2018 Champion of Champions
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The 2018 Champion of Champions (officially the 2018 ManBetX Champion of Champions) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament which took place from 5 to 11 November 2018 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England.
Shaun Murphy was the defending champion, but lost 3–6 in the semi-finals to Ronnie O'Sullivan in a repeat of the final of the previous edition of the tournament.
Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Kyren Wilson 10–9 in the final to capture his third Champion of Champions title.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for 2018 is shown below:
- Winner: £100,000
- Runner-up: £50,000
- Losing semi-finalist: £25,000
- Group runner-up: £17,500
- First round losers: £12,500
- Total: £370,000
Qualification
Qualification for the 2018 Champion of Champions tournament was determined by the winners of (at most) 26 tournaments over one year, from the 2017 Champion of Champions to the 2018 International Championship, thereby including tournaments from both the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 snooker seasons. The winners of the first 16 tournaments on the list were guaranteed qualification. The winners of the next tournaments on the list – in the order shown in the table – would also take a place in the Champion of Champions if other players win more than one of the tournaments higher on the list.
In case less than 16 different tournament winners qualified, the remaining spots would be awarded based on the world rankings after the 2018 English Open.
Main draw
| Group semi-finals (last 16) Best of 7 frames | Group finals (quarter-finals) Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 19 frames | ||||||||||||||||
| England Shaun Murphy (1) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| England Jimmy Robertson | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| England Shaun Murphy (1) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Group 1 (5 November) | |||||||||||||||||||
| China Ding Junhui (8) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| China Ding Junhui (8) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cyprus Michael Georgiou | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| England Shaun Murphy (1) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| England Ronnie O'Sullivan (4) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Scotland John Higgins (5) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wales Ryan Day | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Scotland John Higgins (5) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Group 4 (6 November) | |||||||||||||||||||
| England Ronnie O'Sullivan (4) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| England Ronnie O'Sullivan (4) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| England Stuart Bingham | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| England Ronnie O'Sullivan (4) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| England Kyren Wilson | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wales Mark Williams (3) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| England Kyren Wilson | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| England Kyren Wilson | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Group 3 (7 November) | |||||||||||||||||||
| England Judd Trump (6) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| England Judd Trump (6) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Belgium Luca Brecel | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| England Kyren Wilson | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Ireland Mark Allen | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| England Barry Hawkins (7) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Ireland Mark Allen | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Ireland Mark Allen | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Group 2 (8 November) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Neil Robertson | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| England Mark Selby (2) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Neil Robertson | 4 |
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England, 11 November 2018. | ||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (4) England | 10–9 | Kyren Wilson England |
| Afternoon: 16–71 (50), 77–0 (61), 94–19 (94), 107–29 (107), 97–8 (86), 60–48, 38–79, 41–86 (86), 131–0 (131) Evening: 23–64, 46–72 (52), 94–0 (94), 88–2, 16–76 (56), 52–58 (52, 56), 16–104 (104), 24–65 (65), 71–61 (Wilson 61), 118–6 (110) | ||
| 131 | Highest break | 104 |
| 3 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 8 | 50+ breaks | 8 |
Century breaks
Total: 31
- 147, 100 – Mark Selby
- 140, 123, 119, 109, 102, 102 – Mark Allen
- 139 – Ding Junhui
- 137, 131, 129, 127, 116, 114, 110, 109, 109, 107, 101 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 131, 125, 125, 104 – Kyren Wilson
- 123, 118, 110, 102 – Shaun Murphy
- 106, 100 – John Higgins
- 106 – Ryan Day