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2018 World Grand Prix
2018 Ladbrokes World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates19–25 February 2018 (2018-02-19 – 2018-02-25)
VenuePreston Guild Hall
CityPreston
CountryEngland
OrganisationWorld Snooker
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£375,000
Winner's share£100,000
Highest break Mark Joyce (ENG) (140)
Final
Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Runner-up Ding Junhui (CHN)
Score10–3
2017
2019

The 2018 World Grand Prix (officially the 2018 Ladbrokes World Grand Prix) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, taking place from 19 to 25 February 2018 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England.[1] It was the fifteenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.

Barry Hawkins was the defending champion, but he did not qualify for this edition of the tournament.

Ronnie O'Sullivan won his fourth ranking title of the season and 32nd ranking title overall, beating Ding Junhui 10–3 in the final.[2]

Prize fund

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The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[3]

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £15,000

Seeding list

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The top 32 players on the one-year ranking list, running from the 2017 Riga Masters until the 2018 Snooker Shoot Out, qualified for the tournament.[4]

Rank Player Total points
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 425,500
2 Wales Mark Williams 259,000
3 England Judd Trump 234,500
4 Belgium Luca Brecel 232,600
5 England Shaun Murphy 209,500
6 England Mark Selby 198,225
7 China Ding Junhui 177,000
8 Scotland John Higgins 171,000
9 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 164,000
10 England Kyren Wilson 134,725
11 Australia Neil Robertson 132,000
12 Wales Ryan Day 129,500
13 Scotland Stephen Maguire 114,000
14 Scotland Graeme Dott 106,000
15 Scotland Anthony McGill 99,000
16 England Martin Gould 98,500
17 China Yan Bingtao 96,500
18 China Cao Yupeng 91,000
19 England Joe Perry 85,500
20 China Li Hang 84,000
21 England Jack Lisowski 83,600
22 England David Gilbert 71,500
23 England Mark Joyce 71,000
24 China Xiao Guodong 69,500
25 England Ali Carter 69,000
26 England Mark King 68,725
27 England Jimmy Robertson 64,000
28 England Ricky Walden 61,600
29 Cyprus Michael Georgiou 61,500
30 Wales Michael White 61,500
31 England Stuart Bingham 58,500
32 England Robert Milkins 57,000

Main draw

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Final

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Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Greg Coniglio
Guild Hall, Preston, England, 25 February 2018.
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)
 England
10–3 Ding Junhui (7)
 China
Afternoon: 2–61, 79–22, 71–47, 42–81, 124–8 (124), 113–16 (105), 42–64, 81–37, 120–0 (120)
Evening: 113–4, 79–6, 89–16, 83–9
124 Highest break 68
3 Century breaks 0

Century breaks

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Total: 26[5]

References

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