The 2018 Northern Ireland Open (officially the 2018 BetVictor Northern Ireland Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 12 and 18 November 2018 in the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the eighth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season and a part of the Home Nations Series.
Mark Williams was the defending champion, but he was beaten 3–4 by Ali Carter in the second round.
Judd Trump won his ninth professional ranking title with a 9–7 final victory against Ronnie O'Sullivan.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £70,000 Runner-up: £30,000 Semi-final: £20,000 Quarter-final: £10,000 Last 16: £6,000 Last 32: £3,500 Last 64: £2,500
Highest break: £2,000 Total: £366,000
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £10,000
Main draw
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Finals
Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Maike Kesseler.Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 18 November 2018. Judd Trump (5) 9–7 Ronnie O'Sullivan (3) Afternoon: , , , , , , , Evening: 24–68, 64–52, , , , , , 117 Highest break 134 3 Century breaks 1
Century breaks Total: 71
145, 139, 137, 115, 112 Li Hang 145, 138, 104 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 142, 121 Eden Sharav 142, 119 Hammad Miah 140, 126 Ryan Day 137, 120, 117, 115, 112, 108, 108, 107, 105 Judd Trump 136, 101 Noppon Saengkham 135, 134, 132, 119, 116, 114, 112, 111, 108, 102 Ronnie O'Sullivan 134, 121, 102 Zhou Yuelong 132 Luca Brecel 132 Tian Pengfei 131, 118 Lu Ning 128, 127, 122, 122, 101 Mark Selby 127 James Wattana 125 Neil Robertson 124, 113, 102 David Gilbert 122 Niu Zhuang 120, 110 Jimmy Robertson 118, 109 Daniel Wells 115 Sam Craigie 113 Robin Hull 113 Joe O'Connor 113 Ben Woollaston 111 Zhang Yong 110 Mark King 107 Peter Ebdon 105 Sam Baird 102 Harvey Chandler 102 Tom Ford 102 Luo Honghao 101 Ian Burns 101 Andrew Higginson 100 Zhang Anda
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