2018 Welsh Open (snooker)

The 2018 Welsh Open (officially the 2018 ManBetX Welsh Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place from 26 February to 4 March 2018 at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales. It was the sixteenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season and a part of the Home Nations Series.

The defending champion Stuart Bingham lost 1–4 to Matthew Stevens in the last 32.

John Higgins won a record fifth Welsh Open title, and his 30th ranking title overall, beating Barry Hawkins 9–7 in the final.

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 stood at £20,000

Qualifying round
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Rhydian Richards 4–3 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Darren Morgan

Century breaks
Total: 66


 * 144, 141, 138, 136, 115, 113, 107, 106, 101, 100 – John Higgins
 * 143, 100 – Mark Selby
 * 141, 138, 137, 130, 103 – Barry Hawkins
 * 141, 110 – Martin Gould
 * 140, 124, 105, 101 – Gary Wilson
 * 139, 120, 102 – Noppon Saengkham
 * 136, 105, 100, 100 – Kyren Wilson
 * 134, 129, 106 – Mark Williams
 * 133, 117, 106, 100 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * 131, 106 – Ian Burns
 * 131, 101 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
 * 130, 100, 100 – Neil Robertson
 * 129, 115 – Elliot Slessor
 * 129 – Ben Woollaston
 * 124 – Cao Yupeng
 * 119, 116 – Mark Allen
 * 118 – Zhang Anda
 * 118 – Stuart Bingham
 * 115 – Liam Highfield
 * 114, 104, 104, 103 – Jack Lisowski
 * 111, 108 – Sunny Akani
 * 111 – Robbie Williams
 * 110 – Yan Bingtao
 * 107 – Ryan Day
 * 104 – Mark King
 * 103 – Kurt Dunham
 * 102 – Gerard Greene
 * 102 – Stephen Maguire