2018 Scottish Open (snooker)

The 2018 Scottish Open (officially the 2018 BetVictor Scottish Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place from 10 to 16 December 2018 at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. It is the tenth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season and a part of the Home Nations Series.

Neil Robertson was the defending champion, but he lost 2–4 to Ross Muir in the second round. The tournament was won by Mark Allen who beat Shaun Murphy in the final. Allen led 6–3, but then Murphy won four frames in a row to take a 7–6 lead. Allen, however, won the next three frames to win 9–7.

John Higgins made the ninth maximum break of his career in the third frame of his second-round victory over Gerard Greene.

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: £20,000

Century breaks
Total: 70


 * 147, 104 – John Higgins
 * 141, 124, 122, 115, 101 – Shaun Murphy
 * 139 – Lu Ning
 * 138 – Zhou Yuelong
 * 136, 122, 102 – Ali Carter
 * 136, 101 – Yan Bingtao
 * 136 – Nigel Bond
 * 135 – Jimmy Robertson
 * 134, 129, 126, 110, 106 – Mark Allen
 * 134, 111, 105 – Ding Junhui
 * 134 – Gerard Greene
 * 133, 104, 102, 100 – Ryan Day
 * 133, 103 – Marco Fu
 * 130 – Eden Sharav
 * 130 – Yuan Sijun
 * 127, 119, 119, 117, 102, 101, 101 – Judd Trump
 * 127 – Zhang Anda
 * 122, 115, 108, 108 – Stuart Carrington
 * 122, 108 – Joe Perry
 * 121 – Mark Davis
 * 119 – Matthew Stevens
 * 115, 112 – James Cahill
 * 114 – Ross Muir
 * 113 – Jack Lisowski
 * 110, 105 – Kyren Wilson
 * 110 – Gary Wilson
 * 109 – Duane Jones
 * 107 – Tom Ford
 * 107 – Joe Swail
 * 106 – Ricky Walden
 * 105 – Ian Burns
 * 102 – Alfie Burden
 * 101, 101 – Zhao Xintong
 * 101 – Elliot Slessor
 * 100 – Luca Brecel
 * 100 – David Gilbert
 * 100 – Mark King
 * 100 – Alan McManus
 * 100 – Robbie Williams