2018 European Masters

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.

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.

Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


 * Winner: £75,000
 * Runner-up: £35,000
 * Semi-final: £17,500
 * Quarter-final: £11,000
 * Last 16: £6,000
 * Last 32: £4,000
 * Last 64: £3,000


 * Televised highest break: £1,500
 * Total: £398,500

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £10,000

Qualifying
These matches were held between 17 and 18 August 2018 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.


 * Notes

Main stage centuries
Total: 24


 * 135, 132, 108 – Jimmy Robertson
 * 135, 104 – Jack Lisowski
 * 130, 110, 106, 103 – Joe Perry
 * 130 – Zhao Xintong
 * 129 – Anthony Hamilton
 * 124 – Mark King
 * 117 – Eden Sharav
 * 114 – Judd Trump
 * 112, 112 – Tian Pengfei
 * 112 – Liang Wenbo
 * 110 – Elliot Slessor
 * 109 – Luca Brecel
 * 108 – Zhang Anda
 * 107 – Allan Taylor
 * 105 – Ali Carter
 * 104 – Anthony McGill
 * 100 – David Gilbert

Qualifying stage centuries
Total: 18


 * 142 – Matthew Selt
 * 140, 100 – Sam Craigie
 * 138 – Elliot Slessor
 * 132, 123 – Zhou Yuelong
 * 122 – Adam Duffy
 * 121 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
 * 119 – Jack Lisowski
 * 118, 102 – Mark Selby
 * 116 – Ashley Carty
 * 106 – Craig Steadman
 * 104 – Peter Ebdon
 * 102 – Anthony Hamilton
 * 102 – Kishan Hirani
 * 100 – Ryan Day