The 2018 World Grand Prix (officially the 2018 Ladbrokes World Grand Prix) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, taking place from 19 to 25 February 2018 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. It was the fifteenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.
Barry Hawkins was the defending champion, but he did not qualify for this edition of the tournament.
Ronnie O'Sullivan won his fourth ranking title of the season and 32nd ranking title overall, beating Ding Junhui 10–3 in the final.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £100,000 Runner-up: £40,000 Semi-final: £20,000 Quarter-final: £12,500 Last 16: £7,500 Last 32: £5,000
Highest break: £5,000 Total: £375,000
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £15,000
Seeding list
The top 32 players on the one-year ranking list, running from the 2017 Riga Masters until the 2018 Snooker Shoot Out, qualified for the tournament.
Rank Player Total points1 Ronnie O'Sullivan425,5002 Mark Williams259,0003 Judd Trump234,5004 Luca Brecel232,6005 Shaun Murphy209,5006 Mark Selby198,2257 Ding Junhui177,0008 John Higgins171,0009 Mark Allen164,00010 Kyren Wilson134,72511 Neil Robertson132,00012 Ryan Day129,50013 Stephen Maguire114,00014 Graeme Dott106,00015 Anthony McGill99,00016 Martin Gould98,50017 Yan Bingtao96,50018 Cao Yupeng91,00019 Joe Perry85,50020 Li Hang84,00021 Jack Lisowski83,60022 David Gilbert71,50023 Mark Joyce71,00024 Xiao Guodong69,50025 Ali Carter69,00026 Mark King68,72527 Jimmy Robertson64,00028 Ricky Walden61,60029 Michael Georgiou61,50030 Michael White61,50031 Stuart Bingham58,50032 Robert Milkins57,000
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Greg ConiglioGuild Hall, Preston, England, 25 February 2018. Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) 10–3 Ding Junhui (7) Afternoon: 2–61, , , , , , , , Evening: 113–4, 79–6, , 124 Highest break 68 3 Century breaks 0
Century breaks Total: 26
140 Mark Joyce 134, 134, 117, 104 Ding Junhui 134 Mark Selby 130 Martin Gould 128, 124, 121, 120, 119, 106, 105, 105, 102, 101 Ronnie O'Sullivan 125, 102 Anthony McGill 123, 105 Shaun Murphy 122 Yan Bingtao 111 Ryan Day 109 Graeme Dott 103 Stephen Maguire 102 Neil Robertson
References
External links Ladbrokes World Grand Prix 2018, Draw Ladbrokes World Grand Prix 2018, Sessions