2018 Champion of Champions

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox individual snooker tournament |tournament_name=2018 ManBetX Champion of Champions |logo= |dates={{Start and end dates|2018|11|5|2018|11|11|df=y}} |venue=Ricoh Arena |location=Coventry |country=England |organisation=Matchroom Sport |format=Non-ranking event |Total prize fund=£370,000 |winners_share=£100,000 |highest_break={{flagathlete|Mark Selby|ENG}} (147) |winner={{flagathlete|Ronnie O'Sullivan|ENG}} |runner_up={{flagathlete|Kyren Wilson|ENG}} |score=10–9 |previous=2017 |next=2019 }}

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.<ref name="2018qualification">{{cite web|url=http://www.championofchampionssnooker.co.uk/champion-champions-qualifying-criteria-confirmed/|title=Champion of Champions Qualifying Criteria Confirmed|date=15 February 2018 |access-date=29 March 2018|publisher=Champion of Champions Snooker}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/osullivan-edges-classic-wilson-final/ |title=O'Sullivan Edges Classic Wilson Final|work=World Snooker |date=11 November 2018|accessdate=12 November 2018}}</ref>

==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.<ref name="2018qualification"/>

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.<ref name="european_masters">{{cite web|url=http://www.championofchampionssnooker.co.uk/european-masters-winner-robertson-earns-place-champion-champions/|title=European Masters Winner Robertson Earns Place In Champion of Champions|date=8 October 2018 |access-date=22 October 2018|publisher=Champion of Champions Snooker}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" style="width: 280px;" | Tournament !! scope="col" style="width: 140px;" | Date of tournament final !! scope="col" style="width: 170px;" | Winner !! rowspan=27| !! scope="col" style="width: 140px;" | Qualified players !! scope="col" style="width: 140px;" | Date qualification confirmed |- | align="center"| 2017 Champion of Champions || align="center"|12 November 2017 || {{flagicon|ENG}} Shaun Murphy || rowspan=26| {{flagicon|ENG}} Shaun Murphy {{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan}} {{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Allen {{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams {{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby {{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Robertson}} {{flagicon|AUS}} Neil Robertson {{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham {{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day {{flagicon|ENG}} Kyren Wilson {{nowrap|{{flagicon|CYP}} Michael Georgiou}} {{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump {{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhui {{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins {{flagicon|BEL}} Luca Brecel|| rowspan=26|{{nowrap|12 November 2017}} 18 November 2017 21 January 2018 {{nowrap|10 December 2017}} 4 March 2018 8 April 2018 7 October 2018 25 February 2018 21 October 2018 29 March 2018 26 August 2018 12 August 2018 7 October 2018 21 October 2018 21 October 2018 3 November 2018 |- | align="center"| 2017 UK Championship || align="center"|{{nowrap|10 December 2017}}|| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan}} |- | align="center"| 2018 Masters || align="center"|21 January 2018 || {{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Allen |- | align="center"| 2018 World Championship || align="center"|7 May 2018 || {{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams |- |- style="background:lightgrey" | align="center"| 2017 Shanghai Masters || align="center"|18 November 2017 || {{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan}} |- style="background:lightgrey" | align="center"| 2018 German Masters || align="center"|4 February 2018 || {{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams |- style="background:lightgrey" | align="center"| 2018 World Grand Prix || align="center"|25 February 2018 || {{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan}} |- style="background:lightgrey" | align="center"| 2018 Players Championship || align="center"|25 March 2018 || {{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan}} |- | align="center"| 2018 Championship League || align="center"|29 March 2018 || {{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins |- | align="center"| 2018 China Open || align="center"|8 April 2018 || {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby |- style="background:lightgrey" | align="center"| 2018 World Open || align="center"|12 August 2018 || {{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams |- style="background:lightgrey" | align="center"| 2018 Shanghai Masters || align="center"|16 September 2018 || {{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan |- style="background:lightgrey" | align="center"| 2018 China Championship || align="center"|{{nowrap|30 September 2018}} || {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby |- | align="center"| 2018 European Masters || align="center"|7 October 2018 || {{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Robertson}} |- style="background:lightgrey" | align="center"| {{nowrap|2018 International Championship}} || align="center"|4 November 2018 || {{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Allen |- |- style="background:lightgrey" | align="center"| 2017 Northern Ireland Open || align="center"|26 November 2017 || {{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams |- | align="center"| 2017 Scottish Open || align="center"|17 December 2017 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Neil Robertson |- style="background:lightgrey" | align="center"| 2018 Welsh Open || align="center"|4 March 2018 || {{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins |- | align="center"| 2018 English Open || align="center"|21 October 2018 || {{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham |- | align="center"| 2018 Gibraltar Open || align="center"|11 March 2018 || {{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day |- style="background:lightgrey" | align="center"| 2018 World Championship runner-up || align="center"|7 May 2018 || {{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins |- style="background:lightgrey" | align="center"| 2018 Riga Masters || align="center"|29 July 2018 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Neil Robertson |- | align="center"| 2018 Paul Hunter Classic || align="center"|26 August 2018 || {{flagicon|ENG}} Kyren Wilson |- | align="center"| 2018 Shoot Out || align="center"|11 February 2018 || {{nowrap|{{flagicon|CYP}} Michael Georgiou}} |- style="background:lightgrey" | align="center"| 2018 Romanian Masters || align="center"|18 March 2018 || {{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day |- |- style="background:lightgrey" | align="center"| 2018 Six-red World Championship || align="center"|8 September 2018 || {{flagicon|ENG}} Kyren Wilson |}

==Main draw== {{16TeamBracket | team-width= 200 | RD1= '''Group semi-finals (last 16)''' Best of 7 frames | RD2= '''Group finals (quarter-finals)''' Best of 11 frames | RD3= '''Semi-finals''' Best of 11 frames | RD4= '''Final''' Best of 19 frames | subgroup1='''Group 1''' (5 November) | subgroup2='''Group 4''' (6 November) | subgroup3='''Group 3''' (7 November) | subgroup4='''Group 2''' (8 November)

| RD1-seed01= | RD1-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} '''Shaun Murphy (1)''' | RD1-score01='''4''' | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Robertson | RD1-score02=2 | RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03={{flagicon|CHN}} '''Ding Junhui (8)''' | RD1-score03='''4''' | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04={{flagicon|CYP}} Michael Georgiou | RD1-score04=2 | RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05={{flagicon|SCO}} '''John Higgins (5)''' | RD1-score05='''4''' | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06={{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day | RD1-score06=3 | RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07={{flagicon|ENG}} '''Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)''' | RD1-score07='''4''' | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08={{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham | RD1-score08=2 | RD1-seed09= | RD1-team09={{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams (3) | RD1-score09=1 | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10={{flagicon|ENG}} '''Kyren Wilson''' | RD1-score10='''4''' | RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11={{flagicon|ENG}} '''Judd Trump (6)''' | RD1-score11='''4''' | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12={{flagicon|BEL}} Luca Brecel | RD1-score12=1 | RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13={{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins (7) | RD1-score13=2 | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14={{flagicon|NIR}} '''Mark Allen''' | RD1-score14='''4''' | RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15={{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby (2) | RD1-score15=3 | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16={{flagicon|AUS}} '''Neil Robertson''' | RD1-score16='''4'''

| RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} '''Shaun Murphy (1)''' | RD2-score01='''6''' | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02={{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhui (8) | RD2-score02=3 | RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03={{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins (5) | RD2-score03=3 | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} '''Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)''' | RD2-score04='''6''' | RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} '''Kyren Wilson''' | RD2-score05='''6''' | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06={{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump (6) | RD2-score06=1 | RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07={{flagicon|NIR}} '''Mark Allen''' | RD2-score07='''6''' | RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08={{flagicon|AUS}} Neil Robertson | RD2-score08=1

| RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Shaun Murphy (1) | RD3-score01=3 | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} '''Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)''' | RD3-score02='''6''' | RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} '''Kyren Wilson''' | RD3-score03='''6''' | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04={{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Allen | RD3-score04=5

| RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} '''Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)''' | RD4-score01='''10''' | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Kyren Wilson | RD4-score02=9 }}

==Final== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;" |- | colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | '''Final:''' Best of 19 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England, 11 November 2018. |- | width="230" align="right" | '''Ronnie O'Sullivan''' (4) {{ENG}} | width="100" align="center" | '''10'''–9 | width="230" align="left" | Kyren Wilson {{ENG}} |- | colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" | ''Afternoon:'' 16–'''71''' (50), {{nobr|'''77'''–0 (61)}}, {{nobr|'''94'''–19 (94)}}, {{nobr|'''107'''–29 (107)}}, {{nobr|'''97'''–8 (86)}}, {{nobr|'''60'''–48}}, {{nobr|38–'''79'''}}, {{nobr|41–'''86''' (86)}}, {{nobr|'''131'''–0 (131)}} ''Evening:'' 23–'''64''', {{nobr|46–'''72''' (52)}}, {{nobr|'''94'''–0 (94)}}, {{nobr|'''88'''–2}}, {{nobr|16–'''76''' (56)}}, {{nobr|52–'''58''' (52, 56)}}, {{nobr|16–'''104''' (104)}}, {{nobr|24–'''65''' (65)}}, {{nobr|'''71'''–61 (Wilson 61)}}, {{nobr|'''118'''–6 (110)}} |- | align="right" | '''131''' | align="center" | Highest break | 104 |- | align="right" | '''3''' | align="center" | Century breaks | 1 |- | align="right" | ''8'' | align="center" | 50+ breaks | ''8'' |}

==Century breaks== Total: 31

* 147, 100 {{ndash}} Mark Selby * 140, 123, 119, 109, 102, 102 {{ndash}} Mark Allen * 139 {{ndash}} Ding Junhui * 137, 131, 129, 127, 116, 114, 110, 109, 109, 107, 101 {{ndash}} Ronnie O'Sullivan * 131, 125, 125, 104 {{ndash}} Kyren Wilson * 123, 118, 110, 102 {{ndash}} Shaun Murphy * 106, 100 {{ndash}} John Higgins * 106 {{ndash}} Ryan Day

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{official website|http://www.championofchampionssnooker.co.uk/}}

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