2018 Players Championship (snooker)


The 2018 Ladbrokes Players Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 19–25 March 2018 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:
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.
SeedingPlayerTotal Points
1 Ronnie O'Sullivan535,500
2 Mark Williams267,500
3 John Higgins248,500
4 Judd Trump242,000
5 Luca Brecel240,100
6 Shaun Murphy222,000
7 Mark Selby220,725
8 Ding Junhui219,500
9 Mark Allen172,500
10 Ryan Day159,500
11 Kyren Wilson149,725
12 Neil Robertson142,000
13 Stephen Maguire136,500
14 Anthony McGill117,000
15 Yan Bingtao114,000
16 Graeme Dott113,500

Main draw

Final

Century breaks

Total: 28