2018 European Masters
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 1–7 October 2018 |
| Venue | De Soeverein |
| City | Lommel |
| Country | Belgium |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £398,500 |
| Winner's share | £75,000 |
| Highest break |  Jimmy Robertson (ENG) (135) Jack Lisowski (ENG) (135) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Jimmy Robertson (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Joe Perry (ENG) |
| Score | 9–6 |
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The 2018 European Masters (officially the 2018 D88.com European Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place from 1 to 7 October 2018 in Lommel, Belgium. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.[1]
Qualifying took place on 17 and 18 August 2018 in Preston, England.
Judd Trump was the defending champion after winning the previous two events, but he lost 2–4 to Tian Pengfei in the second round.
Jimmy Robertson reached his first ever ranking event semi-final, which he converted into his first professional ranking event title, beating Joe Perry 9–6 in the final.[2]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[3]
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The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £10,000
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Jan Scheers. De Soeverein, Lommel, Belgium, 7 October 2018. | ||
| Joe Perry England |
6–9 | Jimmy Robertson England |
| Afternoon: 17–69, 21–71, 30–59, 0–79, 37–70, 66–9, 62–33, 64–46 Evening: 52–63, 56–75, 119–0 (106), 138–0, 110–0 (110), 19–68, 4–108 (108) | ||
| 110 | Highest break | 108 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 1 |
