Welsh Open

is a professional ranking snooker tournament. It replaced the Welsh Professional Championship, which started in 1980 and was only open to Welsh players. The tournament began as a ranking tournament in 1992 initially in February after the Masters, but later took the spot of the Classic in January.

Welsh Open 2018
26 Feb - 4 Mar. Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales
Scoreboard, Stats, Match results

1/16 1/8 1/4 1/2
Best of 7 frames Best of 7 frames Best of 9 frames Best of 11 frames
       
Stuart Bingham 1
Matthew Stevens 4
Matthew Stevens 2
Yan Bingtao 4
Yan Bingtao 4
Peter Ebdon 1
Yan Bingtao 1
Barry Hawkins 5
Fang Xiongman 2
Barry Hawkins 4
Barry Hawkins 4
Martin Gould 2
Martin Gould 4
Mark J Williams 2
Barry Hawkins 6
Noppon Saengkham 4
Liam Highfield 4
Chris Wakelin 1
Liam Highfield 3
Ian Burns 4
Ian Burns 4
Akani Songsermsawad 2
Ian Burns 3
Noppon Saengkham 5
James Wattana 3
Kyren Wilson 4
Kyren Wilson 0
Noppon Saengkham 4
Craig Steadman 2
Noppon Saengkham 4
   
Ronnie O'Sullivan 4
David Grace 0
Ronnie O'Sullivan 4
Mike Dunn 0
Mike Dunn 4
Xu Si 2
Ronnie O'Sullivan 1
John Higgins 5
Jack Lisowski 3
Nigel Bond 4
Nigel Bond 0
John Higgins 4
Sam Craigie 0
John Higgins 4
John Higgins 6
Gary Wilson 2
Gerard Greene 3
John Astley 4
John Astley 2
Gary Wilson 4
Mark Allen 3
Gary Wilson 4
Gary Wilson 5
Yu Delu 2
Yu Delu 4
Ben Woollaston 0
Yu Delu 4
Liang Wenbo 1
Robbie Williams 3
Liang Wenbo 4
Final (Best of 17 frames) 4 Mar 2018.
Barry Hawkins Terry CamilleriTerry Camilleri John Higgins
Barry Hawkins 7-9 John Higgins
1 session: 66-55, 0-(138)138, 70-(68)68, 0-(141)141, 66-16, 131(130)-0, 14-(51)83, 15-(58)73
2 session: 1-56, 44-59, 125(103)-6, 142(138)-0, 44-(66)70, 55-65, 82(82)-0, 0-(64)72
John Higgins winner Welsh Open 2018
Century breaks
Name number
John Higgins - 144, 141, 138, 136, 115, 113, 107, 106, 101, 100 10
Barry Hawkins - 141, 138, 137, 130, 103 5
Gary Wilson - 140, 124, 105, 101 4
Kyren Wilson - 136, 105, 100, 100 4
Ronnie O'Sullivan - 133, 117, 106, 100 4
Noppon Saengkham - 139, 120, 102/td> 3
Jack Lisowski - 114, 104, 104, 103 3
Mark J Williams - 134, 129, 106 3
Neil Robertson - 130, 100, 100 3
Mark Selby - 143, 100 2
Martin Gould - 141, 110 2
Ian Burns - 131, 106 2
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh - 131, 101 2
Elliot Slessor - 129, 115 2
Mark Allen - 119, 116 2
Akani Songsermsawad - 111, 108 2
Ben Woollaston - 129 1
Cao Yupeng - 124 1
Stuart Bingham - 118 1
Liam Highfield - 115 1
Robbie Williams - 111 1
Zhang Anda - 118 1
Yan Bingtao - 110 1
Ryan Day - 107 1
Mark King - 104 1
Kurt Dunham - 103 1
Jack Lisowski - 103 1
Stephen Maguire - 102 1
Gerard Greene - 102 1
Total 66

Match results:


Semi-finals:

Barry Hawkins (6-4) Noppon Saengkham
63-34, 0-(63)72, 76(57)-6, 120(94)-1, 30-(53)74, 75(50)-31, 65-43, 16-(57)80, 0-(139)139, 65(63)-14

Äæîí Õèããèíñ (6-2) Ãýðè Óèëñîí
71-0, 10-67, 77-34, 62-46, 35-(61)92, 103(99)-35, 78-1, 110(106)-12

Quarter-finals:

Ian Burns (3-5) Noppon Saengkham
15-68, 53-35, 30-66, 18-(87)87, 7-(55,67)122, 131(131)-0, 79-25, 11-(65)97

Yan Bingtao (1-5) Barry Hawkins
74(54)-4, 0-(74)75, 0-(137)137, 44-78, 0-(141)141, 12-(60)106

Ronnie O'Sullivan (1-5) John Higgins
95(64)-33, 0-(113)113, 0-(57)83, 59-64, 30-(60)76, 5-(101)103

Gary Wilson (5-2) Yu Delu
119(105)-5, 43-74, 28-(69)69, 72-0, 140(140)-0, 124(124)-8, 64-54

1/8 finals:

Ronnie O'Sullivan (4-0) Mike Dunn
128(84)-0, 90(69)-29, 117(117)-0, 74(67)-15

Kyren Wilson (0-4) Noppon Saengkham
28-71, 23-67, 46-59, 53-63

Nigel Bond (0-4) John Higgins
7-(115)122, 0-(144)144, 29-61, 0-(65)78

Liam Highfield (3-4) Ian Burns
80(80)-21, 57-65, 10-(83)105, 76-20, 115(115)-1, 69-70, 8-87

Matthew Stevens (2-4) Yan Bingtao
40-80, 13-56, 78(74)-0, 87(57)-7, 49-64, 40-70

Yu Delu (4-1) Liang Wenbo
0-(83)97, 62-20, 72(64)-8, 85-31, 53-37

John Astley (2-4) Gary Wilson
11-(88)88, 63(52)-21, 75-40, 0-72, 29-78, 59-65

Barry Hawkins (4-2) Martin Gould
80-(52)59, 75(75)-17, 37-(68)112, 71(55)-48, 0-(60)65, 69-37

1/16 finals:

Stuart Bingham (1-4) Matthew Stevens
26-(76)100, 37-75, 2-72, 78-14, 0-(79)79

Craig Steadman (2-4) Noppon Saengkham
10-(102)102, 17-74, 0-(120)120, 70-47, 67(62)-13, 8-(90)113

Liam Highfield (4-1) Chris Wakelin
90(63)-24, 31-66, 70-14, 59-20, 73(50)-9

Mike Dunn (4-2) Xu Si
16-82, 78(53)-31, 64-18, 9-(63)91, 71-23, 80(51)-(55)55

Yan Bingtao (4-1) Peter Ebdon
101-46, 82(77)-9, 2-68, 80-34, 73(73)-(64)70

Gerard Greene (3-4) John Astley
64-0, 89-0, 86(86)-37, 20-(73)78, 25-(57)74, 44-79, 32-64

James Wattana (3-4) Kyren Wilson
14-(100)113, 0-(51,50)101, 85(69)-1, 69-11, 95-14, 37-(60)73, 49-80

Fang Xiongman (2-4) Barry Hawkins
28-(97)97, 57-65, 73-39, 25-63, 76(76)-11, 47-71

Ronnie O'Sullivan (4-0) David Grace
97(96)-5, 134(133)-0, 115(63)-8, 107(100)-0

Sam Craigie (0-4) John Higgins
9-(63)65, 11-70, 8-69, 0-(71)94

Yu Delu (4-0) Ben Woollaston
64-58, 77-70, 80-23, 74-48

Mark Allen (3-4) Gary Wilson
0-(50)99, 67-(51)51, 74(56)-41, 50-70, 81(69)-20, 1-(74)103, 54(54)-(79)91

Jack Lisowski (3-4) Nigel Bond
74-42, 0-(55)95, 18-57, 67-31, 104(104)-25, 18-(57)75, 0-(74)75

Ian Burns (4-2) Akani Songsermsavad
18-(53)84, 84-13, 0-(61)73, 71(52)-(52)60, 61-1, 73-45

Martin Gould (4-2) Mark Williams
111(110)-16, 72(52)-1, 38-(88)89, 109(68)-0, 0-(72)105, 69-39

Robbie Williams (3-4) Liang Wenbo
71(71)-0, 27-87, 101-0, 21-71, 56(51)-50, 1-71, 0-(61)75

Second round:

Ding Junhui (1-4) Liam Highfield
46-(62)67, 109(61)-1, 32-56, 45-61, 30-61

David Grace (4-0) Jak Jones
86(60)-42, 120(55,65)-0, 58-15, 81(64)-51

Chris Wakelin (4-2) Andrew Higginson
75(74)-21, 5-(54)68, 74-10, 84(63)-0, 32-(65)80, 73-4

Peter Ebdon (4-1) Anthony Hamilton
67-3, 58-55, 85(85)-0, 14-(78)78, 65-34

Craig Steadman (4-2) Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
63-1, 66(62)-9, 56-70, 32-58, 101(51)-5, 71(58)-20

Noppon Saengkham (4-1) Judd Trump
122(98)-0, 37-84, 89(80)-1, 64-35, 55-22

Fang Xiongman (4-2) Chen Zifan

James Wattana (4-2) Michael Holt
69(54)-49, 64-56, 27-(98)111, 53-(75)83, 70-65, 76-35

Robbie Williams (4-0) Ian Preece
111(111)-6, 86-16, 56-42, 73(64)-7

Ronnie O'Sullivan (4-0) Graeme Dott
72-(64)64, 106(106)-30, 69(69)-50, 70-15

Luca Brecel (1-4) Mike Dunn
61(61)-59, 44-77, 52-69, 10-57, 55-(53)88

Sam Craigie (4-1) Kurt Maflin
70-46, 71(59)-37, 77(66)-8, 22-86, 61-39

Scott Donaldson (2-4) Matthew Stevens
22-(57)80, 66-0, 38-67, 57-68, 89(89)-30, 57-70

Nigel Bond (4-3) Allister Carter
6-69, 89-16, 58-7, 24-(61)61, 51-11, 52(52)-(55)73, 55-7

Xu Si (4-2) Michael Georgiou
43-(60)94, 29-76, 72-35, 53-42, 70-63, 66(51)-15

Stuart Bingham (4-3) Jackson Page
49-(80)80, 77(77)-0, 96(92)-14, 45-56, 68-30, 73(65)-29

Jamie Jones (1-4) Akani Songsermsavad
75(53)-6, 0-(108)108, 8-(56)75, 18-(111)111, 0-(87)88

Ricky Walden (3-4) Martin Gould
2-61, 69(53)-11, 16-(59)64, 72(54)-40, 0-(141)141, 67-40, 0-(93)93

Mark Allen (4-1) Soheil Vahedi
71(57)-32, 1-(58)66, 75-(54)68, 68-44, 116(116)-5

Oliver Lines (2-4) Yu Delu
22-81, 35-(51)64, 28-55, 74(60)-53, 70-12, 39-57

Neil Robertson (3-4) Ian Burns
8-(85)85, 112(100)-0, 0-(106)106, 140(100)-0, 130(130)-1, 17-(75)75, 0-70

Ben Woollaston (4-3) Anthony McGill
80(80)-0, 64(53)-31, 74-37, 0-(70)108, 34-(67)67, 1-75, 72(67)-2

Gerard Green (4-3) Stuart Carrington
34-69, 60-31, 102(102)-0, 3-(54)63, 29-90, 52-20, 75-1

Rory MacLeod (0-4) Kyren Wilson
6-83, 8-(100)116, 5-(85)99, 0-(136)136

Tom Ford (0-4) Barry Hawkins
25-78, 38-(99)99, 0-(56)88, 13-(58)67

Lu Haotian (2-4) Jack Lisowski
57(57)-75, 2-(114)114, 72(57)-50, 1-(91)91, 57-37, 13-(104)109

Kurt Dunham (2-4) Yan Bingtao
45-(57)86, 94(70)-26, 14-72, 91(86)-28, 0-(92)92, 27-(64)64

Gary Wilson (4-3) Daniel Wells
25-69, 75(56)-0, 1-83, 117(93)-10, 65-55, 33-(54)78, 68(52)-9

Dominic Dale (2-4) John Astley
0-(52)70, 44-57, 58(56)-18, 36-75, 67-36, 4-72

Aditya Mehta (3-4) Mark Williams
38-(79)83, 0-(106)106, 99(54)-27, 63(63)-3, 72-48, 0-(89)89, 0-(75)76

Stephen Maguire (1-4) John Higgins
64-10, 0-(64)80, 22-64, 0-(136)136, 15-59

Liang Wenbo (4-3) Mark Selby
43-68, 76-17, 61-63, 72-8, 9-(88)122, 57-44, 78-37

First round:

Ronnie O'Sullivan (w/o-scr) Robin Hull

Dominic Dale (4-0) Chris Totten
84(84)-0, 85-46, 69-0, 95(79)-0

Jamie Curtis-Barrett (1-4) Ian Burns
0-(58)102, 0-(81)95, 22-(67)108, 68-61, 1-(50)79

Barry Hawkins (4-1) Niu Zhuang
25-63, 96(95)-0, 80-2, 83-29, 60-47

Chen Zifan (4-1) Zhou Yuelong
61-23, 90(90)-0, 59-13, 28-(94)94, 68-26

Jackson Page (4-3) Sean O'Sullivan
20-(61)74, 76(60)-37, 62-1, 27-(67)74, 12-80, 69-45, 56-53

Scott Donaldson (4-2) Fergal O'Brien
83(55)-35, 1-(71)79, 4-(57)97, 60-49, 103(51,51)-14, 70(69)-1

Fang Xiongman (4-3) Yuan Sijun
60-12, 6-(51)75, 55-56, 73(61)-9, 58-43, 64-(51)75, 101-37

Li Yuan (1-4) Ricky Walden
52(52)-(64)65, 29-(69)95, 67-54, 10-(67)68, 18-(69)72

Allister Carter (4-0) Rhys Clark
65-46, 75(57)-8, 73-0, 64-14

Xiao Guodong (0-4) Chris Wakelin
0-(74)122, 48-(57)81, 0-(64)69, 27-(65)71

Wang Yuchen (1-4) Peter Ebdon
0-0, 50(50)-66, 76(69)-(64)64, 0-(93)93, 12-87

Stuart Bingham (4-1) Chen Zhe
39-85, 118(118)-0, 98(83)-0, 71(64)-(55)64, 69-60

Zhang Yong (1-4) James Wattana
46-(64)84, 40-85, 51-(70)70, 62-55, 0-83

Rod Lawler (0-4) Tom Ford
0-85, 37-(69)70, 11-(95)95, 15-(66)67

Andrew Higginson (4-3) Ashley Hugill
64-70, 55-73, 79(55)-0, 67-53, 15-(54)62, 72-0, 87(87)-0

Sanderson Lam (0-4) Graeme Dott
0-(83)83, 25-59, 51-55, 4-(77)77

Li Hang (scr-w/o) Liam Highfield

Craig Steadman (4-1) David John
78(57)-1, 84(59)-0, 67-30, 40-72, 75(75)-0

Ryan Day (2-4) Kurt Dunham
4-(84)126, 107(107)-13, 46-68, 9-(57)79, 68(67)-21, 1-(103)103

Daniel Wells (4-1) Lee Walker
76-42, 67(61)-39, 65-32, 0-(70)71, 64-15

Tian Pengfei (1-4) Akani Songsermsavad
65-72, 25-(52)80, 72(71)-0, 7-(79)95, 24-107

Jimmy White (3-4) Yan Bingtao
79(64)-13, 64-2, 0-(80)100, 73-27, 1-(69)69, 31-(58)99, 0-(110)110

Hossein Vafaei (2-4) Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
0-(101)102, 0-(131)131, 72-41, 83-0, 8-76, 15-65

Ian Preece (4-2) Zhao Xintong
51-12, 60-49, 67-62, 6-(73)81, 0-(95)95, 71-0

Judd Trump (4-3) Duane Jones
10-72, 118(58,59)-0, 87(87)-2, 66-53, 23-(93)93, 56-65, 70-36

Ding Junhui (4-0) Hammad Miah
61-51, 86-39, 68-44, 89(89)-46

Michael Holt (4-2) Elliot Slessor
73-37, 5-(115)119, 1-(129)129, 65(57)-2, 66-27, 63-30

Mark Allen (4-2) Cao Yupeng
4-(124)124, 77-33, 0-(75,67)142, 119(119)-9, 72(72)-(52)53, 109(56)-0

Anthony Hamilton (4-3) David Gilbert
72-9, 16-71, 70(64)-0, 68-55, 13-(62)65, 48-61, 85(65)-0

Neil Robertson (4-1) Mark Davis
88(88)-0, 67-22, 63-46, 0-(71)71, 75-38

Mark Selby (4-2) Christopher Keogan
86-3, 17-73, 82(50)-1, 143(143)-0, 9-(56)76, 124(100)-0

Jimmy Robertson (0-4) Kurt Maflin
24-(79)79, 13-(56)86, 16-(95)110, 1-(61)61

Sam Craigie (4-0) Leo Fernandez
54-0, 60-10, 66-47, 72-50

Michael White (2-4) Martin Gould
89-32, 28-73, 78-39, 8-(92)92, 8-(76)76, 18-(63)84

Luca Breñel (4-2) Josh Boileau
45-73, 37-(67)68, 87(51)-53, 100(89)-4, 71-11, 65-13

Noppon Saengkham (4-2) Ross Muir
85-38, 15-(57)79, 85(68)-30, 70-0, 14-65, 64-(61)61

Paul Davison (2-4) Lu Haotian
74-38, 6-(54,58)117, 81-70, 16-(58)108, 0-(54)80, 29-68

Mei Xiwen (3-4) Jack Jones
94(59)-30, 76(61)-31, 56-67, 12-(57)110, 82(56)-0, 1-(81)81, 30-95

Stuart Carrington (4-3) Peter Lines
67-18, 44-(60)64, 7-51, 68(63)-1, 70-55, 11-(60)72, 63-62

Hamza Akbar (0-4) Mike Dunn
0-(63)82, 4-(54)80, 12-(96)119, 20-76

Kyren Wilson (4-1) Robert Milkins
65-66, 87(87)-13, 105(105)-0, 83-0, 60(59)-5

Alan McManus (0-4) Xu Si
14-(80)80, 41-66, 45-77, 26-67

Mark Williams (4-2) Mark King
68-52, 134(134)-0, 129(129)-0, 0-(104)104, 58-74, 62(60)-1

Jack Lisowski (4-3) Mark Joyce
39-76, 0-(64)101, 108(71)-10, 68(68)-1, 0-(65)89, 77(73)-47, 103(103)-35

John Astley (4-2) Anda Zhang
1-63, 74(52)-48, 77(65)-45, 15-(118)118, 83(63)-33, 75-65

Gary Wilson (4-1) Sam Baird
78-33, 75(69)-0, 60-78, 102(101)-11, 60-31

Anthony McGill (4-1) Basem Eltahhan
101(62)-1, 99(99)-0, 85(85)-1, 13-(65)87, 68-6

David Grace (4-3) Rhydian Richards
48-66, 23-68, 85(63)-14, 51-33, 45-70, 73(56)-28, 80-7

Matthew Stevens (4-1) Ken Doherty
65(53)-36, 28-67, 61(60)-54, 129(98)-0, 61-12

Alex Borg (0-4) Soheil Vahedi
13-61, 28-83, 1-(53)92, 0-(84)84

Yu Delu (4-2) Billy Joe Castle
107(77)-0, 1-67, 71(71)-0, 91(91)-6, 24-63, 66-8

Rory McLeod (4-2) Adam Duffy
96-5, 0-74, 52-58, 87-52, 71(68)-1, 56-32

Nigel Bond (4-2) Lukas Kleckers
64-0, 8-66, 24-(63)97, 56-41, 73(73)-35, 66-51

Joe Perry (2-4) Stephen Maguire
0-71, 16-(71)79, 65-10, 83(78)-7, 39-(55)71, 5-(102)102

Tor Chuan Leong (3-4) Ben Woollaston
8-70, 88-27, 96(96)-0, 59-73, 0-73, 85(85)-26, 0-(129)129

Mitchell Mann (0-4) Michael Georgiou
16-60, 35-(68)96, 22-79, 24-(58)86

Robbie Williams (4-0) Allan Taylor
68-12, 66-0, 94-27, 77-13

Shaun Murphy (0-4) Gerard Greene
0-(65)87, 20-69, 6-70, 61(52)-87

Oliver Lines (4-3) Eden Sharav
73(53)-0, 67-30, 97(50)-20, 7-(69)71, 16-65, 20-61, 58-9

Alfie Burden (3-4) Liang Wenbo
105(52)-0, 73(73)-0, 39-69, 16-(52)94, 51-30, 30-(69)78, 26-86

John Higgins (4-2) Matthew Selt
100(100)-0, 60-(50)67, 107(107)-16, 74(65)-(62)62, 0-(71)75, 99(99)-0

Aditya Mehta (4-3) Martin O'Donnell
46-(70)90, 0-(52)77, 34-(58)69, 80(80)-1, 62-28, 65-18, 59-20

Jamie Jones (4-1) Alexander Ursenbacher
59-48, 47-43, 119(56)-4, 35-65, 70-20

Qual Round 1:

Darren Morgan (3-4) Rhydian Richards
30-90, 66-44, 0-76, 96(57)-0, 101(65)-11, 42-47, 1-66

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Prize fund
Winner £70,000
Runner-up £30,000
Semi-finals £20,000
Quarter-finals £10,000
Last 16 £6,000
Last 32 £3,500
Second round £2,500
First round £0
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