2018 Northern Ireland Open

The 2018 Northern Ireland Open (officially the 2018 BetVictor Northern Ireland Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 12 and 18 November 2018 in the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the eighth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season and a part of the Home Nations Series.

Mark Williams was the defending champion, but he was beaten 3–4 by Ali Carter in the second round.

Judd Trump won his ninth professional ranking title with a 9–7 final victory against Ronnie O'Sullivan.

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


 * 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: £10,000

Century breaks
Total: 71


 * 145, 139, 137, 115, 112 – Li Hang
 * 145, 138, 104 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
 * 142, 121 – Eden Sharav
 * 142, 119 – Hammad Miah
 * 140, 126 – Ryan Day
 * 137, 120, 117, 115, 112, 108, 108, 107, 105 – Judd Trump
 * 136, 101 – Noppon Saengkham
 * 135, 134, 132, 119, 116, 114, 112, 111, 108, 102 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * 134, 121, 102 – Zhou Yuelong
 * 132 – Luca Brecel
 * 132 – Tian Pengfei
 * 131, 118 – Lu Ning
 * 128, 127, 122, 122, 101 – Mark Selby
 * 127 – James Wattana
 * 125 – Neil Robertson
 * 124, 113, 102 – David Gilbert
 * 122 – Niu Zhuang
 * 120, 110 – Jimmy Robertson
 * 118, 109 – Daniel Wells
 * 115 – Sam Craigie
 * 113 – Robin Hull
 * 113 – Joe O'Connor
 * 113 – Ben Woollaston
 * 111 – Zhang Yong
 * 110 – Mark King
 * 107 – Peter Ebdon
 * 105 – Sam Baird
 * 102 – Harvey Chandler
 * 102 – Tom Ford
 * 102 – Luo Honghao
 * 101 – Ian Burns
 * 101 – Andrew Higginson
 * 100 – Zhang Anda