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Date: 26 Feb - 4 Mar 2018; Venue: Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: Stuart Bingham; Twitter: #WelshOpen; Notes: See also results (128)
Final Pencil
(Winner: £70,000; Runner-up: £30,000)
Scotland John Higgins [6] 9-7 England Barry Hawkins [9] Head to head Details  Pencil

Session 1:
55-66, 138-0 (138), 68-70 (JH 68), 141-0 (141)
16-66, 0-131 (130), 83-14 (51), 73-15 (58)

Session 2:
56-1, 59-44, 6-125 (103), 0-142 (138)
70-44 (66), 65-55, 0-82 (82), 72-0 (64)

Referee: Terry Camilleri

This was Higgins' record fifth Welsh Open win and 30th ranking title.

Semifinals Pencil
(Losers receive £20,000)
England Barry Hawkins [9] 6-4 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [57] Head to head Details 
This was Saengkham's first ranking event semifinal
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63-34, 0-72 (63), 76-6 (57), 120-1 (94)
30-74 (53), 75-31 (50), 65-43, 16-80 (57)
0-139 (139), 65-14 (63)

Scotland John Higgins [6] 6-2 England Gary Wilson [49] Head to head Details  Pencil

71-0, 10-67, 77-34, 62-46, 29-92 (61)
103-35 (99), 78-1, 110-12 (106)

Quarterfinals Pencil
(Losers receive £10,000)
England Barry Hawkins [9] 5-1 China Yan Bingtao [26] Head to head Details  Pencil
Thailand Noppon Saengkham [57] 5-3 England Ian Burns [99] Head to head Details  Pencil
Scotland John Higgins [6] 5-1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [3] Head to head Details  Pencil
England Gary Wilson [49] 5-2 China Yu Delu [47]   Details  Pencil
Round 4 Pencil
(Last 16; Losers receive £6,000)
1 China Yan Bingtao [26] 4-2 Wales Matthew Stevens [54]   Details  Pencil
2 England Barry Hawkins [9] 4-2 England Martin Gould [23] Head to head Details  Pencil
3 England Ian Burns [99] 4-3 England Liam Highfield [68] Head to head Details 
Burns needed a snooker to stay in the match in the sixth frame
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4 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [57] 4-0 England Kyren Wilson [13]   Details  Pencil
5 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [3] 4-0 England Mike Dunn [42] Head to head Details  Pencil
6 Scotland John Higgins [6] 4-0 England Nigel Bond [118] Head to head Details  Pencil

144 by Higgins in frame two was the highest break of the tournament

7 England Gary Wilson [49] 4-2 England John Astley [67] Head to head Details  Pencil
8 China Yu Delu [47] 4-1 China Liang Wenbo [17] Head to head Details  Pencil
Round 3 Pencil
(Last 32; Losers receive £3,500)
1 Wales Matthew Stevens [54] 4-1 England Stuart Bingham [1] Head to head Details  Pencil
2 China Yan Bingtao [26] 4-1 England Peter Ebdon [46]   Details  Pencil
3 England Barry Hawkins [9] 4-2 China Fang Xiongman [88]   Details  Pencil
4 England Martin Gould [23] 4-2 Wales Mark J Williams [8] Head to head Details  Pencil
5 England Liam Highfield [68] 4-1 England Chris Wakelin [60] Head to head Details  Pencil
6 England Ian Burns [99] 4-2 Thailand Akani Songsermsawad [73]   Details  Pencil
7 England Kyren Wilson [13] 4-3 Thailand James Wattana [84] Head to head Details  Pencil
8 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [57] 4-2 England Craig Steadman [91] Head to head Details 
Saengkham missed the yellow on the way to a max
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9 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [3] 4-0 England David Grace [66]   Details  Pencil
10 England Mike Dunn [42] 4-2 China Xu Si [87]   Details  Pencil
11 England Nigel Bond [118] 4-3 England Jack Lisowski [37] Head to head Details  Pencil
12 Scotland John Higgins [6] 4-0 England Sam Craigie [80] Head to head Details  Pencil
13 England John Astley [67] 4-3 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene [89] Head to head Details 
Astley was 3-0 down
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14 England Gary Wilson [49] 4-3 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [10] Head to head Details  Pencil
15 China Yu Delu [47] 4-0 England Ben Woollaston [32] Head to head Details  Pencil
16 China Liang Wenbo [17] 4-3 England Robbie Williams [55] Head to head Details  Pencil
Round 2 Pencil
(Last 64; Losers receive £2,500)
1 England Stuart Bingham [1] 4-2 Wales Jackson Page (a)   Details  Pencil
2 Wales Matthew Stevens [54] 4-2 Scotland Scott Donaldson [65] Head to head Details  Pencil
3 China Yan Bingtao [26] 4-2 Australia Kurt Dunham [119]   Details  Pencil
4 England Peter Ebdon [46] 4-1 England Anthony Hamilton [29] Head to head Details  Pencil
5 China Fang Xiongman [88] 4-2 China Chen Zifan [101]   Details  Pencil
6 England Barry Hawkins [9] 4-0 England Tom Ford [35] Head to head Details  Pencil
7 England Martin Gould [23] 4-3 England Ricky Walden [21] Head to head Details  Pencil
8 Wales Mark J Williams [8] 4-3 India Aditya Mehta [79] Head to head Details  Pencil
9 England Liam Highfield [68] 4-1 China Ding Junhui [5] Head to head Details  Pencil
10 England Chris Wakelin [60] 4-2 England Andrew Higginson [56] Head to head Details  Pencil
11 England Ian Burns [99] 4-3 Australia Neil Robertson [12] Head to head Details  Pencil

Robertson made three centuries

12 Thailand Akani Songsermsawad [73] 4-1 Wales Jamie Jones [45]   Details  Pencil
13 Thailand James Wattana [84] 4-2 England Michael Holt [25] Head to head Details  Pencil
14 England Kyren Wilson [13] 4-0 England Rory McLeod [53] Head to head Details  Pencil
15 England Craig Steadman [91] 4-2 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [52] Head to head Details  Pencil
16 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [57] 4-1 England Judd Trump [4] Head to head Details  Pencil
17 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [3] 4-0 Scotland Graeme Dott [22] Head to head Details  Pencil
18 England David Grace [66] 4-0 Wales Jak Jones [85] Head to head Details  Pencil
19 England Mike Dunn [42] 4-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [14] Head to head Details  Pencil
20 China Xu Si [87] 4-2 Cyprus Michael Georgiou [58] Head to head Details  Pencil
21 England Jack Lisowski [37] 4-2 China Lü Haotian [74]   Details  Pencil
22 England Nigel Bond [118] 4-3 England Allister Carter [11] Head to head Details  Pencil
23 England Sam Craigie [80] 4-1 Norway Kurt Maflin [41] Head to head Details  Pencil
24 Scotland John Higgins [6] 4-1 Scotland Stephen Maguire [18] Head to head Details  Pencil
25 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene [89] 4-3 England Stuart Carrington [51]   Details  Pencil
26 England John Astley [67] 4-2 Wales Dominic Dale [38] Head to head Details  Pencil
27 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [10] 4-1 Iran Soheil Vahedi [116]   Details  Pencil
28 England Gary Wilson [49] 4-3 Wales Daniel Wells [64] Head to head Details  Pencil
29 China Yu Delu [47] 4-2 England Oliver Lines [62] Head to head Details  Pencil
30 England Ben Woollaston [32] 4-3 Scotland Anthony McGill [15] Head to head Details  Pencil
31 England Robbie Williams [55] 4-0 Wales Ian Preece [81]   Details  Pencil
32 China Liang Wenbo [17] 4-3 England Mark Selby [2] Head to head Details  Pencil
Round 1 Pencil
(Last 128; Losers receive £0)
1 England Stuart Bingham [1] 4-1 China Chen Zhe [107] Head to head Details  Pencil
2 Wales Jackson Page (a) 4-3 England Sean O'Sullivan [123] Head to head Details  Pencil
3 Scotland Scott Donaldson [65] 4-2 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [48]   Details  Pencil
4 Wales Matthew Stevens [54] 4-1 Ireland Ken Doherty [78] Head to head Details  Pencil
5 Australia Kurt Dunham [119] 4-2 Wales Ryan Day [16] Head to head Details  Pencil
6 China Yan Bingtao [26] 4-3 England Jimmy White [98]   Details  Pencil
7 England Peter Ebdon [46] 4-1 China Wang Yuchen [86] Head to head Details  Pencil
8 England Anthony Hamilton [29] 4-3 England David B Gilbert [24] Head to head Details  Pencil
9 China Fang Xiongman [88] 4-3 China Yuan Sijun [103] Head to head Details  Pencil
10 China Chen Zifan [101] 4-1 China Zhou Yuelong [31] Head to head Details  Pencil
11 England Tom Ford [35] 4-0 England Rod Lawler [120] Head to head Details  Pencil
12 England Barry Hawkins [9] 4-1 China Niu Zhuang [102]   Details  Pencil
13 England Ricky Walden [21] 4-1 China Li Yuan [93]   Details  Pencil
14 England Martin Gould [23] 4-2 Wales Michael White [27] Head to head Details  Pencil
15 India Aditya Mehta [79] 4-3 England Martin O'Donnell [83]   Details 
Mehta was 3-0 down
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16 Wales Mark J Williams [8] 4-2 England Mark King [19] Head to head Details  Pencil
17 China Ding Junhui [5] 4-0 England Hammad Miah [76] Head to head Details  Pencil
18 England Liam Highfield [68] w/o China Li Hang [36]   Details  Pencil
19 England Chris Wakelin [60] 4-0 China Xiao Guodong [28] Head to head Details  Pencil
20 England Andrew Higginson [56] 4-3 England Ashley Hugill [100] Head to head Details  Pencil
21 Australia Neil Robertson [12] 4-1 England Mark Davis [40] Head to head Details  Pencil
22 England Ian Burns [99] 4-1 England Jamie Curtis-Barrett [109]   Details  Pencil
23 Wales Jamie Jones [45] 4-1 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher [82] Head to head Details  Pencil
24 Thailand Akani Songsermsawad [73] 4-1 China Tian Pengfei [63]   Details  Pencil
25 Thailand James Wattana [84] 4-1 China Zhang Yong [92] Head to head Details  Pencil
26 England Michael Holt [25] 4-2 England Elliot Slessor [71] Head to head Details  Pencil
27 England Rory McLeod [53] 4-2 England Adam Duffy [94] Head to head Details  Pencil
28 England Kyren Wilson [13] 4-1 England Robert Milkins [34] Head to head Details 
Wilson missed the 14th black on the way to a max
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29 England Craig Steadman [91] 4-1 Wales David John [125]   Details  Pencil
30 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [52] 4-2 Iran Hossein Vafaei [44]   Details  Pencil
31 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [57] 4-2 Scotland Ross Muir [110] Head to head Details  Pencil
32 England Judd Trump [4] 4-3 Wales Duane Jones [112] Head to head Details  Pencil
33 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [3] w/o Finland Robin Hull [104] Head to head Details  Pencil
34 Scotland Graeme Dott [22] 4-0 England Sanderson Lam [115]   Details  Pencil
35 England David Grace [66] 4-3 Wales Rhydian Richards (a)   Details  Pencil
36 Wales Jak Jones [85] 4-3 China Mei Xiwen [69]   Details  Pencil
37 Belgium Luca Brecel [14] 4-2 Ireland Josh Boileau [106]   Details  Pencil
38 England Mike Dunn [42] 4-0 Pakistan Hamza Akbar [121]   Details  Pencil
39 China Xu Si [87] 4-0 Scotland Alan McManus [30]   Details  Pencil
40 Cyprus Michael Georgiou [58] 4-0 England Mitchell Mann [77] Head to head Details  Pencil
41 China Lü Haotian [74] 4-2 England Paul S Davison [117]   Details  Pencil
42 England Jack Lisowski [37] 4-3 England Mark Joyce [39] Head to head Details  Pencil
43 England Nigel Bond [118] 4-2 Germany Lukas Kleckers [126]   Details  Pencil
44 England Allister Carter [11] 4-0 Scotland Rhys Clark [124]   Details  Pencil
45 England Sam Craigie [80] 4-0 Ireland Leo Fernandez [122]   Details  Pencil
46 Norway Kurt Maflin [41] 4-0 England Jimmy Robertson [33] Head to head Details  Pencil
47 Scotland Stephen Maguire [18] 4-2 England Joe Perry [20] Head to head Details  Pencil
48 Scotland John Higgins [6] 4-2 England Matthew Selt [43] Head to head Details  Pencil
49 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene [89] 4-0 England Shaun Murphy [7] Head to head Details  Pencil
50 England Stuart Carrington [51] 4-3 England Peter Lines [90] Head to head Details  Pencil
51 Wales Dominic Dale [38] 4-0 Scotland Chris Totten [111] Head to head Details  Pencil
52 England John Astley [67] 4-2 China Zhang Anda [70]   Details  Pencil
53 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [10] 4-2 China Cao Yupeng [50] Head to head Details  Pencil
54 Iran Soheil Vahedi [116] 4-0 Malta Alex Borg [97]   Details  Pencil
55 England Gary Wilson [49] 4-1 England Sam Baird [59] Head to head Details  Pencil
56 Wales Daniel Wells [64] 4-1 Wales Lee Walker [72] Head to head Details  Pencil
57 England Oliver Lines [62] 4-3 Scotland Eden Sharav [105] Head to head Details  Pencil
58 China Yu Delu [47] 4-2 England Billy Joe Castle [108]   Details  Pencil
59 England Ben Woollaston [32] 4-3 Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong [95]   Details  Pencil
60 Scotland Anthony McGill [15] 4-1 Egypt Basem Eltahhan [127]   Details  Pencil
61 England Robbie Williams [55] 4-0 England Allan Taylor [96] Head to head Details  Pencil
62 Wales Ian Preece [81] 4-2 China Zhao Xintong [75]   Details  Pencil
63 China Liang Wenbo [17] 4-3 England Alfie Burden [61] Head to head Details  Pencil
64 England Mark Selby [2] 4-2 England Christopher Keogan [113]   Details  Pencil
Qual Round 1 Pencil
(Last 129)
1 Wales Rhydian Richards (a) 4-3 Wales Darren Morgan (a)   Details  Pencil

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