2018 English Open (snooker)

2018 BetVictor English Open
Tournament information
Dates	15–21 October 2018
Venue	K2 Leisure Centre
City	Crawley
Country	England
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£366,000
Winner's share	£70,000
Highest break	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (147); Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (147)
Final
Champion	Stuart Bingham (ENG)
Runner-up	Mark Davis (ENG)
Score	9–7
	← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 English Open (officially the 2018 BetVictor English Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place from 15 to 21 October 2018 in Crawley, West Sussex, England.^[1] It was the sixth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season and a part of the Home Nations Series.

The defending champion was Ronnie O'Sullivan, who defeated Kyren Wilson in the 2017 event.^[2] However, O'Sullivan would lose to Mark Davis 1–6 in the semi-final. O'Sullivan was highly critical of the venue stating "The worst part was not the smell of urine..."This is about as bad as I've ever seen. It's a bit of a hellhole....I don't know what this gaff is, but I've just done an interview and all I can smell is urine."^[3]

Stuart Bingham won his fifth professional ranking title with a 9–7 victory against Mark Davis, who had reached his first ever ranking final at the age of 46, playing in his 28th season on the professional tour. Bingham became the first player to win two Home Nations Series events.^[4]

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh made the second maximum break of his career in the opening frame of his 4–1 first round win against Soheil Vahedi.^[5] On the following day Ronnie O'Sullivan made the 15th maximum break of his career in the final frame of the second round whitewash of Allan Taylor.^[6] This was the fourth time that two maximums were made at the main stage of a ranking tournament, and the third time in just over half a year.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[7]

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: £15,000

Tournament draw

Top half

Section 1

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames



Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)	4

Kurt Maflin	1
		Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)	4

		Allan Taylor	0
Scott Donaldson	3

Allan Taylor	4
				Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)	4

				Matthew Stevens	1
Jimmy White	4

Lyu Haotian	2
		Jimmy White	0

		Matthew Stevens	4
Matthew Stevens	4

Chen Zifan	1
						Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)	4

						Eden Sharav	1
Liang Wenbo (16)	4

Gary Wilson	0
		Liang Wenbo (16)	2

		Eden Sharav	4
Eden Sharav	4

Michael Georgiou	3
				Eden Sharav	4

				Craig Steadman	0
Craig Steadman	4

Joe Swail	1
		Craig Steadman	4

		Chris Wakelin	1
Ken Doherty	0

Chris Wakelin	4

Section 2

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames



David Lilley	4

Tom Ford	2
		David Lilley	0

		Alan McManus	4
Alan McManus	4

Fan Zhengyi	0
				Alan McManus	1

				Neil Robertson (9)	4
Oliver Lines	4

Joe O'Connor	3
		Oliver Lines	2

		Neil Robertson (9)	4
Neil Robertson (9)	4

Ross Muir	2
						Neil Robertson (9)	2

						Luo Honghao	4
Martin O'Donnell	2

Stuart Carrington	4
		Stuart Carrington	1

		Luo Honghao	4
Adam Duffy	3

Luo Honghao	4
				Luo Honghao	4

				Anthony McGill	2
Anthony McGill	4

Simon Lichtenberg	0
		Anthony McGill	4

		Sunny Akani	0
Kyren Wilson (8)	3

Sunny Akani	4

Section 3

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames



Judd Trump (5)	4

Robin Hull	1
		Judd Trump (5)	4

		Zhao Xintong	3
Zhao Xintong	4

Michael Judge	3
				Judd Trump (5)	4

				Jack Lisowski	2
Li Hang	0

Ian Burns	4
		Ian Burns	3

		Jack Lisowski	4
Fergal O'Brien	2

Jack Lisowski	4
						Judd Trump (5)	2

						Ryan Day (12)	4
Ryan Day (12)	4

Ashley Hugill	0
		Ryan Day (12)	4

		Zhang Yong	0
Zhang Yong	4

Chen Feilong	3
				Ryan Day (12)	4

				Mark King	2
Ashley Carty	3

Mark King	4
		Mark King	4

		Peter Ebdon	3
Alfie Burden	0

Peter Ebdon	4

Section 4

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames



Robbie Williams	1

Mark Davis	4
		Mark Davis	4

		Adam Stefanow	0
Jamie Clarke	1

Adam Stefanow	4
				Mark Davis	4

				Mei Xiwen	2
Mei Xiwen	4

James Wattana	3
		Mei Xiwen	4

		Marco Fu (13)	1
Marco Fu (13)	4

Mark Joyce	1
						Mark Davis	4

						John Higgins (4)	2
Luke Simmonds	0

Zhang Jiankang	4
		Zhang Jiankang	2

		Martin Gould	4
Martin Gould	4

Billy Joe Castle	2
				Martin Gould	1

				John Higgins (4)	4
Tian Pengfei	3

Nigel Bond	4
		Nigel Bond	1

		John Higgins (4)	4
John Higgins (4)	4

Li Yuan	1

Bottom half

Section 5

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames



Mark Selby (3)	4

Sanderson Lam	0
		Mark Selby (3)	3

		Ben Woollaston	4
Ben Woollaston	4

Graeme Dott	2
				Ben Woollaston	3

				Ricky Walden	4
John Astley	1

Lukas Kleckers	4
		Lukas Kleckers	0

		Ricky Walden	4
Ricky Walden	4

Hammad Miah	2
						Ricky Walden	0

						Stuart Bingham (13)	4
Stuart Bingham (14)	4

Duane Jones	0
		Stuart Bingham (14)	4

		Hossein Vafaei	0
Michael White	3

Hossein Vafaei	4
				Stuart Bingham (14)	4

				Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	3
Soheil Vahedi	1

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	4
		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	4

		Thor Chuan Leong	3
Thor Chuan Leong	4

Hamza Akbar	1

Section 6

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames



Zhang Anda	3

Matthew Selt	4
		Matthew Selt	4

		Sam Baird	0
Sam Baird	4

Liam Highfield	2
				Matthew Selt	1

				Ali Carter	4
Ali Carter	4

Rory McLeod	2
		Ali Carter	4

		Luca Brecel (11)	1
Luca Brecel (11)	4

Niu Zhuang	0
						Ali Carter	4

						Daniel Wells	3
Lee Walker	4

Jak Jones	3
		Lee Walker	3

		Daniel Wells	4
Joe Perry	2

Daniel Wells	4
				Daniel Wells	4

				Barry Hawkins (6)	3
Rod Lawler	0

Sam Craigie	4
		Sam Craigie	3

		Barry Hawkins (6)	4
Barry Hawkins (6)	4

Peter Lines	0

Section 7

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames



Shaun Murphy (7)	4

Mike Dunn	1
		Shaun Murphy (7)	4

		David Gilbert	2
Gerard Greene	3

David Gilbert	4
				Shaun Murphy (7)	1

				Robert Milkins	4
Lu Ning	2

Robert Milkins	4
		Robert Milkins	4

		Elliot Slessor	3
Elliot Slessor	4

Sean O'Sullivan	2
						Robert Milkins	3

						Noppon Saengkham	4
Mark Allen (10)	4

Anthony Hamilton	2
		Mark Allen (10)	3

		Yuan Sijun	4
Farakh Ajaib	1

Yuan Sijun	4
				Yuan Sijun	1

				Noppon Saengkham	4
Harvey Chandler	1

Noppon Saengkham	4
		Noppon Saengkham	4

		Steven Hallworth	2
Xiao Guodong	2

Steven Hallworth	4

Section 8

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames



Andrew Higginson	2

Jordan Brown	4
		Jordan Brown	4

		Jimmy Robertson	3
Jimmy Robertson	4

Michael Holt	1
				Jordan Brown	2

				Stephen Maguire (15)	4
Andy Lee	2

Yan Bingtao	4
		Yan Bingtao	2

		Stephen Maguire (15)	4
Stephen Maguire (15)	4

James Cahill	3
						Stephen Maguire (15)	4

						Zhou Yuelong	0
Paul Davison	3

Zhou Yuelong	4
		Zhou Yuelong	4

		Xu Si	2
Xu Si	4

Chris Totten	2
				Zhou Yuelong	4

				Mark Williams (2)	3
Alexander Ursenbacher	4

Kishan Hirani	1
		Alexander Ursenbacher	0

		Mark Williams (2)	4
Mark Williams (2)	4

Dominic Dale	1

Finals

Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames		Semi-finals Best of 11 frames		Final Best of 17 frames



Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)	5

Luo Honghao	3
		Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)	1

		Mark Davis	6
Ryan Day (12)	1

Mark Davis	5
				Mark Davis	7

				Stuart Bingham (13)	9
Stuart Bingham (13)	5

Ali Carter	2
		Stuart Bingham (13)	6

		Stephen Maguire (15)	3
Noppon Saengkham	3

Stephen Maguire (15)	5

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Ben Williams. K2 Leisure Centre, Crawley, England, 21 October 2018.
Mark Davis England	7–9	Stuart Bingham (13) England
Afternoon: 76–53, 0–75, 41–65, 55–12, 17–64, 72–0, 0–77, 136–0 (136) Evening: 94–44, 40–82, 0–73, 84–42, 88–48, 0–82, 0–102 (102), 20–59
136	Highest break	102
1	Century breaks	1

Century breaks

Total: 81^[8]

147, 135, 118, 104 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
147, 112 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
141, 136, 132, 121, 105 – Ryan Day
140 – Zhou Yuelong
138, 131, 109, 102 – Stuart Bingham
137 – Marco Fu
136, 136, 107, 104, 102 – Mark Davis
136, 128, 100 – Luo Honghao
136, 116, 100 – Tian Pengfei
135 – Elliot Slessor
133 – Sunny Akani
131, 101 – Ben Woollaston
129, 101 – Sam Craigie
129 – Mike Dunn
126, 109, 108, 107, 104 – Judd Trump
122 – Jak Jones
121, 106, 106 – Barry Hawkins
121 – Ashley Carty
121 – Allan Taylor
120, 100 – Sam Baird
116, 109 – Mark Williams
116, 103 – Ali Carter
116 – Robert Milkins
115 – Thor Chuan Leong
114, 102, 100, 100 – Noppon Saengkham
113 – Liam Highfield
113 – Zhang Anda
112, 102, 100 – Neil Robertson
112 – Liang Wenbo
109, 109 – Martin Gould
109 – Luca Brecel
108, 101 – David Gilbert
108 – Paul Davison
107 – Anthony McGill
106, 100 – Mark Selby
105 – Ricky Walden
105 – John Higgins
104 – Stuart Carrington
102 – Yan Bingtao
102 – Stephen Maguire
102 – Mei Xiwen
101 – Matthew Selt
100 – Jack Lisowski

References

^ "2018/19 Calendar" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 May 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
^ "Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Kyren Wilson 9-2 to claim title". BBC Sport. 22 October 2017. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
^ "'A hellhole that stinks of urine': Ronnie O'Sullivan blasts English Open venue in Crawley". telegraph.co.uk. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
^ "Bingham Captures English Crown". worldsnooker.com. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
^ "Un-Nooh Makes 147 In Crawley". worldsnooker.com. 16 October 2018. Archived from the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
^ "Rocket Fires Magic Maximum". worldsnooker.com. 17 October 2018. Archived from the original on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
^ "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2018/2019 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
^ "BetVictor English Open 2018 – Centuries". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 15–21 October 2018. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.

[1] "2018/19 Calendar" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 May 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.

[2] "Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Kyren Wilson 9-2 to claim title". BBC Sport. 22 October 2017. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

[3] "'A hellhole that stinks of urine': Ronnie O'Sullivan blasts English Open venue in Crawley". telegraph.co.uk. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

[4] "Bingham Captures English Crown". worldsnooker.com. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.

[5] "Un-Nooh Makes 147 In Crawley". worldsnooker.com. 16 October 2018. Archived from the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.

[6] "Rocket Fires Magic Maximum". worldsnooker.com. 17 October 2018. Archived from the original on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.

[7] "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2018/2019 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

[8] "BetVictor English Open 2018 – Centuries". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 15–21 October 2018. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.

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