2018 Gibraltar Open Explained

Tournament Name:2018 ManBetX Gibraltar Open
Venue:Tercentenary Sports Hall
Location:Gibraltar
Organisation:World Snooker
Format:Ranking event
Total Prize Fund:£153,000
Winners Share:£25,000
Highest Break:


(140)
Score:4–0
Previous:2017
Next:2019

The 2018 Gibraltar Open (officially the 2018 ManBetX Gibraltar Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 7 to 11 March 2018 at the Tercentenary Sports Hall in Gibraltar.[1] It was the seventeenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.

Shaun Murphy was the defending champion, but due to back and neck problems he withdrew prior to the tournament.[2] [3]

Ryan Day captured his second career ranking title, both won in the 2017/2018 season. He did so with a 4–0 win in the final against Cao Yupeng.[4]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[5]

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £25,000

Main draw

Top half

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 8

Finals

Final

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Desislava Bozhilova.
Tercentenary Sports Hall, Gibraltar, 11 March 2018.
Cao Yupeng
0–4Ryan Day
0–88, 7–86,,
8Highest break100
0Century breaks1

Amateur pre-qualifying

These matches were played in Gibraltar on 7–8 March 2018. All matches were best of 7 frames.

Round 1

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Mihai Vladu 4–2 Aaron Graham
Louis Heathcote 4–0 Paul McLeod
Daniel Schneider 1–4 Richard Beckham
Conor McCormack 1–4 Paul Gibbs
Martin Pitcher 4–2 Danny Connolly
Felix Frede 4–0 Andrew Urbaniak
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Joshua Thomond 1–4 Patrick Whelan
Dylan Craig 4–1 Peter Devlin
Jackson Page 4–0 Andrew Mincher
Dan Barsley 2–4 Brian Cini
Michael Wild 4–2 Sean McAllister
2–4 Brandon Sargeant

Round 2

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Ben Jones 1–4 Ryan Causton
2–4 Barry Pinches
Manasawin Phetmalaikul 4–2 Mihai Vladu
James Cahill 4–1 Hamim Hussain
Charlie Walters 4–1 Kevin Kelly
Andreas Ploner 4–3 Ashley Carty
Bradley Tyson 0–4 Louis Heathcote
Matthew Hudson 3–4 Liam Golt
Ian Martin 3–4 Richard Beckham
Jamie Cope 4–1 Lee Prickman
Joe O'Connor 4–0 Daniel O'Regan
Adam Edge 4–0 Manon Melief
Andrew Milliard 4–0 Paul Gibbs
Andy Symons 4–0 Tony Corrigan
Sergiy Isayenko 2–4 Harvey Chandler
Jenson Kendrick 3–4 Mike Finn
Reggie Edwards 3–4 Martin Pitcher
Fergal Quinn 0–4 Matthew Glasby
Shahidul Islam 1–4 Felix Frede
Robin Otto 0–4 Patrick Whelan
Andy Hicks 4–3 Zack Richardson
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George Pragnall 4–3 Mitchell Grinstead
John Foster 4–0 Bhavesh Sodha
Matthew Day 4–3 Joshua Cooper
Jack Bradford 3–4 Adam Ashley
Jamie Clarke 4–2 Michael Williams
Simon Lichtenberg 4–3 Rob James
Barry Mincher 0–4 Dylan Craig
Mohammed M.Shariff w/d–w/o Ivelin Boyanov Bozhanov
Thomas Lancastle 3–4 Umut Dikme
Daniel Williams w/d–w/o Jackson Page
Francis Becerra 1–4 Brian Cini
Dylan Emery 4–2 Phil O'Kane
Jamie O'Neill 4–0 Andrew Olivero
Andrei Orzan 4–2 Adam Nash
Kevin Chan 0–4 Michael Wild
Matthew Roberts 2–4 James Height
Oliver Brown 4–0 Blythe Reeve
Lee Mein 0–4 Saqib Nasir
Ron Kantor 0–4 Brandon Sargeant
Thomas Kevern 4–2 Gareth Lopez
Bash Maqsood 4–0 Simon Dent

Round 3

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Ryan Causton 2–4 Barry Pinches
Manasawin Phetmalaikul 1–4 James Cahill
Charlie Walters 3–4 Andreas Ploner
Louis Heathcote 4–0 Liam Golt
Richard Beckham 2–4 Jamie Cope
Joe O'Connor 4–2 Adam Edge
Andrew Milliard 3–4 Andy Symons
3–4 Mike Finn
Martin Pitcher 2–4 Matthew Glasby
Felix Frede 0–4 Patrick Whelan
Andy Hicks 4–2 George Pragnall
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John Foster 1–4 Matthew Day
Adam Ashley 1–4 Jamie Clarke
Simon Lichtenberg 4–2 Dylan Craig
Ivelin Boyanov Bozhanov 1–4 Umut Dikme
Jackson Page 4–2 Brian Cini
Dylan Emery 2–4 Jamie O'Neill
Andrei Orzan 0–4 Michael Wild
James Height 0–4 Oliver Brown
Saqib Nasir 0–4 Brandon Sargeant
Thomas Kevern 4–2 Bash Maqsood

Century breaks

Main rounds centuries

Total: 35[6]

Qualifying rounds centuries

Total: 5

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2017/18 World Snooker Calendar. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. 14 July 2017.
  2. Web site: Murphy Rules The Rock. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 5 March 2017. 12 March 2018.
  3. Web site: Murphy An Injury Doubt For Llandudno. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 12 March 2018. 12 March 2018.
  4. Web site: Rock Blast For Dynamite Day. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 11 March 2018. 12 March 2018.
  5. Web site: Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2017/2018 Season. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. 14 July 2017.
  6. Web site: Gibraltar Open 2018 Centuries. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 7–11 March 2018. 2018-02-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180216205437/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14001/gibraltar-open-2018. 2018-02-16. dead.