Snooker tournament
The 2018 SangSom Six-red World Championship was a six-red snooker invitational tournament held between 3 and 8 September 2018 at the Bangkok Convention Center in Bangkok , Thailand.[ 2] [ 3]
Mark Williams was the defending champion,[ 4] but he lost in the last 16 to amateur player Mohammed Shehab .
The event was won by Kyren Wilson , defeating Ding Junhui 8–4 in the final.[ 5]
Prize money
The breakdown of prize money is shown below:[ 6]
Winner: 3,500,000 baht
Runner-up: 1,300,000 baht
Semi-finalists: 750,000 baht
Quarter-finalists: 375,000 baht
Last 16: 150,000 baht
Third in Group: 75,000 baht
Fourth in Group: 50,000 baht
Total: 10,000,000 baht
Round-robin stage
Group matches were played from 3–5 September. The top two players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were the best of 9 frames.[ 7]
Positions within the group were decided by the number of matches won (MW) and then, in the event of a tie, by the frame difference (FD). Where two players were still tied, the result of the match between them determined their positions. Where three players were still tied, the top position was determined by a draw and the other two positions by the result of the match between those two players.[ 8]
Group A
Mark Williams 5 –1 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Tom Ford 5 –4 Ricky Walden
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4–5 Ricky Walden
Mark Williams 5 –4 Tom Ford
Mark Williams 5 –2 Ricky Walden
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 1–5 Tom Ford
Group B
Ryan Day 5 –1 Nutcharut Wongharuthai
Luo Honghao 2–5 Stephen Maguire
Nutcharut Wongharuthai 1–5 Stephen Maguire
Ryan Day 5 –2 Luo Honghao
Nutcharut Wongharuthai 1–5 Luo Honghao
Ryan Day 3–5 Stephen Maguire
Group C
Stuart Bingham 5 –3 James Wattana
Shachar Ruberg 0–5 Mark King
James Wattana 5 –3 Mark King
Stuart Bingham 5 –1 Shachar Ruberg
Stuart Bingham 5 –2 Mark King
James Wattana 5 –2 Shachar Ruberg
Group D
Michael White 0–5 Graeme Dott
Kyren Wilson 5 –0 Marvin Lim Chun Kiat
Kyren Wilson 5 –4 Michael White
Marvin Lim Chun Kiat 1–5 Graeme Dott
Kyren Wilson 5 –1 Graeme Dott
Michael White 0–5 Marvin Lim Chun Kiat
Group E
Sunny Akani 5 –4 Jimmy Robertson
Ding Junhui 5 –3 Mohamed Khairy
Ding Junhui 5 –4 Sunny Akani
Mohamed Khairy 1–5 Jimmy Robertson
Ding Junhui 5 –3 Jimmy Robertson
Sunny Akani 5 –1 Mohamed Khairy
Group F
Michael Holt 5 –3 Joe Perry
Anthony McGill 5 –3 Zhou Yuelong
Anthony McGill 5 –4 Michael Holt
Zhou Yuelong 5 –4 Joe Perry
Anthony McGill 3–5 Joe Perry
Michael Holt 2–5 Zhou Yuelong
Group G
Noppon Saengkham 5 –4 Marco Fu
Luca Brecel 5 –2 Kurt Dunham
Luca Brecel 4–5 Marco Fu
Noppon Saengkham 5 –2 Kurt Dunham
Luca Brecel 5 –1 Noppon Saengkham
Kurt Dunham 3–5 Marco Fu
Group H
Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon 3–5 David Gilbert
Mark Selby 5 –4 Mohammed Shehab
Mark Selby 5 –1 David Gilbert
Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon 4–5 Mohammed Shehab
Mark Selby 5 –2 Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon
Mohammed Shehab 5 –4 David Gilbert
Source:[ 9] [ 10]
Knockout stage
The last 16 matches and quarter-finals were played on 6 September, the semi-finals on 7 September and the final on 8 September.[ 11] [ 12]
Final
Final: Best of 15 frames. Referee: Peggy Li Bangkok Convention Center , Bangkok , Thailand, 8 September 2018.
Kyren Wilson England
8 –4
Ding Junhui China
35 –18, 23–39 , 1–35 , 37 –25 , 39 –0 , 55 –6 (55) , 67 –0 (67) , 32 –17 , 24–30 , 0–57 , 40 –0 , 45 –5
67
Highest break
31
2
50+ breaks
0
Maximum breaks
(Note: A maximum break in 6-red is 75)[ 11]
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