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2018 World Open (snooker)
The 2018 HongRuiMa Yushan World Open (snooker), World Open was a professional Snooker world rankings, ranking snooker tournament that took place between 6 and 12 August 2018 in Yushan County, Yushan, China. It was the second ranking event of the Snooker season 2018/2019, 2018/19 season. Qualifying took place between 6–9 July in Preston, Lancashire, Preston. Ding Junhui was the defending champion, who defeated Kyren Wilson 10–3 in the 2017 World Open (snooker), 2017 World Open final, but lost 4–5 to Robert Milkins in the last 32 of the 2018 event. Mark Williams (snooker player), Mark Williams won his 22nd ranking title, defeating David Gilbert (snooker player), 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: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Open (snooker)
The World Open is a professional Snooker world rankings, ranking snooker tournament. Throughout its history, the tournament has undergone numerous revamps and name changes. It started out in 1982 as the Professional Players Tournament, but for most of the 1980s and 1990s it was known as the Grand Prix. It was renamed the LG Cup from 2001 to 2003 before reverting to the ''Grand Prix'' until 2010. Since then it has been known as the ''World Open''. During 2006 and 2007, it was played in a unique Round-robin tournament, round-robin format, more similar to FIFA World Cup, association football and Rugby World Cup, rugby tournaments than the knock-out systems usually played in snooker. The knock-out format returned in 2008 with an FA Cup-style draw. The random draw was abandoned after the 2010 edition. John Higgins is the reigning champion, having won his fifth title at the tournament. History The tournament was created in 1982 Professional Players Tournament, 1982 as the Professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |