The 2018 European Masters (officially the 2018 D88.com European Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place from 1 to 7 October 2018 in Lommel, Belgium. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.
Qualifying took place on 17 and 18 August 2018 in Preston, England.
Judd Trump was the defending champion after winning the previous two events, but he lost 2–4 to Tian Pengfei in the second round.
Jimmy Robertson reached his first ever ranking event semi-final, which he converted into his first professional ranking event title, beating Joe Perry 9–6 in the final.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £75,000 Runner-up: £35,000 Semi-final: £17,500 Quarter-final: £11,000 Last 16: £6,000 Last 32: £4,000 Last 64: £3,000
Televised highest break: £1,500 Total: £398,500
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £10,000
Main draw
Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Jan Scheers.De Soeverein, Lommel, Belgium, 7 October 2018. Joe Perry 6–9 Jimmy RobertsonAfternoon: 17–69, 21–71, , , , , , Evening: 52–63, , , , , , 110 Highest break 108 2 Century breaks 1
Qualifying These matches were held between 17 and 18 August 2018 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.
Judd Trump 4–0Match was held over and played in Lommel. Martin O'Donnell Liam Highfield 4–1 John Astley Tom Ford 2–4 Tian Pengfei Li Hang 4–0 Sunny Akani Marco Fu 4–1 Nigel Bond Andy Hicks 1–4 Fergal O'Brien Liang Wenbo 4–2 Li Yuan Joe Swail 0–4 Alfie Burden Oliver Lines 4–2 Matthew Selt Joe Perry 4–0 Sean O'Sullivan Dechawat Poomjaeng 2–4 Andrew Higginson Neil Robertson 4–3 Dominic Dale Michael Georgiou 4–1 Jimmy White Simon Bedford 2–4 Allan Taylor Harvey Chandler 2–4 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Kyren Wilson 4–2 Basem Eltahhan John Higgins 4–0 Chen Feilong Thor Chuan Leong 4–1 Noppon Saengkham Anthony Hamilton 4–0 Robin Hull Zhang Jiankang 4–2 Michael Holt Luca Brecel 4–2 Daniel Wells Niu Zhuang 3–4 Luo Honghao Yan Bingtao 4–1 Chen Zifan Alan McManus 4–1 Soheil Vahedi Duane Jones 4–2 Mark Joyce Jack Lisowski 4–1 James Wattana Billy Joe Castle 2–4 Peter Lines Stephen Maguire 1–4 Paul Davison Lyu Haotian 0–4 Zhang Anda Michael White 1–4 Alexander Ursenbacher Hossein Vafaei 4–2 Rod Lawler Ronnie O'Sullivan w/d–w/o Eden Sharav Mark Selby 4–3 Mei Xiwen Ashley Carty 1–4 Sam Craigie Robert Milkins 2–4 Scott Donaldson Mark Davis 4–2 Sam Baird Ryan Day 4–2 Hamza Akbar Yuan Sijun 4–2 Gerard Greene David Gilbert 4–3 Robbie Williams Ben Woollaston 0–4 Elliot Slessor Matthew Stevens 1–4 Zhao Xintong Mark King 4–2 Ian Burns Joe O'Connor 0–4 Chris Wakelin Stuart Bingham 4–3 Jamie Jones Rory McLeod 4–3 Lukas Kleckers Ricky Walden 4–3 Hammad Miah Craig Steadman 4–2 Adam Stefanów Barry Hawkins 4–2 Sanderson Lam Shaun Murphy 3–4 Gary Wilson Jamie Clarke 1–4 Stuart Carrington Martin Gould 2–4 Ross Muir Lee Walker 4–0 Fan Zhengyi Mark Allen 4–3 David Lilley Ashley Hugill 4–2 Kishan Hirani Graeme Dott 2–4 Jak Jones Simon Lichtenberg 0–4 Adam Duffy Peter Ebdon 4–2 Jordan Brown Ali Carter 4–2 Xu Si James Cahill 3–4 Chris Totten Anthony McGill 4–1 Lu Ning Ken Doherty 4–2 Kurt Maflin Zhou Yuelong 4–2 Mike Dunn Andy Lee 3–4 Jimmy Robertson Mark Williams w/d–w/o Zhang Yong
Notes
Century breaks
Main stage centuries Total: 24
135, 132, 108 Jimmy Robertson 135, 104 Jack Lisowski 130, 110, 106, 103 Joe Perry 130 Zhao Xintong 129 Anthony Hamilton 124 Mark King 117 Eden Sharav 114 Judd Trump 112, 112 Tian Pengfei 112 Liang Wenbo 110 Elliot Slessor 109 Luca Brecel 108 Zhang Anda 107 Allan Taylor 105 Ali Carter 104 Anthony McGill 100 David Gilbert
Qualifying stage centuries Total: 18
142 Matthew Selt 140, 100 Sam Craigie 138 Elliot Slessor 132, 123 Zhou Yuelong 122 Adam Duffy 121 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 119 Jack Lisowski 118, 102 Mark Selby 116 Ashley Carty 106 Craig Steadman 104 Peter Ebdon 102 Anthony Hamilton 102 Kishan Hirani 100 Ryan Day
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