2018 Welsh Open (snooker)

The 2018 Welsh Open (officially the 2018 ManBetX Welsh Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place from 26 February to 4 March 2018 at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales. It was the sixteenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season and a part of the Home Nations Series.

The defending champion Stuart Bingham lost 1–4 to Matthew Stevens in the last 32.

John Higgins won a record fifth Welsh Open title, and his 30th ranking title overall, beating Barry Hawkins 9–7 in the final.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £20,000

Main draw

Qualifying round

Rhydian Richards 4–3 Darren Morgan

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Finals

Final

Century breaks

Total: 66

References

1. Welsh Open (snooker)
2. 2024 Welsh Open (snooker)
3. 2022 Welsh Open (snooker)
4. Scottish Open (snooker)
5. Mark Williams (snooker player)
6. 2019 Welsh Open (snooker)
7. English Open (snooker)
8. 2017 Welsh Open (snooker)
9. List of snooker ranking tournaments
10. He Guoqiang (snooker player)
11. Mark Allen (snooker player)
12. 2018–19 snooker world rankings
13. Northern Ireland Open (snooker)
14. Joe O'Connor (snooker player)
15. Liam Davies (snooker player)
16. 2017–18 snooker world rankings
17. Professional snooker career of Ronnie O'Sullivan
18. List of world number one snooker players
19. 2018 World Snooker Championship
20. Gary Wilson (snooker player)