2018 English Open (snooker) explained
The 2018 English Open (officially the 2018 BetVictor English Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place from 15 to 21 October 2018 in Crawley, West Sussex, England.[1] It was the sixth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season and a part of the Home Nations Series.
The defending champion was Ronnie O'Sullivan, who defeated Kyren Wilson in the 2017 event.[2] However, O'Sullivan would lose to Mark Davis 1–6 in the semi-final. O'Sullivan was highly critical of the venue stating "The worst part was not the smell of urine..."This is about as bad as I've ever seen. It's a bit of a hellhole....I don't know what this gaff is, but I've just done an interview and all I can smell is urine."[3]
Stuart Bingham won his fifth professional ranking title with a 9–7 victory against Mark Davis, who had reached his first ever ranking final at the age of 46, playing in his 28th season on the professional tour. Bingham became the first player to win two Home Nations Series events.[4]
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh made the second maximum break of his career in the opening frame of his 4–1 first round win against Soheil Vahedi.[5] On the following day Ronnie O'Sullivan made the 15th maximum break of his career in the final frame of the second round whitewash of Allan Taylor.[6] This was the fourth time that two maximums were made at the main stage of a ranking tournament, and the third time in just over half a year.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[7]
- Winner: £70,000
- Runner-up: £30,000
- Semi-final: £20,000
- Quarter-final: £10,000
- Last 16: £6,000
- Last 32: £3,500
- Last 64: £2,500
- Highest break: £2,000
- Total: £366,000
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £15,000
Tournament draw
Top half
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 8
Finals
Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Ben Williams.
K2 Leisure Centre, Crawley, England, 21 October 2018. |
Mark Davis
| 7–9 | Stuart Bingham (13)
|
Afternoon:,,,,,,,
Evening: 94–44,,,,,,, |
| 136 | Highest break | 102 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 1 | |
Century breaks
Total: 81[8]
- 147, 135, 118, 104 Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 147, 112 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
- 141, 136, 132, 121, 105 Ryan Day
- 140 Zhou Yuelong
- 138, 131, 109, 102 Stuart Bingham
- 137 Marco Fu
- 136, 136, 107, 104, 102 Mark Davis
- 136, 128, 100 Luo Honghao
- 136, 116, 100 Tian Pengfei
- 135 Elliot Slessor
- 133 Sunny Akani
- 131, 101 Ben Woollaston
- 129, 101 Sam Craigie
- 129 Mike Dunn
- 126, 109, 108, 107, 104 Judd Trump
- 122 Jak Jones
- 121, 106, 106 Barry Hawkins
- 121 Ashley Carty
- 121 Allan Taylor
- 120, 100 Sam Baird
- 116, 109 Mark Williams
- 116, 103 Ali Carter
- 116 Robert Milkins
- 115 Thor Chuan Leong
- 114, 102, 100, 100 Noppon Saengkham
- 113 Liam Highfield
- 113 Zhang Anda
- 112, 102, 100 Neil Robertson
- 112 Liang Wenbo
- 109, 109 Martin Gould
- 109 Luca Brecel
- 108, 101 David Gilbert
- 108 Paul Davison
- 107 Anthony McGill
- 106, 100 Mark Selby
- 105 Ricky Walden
- 105 John Higgins
- 104 Stuart Carrington
- 102 Yan Bingtao
- 102 Stephen Maguire
- 102 Mei Xiwen
- 101 Matthew Selt
- 100 Jack Lisowski
Notes and References
- Web site: 2018/19 Calendar. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. 4 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180523172551/http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Click-here-for-the-calendar.pdf. 23 May 2018. live.
- Web site: Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Kyren Wilson 9-2 to claim title. 22 October 2017. BBC Sport. 23 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180623214217/https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/41715901. 23 June 2018. live.
- Web site: 'A hellhole that stinks of urine': Ronnie O'Sullivan blasts English Open venue in Crawley. 15 October 2018. telegraph.co.uk. 29 November 2018.
- Web site: Bingham Captures English Crown . worldsnooker.com . 21 October 2018 . 23 October 2018.
- Web site: Un-Nooh Makes 147 In Crawley. 16 October 2018. worldsnooker.com. 16 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181016203238/http://www.worldsnooker.com/un-nooh-makes-147-in-crawley/. 16 October 2018. live.
- Web site: Rocket Fires Magic Maximum. 17 October 2018. worldsnooker.com. 17 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181017203306/http://www.worldsnooker.com/rocket-fires-magic-maximum/. 17 October 2018. live.
- Web site: Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2018/2019 Season . worldsnooker.com . . 18 July 2018 . 23 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180719104200/http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Click-here-for-the-prize-money.pdf . 19 July 2018 . live .
- Web site: BetVictor English Open 2018 – Centuries . worldsnooker.com . . 15–21 October 2018 . 15 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181015192438/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14036/english-open-2018 . 15 October 2018 . dead .
