2018 China Open (snooker)
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2–8 April 2018 |
| Venue | Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium |
| City | Beijing |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £1,000,000 |
| Winner's share | £225,000 |
| Highest break |  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (147) Stuart Bingham (ENG) (147) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Mark Selby (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Barry Hawkins (ENG) |
| Score | 11–3 |
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The 2018 Fuhua Group China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, taking place from 2–8 April 2018 in Beijing, China.[1] It was the nineteenth and penultimate ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.
Defending champion Mark Selby retained his title with an 11–3 final win against Barry Hawkins.[2] By winning this tournament, Selby ensured that he will end a seventh consecutive season as world number one, regardless of his result in the 2018 World Championship.
Selby's 141 break in his last 64 match against Scott Donaldson was the fourth 16-red clearance in a professional tournament.[3][4]
Ronnie O'Sullivan made his 14th maximum break in professional competition in the 5th frame of his last 64 match against Elliot Slessor.[5] The following day, Stuart Bingham made his fourth maximum break in professional competition in the 7th frame of his last 32 match against Ricky Walden.[6] These were the 137th and 138th official maximum breaks in professional competition. It was only the second time that two 147s were made at the main stage of a professional ranking event, the first time being at the 2008 World Championship.
The breakdown of prize money is shown below.[7]
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The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £35,000.
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 21 frames. Referee: Peggy Li. Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Beijing, China, 8 April 2018. | ||
| Mark Selby England |
11–3 | Barry Hawkins England |
| Afternoon: 0–80, 78–31, 66–1, 63–17, 69–58, 65–48, 0–83, 114–4, 86–13, 72–6 Evеning: 112–17 (112), 83–43, 47–59, 132–0 (132) | ||
| 132 | Highest break | 75 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 0 |
