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Date: 21 Apr - 7 May 2018; Venue: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: Mark Selby; Twitter: #SnookerWorldChamps; Notes: See also results (143)
Final Pencil
(Winner: £425,000; Runner-up: £180,000)
Wales Mark J Williams [7] 18-16 Scotland John Higgins [5] Head to head Details 
Williams' 100 in frame 32 was the 84th century break of the tournament. The record is 86. Higgins missed the 11th red in frame 24 on his way to a maximum.
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Session 1:
75-23, 65-15, 72-35, 70-60 (JH 55)
4-120 (119), 133-0 (95), 0-98 (52), 21-82 (59)

Session 2:
81-46 (76), 31-75 (51), 8-127 (127), 76-12, 9-85 (56)
15-123 (117), 123-0 (118), 64-35 (64), 80-43

Session 3:
98-5 (61), 73-19 (56), 126-0 (69, 56), 63-7 (52)
29-92 (67), 65-76 (JH 72, MW 65), 0-80 (80), 84-8

Session 4:
1-131 (131), 58-68 (JH 67, MW 58), 47-82 (82), 0-91
47-67 (62), 74-0, 104-14 (100), 63-65 (JH 65, MW 63), 71-0 (69)

Referee: Brendan Moore

This was Williams' third title from four finals but first since 2003.

Semifinals Pencil
(Losers receive £85,000)
Scotland John Higgins [5] 17-13 England Kyren Wilson [9] Head to head Details  Pencil

Session 1:
107-8 (57), 65-1 (65), 77-26 (77), 34-76
69-62 (61,69), 23-72 (52), 0-140 (140), 56-44

Session 2:
7-61, 83-23, 56-19, 0-73 (65), 37-78
63-51, 0-74 (74), 78-5

Session 3:
0-124 (124), 71-0 (56), 76-36 (75), 8-85 (81)
63-9, 1-120 (106), 38-93 (93), 91-0 (91)

Session 4:
40-96 (96), 67-1, 136-0 (136), 1-74 (53),
105-5 (100), 98-0 (98)

Wales Mark J Williams [7] 17-15 England Barry Hawkins [6] Head to head Details 
Hawkins missed the opportunity to go 16-14 up. Williams took the lead in the match first at 16-15!
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Session 1:
1-129 (129), 0-79 (74), 103-26 (88), 10-81
83-35, 41-81 (52), 0-90 (90), 110-0 (110)

Session 2:
80-0 (80), 77-0, 37-70 (63), 65-33
45-68 (57), 32-73, 58-66 (BH 56), 104-18 (62)

Session 3:
0-128 (128), 81-46, 80-9, 68-44 (68)
2-92 (53), 0-133 (133), 103-0 (103), 50-73 (73, MJW 50)

Session 4:
78-44 (55), 33-77, 67-42, 67-39
40-105 (60), 68-47, 66-33, 63-55

Quarterfinals Pencil
(Losers receive £42,500)
England Kyren Wilson [9] 13-6 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [16] Head to head Details  Pencil
Scotland John Higgins [5] 13-12 England Judd Trump [4] Head to head Details 
Trump was 7-3 up when Higgins won five consecutive frames to take an 8-7 lead. Trump was also 11-9 up when Higgins won three consecutive frames to take an 12-11 lead.
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England Barry Hawkins [6] 13-5 China Ding Junhui [3] Head to head Details  Pencil
Wales Mark J Williams [7] 13-8 England Allister Carter [15] Head to head Details 
Two re-racks in frame 8.
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Round 2 Pencil
(Last 16; Losers receive £27,500)
1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [16] 13-8 England Joe Perry [22] Head to head Details  Pencil
2 England Kyren Wilson [9] 13-5 Wales Jamie Jones [51] Head to head Details  Pencil
3 Scotland John Higgins [5] 13-1 England Jack Lisowski [30] Head to head Details  Pencil

Higgins made a 146 in the 13th frame, the new highest break of the event. He won the match in two sessions.

4 England Judd Trump [4] 13-9 England Ricky Walden [27] Head to head Details  Pencil
5 China Ding Junhui [3] 13-4 Scotland Anthony McGill [14] Head to head Details  Pencil
6 England Barry Hawkins [6] 13-10 China Lü Haotian [68]   Details  Pencil
7 Wales Mark J Williams [7] 13-7 England Robert Milkins [37] Head to head Details  Pencil
8 England Allister Carter [15] 13-9 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [2] Head to head Details  Pencil
Round 1 Pencil
(Last 32; Losers receive £18,000 / £0)
1 England Joe Perry [22] 10-4 England Mark Selby [1] Head to head Details  Pencil
2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [16] 10-5 England Liam Highfield [64] Head to head Details  Pencil
3 England Kyren Wilson [9] 10-3 Wales Matthew Stevens [52] Head to head Details  Pencil
4 Wales Jamie Jones [51] 10-9 England Shaun Murphy [8] Head to head Details  Pencil
5 Scotland John Higgins [5] 10-7 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [58] Head to head Details  Pencil

Higgins missed the 14th red in frame 8 on his way to a maximum. Un-Nooh missed the 15th red in frame 12 on his way to a maximum.

6 England Jack Lisowski [30] 10-7 England Stuart Bingham [12] Head to head Details 
3 centuries in the first 4 frames
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Bingham missed the 12th red in frame 9 on his way to a maximum

7 England Ricky Walden [27] 10-6 Belgium Luca Brecel [13] Head to head Details 
Re-spotted black (63-63) in frame 3 after Walden needed 2 snookers. Brecel won the frame though.
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8 England Judd Trump [4] 10-9 England Chris Wakelin [55] Head to head Details 
Wakelin�s 141 break in frame 5 is the highest break of his career. It is also a joint record on Crucible debut to equal Peter Lines from 1998.
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Watch the amazing decider on YouTube.

9 China Ding Junhui [3] 10-3 China Xiao Guodong [25] Head to head Details  Pencil
10 Scotland Anthony McGill [14] 10-8 Wales Ryan Day [17] Head to head Details 
McGill was 7-3 down
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11 China Lü Haotian [68] 10-5 Hong Kong Marco Fu [11] Head to head Details  Pencil
12 England Barry Hawkins [6] 10-7 England Stuart Carrington [56] Head to head Details  Pencil
13 Wales Mark J Williams [7] 10-5 England Jimmy Robertson [34] Head to head Details 
Re-rack in frame 12
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14 England Robert Milkins [37] 10-5 Australia Neil Robertson [10] Head to head Details  Pencil
15 England Allister Carter [15] 10-8 Scotland Graeme Dott [21] Head to head Details  Pencil
16 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [2] 10-7 Scotland Stephen Maguire [18] Head to head Details 
O'Sullivan was 4-0 down
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When O'Sullivan went 9-7 up, he had won 1,000 frames at the Crucible. Only Stephen Hendry has won more with 1,068.

Betfred World Championship Qualifiers Pencil

Date: 11-18 Apr 2018; Venue: English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, England; View on separate page; Twitter: #SnookerWorldChamps; Notes: See also results (112)
Qual Round 3 Pencil
(Last 48; Losers receive £13,500)
1 Wales Ryan Day [17] 10-6 England Peter Ebdon [49] Head to head Details  Pencil
2 England Liam Highfield [64] 10-4 Wales Daniel Wells [65] Head to head Details  Pencil
3 China Xiao Guodong [25] 10-1 England Adam Duffy [99] Head to head Details  Pencil
4 England Stuart Carrington [56] 10-8 China Zhang Anda [73] Head to head Details  Pencil
5 Scotland Graeme Dott [21] 10-7 England Mike Dunn [53] Head to head Details  Pencil
6 England Robert Milkins [37] 10-3 England Michael Holt [28] Head to head Details  Pencil
7 China Lü Haotian [68] 10-2 England Rory McLeod [61]   Details  Pencil
8 Wales Matthew Stevens [52] 10-2 Ireland Ken Doherty [77] Head to head Details  Pencil
9 Wales Jamie Jones [51] 10-0 China Liang Wenbo [19] Head to head Details  Pencil
10 England Jack Lisowski [30] 10-3 Scotland Alan McManus [35] Head to head Details  Pencil
11 England Ricky Walden [27] 10-6 England Andrew Higginson [59] Head to head Details  Pencil
12 England Joe Perry [22] 10-7 England Mark Davis [43] Head to head Details  Pencil
13 England Chris Wakelin [55] 10-1 China Tian Pengfei [74] Head to head Details  Pencil
14 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [58] 10-8 England Alfie Burden [71]   Details  Pencil
15 England Jimmy Robertson [34] 10-7 Wales Michael White [31] Head to head Details  Pencil
16 Scotland Stephen Maguire [18] 10-7 Iran Hossein Vafaei [47] Head to head Details  Pencil
Qual Round 2 Pencil
(Last 80; Losers receive £9,000)
1 Wales Ryan Day [17] 10-1 England Mitchell Mann [80]   Details 
Mann conceded the match after the first session due to illness. He was 7-1 down.
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2 England Peter Ebdon [49] 10-5 England Robbie Williams [48] Head to head Details  Pencil
3 Wales Daniel Wells [65] 10-8 China Zhou Yuelong [32]   Details  Pencil
4 England Liam Highfield [64] 10-6 England Tom Ford [33] Head to head Details  Pencil
5 England Adam Duffy [99] 10-6 England Matthew Selt [57] Head to head Details  Pencil
6 China Xiao Guodong [25] 10-4 China Mei Xiwen [72] Head to head Details  Pencil
7 England Stuart Carrington [56] 10-8 England Ben Woollaston [41] Head to head Details  Pencil
8 China Zhang Anda [73] 10-4 England Martin Gould [24] Head to head Details  Pencil
9 Scotland Graeme Dott [21] 10-2 Thailand Akani Songsermsawad [76] Head to head Details  Pencil
10 England Mike Dunn [53] 10-3 Wales Dominic Dale [44] Head to head Details  Pencil
11 England Michael Holt [28] 10-7 England Elliot Slessor [69] Head to head Details  Pencil
12 England Robert Milkins [37] 10-8 Scotland Scott Donaldson [60] Head to head Details  Pencil
13 England Rory McLeod [61] 10-9 China Li Hang [36]   Details  Pencil
14 China Lü Haotian [68] 10-9 England Martin O'Donnell [84]   Details  Pencil

O'Donnell was 6-1 and 9-5 up

15 Wales Matthew Stevens [52] 10-9 China Yuan Sijun [100]   Details  Pencil
16 Ireland Ken Doherty [77] 10-4 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene [90] Head to head Details  Pencil
17 China Liang Wenbo [19] 10-5 China Zhao Xintong [78] Head to head Details  Pencil
18 Wales Jamie Jones [51] 10-7 China Yu Delu [46] Head to head Details 
Jones was 9-1 up
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19 England Jack Lisowski [30] 10-3 England David Grace [67] Head to head Details  Pencil
20 Scotland Alan McManus [35] 10-9 England Oliver Lines [62] Head to head Details  Pencil
21 England Andrew Higginson [59] 10-5 Finland Robin Hull [109]   Details  Pencil
22 England Ricky Walden [27] 10-7 Wales Lee Walker [70]   Details  Pencil
23 England Mark Davis [43] 10-0 Cyprus Michael Georgiou [54] Head to head Details  Pencil
24 England Joe Perry [22] 10-5 England Jimmy White [101] Head to head Details  Pencil

Jimmy White equaled Steve Davis' record of 101 World Championship matches

25 China Tian Pengfei [74] 10-9 China Yan Bingtao [23] Head to head Details 
Yan was 6-1 up
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26 England Chris Wakelin [55] 10-4 Norway Kurt Maflin [42] Head to head Details  Pencil
27 England Alfie Burden [71] 10-9 England David B Gilbert [26] Head to head Details  Pencil
28 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [58] 10-4 Poland Adam Stefanow (a)   Details  Pencil
29 England Jimmy Robertson [34] 10-7 England Sam Baird [63] Head to head Details  Pencil
30 Wales Michael White [31] 10-7 England John Astley [66] Head to head Details  Pencil
31 Iran Hossein Vafaei [47] 10-5 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [50] Head to head Details  Pencil
32 Scotland Stephen Maguire [18] 10-4 England Hammad Miah [79] Head to head Details  Pencil
Qual Round 1 Pencil
(Last 144; Losers receive £0)
1 Wales Ryan Day [17] 10-2 Brazil Igor Figueiredo (a)   Details  Pencil
2 England Mitchell Mann [80] 10-5 England Peter Lines [94] Head to head Details  Pencil
3 England Robbie Williams [48] 10-8 Wales Jak Jones [81]   Details  Pencil
4 England Peter Ebdon [49] 10-4 Thailand James Wattana [85] Head to head Details  Pencil
5 China Zhou Yuelong [32] 10-1 Wales Ian Preece [83] Head to head Details  Pencil
6 Wales Daniel Wells [65] 10-6 Australia Kurt Dunham [117]   Details  Pencil
7 England Tom Ford [33] 10-2 Ireland Leo Fernandez [124] Head to head Details  Pencil
8 England Liam Highfield [64] 10-3 China Chen Zhe [104] Head to head Details  Pencil
9 England Matthew Selt [57] 10-1 Hong Kong Ng On Yee (af)   Details  Pencil
10 England Adam Duffy [99] 10-4 England Mark Joyce [40] Head to head Details  Pencil
11 China Mei Xiwen [72] 10-8 Egypt Basem Eltahhan [128]   Details  Pencil
12 China Xiao Guodong [25] 10-3 Scotland Chris Totten [108]   Details  Pencil
13 England Stuart Carrington [56] 10-9 England Nigel Bond [103] Head to head Details  Pencil
14 England Ben Woollaston [41] 10-5 Poland Kacper Filipiak (a)   Details  Pencil
15 China Zhang Anda [73] 10-6 China Zhang Yong [92]   Details  Pencil
16 England Martin Gould [24] 10-4 England Paul S Davison [112] Head to head Details  Pencil
17 Scotland Graeme Dott [21] 10-1 Australia Adrian Ridley (a)   Details  Pencil
18 Thailand Akani Songsermsawad [76] 10-4 Germany Lukas Kleckers [127]   Details  Pencil
19 Wales Dominic Dale [44] 10-7 England Reanne Evans (af)   Details  Pencil
20 England Mike Dunn [53] 10-8 Wales Duane Jones [98] Head to head Details  Pencil
21 England Michael Holt [28] 10-7 Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong [97]   Details  Pencil
22 England Elliot Slessor [69] 10-7 Scotland Eden Sharav [110] Head to head Details  Pencil
23 England Robert Milkins [37] 10-1 Jersey Aaron Canavan (a)   Details  Pencil
24 Scotland Scott Donaldson [60] 10-5 Wales Tyler Rees (a)   Details  Pencil
25 England Rory McLeod [61] 10-8 England Ian Burns [91] Head to head Details  Pencil
26 China Li Hang [36] 10-9 England Ashley Hugill [107]   Details  Pencil
27 China Lü Haotian [68] 10-8 China Fang Xiongman [88] Head to head Details  Pencil
28 England Martin O'Donnell [84] 10-7 England Anthony Hamilton [29]   Details  Pencil
29 Wales Matthew Stevens [52] 10-5 Australia Ryan Thomerson (a)   Details  Pencil
30 China Yuan Sijun [100] 10-5 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [45]   Details  Pencil
31 Ireland Ken Doherty [77] 10-8 Ireland Josh Boileau [111]   Details  Pencil
32 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene [90] 10-9 England Mark King [20]   Details  Pencil
33 China Liang Wenbo [19] 10-2 England Rod Lawler [123] Head to head Details  Pencil

Liang made a 147 in frame 10. Watch on YouTube. He missed the final black in frame 12 for a second 147 in the match. Watch on YouTube.

34 China Zhao Xintong [78] 10-8 India Aditya Mehta [82]   Details 
Mehta won the seventh frame despite having needed four snookers.
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35 China Yu Delu [46] 10-8 England Sean O'Sullivan [122] Head to head Details  Pencil
36 Wales Jamie Jones [51] 10-5 England Craig Steadman [87] Head to head Details  Pencil
37 England Jack Lisowski [30] 10-4 England Christopher Keogan [119]   Details  Pencil
38 England David Grace [67] 10-6 China Wang Yuchen [93] Head to head Details  Pencil
39 Scotland Alan McManus [35] 10-2 Scotland Rhys Clark [125] Head to head Details  Pencil
40 England Oliver Lines [62] 10-6 England Harvey Chandler (a)   Details  Pencil
41 England Andrew Higginson [59] 10-4 Wales David John [126]   Details  Pencil
42 Finland Robin Hull [109] 10-7 China Cao Yupeng [38] Head to head Details  Pencil
43 Wales Lee Walker [70] 10-6 Iceland Kristjan Helgason (a)   Details  Pencil
44 England Ricky Walden [27] 10-8 Northern Ireland Joe Swail [120] Head to head Details  Pencil
45 Cyprus Michael Georgiou [54] 10-4 Australia Matthew Bolton   Details  Pencil
46 England Mark Davis [43] 10-1 England Sanderson Lam [121] Head to head Details  Pencil
47 England Jimmy White [101] 10-6 England Sam Craigie [75]   Details  Pencil
48 England Joe Perry [22] 10-1 Scotland Ross Muir [118]   Details  Pencil
49 China Yan Bingtao [23] 10-7 Wales Jackson Page (a)   Details  Pencil
50 China Tian Pengfei [74] 10-1 China Li Yuan [95]   Details  Pencil
51 Norway Kurt Maflin [42] 10-7 Pakistan Hamza Akbar [116] Head to head Details  Pencil
52 England Chris Wakelin [55] 10-4 China Xu Si [89]   Details  Pencil
53 England David B Gilbert [26] 10-8 England Billy Joe Castle [114] Head to head Details  Pencil
54 England Alfie Burden [71] 10-6 England Jamie Curtis-Barrett [115] Head to head Details  Pencil
55 Poland Adam Stefanow (a) 10-8 England Gary Wilson [39]   Details  Pencil
56 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [58] 10-8 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher [86] Head to head Details 
Ursenbacher was late after the mid-session interval and was docked a frame.
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57 England Sam Baird [63] 10-5 Iran Soheil Vahedi [113] Head to head Details  Pencil
58 England Jimmy Robertson [34] 10-2 Malta Alex Borg [102] Head to head Details  Pencil
59 England John Astley [66] 10-1 Singapore Marvin Lim Chun Kiat (a)   Details  Pencil
60 Wales Michael White [31] 10-9 China Niu Zhuang [106] Head to head Details  Pencil
61 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [50] 10-1 China Chen Zifan [105]   Details  Pencil
62 Iran Hossein Vafaei [47] 10-8 England Jamie Cope (a)   Details  Pencil
63 England Hammad Miah [79] 10-9 Northern Ireland Jordan Brown (a)   Details  Pencil
64 Scotland Stephen Maguire [18] 10-5 England Allan Taylor [96] Head to head Details  Pencil

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