2018 Six-red World Championship

The 2018 SangSom Six-red World Championship was a six-red snooker invitational tournament held between 3 and 8 September 2018 at the Bangkok Convention Center in Bangkok, Thailand.

Mark Williams was the defending champion, but he lost in the last 16 to amateur player Mohammed Shehab.

The event was won by Kyren Wilson, defeating Ding Junhui 8–4 in the final.

Prize money
The breakdown of prize money is shown below:
 * Winner: 3,500,000 baht
 * Runner-up: 1,300,000 baht
 * Semi-finalists: 750,000 baht
 * Quarter-finalists: 375,000 baht
 * Last 16: 150,000 baht
 * Third in Group: 75,000 baht
 * Fourth in Group: 50,000 baht
 * Total: 10,000,000 baht

Round-robin stage
Group matches were played from 3–5 September. The top two players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were the best of 9 frames.

Positions within the group were decided by the number of matches won (MW) and then, in the event of a tie, by the frame difference (FD). Where two players were still tied, the result of the match between them determined their positions. Where three players were still tied, the top position was determined by a draw and the other two positions by the result of the match between those two players.

Group A

 * Mark Williams 5–1 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
 * Tom Ford 5–4 Ricky Walden
 * Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4–5 Ricky Walden
 * Mark Williams 5–4 Tom Ford
 * Mark Williams 5–2 Ricky Walden
 * Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 1–5 Tom Ford

Group B

 * Ryan Day 5–1 Nutcharut Wongharuthai
 * Luo Honghao 2–5 Stephen Maguire
 * Nutcharut Wongharuthai 1–5 Stephen Maguire
 * Ryan Day 5–2 Luo Honghao
 * Nutcharut Wongharuthai 1–5 Luo Honghao
 * Ryan Day 3–5 Stephen Maguire

Group C

 * Stuart Bingham 5–3 James Wattana
 * Shachar Ruberg 0–5 Mark King
 * James Wattana 5–3 Mark King
 * Stuart Bingham 5–1 Shachar Ruberg
 * Stuart Bingham 5–2 Mark King
 * James Wattana 5–2 Shachar Ruberg

Group D

 * Michael White 0–5 Graeme Dott
 * Kyren Wilson 5–0 Marvin Lim Chun Kiat
 * Kyren Wilson 5–4 Michael White
 * Marvin Lim Chun Kiat 1–5 Graeme Dott
 * Kyren Wilson 5–1 Graeme Dott
 * Michael White 0–5 Marvin Lim Chun Kiat

Group E

 * Sunny Akani 5–4 Jimmy Robertson
 * Ding Junhui 5–3 Mohamed Khairy
 * Ding Junhui 5–4 Sunny Akani
 * Mohamed Khairy 1–5 Jimmy Robertson
 * Ding Junhui 5–3 Jimmy Robertson
 * Sunny Akani 5–1 Mohamed Khairy

Group F

 * Michael Holt 5–3 Joe Perry
 * Anthony McGill 5–3 Zhou Yuelong
 * Anthony McGill 5–4 Michael Holt
 * Zhou Yuelong 5–4 Joe Perry
 * Anthony McGill 3–5 Joe Perry
 * Michael Holt 2–5 Zhou Yuelong

Group G

 * Noppon Saengkham 5–4 Marco Fu
 * Luca Brecel 5–2 Kurt Dunham
 * Luca Brecel 4–5 Marco Fu
 * Noppon Saengkham 5–2 Kurt Dunham
 * Luca Brecel 5–1 Noppon Saengkham
 * Kurt Dunham 3–5 Marco Fu

Group H

 * Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon 3–5 David Gilbert
 * Mark Selby 5–4 Mohammed Shehab
 * Mark Selby 5–1 David Gilbert
 * Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon 4–5 Mohammed Shehab
 * Mark Selby 5–2 Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon
 * Mohammed Shehab 5–4 David Gilbert

Source:

Knockout stage
The last 16 matches and quarter-finals were played on 6 September, the semi-finals on 7 September and the final on 8 September.

Maximum breaks
(Note: A maximum break in 6-red is 75)
 * Stuart Bingham
 * Ding Junhui