–85 (50), 66–77, {{nowrap|84–0 (84)}}, {{nowrap|58–2}}, {{nowrap|37–61}}, {{nowrap|111–0 (111),}} {{nowrap|0–82 (61)}}, {{nowrap|0–92}}, {{nowrap|59–66}}

align="right" | 124

| align="center" | Highest break

| 62

align="right" | 2

| align="center" | Century breaks

| 0

align="right" | 5

| align="center" | 50+ breaks

| 4

Century breaks

Total: 11

{{cite web|url=http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14010/romanian-masters-2018|title=Romanian Masters 2018 Centuries|work=worldsnooker.com|publisher=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|date=14–18 March 2018|access-date=17 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310161242/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14010/romanian-masters-2018|archive-date=10 March 2018|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

137, 124, 111 {{ndash}} Stuart Bingham
136, 133 {{ndash}} Ali Carter
130 {{ndash}} Mark Allen
120 {{ndash}} Ryan Day
118, 101 {{ndash}} Judd Trump
109, 108 {{ndash}} Stephen Maguire

References

Category:Snooker non-ranking competitions

Romanian

Snooker Masters

Category:Snooker in Romania

Category:Sports competitions in Bucharest

Romanian