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 |
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
{{reflist}}
{{World Seniors Championship}}
{{Snooker season 2017/2018}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Senior Masters, 2018}}
Category:2018 in English sport
Category:Snooker competitions in England