2018 Northern Ireland Open

Northern Ireland Open

Tournament information
Dates	12–18 November 2018
Venue	Waterfront Hall
City	Belfast
Country	Northern Ireland
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£366,000
Winner's share	£70,000
Highest break
Defending champion	Mark Williams
Final
Champion
Runner-up
Score	9–
← 2017

The 2018 Northern Ireland Open is an upcoming professional ranking snooker tournament taking place between 12–18 November 2018 in the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It will be the eighth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season and a part of the Home Nations Series.

Mark Williams is the defending champion, having beaten Yan Bingtao 9–8 in the 2017 final.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

• Winner: £70,000
• Runner-up: £30,000
• Semi-final: £20,000
• Quarter-final: £10,000
• Last 16: £6,000
• Last 32: £3,500
• Last 64: £2,500

• Highest break: £2,000

• Total: £366,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break:

Main draw

Top half

Section 1

Last 128 Best of 7 frames

Last 64 Best of 7 frames

Last 32 Best of 7 frames

Last 16 Best of 7 frames

Mark Williams

Section 2

Last 128 Best of 7 frames

Last 64 Best of 7 frames

Last 32 Best of 7 frames

Last 16 Best of 7 frames

Section 3

Last 128 Best of 7 frames

Last 64 Best of 7 frames

Last 32 Best of 7 frames

Last 16 Best of 7 frames

Section 4

Last 128 Best of 7 frames

Last 64 Best of 7 frames

Last 32 Best of 7 frames

Last 16 Best of 7 frames

Bottom half

Section 5

Last 128 Best of 7 frames

Last 64 Best of 7 frames

Last 32 Best of 7 frames

Last 16 Best of 7 frames

Section 6

Last 128 Best of 7 frames

Last 64 Best of 7 frames

Last 32 Best of 7 frames

Last 16 Best of 7 frames

Section 7

Last 128 Best of 7 frames

Last 64 Best of 7 frames

Last 32 Best of 7 frames

Last 16 Best of 7 frames

Section 8

Last 128 Best of 7 frames

Last 64 Best of 7 frames

Last 32 Best of 7 frames

Last 16 Best of 7 frames

Finals

	Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames				Semi-finals Best of 11 frames				Final Best of 17 frames

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: . Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 18 November 2018.
Afternoon: Evening:
	Highest break
	Century breaks
	50+ breaks

Century breaks

Total: