2018 China Championship Explained

Tournament Name:2018 Evergrande China Championship
Venue:Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Centre
Location:Guangzhou
Country:China
Organisation:World Snooker
Format:Ranking event
Total Prize Fund:£725,000
Winners Share:£150,000
Highest Break: (144)
Score:10–9
Previous:2017
Next:2019

The 2018 China Championship (officially the 2018 Evergrande China Championship) was professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 24 and 30 September 2018 in Guangzhou, China, with qualifying took place from 19 to 22 August 2018 in Preston, England.[1] It was the fourth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.[2]

Luca Brecel was the defending champion, but he lost to Martin O'Donnell 3 - 5 in the first round. Mark Selby won the event, defeating John Higgins in the final 10 - 9. Selby's win was his 15th professional ranking event win.

Prize fund

The event had a prize pool of £725,000, with the following breakdown for the player's reaching the following positions.[3]

The event also had a "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break, which stood as £5,000.[3]

Main draw

The main draw of the event featured 64 players. Players in bold denote match winners.

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Zhu Ying.
Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Centre, Guangzhou, China, 30 September 2018.
John Higgins
9–10Mark Selby
Afternoon: 65–17, 6–83,,,,,,,
Evening: 4–70, 71–39,,,,,,,,
85Highest break118
0Century breaks1

Qualifying

These matches were held between 19 and 22 August 2018 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.

width=45% Luca Brecelwidth=10% align="center"5–1[4] width=45% Joe O'Connor
Martin O'Donnell 5–3 Elliot Slessor
Tom Ford 5–0 Paul Davison
3–5 Nigel Bond
Marco Fu 5–2 Sam Baird
3–5 Zhang Anda
Liang Wenbo5–4[5] Alfie Burden
4–5 John Astley
Mark Joyce 5–1 James Wattana
Joe Perry 5–2 Ashley Hugill
Lyu Haotian 5–4 Li Yuan
Kyren Wilson 5–1 Lukas Kleckers
Mark Davis 5–1 Hamza Akbar
Xiao Guodong 5–1 Zhang Yong
Liam Highfield 5–2 Hammad Miah
Shaun Murphy 5–2 Jordan Brown
Judd Trump 5–3 Eden Sharav
4–5 Rhys Clark
Anthony Hamilton 5–0 Soheil Vahedi
Jamie Jones 5–2 Adam Stefanow
Stuart Bingham 5–4 Craig Steadman
Peter Ebdon 5–3 Harvey Chandler
Yan Bingtao 5–3 Niu Zhuang
Chris Wakelin 5–4 Thor Chuan Leong
Kurt Maflin 5–1 Sanderson Lam
Jack Lisowski 5–4 Ian Burns
Scott Donaldson 5–0 Basem Eltahhan
Stephen Maguire 5–1 Chen Feilong
2–5 Mei Xiwen
Michael White 5–3 Oliver Lines
1–5 Allan Taylor
John Higgins 5–1 Duane Jones
Mark Selby 5–2 Jimmy White
Sunny Akani 5–2 Robin Hull
Robert Milkins 5–2 Chris Totten
3–5[6] Chang Bingyu
Ryan Day 5–2 Jak Jones
Mike Dunn5–1[7] Luo Zetao
David Gilbert 5–0 Kishan Hirani
Hossein Vafaei 5–2 Chen Zifan
2–5 Sam Craigie
Mark King 5–1 Zhang Jiankang
Matthew Selt 5–2 Jamie Clarke
Mark Allen 5–2 Sean O'Sullivan
0–5 Alexander Ursenbacher
2–5 Yuan Sijun
Daniel Wells 5–4 Billy Joe Castle
Ding Junhui 5–3[8] Lee Walker
Barry Hawkins 5–0 Simon Lichtenberg
3–5 Ashley Carty
4–5 Xu Si
Noppon Saengkham 5–1 Lu Ning
Neil Robertson 5–3 Ross Muir
0–5 Gerard Greene
Graeme Dott5–2[9] Bai Langning
Stuart Carrington5–3[10] He Guoqiang
Fergal O'Brien 5–2 Peter Lines
Ali Carter 5–1 Andy Lee
3–5 Zhao Xintong
Anthony McGill 5–3 Joe Swail
Gary Wilson 5–3 Fan Zhengyi
1–5 Luo Honghao
Ken Doherty 5–3 Tian Pengfei
Mark Williams5–0[11] Rod Lawler
Notes

Century breaks

Main stage centuries

Total: 29

Qualifying stage centuries

Total: 31

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Evergrande China Championship . . 14 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161106102545/http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournaments/evergrande-china-championship/ . 6 November 2016 . live .
  2. Web site: Calendar 2018/2019 . Snooker.org . 14 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180719175017/http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=2018&template=2 . 19 July 2018 . live .
  3. Web site: Evergrande China Championship. World Snooker. 1 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20161106102545/http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournaments/evergrande-china-championship/. 2016-11-06. live.
  4. Match held over and played in Guangzhou.
  5. Match held over and played in Guangzhou.
  6. Match held over and played in Guangzhou.
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  9. Match held over and played in Guangzhou.
  10. Match held over and played in Guangzhou.
  11. Match held over and played in Guangzhou.