2018 Snooker Shoot Out
The 2018 Coral Snooker Shoot Out was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place from 8–11 February 2018 in Watford, England. It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker, and was the fourteenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.
Anthony McGill was the defending champion, but he lost to Mark Davis in the first round.
Michael Georgiou won his first ever ranking title, beating Graeme Dott 1–0 in the final.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:- Winner: £32,000
- Runner-up: £16,000
- Semi-final: £8,000
- Quarter-final: £4,000
- Last 16: £2,000
- Last 32: £1,000
- Last 64: £500
- Last 128: £250
- Highest break: £2,000
- Total: £146,000
Draw
All times are based on the venue's local time.Round 1
Thursday, 8 February – 12:00- Mark Davis 103–0 Anthony McGill
- Mark Joyce 22–36 Alex Davies
- Alan McManus 32–52 Ross Vallance
- Duane Jones 58–20 Ben Woollaston
- Craig Steadman 7–79 Ali Carter
- Scott Donaldson 33–9 Yuan Sijun
- Lyu Haotian 53–4 Xu Si
- David Lilley 90–22 Chen Zhe
- Martin Gould 59–17 Ken Doherty
- Chen Zifan 17–51 Peter Lines
- Liam Highfield 53–47 Fang Xiongman
- David Gilbert 34–31 Adam Duffy
- Matthew Selt 46–11 Dominic Dale
- Billy Joe Castle 68–24 Chris Wakelin
- Elliot Slessor 87–4 Sanderson Lam
- Barry Hawkins 67–0 Shaun Murphy
- Kuldesh Johal 22–14 Wang Yuchen
- Ashley Hugill 39–16 Ben Jones
- Eden Sharav 52–54 Mei Xiwen
- Hammad Miah 12–53 Joe Perry
- Allan Taylor 90–0 Ian Burns
- Li Hang 0–44 Mark Williams
- Christopher Keogan 2–48 Michael Williams
- Ashley Carty 34–43 Mark King
- James Silverwood 0–71 Stuart Bingham
- John Astley 47–43 Ross Muir
- Kurt Dunham 65–14 Chris Totten
- Noppon Saengkham 79–0 Paul Davison
- Robin Hull w/d–w/o Sunny Akani
- Basem Eltahhan 44–17 Li Yuan
- James Cahill 77–2 Rory McLeod
- Alexander Ursenbacher 32–27 Jack Lisowski
- Jimmy White 70–27 Anthony Hamilton
- David Grace 31–63 Xiao Guodong
- Jamie Cope 19–41 Hamza Akbar
- Tian Pengfei 35–16 Wayne Brown
- Sam Baird 24–36 Joe Swail
- James Wattana 55–18 Zhang Anda
- Lee Walker 35–67 Stuart Carrington
- Nigel Bond 53–10 Leo Fernandez
- Robert Milkins 59–31 Alfie Burden
- Michael Georgiou 73–41 Thor Chuan Leong
- Alex Borg 54–44 Daniel Wells
- Fergal O'Brien 51–31 William Lemons
- Mike Dunn 22–14 David John
- Kyren Wilson 37–48 Ricky Walden
- Kurt Maflin 13–27 Jak Jones
- Niu Zhuang 20–49 Sean O'Sullivan
- Matthew Stevens 62–41 Zhao Xintong
- Oliver Brown 1–58 Ian Preece
- Lewis Roberts 37–57 Jamie Jones
- Gerard Greene 54–1 Zhou Yuelong
- Soheil Vahedi 22–40 Peter Ebdon
- Zhang Yong 40–26 Jamie Curtis-Barrett
- Mitchell Mann 0–62 Martin O'Donnell
- Yan Bingtao 18–33 Graeme Dott
- Josh Boileau 49–14 Daniel Ward
- Lukas Kleckers 27–29 Gary Wilson
- Michael White 34–8 Andrew Higginson
- Oliver Lines 33–43 Cao Yupeng
- Tom Ford 65–31 Mark Allen
- Charlie Walters 9–22 Rod Lawler
- Jimmy Robertson 15–37 Luca Brecel
- Michael Holt 59–21 Ryan Day
Round 2
- Xiao Guodong 11–74 Tom Ford
- Liam Highfield 43–44 Gerard Greene
- Jamie Jones 44–0 Michael White
- James Cahill 0–54 Graeme Dott
- Noppon Saengkham 5–72 Martin O'Donnell
- Matthew Stevens 27–26 David Lilley
- Kuldesh Johal 25–53 Mike Dunn
- Sean O'Sullivan 37–16 Peter Ebdon
- Robert Milkins 21–31 Hamza Akbar
- Martin Gould 47–41 John Astley
- Nigel Bond 31–28 Peter Lines
- Fergal O'Brien 32–33 Ricky Walden
- Lyu Haotian 21–48 Kurt Dunham
- Michael Georgiou 84–1 Jak Jones
- Zhang Yong 42–10 Ross Vallance
- Barry Hawkins 75–40 Alex Davies
- James Wattana 45–55 Mark Williams
- Alexander Ursenbacher 18–33 Rod Lawler
- Michael Holt 2–32 Ashley Hugill
- Duane Jones 36–61 Allan Taylor
- Ali Carter 63–15 Joe Swail
- Stuart Carrington 81–21 Ian Preece
- Luca Brecel 56–7 Mei Xiwen
- Cao Yupeng 27–24 Josh Boileau
- Jimmy White 35–49 Billy Joe Castle
- Sunny Akani 95–0 David Gilbert
- Elliot Slessor 51–0 Michael Williams
- Matthew Selt 25–37 Alex Borg
- Gary Wilson 10–28 Joe Perry
- Mark King 47–47 Tian Pengfei
- Basem Eltahhan 10–69 Mark Davis
- Stuart Bingham 68'''–41 Scott Donaldson
Round 3
- Ali Carter 1–71 Mark Davis
- Hamza Akbar 16–45 Cao Yupeng
- Stuart Carrington 57–26 Billy Joe Castle
- Ashley Hugill 11–64 Graeme Dott
- Tian Pengfei 16–26 Joe Perry
- Zhang Yong 71–1 Mike Dunn
- Jamie Jones 79–0 Rod Lawler
- Stuart Bingham 60–0 Elliot Slessor
- Mark Williams 54–9 Allan Taylor
- Sean O'Sullivan 41–51 Gerard Greene
- Alex Borg 13–31 Sunny Akani
- Martin O'Donnell 24–17 Ricky Walden
- Kurt Dunham 1–84 Barry Hawkins
- Tom Ford 51–29 Martin Gould
- Luca Brecel 0–80 Michael Georgiou
- Nigel Bond 71–9 Matthew Stevens
Round 4
- Sunny Akani 47–31 Tom Ford
- Martin O'Donnell 33–21 Jamie Jones
- Zhang Yong 48–24 Stuart Carrington
- Nigel Bond 40–71 Michael Georgiou
- Gerard Greene 34–69 Cao Yupeng
- Graeme Dott 64–24 Barry Hawkins
- Joe Perry 56–56 Mark Williams
- Stuart Bingham 6–'''45 Mark Davis
Quarter-finals
- Martin O'Donnell 48–9 Sunny Akani
- Graeme Dott 61–35 Cao Yupeng
- Mark Davis 36–36 Joe Perry
- Michael Georgiou 114–9 Zhang Yong
Semi-finals
- Michael Georgiou 53–5 Martin O'Donnell
- Mark Davis 8–'''59 Graeme Dott
Final
- Michael Georgiou 67–56 Graeme Dott
Century breaks
- 109 Michael Georgiou
- 102 Mark Davis