2018 Shanghai Masters

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{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=Shanghai Masters

|logo=

|dates={{Start and end dates|2018|09|10|2018|09|16|df=y}}

|venue=Regal International East Asia Hotel

|location=Shanghai

|country=China

|organisation=WPBSA

|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=£725,000

|winners_share=£200,000

|highest_break= {{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan (140)
{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham (140)

|winner= {{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan

|runner_up= {{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins

|score=11–9

|previous=2017

|next=2019

}}

The 2018 Shanghai Masters was a professional snooker tournament that took place in Shanghai, China from 10 to 16 September. It was a 24-man non-ranking invitation event, unlike previous editions of the Shanghai Masters which were ranking events.{{cite web |title=Shanghai Masters to Become Snooker's Richest Invitational - World Snooker |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/shanghai-masters-become-lucrative-non-ranking-event-history/|publisher=World Snooker |date=18 November 2017}}

Ronnie O'Sullivan successfully defended the title by beating Barry Hawkins 11–9 in the final.{{cite web |title=Rocket Fires To Shanghai Victory |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/rocket-fires-to-shanghai-victory/ |website=World Snooker |accessdate=16 September 2018}}

With this win O'Sullivan became the first player to surpass £10 million in career prize money.

Field

The 24 players were the top-16 in the world rankings after the 2018 World Open, the next four players, outside the top-16 in the world rankings, of Chinese origin, two players from the CBSA under-21 rankings and two from China's Amateur Masters series. The Amateur Masters was won by Pu Qingsong with Guo Hua the runner-up. The two players from the CBSA under-21 rankings were Chang Bingyu and Fan Zhengyi.{{cite web |title=Shanghai Masters wild cards |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/shanghai-masters-draw-2/ |publisher=World Snooker |date=7 September 2018}}

Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was the number 1 seed with World Champion Mark Williams seeded 2. The top 8 seeds received byes into the second round.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money is shown below:

Winner: £200,000
Runner-up: £100,000
Semi-finals: £60,000
Quarter-finals: £30,000
Last 16: £15,000
Last 24: £7,500
Highest break: £5,000
Total: £725,000

Main draw

{{24TeamBracket-Byes

|RD1=Round 1
Best of 11 frames

|RD2=Round 2
Best of 11 frames

|RD3=Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames

|RD4=Semi-finals
Best of 19 frames

|RD5=Final
Best of 21 frames

|seed-width=25

|team-width=150

|score-width=30

|RD1-seed01=10

|RD1-team01={{nowrap|{{flagicon|AUS}} Neil Robertson}}

|RD1-score01=6

|RD1-seed02=

|RD1-team02={{flagicon|CHN}} Guo Hua

|RD1-score02=1

|RD1-seed03=12

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

|RD1-score03=6

|RD1-seed04=

|RD1-team04={{flagicon|CHN}} Fan Zhengyi

|RD1-score04=0

|RD1-seed05=9

|RD1-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Kyren Wilson

|RD1-score05=6

|RD1-seed06=

|RD1-team06={{flagicon|CHN}} Liang Wenbo

|RD1-score06=3

|RD1-seed07=15

|RD1-team07={{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day

|RD1-score07=6

|RD1-seed08=

|RD1-team08={{flagicon|CHN}} Chang Bingyu

|RD1-score08=2

|RD1-seed09=13

|RD1-team09={{flagicon|BEL}} Luca Brecel

|RD1-score09=4

|RD1-seed10=

|RD1-team10={{flagicon|CHN}} Zhou Yuelong

|RD1-score10=6

|RD1-seed11=11

|RD1-team11={{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Allen

|RD1-score11=6

|RD1-seed12=

|RD1-team12={{flagicon|CHN}} Xiao Guodong

|RD1-score12=4

|RD1-seed13=14

|RD1-team13={{nowrap|{{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Maguire}}

|RD1-score13=6

|RD1-seed14=

|RD1-team14={{flagicon|CHN}} Pu QingSong

|RD1-score14=4

|RD1-seed15=16

|RD1-team15={{flagicon|SCO}} Anthony McGill

|RD1-score15=6

|RD1-seed16=

|RD1-team16={{flagicon|CHN}} Yan Bingtao

|RD1-score16=2

|RD2-seed01=1

|RD2-team01={{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan}}

|RD2-score01=6

|RD2-seed02=10

|RD2-team02={{nowrap|{{flagicon|AUS}} Neil Robertson}}

|RD2-score02=3

|RD2-seed03=8

|RD2-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Shaun Murphy{{cite web |title=Murphy Withdraws From Shanghai Masters - World Snooker |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/murphy-withdraws-from-shanghai-masters//|publisher=World Snooker |date=10 September 2018}}

|RD2-score03=w/d

|RD2-seed04=12

|RD2-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham

|RD2-score04=w/o

|RD2-seed05=5

|RD2-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump

|RD2-score05=2

|RD2-seed06=9

|RD2-team06={{flagicon|ENG}} Kyren Wilson

|RD2-score06=6

|RD2-seed07=4

|RD2-team07={{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins

|RD2-score07=5

|RD2-seed08=15

|RD2-team08={{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day

|RD2-score08=6

|RD2-seed09=3

|RD2-team09={{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby

|RD2-score09=6

|RD2-seed10=

|RD2-team10={{flagicon|CHN}} Zhou Yuelong

|RD2-score10=5

|RD2-seed11=6

|RD2-team11={{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhui

|RD2-score11=6

|RD2-seed12=11

|RD2-team12={{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Allen

|RD2-score12=3

|RD2-seed13=7

|RD2-team13={{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins

|RD2-score13=6

|RD2-seed14=14

|RD2-team14={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Maguire

|RD2-score14=3

|RD2-seed15=2

|RD2-team15={{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams

|RD2-score15=6

|RD2-seed16=16

|RD2-team16={{flagicon|SCO}} Anthony McGill

|RD2-score16=3

|RD3-seed01=1

|RD3-team01={{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan}}

|RD3-score01=6

|RD3-seed02=12

|RD3-team02={{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham}}

|RD3-score02=2

|RD3-seed03=9

|RD3-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Kyren Wilson

|RD3-score03=6

|RD3-seed04=15

|RD3-team04={{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day

|RD3-score04=5

|RD3-seed05=3

|RD3-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby

|RD3-score05=5

|RD3-seed06=6

|RD3-team06={{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhui

|RD3-score06=6

|RD3-seed07=7

|RD3-team07={{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins

|RD3-score07=6

|RD3-seed08=2

|RD3-team08={{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams

|RD3-score08=4

|RD4-seed01=1

|RD4-team01={{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan}}

|RD4-score01=10

|RD4-seed02=9

|RD4-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Kyren Wilson

|RD4-score02=6

|RD4-seed03=6

|RD4-team03={{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhui

|RD4-score03=9

|RD4-seed04=7

|RD4-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins

|RD4-score04=10

|RD5-seed01=1

|RD5-team01={{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan}}

|RD5-score01=11

|RD5-seed02=7

|RD5-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins

|RD5-score02=9

}}

Final

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

colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: Best of 21 frames. Referee: Zheng Weili.
Regal International East Asia Hotel, Shanghai, China, 16 September 2018.

width="230" align="right" | Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)
{{ENG}}

| width="100" align="center" | 11–9

| width="230" | Barry Hawkins (7)
{{ENG}}

colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" |Afternoon: 1–125 (125), 23–66, {{nowrap|85–5 (85)}}, {{nowrap|0–97 (55)}}, {{nowrap|101–0 (93)}}, {{nowrap|89–35 (66)}}, {{nowrap|0–132 (132)}}, {{nowrap|33–61}}, {{nowrap|93–29 (68)}}, {{nowrap|5–63 (63)}}
Evening: 73–0, 134–1 (64, 61), {{nowrap|56–3 (56)}}, {{nowrap|113–0 (113)}}, {{nowrap|26–97 (83)}}, {{nowrap|83–24 (83)}}, {{nowrap|63–14}}, {{nowrap|14–57}}, {{nowrap|0–90 (74)}}, {{nowrap|122–0 (122)}}

align="right" | 122

| align="center" | Highest break

| 132

align="right" | 2

| align="center" | Century breaks

| 2

align="right" | 10

| align="center" | 50+ breaks

| 6

Century breaks

Total: 37{{cite web |url=http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14024/shanghai-masters-2018 |title=Shanghai Masters 2018 – Centuries |work=worldsnooker.com |publisher=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association |date=10–16 September 2018 |access-date=12 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827174034/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14024/shanghai-masters-2018 |archive-date=27 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}

140, 135, 122, 113, 111 {{ndash}} Ronnie O'Sullivan
140, 134 {{ndash}} Stuart Bingham
138, 101, 100 {{ndash}} Ding Junhui
138 {{ndash}} Luca Brecel
136 {{ndash}} John Higgins
135, 131, 114, 100 {{ndash}} Kyren Wilson
134, 132, 125, 114, 103, 101, 100 {{ndash}} Barry Hawkins
134, 110, 100 {{ndash}} Anthony McGill
133 {{ndash}} Yan Bingtao
130, 100 {{ndash}} Ryan Day
128 {{ndash}} Judd Trump
128 {{ndash}} Liang Wenbo
114, 113 {{ndash}} Stephen Maguire
107, 103 {{ndash}} Neil Robertson
103 {{ndash}} Mark Williams
102 {{ndash}} Mark Allen

References

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