2018 Seniors Masters

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=The Seniors Masters

|logo=

|dates=12 April 2018

|venue=Crucible Theatre

|location=Sheffield

|country=England

|organisation=Snooker Legends

|format=Seniors event

|Total prize fund=£14,500

|winners_share=£7,500

|highest_break={{flagicon|ENG}} John Parrott (85)

|winner={{flagicon|CAN}} Cliff Thorburn

|runner_up={{flagicon|ENG}} Jonathan Bagley

|score=2–1

|previous=First

|next=2019

}}

The 2018 Seniors Masters was a senior snooker tournament which took place on 12 April 2018 at {{nowrap|the Crucible Theatre}} in Sheffield, England. It was the fourth and final event on the newly created World Seniors Tour.{{cite web|url= https://www.wpbsa.com/world-seniors-tour-201718/|title=World Seniors Tour 2017/18|date=2 August 2017|work=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|accessdate=1 March 2018}}

Cliff Thorburn won the title beating Jonathan Bagley 2–1 on a re-spotted black ball which replaced the final frame decider in the final. Thorburn, at the age of 70, became the oldest winner of a World Seniors title; the previous record belonged to Steve Davis, who was 60 when he won the 2018 Seniors Irish Masters.{{cite web|url= https://seniorsnooker.com/2018/04/13/assetereum-world-seniors-masters-2018-cliff-thorburn-is-your-champion/|title=Assetereum World Seniors Masters 2018 – Cliff Thorburn is your Champion!|date=13 April 2018|work=seniorsnooker.com|accessdate=15 April 2018}}

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money is shown below:{{cite web|title=Terms And Conditions - 2017/2018 World Seniors Tour|url=http://www.snookerlegends.co.uk/docs/WST_17-18_t&c.pdf|publisher=Snooker Legends|accessdate=1 March 2018}}

  • Winner: £7,500
  • Runner-up: £2,500
  • Semi-finals: £1,000
  • Quarter-finals: £500
  • Highest break: £500
  • Total: £14,500

Main Draw

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

|bold_winner=high

|RD1 = Quarter-finals
Best of 3 frames|RD2 = Semi-finals
Best of 3 frames

|3rdplace=no|RD3 = Final
Best of 3 frames

|| {{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry (1)|1|{{flagicon|IRL}} Michael Judge|2*

|| {{flagicon|NIR}} Dennis Taylor (4)|0|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} Jonathan Bagley}}|2

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} John Parrott (2)|2|{{flagicon|ENG}} Tony Knowles|0

|| {{flagicon|CAN}} Cliff Thorburn (5)|w/o|{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Johnson (3)|w/d

|| {{flagicon|IRL}} Michael Judge|1|{{flagicon|ENG}} Jonathan Bagley|2*

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} John Parrott (2)|0 |{{flagicon|CAN}} Cliff Thorburn (5)|2

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jonathan Bagley|1 |{{flagicon|CAN}} Cliff Thorburn (5)|2*

}}

  • All matches were played with a 30-second shot clock with players having two time-outs per match
  • *Re-spotted black ball replaced final frame deciders to determine the winner.

Final

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"
colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: Best of 3 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb.
Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England, 12 April 2018.
width="230" align="right" | Johnathan Bagley
{{ENG}}

| width="100" align="center" | 1–2

| width="230" | Cliff Thorburn
{{CAN}}

colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" |72–6, 21–57, 0–7*(respotted black)
align="right" | 36

| align="center" | Highest break

| 47

align="right" | 0

| align="center" | Century breaks

| 0

align="right" | 0

| align="center" | 50+ breaks

| 0

References