2018 World Open (snooker)

The 2018 HongRuiMa Yushan World Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 6 and 12 August 2018 in Yushan, China. It was the second ranking event of the 2018/19 season.

Qualifying took place between 6–9 July in Preston. Ding Junhui was the defending champion, who defeated Kyren Wilson 10–3 in the 2017 World Open final, but lost 4–5 to Robert Milkins in the last 32 of the 2018 event.

Mark Williams won his 22nd ranking title, defeating David Gilbert 10–9 in the final. Williams trailed 5–9 but won the last 5 frames. It was the fourth time he had won this event, having won it twice when the tournament was named the Grand Prix and once when the tournament was named the LG Cup.

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


 * Winner: £150,000
 * Runner-up: £75,000
 * Semi-final: £32,500
 * Quarter-final: £20,000
 * Last 16: £13,000
 * Last 32: £8,000
 * Last 64: £4,000


 * Highest break: £5,000
 * Total: £735,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £15,000

Qualifying
These matches were held between 6 and 9 July 2018 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.


 * Notes

Televised stage centuries
Total: 49


 * 142, 140, 122, 101 – David Gilbert
 * 142, 111 – Noppon Saengkham
 * 132, 114, 110, 109, 106, 103 – Neil Robertson
 * 128 – Michael Holt
 * 124, 101 – Barry Hawkins
 * 121, 120, 104 – Mark Williams
 * 121, 111 – Fergal O'Brien
 * 120 – Ali Carter
 * 118, 118, 103 – Marco Fu
 * 115, 100 – Jack Lisowski
 * 115, 103 – Anthony Hamilton
 * 115 – Ding Junhui
 * 113, 112, 104, 103 – Gary Wilson
 * 112 – Mike Dunn
 * 111, 101 – Xiao Guodong
 * 109 – Stephen Maguire
 * 108 – David Lilley
 * 107 – Ryan Day
 * 107 – Kyren Wilson
 * 105 – Elliot Slessor
 * 103 – Mark Allen
 * 103 – Harvey Chandler
 * 102 – Mark Selby
 * 102 – James Wattana
 * 102 – Jak Jones
 * 101 – Mark Davis
 * 100 – Andrew Higginson
 * 100 – Jamie Jones

Qualifying stage centuries
Total: 14


 * 140 – Robbie Williams
 * 133 – David Gilbert
 * 131, 109, 108 – Noppon Saengkham
 * 124 – Peter Ebdon
 * 121 – Judd Trump
 * 118, 102 – Fergal O'Brien
 * 118 – Marco Fu
 * 109 – Mark Joyce
 * 108 – Joe Perry
 * 104 – Ricky Walden
 * 102 – Mark Allen