2018 Warld Snooker Championship
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The 2018 Warld Snooker Championship wis a professional snooker toornament held frae 21 Apryle tae 7 May 2018 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Hosted bi the Warld Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), it wis the 20t and final rankin event o the 2017/2018 season an the 42nd consecutive time the Warld Snooker Championship haed been held at the venue. The toornament wis broadcast bi BBC Sport and Eurosport in Europe, an sponsored bi betting company Betfred.
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 21 April – 7 May 2018 |
Venue | Crucible Theatre |
City | Sheffield |
Kintra | England |
Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
Format | rankin event |
Total prize fund | £1,968,000 |
Winner's share | £425,000 |
Highest break | John Higgins (SCO) (146) |
Final | |
Champion | Mark Williams (WAL) |
Runner-up | John Higgins |
Score | 18–16 |
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Welsh left-hander Mark Williams won his third Warld title and 21st rankin title, defeatin Scottish professional John Higgins 18–16 in the final. Williams' veectory came 15 years efter his seicont Warld title in 2003; afore the stairt o the season, he haed nae won a rankin event in the previous sax years. In winnin the event, Williams received the heichest prize money awairdit for a snooker event, £425,000 o a tot pool of £1,968,000. Aged 43, he became the seicont-auldest winner at the Crucible, follaein Welsh professional Ray Reardon who wis 45 when he won the title in 1978. Defendin and three-time Warld champion Mark Selby haed won the Warld title for the previous twa years, but lost in the first roond 4–10 tae Joe Perry.
The heichest break o the championship wis scored bi Higgins, who made a brak of 146 in frame 13 of his seicont roond win ower Jack Lisowski. Houiver, in qualifying for the event, Liang Wenbo scored a maximum break of 147.