The 2018 China Championship (officially the 2018 Evergrande China Championship) was professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 24 and 30 September 2018 in Guangzhou, China, with qualifying took place from 19 to 22 August 2018 in Preston, England. It was the fourth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.

Luca Brecel was the defending champion, but he lost to Martin O'Donnell 3–5 in the first round. Mark Selby won the event, defeating John Higgins in the final 10–9. Selby's win was his 15th professional ranking event win.

Prize fund The event had a prize pool of £725,000, with the following breakdown for the player's reaching the following positions. Winner: £150,000 Runner-up: £75,000 Semi-final: £32,000 Quarter-final: £20,000 Last 16: £13,000 Last 32: £7,500 Last 64: £4,000 Televised highest break: £4,000

The event also had a "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break, which stood as £5,000.

Main draw The main draw of the event featured 64 players. Players in bold denote match winners.

Top half

Bottom half

Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Zhu Ying.Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Centre, Guangzhou, China, 30 September 2018.John Higgins 9–10 Mark Selby Afternoon: 65–17, 6–83, , , , , , , Evening: 4–70, 71–39, , , , , , , , 85 Highest break 118 0 Century breaks 1

Qualifying These matches were held between 19 and 22 August 2018 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.

Luca Brecel 5–1Match held over and played in Guangzhou. Joe O'Connor Martin O'Donnell 5–3 Elliot Slessor Tom Ford 5–0 Paul Davison Michael Holt 3–5 Nigel Bond Marco Fu 5–2 Sam Baird Andrew Higginson 3–5 Zhang Anda Liang Wenbo 5–4Match held over and played in Guangzhou. Alfie Burden Michael Georgiou 4–5 John Astley Mark Joyce 5–1 James Wattana Joe Perry 5–2 Ashley Hugill Lyu Haotian 5–4 Li Yuan Kyren Wilson 5–1 Lukas Kleckers Mark Davis 5–1 Hamza Akbar Xiao Guodong 5–1 Zhang Yong Liam Highfield 5–2 Hammad Miah Shaun Murphy 5–2 Jordan Brown Judd Trump 5–3 Eden Sharav Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4–5 Rhys Clark Anthony Hamilton 5–0 Soheil Vahedi Jamie Jones 5–2 Adam Stefanow Stuart Bingham 5–4 Craig Steadman Peter Ebdon 5–3 Harvey Chandler Yan Bingtao 5–3 Niu Zhuang Chris Wakelin 5–4 Thor Chuan Leong Kurt Maflin 5–1 Sanderson Lam Jack Lisowski 5–4 Ian Burns Scott Donaldson 5–0 Basem Eltahhan Stephen Maguire 5–1 Chen Feilong Li Hang 2–5 Mei Xiwen Michael White 5–3 Oliver Lines Alan McManus 1–5 Allan Taylor John Higgins 5–1 Duane Jones Mark Selby 5–2 Jimmy White Sunny Akani 5–2 Robin Hull Robert Milkins 5–2 Chris Totten Jimmy Robertson 3–5Match held over and played in Guangzhou. Chang Bingyu Ryan Day 5–2 Jak Jones Mike Dunn 5–1Match held over and played in Guangzhou. Luo Zetao David Gilbert 5–0 Kishan Hirani Hossein Vafaei 5–2 Chen Zifan Dominic Dale 2–5 Sam Craigie Mark King 5–1 Zhang Jiankang Matthew Selt 5–2 Jamie Clarke Mark Allen 5–2 Sean O'Sullivan Ben Woollaston 0–5 Alexander Ursenbacher Ricky Walden 2–5 Yuan Sijun Daniel Wells 5–4 Billy Joe Castle Ding Junhui 5–3Match held over and played in Guangzhou. Lee Walker Barry Hawkins 5–0 Simon Lichtenberg Rory McLeod 3–5 Ashley Carty Martin Gould 4–5 Xu Si Noppon Saengkham 5–1 Lu Ning Neil Robertson 5–3 Ross Muir Robbie Williams 0–5 Gerard Greene Graeme Dott 5–2Match held over and played in Guangzhou. Bai Langning Stuart Carrington 5–3Match held over and played in Guangzhou. He Guoqiang Fergal O'Brien 5–2 Peter Lines Ali Carter 5–1 Andy Lee Matthew Stevens 3–5 Zhao Xintong Anthony McGill 5–3 Joe Swail Gary Wilson 5–3 Fan Zhengyi Zhou Yuelong 1–5 Luo Honghao Ken Doherty 5–3 Tian Pengfei Mark Williams 5–0Match held over and played in Guangzhou. Rod Lawler

Notes

Century breaks

Main stage centuries Total: 29

144 Ali Carter 136, 108 Mark Williams 131 Anthony Hamilton 128, 111 Yan Bingtao 127 Jamie Jones 126 Graeme Dott 125 Ding Junhui 124, 102 Lyu Haotian 121 Fergal O'Brien 120 Neil Robertson 118, 108, 100 Mark Selby 117 Peter Ebdon 113 Stuart Bingham 111, 102 Judd Trump 110 Luo Honghao 110 Zhao Xintong 108 Shaun Murphy 108 Yuan Sijun 108 Hossein Vafaei 105 Scott Donaldson 103 Liang Wenbo 101 Mark Allen 100 Ryan Day

Qualifying stage centuries Total: 31

138 Joe Perry 135 Liam Highfield 135 Martin Gould 131 Jak Jones 124, 103 Mark Allen 123, 109 Ryan Day 123 Shaun Murphy 122 David Gilbert 121 Peter Ebdon 118 Mark Selby 117, 114 Stephen Maguire 117 Graeme Dott 115 Liang Wenbo 114 Billy Joe Castle 112 Tian Pengfei 109 John Higgins 109 Zhang Anda 106, 101 Chen Zifan 106 Tom Ford 106 Niu Zhuang 105 Jamie Jones 103 Stuart Carrington 102 Noppon Saengkham 102 Mark Williams 101 Marco Fu 101 Neil Robertson 100 Jimmy Robertson

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