2018 Macau Masters

Summary

The 2018 Macau Masters was a non-ranking team and six-red snooker variant invitational event that took place on 24 and 25 October 2018.[2] The event's team event was made up of two teams of four, competing in six games, with Team B defeating Team A with a score of 5–1.[3] The event's six red singles knockout tournament was won by Barry Hawkins.

2018 Macau Masters
Tournament information
Dates24–25 October 2018 (2018-10-24 – 2018-10-25)
VenueBallroom, JW Marriott Hotel[1]
CityMacau
CountryChina
OrganisationCBSA/WPBSA
FormatNon-ranking team &
Six-red Snooker event
Highest breakEngland Barry Hawkins (68)
Final
ChampionEngland Barry Hawkins
Runner-upWales Mark Williams
Score3–2

Prize Fund edit

The event had a total prize fund of $100,000 awarded as follows:[4]

Team event edit

  • Winner: $50,000
  • Runner-up $30,000

Six-red event edit

  • Winner: $20,000

Tournament teams edit

The event was made up of two teams of four, with players playing in six "best of 5" frames matches. Frames 1, 3 and 5 were doubles matches, whereas frames 2 and 4 were alternate singles.[5][6][7]

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4
Team A   Joe Perry   Zhang Anda   Mark Williams   Marco Fu
Team B   Barry Hawkins   Ryan Day   Zhao Xintong   Zhou Yuelong

Results edit

Team event edit

The team event saw both teams field teams of two for individual team matches. Each player could only play with a partner for one match during the event.[8]

Team A
  Joe Perry +   Zhang Anda
1–3 Team B
  Zhao Xintong +   Zhou Yuelong
  Zhang Anda +   Mark Williams 2–3   Barry Hawkins +   Zhao Xintong
  Zhang Anda +   Marco Fu 1–3   Ryan Day +   Zhao Xintong
  Joe Perry +   Mark Williams 3–2   Barry Hawkins +   Zhou Yuelong
  Joe Perry +   Marco Fu 0–3   Ryan Day +   Zhou Yuelong
  Mark Williams +   Marco Fu 0–3   Barry Hawkins +   Ryan Day
Team result
  • Team A 1–5 Team B

Six-red event edit

To finish the event, the 6 Reds Leapfrog Challenge took place.[1] All 8-players played in a "killer" style match, with players required to win their match to continue on a winner stays on basis. The players were drawn based on world rankings.[9] All matches were first to one frame of 6-red snooker, with the final being a best of 5 frame 6-red match.[10]

  Zhao Xintong 1–0   Zhang Anda
  Zhou Yuelong 1–0   Zhao Xintong
  Zhou Yuelong 1–0   Joe Perry
  Marco Fu 1–0   Zhou Yuelong
  Marco Fu 1–0   Ryan Day
  Barry Hawkins 1–0   Marco Fu
  Barry Hawkins 3–2   Mark Williams

References edit

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  3. ^ Årdalen, Hermund. "Results (Macau Masters 2018) - snooker.org". snooker.org (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Макао Мастерс 2018". Top-Snooker.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
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  6. ^ "Macau Masters | RKG - Snooker". rkgsnooker.com. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  7. ^ "澳門將辦斯諾克大師賽 8位大咖分為中英兩隊對抗". news.sina.com.tw. Archived from the original on 10 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  8. ^ "New ground for World Snooker as Macau Masters welcomes stellar cast of top potters". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  9. ^ "QUIZ! Snooker in the 1990s: Second Edition - SnookerHQ". SnookerHQ. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  10. ^ Årdalen, Hermund. "D88 Sports Macau Masters (2018) - snooker.org". snooker.org (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.