2018 Players Championship (snooker)

The 2018 Players Championship (officially the 2018 Ladbrokes Players Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 19 to 25 March 2018 at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales. It was the eighteenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.

Judd Trump was the defending champion, but he was beaten by Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–5 in the semi-finals.

Ronnie O'Sullivan captured his 33rd ranking title and fifth ranking title of the season by defeating Shaun Murphy 10–4 in the final, equalling the record of most ranking titles in a season shared by Stephen Hendry, Ding Junhui and Mark Selby.

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


 * Winner: £125,000
 * Runner-up: £50,000
 * Semi-final: £30,000
 * Quarter-final: £15,000
 * Last 16: £10,000


 * Highest break: £5,000
 * Total: £380,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £30,000

Seeding list
The seedings were conducted on the basis of the one-year ranking list up to and including the 2018 Gibraltar Open.

Century breaks
Total: 28


 * 143, 134, 121, 106, 100 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * 141, 127, 124 – Mark Williams
 * 137, 133, 133, 117, 115, 105 – Shaun Murphy
 * 133, 107 – Ryan Day
 * 130 – Luca Brecel
 * 129, 102 – Stephen Maguire
 * 128, 123, 117, 109, 100 – Judd Trump
 * 119 – Ding Junhui
 * 107, 103 – Neil Robertson
 * 107 – Anthony McGill