The 2018 HongRuiMa Yushan
World Open was a professional
ranking
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snooker
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tournament that took place between 6 and 12 August 2018 in
Yushan, China.
It was the second ranking event of the
2018/19 season.
Qualifying took place between 6–9 July in
Preston.
Ding Junhui
Ding Junhui (; born 1 April 1987) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He is the most successful Asian player in the history of the sport. Throughout his career, he has won 14 major ranking titles, including three UK Championships (2005 ...
was the defending champion, who defeated
Kyren Wilson
Kyren Wilson (; born 23 December 1991) is an English professional snooker player from Kettering and a five-time ranking event winner. He has been a runner-up at two of the three Triple Crown events, having reached the final at both the 2018 ...
10–3 in the
2017 World Open final,
but lost 4–5 to
Robert Milkins
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Milkins ...
in the last 32 of the 2018 event.
Mark Williams won his 22nd ranking title, defeating
David Gilbert 10–9 in the final. Williams trailed 5–9 but won the last 5 frames. It was the fourth time he had won this event, having won it twice when the tournament was named the Grand Prix and once when the tournament was named the LG Cup.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
* Winner:
£150,000
* Runner-up: £75,000
* Semi-final: £32,500
* Quarter-final: £20,000
* Last 16: £13,000
* Last 32: £8,000
* Last 64: £4,000
* Highest break: £5,000
* Total: £735,000
The "rolling 147 prize" for a
maximum break
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stood at £15,000
Main draw
Final
Qualifying
These matches were held between 6 and 9 July 2018 at the
Preston Guild Hall
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History
The Guild Hall was commissioned to replace the town's Public Hall. The new building, which was designed by Robert Matthew, Johnson Marshall, was due to be re ...
in
Preston,
England
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. All matches were best of 9 frames.
;Notes
Century breaks
Televised stage centuries
Total: 49
* 142, 140, 122, 101
David Gilbert
* 142, 111
Noppon Saengkham
Noppon Saengkham (; born 15 July 1992) is a Thai professional snooker player.
Career
Early years
In April 2009, Saengkham lost in the final of the ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship 1–5 to Zhang Anda. He went one better at the 2009 IBSF ...
* 132, 114, 110, 109, 106, 103
Neil Robertson
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* 128
Michael Holt
* 124, 101
Barry Hawkins
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* 121, 120, 104
Mark Williams
* 121, 111
Fergal O'Brien
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* 120
Ali Carter
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* 118, 118, 103
Marco Fu
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* 115, 100
Jack Lisowski
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* 115, 103
Anthony Hamilton
* 115
Ding Junhui
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* 113, 112, 104, 103
Gary Wilson
* 112
Mike Dunn
* 111, 101
Xiao Guodong
Xiao Guodong (, born 10 February 1989) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2007 after winning the Asian Under-21 Championships.
Career 2007–2010
Xiao appeared as a wildcard in the 2007 China Open, and beat t ...
* 109
Stephen Maguire
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* 108 David Lilley
* 107
Ryan Day
* 107
Kyren Wilson
Kyren Wilson (; born 23 December 1991) is an English professional snooker player from Kettering and a five-time ranking event winner. He has been a runner-up at two of the three Triple Crown events, having reached the final at both the 2018 ...
* 105
Elliot Slessor
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In May 2013, Slessor qualified for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 professional Main Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the first Q School event.
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Slessor ...
* 103
Mark Allen
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* 103
Harvey Chandler
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Career
In August 2017, he came through three rounds of qualifying to play the main draw at the 2017 Paul Hunter Classic. He defeated Li ...
* 102
Mark Selby
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* 102
James Wattana
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* 102
Jak Jones
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Jones was born in Cwmbran, Wales. He became a professional in 2010 at the age of 16, by winning the 2010 European Under 19 Snooker Championship in Malta.
Career Professio ...
* 101
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* 100
Andrew Higginson
Andrew Higginson (born 13 December 1977) is an English former professional snooker player from Widnes, Cheshire. He is best known for being the surprise finalist of the 2007 Welsh Open.
Career
Early years
After some success in amateur tourn ...
* 100
Jamie Jones
Qualifying stage centuries
Total: 14
* 140
Robbie Williams
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* 133
David Gilbert
* 131, 109, 108
Noppon Saengkham
Noppon Saengkham (; born 15 July 1992) is a Thai professional snooker player.
Career
Early years
In April 2009, Saengkham lost in the final of the ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship 1–5 to Zhang Anda. He went one better at the 2009 IBSF ...
* 124
Peter Ebdon
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* 121
Judd Trump
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* 118, 102
Fergal O'Brien
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* 118
Marco Fu
Marco Fu Ka-chun, MH, JP (, born 8 January 1978) is a Hong Kong professional snooker player. He is a three-time ranking event winner, having won the 2007 Grand Prix, the 2013 Australian Goldfields Open and the 2016 Scottish Open. He ...
* 109
Mark Joyce
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* 108
Joe Perry
* 104
Ricky Walden
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Walden turned professional in 2000 and it took him eight years to win his first ranking title at the Shanghai Masters. He has since won the 2012 Wuxi ...
* 102
Mark Allen
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References
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World Open
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