BetVictor Northern Ireland Open

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 12-18 Nov 2018; Venue: Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: Mark J Williams; Twitter: #NorthernIrelandOpen; Notes: See also results (127)

Final (Winner: £70,000; Runner-up: £30,000)
		Judd Trump [5]	9	-	7	Ronnie O'Sullivan [3]
	Session 1: 76-64 (ROS 64), 0-73 (69), 1-65 (65), 112-12 (105) 117-6 (117), 41-78 (58), 108-0 (108), 48-60 (58) Session 2: 24-68 (61), 64-52, 73-33 (51), 0-78 (78), 0-134 (134) 92-0 (54), 65-5, 71-0 (71) Referee: Maike Kesseler Judd Trump wins his 9th ranking event. His last came a year ago European Masters.
Semifinals (Losers receive £20,000)
		Judd Trump [5]	6	-	3	Eden Sharav [74]	Sharav reached the semi-finals of a ranking event for the first time. Before the event he had never made it beyond the last 16.
	85-42 (54), 107-0 (107), 72-7 (68), 56-65 (65) 129-6 (108), 20-70, 0-76 (76), 98-7 (97), 83-0
		Ronnie O'Sullivan [3]	6	-	5	Mark Selby [2]
	51-74 (MS 50), 135-0 (135), 114-0 (114), 0-92 (92), 87-0 (87) 112-0 (112), 0-78 (78), 77-0 (69), 0-72 (72) 37-65 70-68 Decided on the last black
Quarterfinals (Losers receive £10,000)
		Eden Sharav [74]	5	-	4	Peter Ebdon [45]	Sharav came back from 4-1 down to win
		Judd Trump [5]	5	-	3	Ryan Day [13]
		Ronnie O'Sullivan [3]	5	-	2	David Gilbert [21]
		Mark Selby [2]	5	-	3	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [58]
Round 4 (Last 16; Losers receive £6,000)
1		Eden Sharav [74]	4	-	3	Ali Carter [17]
2		Peter Ebdon [45]	4	-	1	Li Hang [36]
3		Judd Trump [5]	4	-	2	Luca Brecel [12]
4		Ryan Day [13]	4	-	0	Andrew Higginson [52]
5		Ronnie O'Sullivan [3]	4	-	1	Zhou Yuelong [30]
6		David Gilbert [21]	4	-	0	Lu Ning [115]
7		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [58]	4	-	0	Robbie Williams [55]
	It took only 47 minutes for Un-Nooh to win the match
8		Mark Selby [2]	4	-	2	Martin O'Donnell [61]
Round 3 (Last 32; Losers receive £3,500)
1		Ali Carter [17]	4	-	2	Xiao Guodong [25]
2		Eden Sharav [74]	4	-	2	Joe Swail [92]
3		Li Hang [36]	4	-	0	Neil Robertson [9]
4		Peter Ebdon [45]	4	-	1	Mark Davis [32]
5		Judd Trump [5]	4	-	0	Jack Lisowski [20]
6		Luca Brecel [12]	4	-	2	Gary Wilson [35]
7		Ryan Day [13]	4	-	3	Robin Hull [75]
8		Andrew Higginson [52]	4	-	2	Billy Castle [88]
9		Ronnie O'Sullivan [3]	4	-	0	Tom Ford [34]
10		Zhou Yuelong [30]	4	-	3	Michael Holt [37]
11		Lu Ning [115]	4	-	2	Hammad Miah [114]
12		David Gilbert [21]	4	-	2	Matthew Stevens [51]
13		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [58]	4	-	1	Chris Totten [84]
	Un-Nooh's 145 in frame three is the highest break of the tournament so far (tied with Li Hang)
14		Robbie Williams [55]	4	-	1	Sanderson Lam [101]
15		Martin O'Donnell [61]	4	-	1	Scott Donaldson [47]
16		Mark Selby [2]	4	-	0	Hamza Akbar [97]
Round 2 (Last 64; Losers receive £2,500)
1		Ali Carter [17]	4	-	3	Mark J Williams [1]
2		Xiao Guodong [25]	4	-	3	Sunny Akani [60]
3		Joe Swail [92]	4	-	2	Nigel Bond [73]
4		Eden Sharav [74]	4	-	2	Michael White [29]
5		Li Hang [36]	4	-	2	Sam Craigie [95]	Craigie didn't score a point in the last four frames.
	Li's 145 in frame four is the highest break of the tournament so far (tied with Un-Nooh)						Craigie didn't score a point in the last four frames.
6		Neil Robertson [9]	4	-	3	Kurt Maflin [46]	N.Robertson was 0-3 down.
7		Mark Davis [32]	4	-	1	Luo Honghao [85]
8		Peter Ebdon [45]	4	-	3	Lee Walker [87]
9		Judd Trump [5]	4	-	0	Stuart Carrington [44]
10		Jack Lisowski [20]	4	-	3	Liam Highfield [53]
11		Luca Brecel [12]	4	-	0	Ian Burns [71]
12		Gary Wilson [35]	4	-	3	Daniel Wells [57]
13		Robin Hull [75]	4	-	1	Tian Pengfei [90]
14		Ryan Day [13]	4	-	3	Zhang Anda [78]
15		Andrew Higginson [52]	4	-	3	Yuan Sijun [63]
16		Billy Castle [88]	4	-	1	Rory McLeod [56]
17		Ronnie O'Sullivan [3]	4	-	1	Mei Xiwen [79]
18		Tom Ford [34]	4	-	3	Chris Wakelin [43]
19		Michael Holt [37]	4	-	3	Mark King [19]
20		Zhou Yuelong [30]	4	-	0	Kishan Hirani [116]
21		Lu Ning [115]	4	-	1	Alan McManus [59]
22		Hammad Miah [114]	4	-	0	Niu Zhuang [83]
23		Matthew Stevens [51]	4	-	1	Gerard Greene [66]
24		David Gilbert [21]	4	-	2	Chen Zifan [82]
25		Chris Totten [84]	4	-	3	Sam Baird [112]
26		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [58]	4	-	0	Ross Muir [86]
27		Robbie Williams [55]	4	-	2	Peter Lines [69]
28		Sanderson Lam [101]	4	-	3	Sean O'Sullivan [105]
29		Scott Donaldson [47]	4	-	2	David Lilley (a)
30		Martin O'Donnell [61]	4	-	1	Chen Feilong
31		Hamza Akbar [97]	4	-	3	Alexander Ursenbacher [64]
32		Mark Selby [2]	4	-	0	Jimmy Robertson [24]
Round 1 (Last 128; Losers receive £0)
1		Mark J Williams [1]	4	-	2	Alfie Burden [106]
2		Ali Carter [17]	4	-	1	Paul S Davison [80]
3		Sunny Akani [60]	4	-	0	Fan Zhengyi
4		Xiao Guodong [25]	4	-	3	Harvey Chandler [98]
5		Nigel Bond [73]	4	-	2	Joe Perry [16]
6		Joe Swail [92]	4	-	1	Luke Simmonds (a)
7		Michael White [29]	4	-	0	Mark Joyce [41]
8		Eden Sharav [74]	4	-	3	Li Yuan [76]
9		Sam Craigie [95]	4	-	0	Adam Duffy (a)
10		Li Hang [36]	4	-	3	Zhang Yong [67]
11		Kurt Maflin [46]	4	-	0	Ashley Carty [102]
12		Neil Robertson [9]	4	-	3	Ben Woollaston [40]
13		Mark Davis [32]	4	-	3	Noppon Saengkham [33]
14		Luo Honghao [85]	4	-	2	Lyu Haotian [39]
15		Peter Ebdon [45]	4	-	0	Patrick Wallace (a)
16		Lee Walker [87]	4	-	3	Kyren Wilson [8]
17		Judd Trump [5]	4	-	2	Matthew Selt [54]
18		Stuart Carrington [44]	4	-	1	Xu Si [68]
19		Liam Highfield [53]	4	-	2	James Wattana
20		Jack Lisowski [20]	4	-	0	Hossein Vafaei [38]
21		Luca Brecel [12]	4	-	1	Raymond Fry (a)
22		Ian Burns [71]	4	-	1	Farakh Ajaib (a)
23		Daniel Wells [57]	4	-	1	Zhao Xintong [65]
24		Gary Wilson [35]	4	-	3	Adam Stefanow [113]
25		Robin Hull [75]	4	-	1	Jordan Brown [108]
26		Tian Pengfei [90]	4	-	3	Mike Dunn [49]
27		Zhang Anda [78]	4	-	3	Yan Bingtao [22]
28		Ryan Day [13]	4	-	1	Michael Georgiou [48]
29		Yuan Sijun [63]	4	-	1	Jamie Clarke
30		Andrew Higginson [52]	w/o			Liang Wenbo [26]
31		Billy Castle [88]	4	-	3	Graeme Dott [23]
32		Rory McLeod [56]	4	-	2	John Higgins [4]
33		Ronnie O'Sullivan [3]	4	-	0	Soheil Vahedi [91]
34		Mei Xiwen [79]	4	-	0	Zhang Jiankang [104]
35		Chris Wakelin [43]	4	-	1	Thor Chuan Leong [103]
36		Tom Ford [34]	4	-	3	Rod Lawler [93]
37		Michael Holt [37]	4	-	2	Stephen Maguire [14]
38		Mark King [19]	4	-	0	John Astley [110]
39		Zhou Yuelong [30]	4	-	1	Lukas Kleckers [100]
40		Kishan Hirani [116]	4	-	3	Jak Jones [94]
41		Alan McManus [59]	4	-	0	Allan Taylor [70]
42		Lu Ning [115]	4	-	3	Craig Steadman [89]
43		Hammad Miah [114]	4	-	2	Basem Eltahhan [117]
44		Niu Zhuang [83]	4	-	1	Mark Allen [11]
45		Matthew Stevens [51]	4	-	3	Ricky Walden [28]
46		Gerard Greene [66]	4	-	0	Oliver Lines [99]
47		David Gilbert [21]	4	-	1	Fergal O'Brien [42]
48		Chen Zifan [82]	4	-	3	Barry Hawkins [6]
49		Sam Baird [112]	4	-	2	Shaun Murphy [7]
50		Chris Totten [84]	4	-	3	Dominic Dale [50]
51		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [58]	4	-	0	Robert Milkins [31]
52		Ross Muir [86]	4	-	1	Elliot Slessor [96]
53		Peter Lines [69]	4	-	2	Stuart Bingham [10]
54		Robbie Williams [55]	4	-	0	Simon Lichtenberg [107]
55		Sean O'Sullivan [105]	4	-	1	Andy Lee [109]
56		Sanderson Lam [101]	4	-	3	Joe O'Connor [111]
57		David Lilley (a)	4	-	2	Duane Jones [77]
58		Scott Donaldson [47]	4	-	1	Ken Doherty [62]
59		Martin O'Donnell [61]	4	-	3	Jimmy White [72]
60		Chen Feilong	4	-	2	Marco Fu [15]
61		Alexander Ursenbacher [64]	4	-	0	Anthony McGill [18]
62		Hamza Akbar [97]	4	-	2	Ashley Hugill [81]
63		Jimmy Robertson [24]	4	-	1	James Cahill (a)	Robertson missed the yellow on the way to his first maximum break in frame 3
64		Mark Selby [2]	4	-	1	Anthony Hamilton [27]

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