The 2018 Champion of Champions (officially the 2018 ManBetX Champion of Champions) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament which took place from 5 to 11 November 2018 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England.
Shaun Murphy was the defending champion, but lost 3–6 in the semi-finals to Ronnie O'Sullivan in a repeat of the final of the previous edition of the tournament.
Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Kyren Wilson 10–9 in the final to capture his third Champion of Champions title.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for 2018 is shown below:
Winner: £100,000 Runner-up: £50,000 Losing semi-finalist: £25,000 Group runner-up: £17,500 First round losers: £12,500 Total: £370,000
Qualification Qualification for the 2018 Champion of Champions tournament was determined by the winners of (at most) 26 tournaments over one year, from the 2017 Champion of Champions to the 2018 International Championship, thereby including tournaments from both the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 snooker seasons. The winners of the first 16 tournaments on the list were guaranteed qualification. The winners of the next tournaments on the list – in the order shown in the table – would also take a place in the Champion of Champions if other players win more than one of the tournaments higher on the list.
In case less than 16 different tournament winners qualified, the remaining spots would be awarded based on the world rankings after the 2018 English Open.
Tournament Date of tournament final Winner Qualified players Date qualification confirmed 2017 Champion of Champions 12 November 2017 Shaun Murphy Shaun Murphy Mark Allen Mark Williams John Higgins Mark Selby Neil Robertson Stuart Bingham Ryan Day Kyren Wilson Judd Trump Ding Junhui Barry Hawkins Luca Brecel18 November 201721 January 20184 March 20188 April 20187 October 201825 February 201821 October 201829 March 201826 August 201812 August 20187 October 201821 October 201821 October 20183 November 2018 2017 UK Championship 2018 Masters 21 January 2018 Mark Allen 2018 World Championship 7 May 2018 Mark Williams 2017 Shanghai Masters 18 November 2017 2018 German Masters 4 February 2018 Mark Williams 2018 World Grand Prix 25 February 2018 2018 Players Championship 25 March 2018 2018 Championship League 29 March 2018 John Higgins 2018 China Open 8 April 2018 Mark Selby 2018 World Open 12 August 2018 Mark Williams 2018 Shanghai Masters 16 September 2018 Ronnie O'Sullivan 2018 China Championship Mark Selby 2018 European Masters 7 October 2018 4 November 2018 Mark Allen 2017 Northern Ireland Open 26 November 2017 Mark Williams 2017 Scottish Open 17 December 2017 Neil Robertson 2018 Welsh Open 4 March 2018 John Higgins 2018 English Open 21 October 2018 Stuart Bingham 2018 Gibraltar Open 11 March 2018 Ryan Day 2018 World Championship runner-up 7 May 2018 John Higgins 2018 Riga Masters 29 July 2018 Neil Robertson 2018 Paul Hunter Classic 26 August 2018 Kyren Wilson 2018 Shoot Out 11 February 2018 2018 Romanian Masters 18 March 2018 Ryan Day 2018 Six-red World Championship 8 September 2018 Kyren Wilson
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Paul Collier.Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England, 11 November 2018. Ronnie O'Sullivan (4) 10–9 Kyren Wilson Afternoon: 16–71 (50), , , , , , , , Evening: 23–64, , , , , , , , , 131 Highest break 104 3 Century breaks 1 8 50+ breaks 8
Century breaks Total: 31
147, 100 Mark Selby 140, 123, 119, 109, 102, 102 Mark Allen 139 Ding Junhui 137, 131, 129, 127, 116, 114, 110, 109, 109, 107, 101 Ronnie O'Sullivan 131, 125, 125, 104 Kyren Wilson 123, 118, 110, 102 Shaun Murphy 106, 100 John Higgins 106 Ryan Day
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