The 2018 China Championship (officially the 2018 Evergrande China Championship) was professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 24 and 30 September 2018 in Guangzhou, China, with qualifying took place from 19 to 22 August 2018 in Preston, England. It was the fourth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.
Luca Brecel was the defending champion, but he lost to Martin O'Donnell 3–5 in the first round. Mark Selby won the event, defeating John Higgins in the final 10–9. Selby's win was his 15th professional ranking event win.
Prize fund
The event had a prize pool of £725,000, with the following breakdown for the player's reaching the following positions. Winner: £150,000 Runner-up: £75,000 Semi-final: £32,000 Quarter-final: £20,000 Last 16: £13,000 Last 32: £7,500 Last 64: £4,000 Televised highest break: £4,000
The event also had a "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break, which stood as £5,000.
Main draw
The main draw of the event featured 64 players. Players in bold denote match winners.
Top half
Bottom half
Final
Qualifying
These matches were held between 19 and 22 August 2018 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.
Notes
Century breaks
Main stage centuries
Total: 29
144 Ali Carter
136, 108 Mark Williams
131 Anthony Hamilton
128, 111 Yan Bingtao
127 Jamie Jones
126 Graeme Dott
125 Ding Junhui
124, 102 Lyu Haotian
121 Fergal O'Brien
120 Neil Robertson
118, 108, 100 Mark Selby
117 Peter Ebdon
113 Stuart Bingham
111, 102 Judd Trump
110 Luo Honghao
110 Zhao Xintong
108 Shaun Murphy
108 Yuan Sijun
108 Hossein Vafaei
105 Scott Donaldson
103 Liang Wenbo
101 Mark Allen
100 Ryan Day
Qualifying stage centuries
Total: 31
138 Joe Perry
135 Liam Highfield
135 Martin Gould
131 Jak Jones
124, 103 Mark Allen
123, 109 Ryan Day
123 Shaun Murphy
122 David Gilbert
121 Peter Ebdon
118 Mark Selby
117, 114 Stephen Maguire
117 Graeme Dott
115 Liang Wenbo
114 Billy Joe Castle
112 Tian Pengfei
109 John Higgins
109 Zhang Anda
106, 101 Chen Zifan
106 Tom Ford
106 Niu Zhuang
105 Jamie Jones
103 Stuart Carrington
102 Noppon Saengkham
102 Mark Williams
101 Marco Fu
101 Neil Robertson
100 Jimmy Robertson
References
China Championship (snooker) China Championship China Championship China Championship