ManBetX Welsh Open

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 (Winner: £70,000; Runner-up: £30,000)
		John Higgins [6]	9	-	7	Barry Hawkins [9]
	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 (Losers receive £20,000)
		Barry Hawkins [9]	6	-	4	Noppon Saengkham [57]	This was Saengkham's first ranking event semifinal
	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)						This was Saengkham's first ranking event semifinal
		John Higgins [6]	6	-	2	Gary Wilson [49]
	71-0, 10-67, 77-34, 62-46, 29-92 (61) 103-35 (99), 78-1, 110-12 (106)
Quarterfinals (Losers receive £10,000)
		Barry Hawkins [9]	5	-	1	Yan Bingtao [26]
		Noppon Saengkham [57]	5	-	3	Ian Burns [99]
		John Higgins [6]	5	-	1	Ronnie O'Sullivan [3]
		Gary Wilson [49]	5	-	2	Yu Delu [47]
Round 4 (Last 16; Losers receive £6,000)
1		Yan Bingtao [26]	4	-	2	Matthew Stevens [54]
2		Barry Hawkins [9]	4	-	2	Martin Gould [23]
3		Ian Burns [99]	4	-	3	Liam Highfield [68]	Burns needed a snooker to stay in the match in the sixth frame
4		Noppon Saengkham [57]	4	-	0	Kyren Wilson [13]
5		Ronnie O'Sullivan [3]	4	-	0	Mike Dunn [42]
6		John Higgins [6]	4	-	0	Nigel Bond [118]
	144 by Higgins in frame two was the highest break of the tournament
7		Gary Wilson [49]	4	-	2	John Astley [67]
8		Yu Delu [47]	4	-	1	Liang Wenbo [17]
Round 3 (Last 32; Losers receive £3,500)
1		Matthew Stevens [54]	4	-	1	Stuart Bingham [1]
2		Yan Bingtao [26]	4	-	1	Peter Ebdon [46]
3		Barry Hawkins [9]	4	-	2	Fang Xiongman [88]
4		Martin Gould [23]	4	-	2	Mark J Williams [8]
5		Liam Highfield [68]	4	-	1	Chris Wakelin [60]
6		Ian Burns [99]	4	-	2	Akani Songsermsawad [73]
7		Kyren Wilson [13]	4	-	3	James Wattana [84]
8		Noppon Saengkham [57]	4	-	2	Craig Steadman [91]	Saengkham missed the yellow on the way to a max
9		Ronnie O'Sullivan [3]	4	-	0	David Grace [66]
10		Mike Dunn [42]	4	-	2	Xu Si [87]
11		Nigel Bond [118]	4	-	3	Jack Lisowski [37]
12		John Higgins [6]	4	-	0	Sam Craigie [80]
13		John Astley [67]	4	-	3	Gerard Greene [89]	Astley was 3-0 down
14		Gary Wilson [49]	4	-	3	Mark Allen [10]
15		Yu Delu [47]	4	-	0	Ben Woollaston [32]
16		Liang Wenbo [17]	4	-	3	Robbie Williams [55]
Round 2 (Last 64; Losers receive £2,500)
1		Stuart Bingham [1]	4	-	2	Jackson Page (a)
2		Matthew Stevens [54]	4	-	2	Scott Donaldson [65]
3		Yan Bingtao [26]	4	-	2	Kurt Dunham [119]
4		Peter Ebdon [46]	4	-	1	Anthony Hamilton [29]
5		Fang Xiongman [88]	4	-	2	Chen Zifan [101]
6		Barry Hawkins [9]	4	-	0	Tom Ford [35]
7		Martin Gould [23]	4	-	3	Ricky Walden [21]
8		Mark J Williams [8]	4	-	3	Aditya Mehta [79]
9		Liam Highfield [68]	4	-	1	Ding Junhui [5]
10		Chris Wakelin [60]	4	-	2	Andrew Higginson [56]
11		Ian Burns [99]	4	-	3	Neil Robertson [12]
	Robertson made three centuries
12		Akani Songsermsawad [73]	4	-	1	Jamie Jones [45]
13		James Wattana [84]	4	-	2	Michael Holt [25]
14		Kyren Wilson [13]	4	-	0	Rory McLeod [53]
15		Craig Steadman [91]	4	-	2	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [52]
16		Noppon Saengkham [57]	4	-	1	Judd Trump [4]
17		Ronnie O'Sullivan [3]	4	-	0	Graeme Dott [22]
18		David Grace [66]	4	-	0	Jak Jones [85]
19		Mike Dunn [42]	4	-	1	Luca Brecel [14]
20		Xu Si [87]	4	-	2	Michael Georgiou [58]
21		Jack Lisowski [37]	4	-	2	Lü Haotian [74]
22		Nigel Bond [118]	4	-	3	Allister Carter [11]
23		Sam Craigie [80]	4	-	1	Kurt Maflin [41]
24		John Higgins [6]	4	-	1	Stephen Maguire [18]
25		Gerard Greene [89]	4	-	3	Stuart Carrington [51]
26		John Astley [67]	4	-	2	Dominic Dale [38]
27		Mark Allen [10]	4	-	1	Soheil Vahedi [116]
28		Gary Wilson [49]	4	-	3	Daniel Wells [64]
29		Yu Delu [47]	4	-	2	Oliver Lines [62]
30		Ben Woollaston [32]	4	-	3	Anthony McGill [15]
31		Robbie Williams [55]	4	-	0	Ian Preece [81]
32		Liang Wenbo [17]	4	-	3	Mark Selby [2]
Round 1 (Last 128; Losers receive £0)
1		Stuart Bingham [1]	4	-	1	Chen Zhe [107]
2		Jackson Page (a)	4	-	3	Sean O'Sullivan [123]
3		Scott Donaldson [65]	4	-	2	Fergal O'Brien [48]
4		Matthew Stevens [54]	4	-	1	Ken Doherty [78]
5		Kurt Dunham [119]	4	-	2	Ryan Day [16]
6		Yan Bingtao [26]	4	-	3	Jimmy White [98]
7		Peter Ebdon [46]	4	-	1	Wang Yuchen [86]
8		Anthony Hamilton [29]	4	-	3	David B Gilbert [24]
9		Fang Xiongman [88]	4	-	3	Yuan Sijun [103]
10		Chen Zifan [101]	4	-	1	Zhou Yuelong [31]
11		Tom Ford [35]	4	-	0	Rod Lawler [120]
12		Barry Hawkins [9]	4	-	1	Niu Zhuang [102]
13		Ricky Walden [21]	4	-	1	Li Yuan [93]
14		Martin Gould [23]	4	-	2	Michael White [27]
15		Aditya Mehta [79]	4	-	3	Martin O'Donnell [83]	Mehta was 3-0 down
16		Mark J Williams [8]	4	-	2	Mark King [19]
17		Ding Junhui [5]	4	-	0	Hammad Miah [76]
18		Liam Highfield [68]	w/o			Li Hang [36]
19		Chris Wakelin [60]	4	-	0	Xiao Guodong [28]
20		Andrew Higginson [56]	4	-	3	Ashley Hugill [100]
21		Neil Robertson [12]	4	-	1	Mark Davis [40]
22		Ian Burns [99]	4	-	1	Jamie Curtis-Barrett [109]
23		Jamie Jones [45]	4	-	1	Alexander Ursenbacher [82]
24		Akani Songsermsawad [73]	4	-	1	Tian Pengfei [63]
25		James Wattana [84]	4	-	1	Zhang Yong [92]
26		Michael Holt [25]	4	-	2	Elliot Slessor [71]
27		Rory McLeod [53]	4	-	2	Adam Duffy [94]
28		Kyren Wilson [13]	4	-	1	Robert Milkins [34]	Wilson missed the 14th black on the way to a max
29		Craig Steadman [91]	4	-	1	David John [125]
30		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [52]	4	-	2	Hossein Vafaei [44]
31		Noppon Saengkham [57]	4	-	2	Ross Muir [110]
32		Judd Trump [4]	4	-	3	Duane Jones [112]
33		Ronnie O'Sullivan [3]	w/o			Robin Hull [104]
34		Graeme Dott [22]	4	-	0	Sanderson Lam [115]
35		David Grace [66]	4	-	3	Rhydian Richards (a)
36		Jak Jones [85]	4	-	3	Mei Xiwen [69]
37		Luca Brecel [14]	4	-	2	Josh Boileau [106]
38		Mike Dunn [42]	4	-	0	Hamza Akbar [121]
39		Xu Si [87]	4	-	0	Alan McManus [30]
40		Michael Georgiou [58]	4	-	0	Mitchell Mann [77]
41		Lü Haotian [74]	4	-	2	Paul S Davison [117]
42		Jack Lisowski [37]	4	-	3	Mark Joyce [39]
43		Nigel Bond [118]	4	-	2	Lukas Kleckers [126]
44		Allister Carter [11]	4	-	0	Rhys Clark [124]
45		Sam Craigie [80]	4	-	0	Leo Fernandez [122]
46		Kurt Maflin [41]	4	-	0	Jimmy Robertson [33]
47		Stephen Maguire [18]	4	-	2	Joe Perry [20]
48		John Higgins [6]	4	-	2	Matthew Selt [43]
49		Gerard Greene [89]	4	-	0	Shaun Murphy [7]
50		Stuart Carrington [51]	4	-	3	Peter Lines [90]
51		Dominic Dale [38]	4	-	0	Chris Totten [111]
52		John Astley [67]	4	-	2	Zhang Anda [70]
53		Mark Allen [10]	4	-	2	Cao Yupeng [50]
54		Soheil Vahedi [116]	4	-	0	Alex Borg [97]
55		Gary Wilson [49]	4	-	1	Sam Baird [59]
56		Daniel Wells [64]	4	-	1	Lee Walker [72]
57		Oliver Lines [62]	4	-	3	Eden Sharav [105]
58		Yu Delu [47]	4	-	2	Billy Joe Castle [108]
59		Ben Woollaston [32]	4	-	3	Thor Chuan Leong [95]
60		Anthony McGill [15]	4	-	1	Basem Eltahhan [127]
61		Robbie Williams [55]	4	-	0	Allan Taylor [96]
62		Ian Preece [81]	4	-	2	Zhao Xintong [75]
63		Liang Wenbo [17]	4	-	3	Alfie Burden [61]
64		Mark Selby [2]	4	-	2	Christopher Keogan [113]
Qual Round 1 (Last 129)
1		Rhydian Richards (a)	4	-	3	Darren Morgan (a)