2018 Romanian Masters

Romanian Masters

Tournament information
Dates	14–18 March 2018 (2018-03-14 – 2018-03-18)
Venue	Bucharest Metropolitan Circus
City	Bucharest
Country	Romania
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	€200,000 (£176,800)
Winner's share	€50,000 (£44,200)
Highest break	Stuart Bingham (137)
Final
Champion	Ryan Day
Runner-up	Stuart Bingham
Score	10–8

The 2018 Romanian Masters was a non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from 14 to 18 March 2018 in Bucharest, Romania. Sanctioned by World Snooker, the tournament was organised by McCann/Thiess Events and McCann Bucharest and was a 16-player invitational event.^[1][2]

12 of the world's top 16 players returned to Romania, after Bucharest staged the 2016 European Masters in the 2016/2017 season.

Ryan Day won his third trophy of the 2017/2018 season, beating Stuart Bingham 10–8 in the final.^[3]

Main draw[]

	Last 16 Best of 7 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames					Semi-finals Best of 9 frames					Final Best of 19 frames
	1	Mark Selby	2
	15	Liang Wenbo	4
						15	Liang Wenbo	1
						8	Stuart Bingham	4
	8	Stuart Bingham	4
	10	Neil Robertson	3
											8	Stuart Bingham	5
											9	Ali Carter	2
	5	Mark Williams	0
	9	Ali Carter	4
						9	Ali Carter	4
						16	Stephen Maguire	3
	*	Mark King	0
	16	Stephen Maguire	4
																8	Stuart Bingham	8
																14	Ryan Day	10
	3	John Higgins	4
	13	Anthony McGill	2
						3	John Higgins	1
						14	Ryan Day	4
	6	Barry Hawkins	2
	14	Ryan Day	4
											14	Ryan Day	5
											11	Kyren Wilson	0
	7	Mark Allen	2
	11	Kyren Wilson	4
						11	Kyren Wilson	4
						2	Judd Trump	2
	2	Judd Trump	4
	12	Luca Brecel	0

Notes

* Mark King replaced 4th seed Shaun Murphy after the draw had taken place.

Final[]

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Alex Crișan. Bucharest Metropolitan Circus, Bucharest, Romania, 18 March 2018.
Stuart Bingham (8)  England	8–10	Ryan Day (14)  Wales
Afternoon: 65–45, 71–20 (57), 90–1 (84), 71–0, 52–62, 8–63 (62), 13–77 (52), 124–0 (124), 7–62 Evening: 0–85 (50), 66–77, 84–0 (84), 58–2, 37–61, 111–0 (111), 0–82 (61), 0–92, 59–66
124	Highest break	62
2	Century breaks	0
5	50+ breaks	4

Century breaks[]

Total: 11^[4]

• 137, 124, 111 Stuart Bingham
• 136, 133 Ali Carter
• 130 Mark Allen
• 120 Ryan Day
• 118, 101 Judd Trump
• 109, 108 Stephen Maguire

References[]