2018 Romanian Masters Explained

Tournament Name:	Romanian Masters
Venue:	Bucharest Metropolitan Circus
Location:	Bucharest
Country:	Romania
Organisation:	WPBSA
Format:	Non-ranking event
Total Prize Fund:	€200,000 (£176,800)
Winners Share:	€50,000 (£44,200)
Highest Break:	Stuart Bingham (137)
Winner:	Ryan Day
Runner Up:	Stuart Bingham
Score:	10–8

The 2018 Romanian Masters was a non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from 14 to 18 March 2018 in Bucharest, Romania. Sanctioned by World Snooker, the tournament was organised by McCann/Thiess Events and McCann Bucharest and was a 16-player invitational event.^{[1] [2]}

12 of the world's top 16 players returned to Romania, after Bucharest staged the 2016 European Masters in the 2016/2017 season.

Ryan Day won his third trophy of the 2017/2018 season, beating Stuart Bingham 10–8 in the final.^[3]

Main draw

Notes

• Mark King replaced 4th seed Shaun Murphy after the draw had taken place.

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Alex Crișan. Bucharest Metropolitan Circus, Bucharest, Romania, 18 March 2018.
Stuart Bingham (8)	8–10	Ryan Day (14)
Afternoon: 65–45,,,,,,,, Evening: 0–85 (50), 66–77,,,,,,
124	Highest break	62
2	Century breaks	0
5	50+ breaks	4

Century breaks

Total: 11^[4]

• • 137, 124, 111 Stuart Bingham 136, 133 Ali Carter
• 130 Mark Allen
• 120 Ryan Day
• 118, 101 Judd Trump
• 109, 108 Stephen Maguire

Notes and References

1. Web site: Romanian Snooker Masters Set For March. World Snooker. 2 February 2018.
2. Web site: World Snooker Announces Romanian Snooker Masters. Snooker HQ. 2 February 2018.
3. Web site: Day The Best In Bucharest. World Snooker. 18 March 2018.
4. Web site: Romanian Masters 2018 Centuries. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14–18 March 2018. 17 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180310161242/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14010/romanian-masters-2018. 10 March 2018. dead. dmy-all.