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SNOOKER · 2018-12-09 · YORK, ENGLAND

2018 Betway UK Championship snooker prize money

The 2018 Betway UK Championship paid £850,000 to 64 players. Ronnie O'Sullivan won £170,000. Mark Allen took £75,000 as runner-up.

TOTAL PAID£850k
WINNER£170k
PLAYERS PAID64
PAYOUT BANDS8

Every cheque

64 players paid, in finishing order

Prize money won by each player at the 2018 Betway UK Championship.
PLACE PLAYER NATION PRIZE MONEY
Winner Ronnie O'Sullivan England £170,000£170k
Runner-up Mark Allen Northern Ireland £75,000£75k
Semi-final Stuart Bingham England £35,000£35k
Semi-final Tom Ford England £35,000£35k
Quarter-final Joe Perry England £22,500£23k
Quarter-final Kyren Wilson England £22,500£23k
Quarter-final Martin O'Donnell England £22,500£23k
Quarter-final Stephen Maguire Scotland £22,500£23k
Last 16 Akani Songsermsawad Thailand £15,000£15k
Last 16 Barry Hawkins England £15,000£15k
Last 16 Ding Junhui China £15,000£15k
Last 16 Jack Lisowski England £15,000£15k
Last 16 Judd Trump England £15,000£15k
Last 16 Lu Ning China £15,000£15k
Last 16 Mark Williams Wales £15,000£15k
Last 16 Neil Robertson Australia £15,000£15k
Last 32 Alan McManus Scotland £10,000£10k
Last 32 Ali Carter England £10,000£10k
Last 32 David Gilbert England £10,000£10k
Last 32 Gary Wilson England £10,000£10k
Last 32 Graeme Dott Scotland £10,000£10k
Last 32 Hossein Vafaei Iran £10,000£10k
Last 32 Jak Jones Wales £10,000£10k
Last 32 Joe O'Connor England £10,000£10k
Last 32 Luca Brecel Belgium £10,000£10k
Last 32 Marco Fu Hong Kong £10,000£10k
Last 32 Mark King England £10,000£10k
Last 32 Noppon Saengkham Thailand £10,000£10k
Last 32 Tian Pengfei China £10,000£10k
Last 32 Xiao Guodong China £10,000£10k
Last 32 Yan Bingtao China £10,000£10k
Last 32 Zhou Yuelong China £10,000£10k
Last 64 Andrew Higginson England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Ben Woollaston England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Chen Feilong China £5,000£5k
Last 64 Chris Wakelin England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Daniel Wells Wales £5,000£5k
Last 64 Dominic Dale Wales £5,000£5k
Last 64 Ian Burns England £5,000£5k
Last 64 James Cahill England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Jimmy Robertson England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Joe Swail Northern Ireland £5,000£5k
Last 64 John Higgins Scotland £5,000£5k
Last 64 Ken Doherty Ireland £5,000£5k
Last 64 Kurt Maflin Norway £5,000£5k
Last 64 Li Hang China £5,000£5k
Last 64 Liam Highfield England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Luo Honghao China £5,000£5k
Last 64 Mark Davis England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Mark Joyce England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Martin Gould England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Matthew Selt England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Matthew Stevens Wales £5,000£5k
Last 64 Mei Xiwen China £5,000£5k
Last 64 Michael Holt England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Mike Dunn England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Paul Davison England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Peter Ebdon England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Robert Milkins England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Rod Lawler England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Rory McLeod Jamaica £5,000£5k
Last 64 Sam Baird England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Scott Donaldson Scotland £5,000£5k
Last 64 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Thailand £5,000£5k
High break Stuart Bingham England £5,000£5k

How the money splits

Each finishing band, what it paid each player, and what it paid in all

Prize money bands at the 2018 Betway UK Championship.
PLACE PLAYERS EACH BAND TOTAL
Winner 1 £170,000£170k £170,000£170k
Runner-up 1 £75,000£75k £75,000£75k
Semi-final 2 £35,000£35k £70,000£70k
Quarter-final 4 £22,500£23k £90,000£90k
Last 16 8 £15,000£15k £120,000£120k
Last 32 16 £10,000£10k £160,000£160k
Last 64 32 £5,000£5k £160,000£160k
High break 1 £5,000£5k £5,000£5k

Where the money went, band by band

Winner £170k
Runner-up £75k
Semi-final £70k
Quarter-final £90k
Last 16 £120k
Last 32 £160k
Last 64 £160k
High break £5,000

The rest of 2018

Every other snooker tournament we hold from 2018

Other snooker tournaments in 2018.
TOURNAMENT WINNER PAID
2018 Scottish Open Mark Allen £386,000£386k
2018 Northern Ireland Open Judd Trump £366,000£366k
2018 Champion Of Champions Ronnie O'Sullivan £370,000£370k
2018 International Championship Mark Allen £775,000£775k
2018 English Open Stuart Bingham £381,000£381k
2018 European Masters Jimmy Robertson £398,500£399k
2018 China Championship Mark Selby £725,000£725k
2018 Shanghai Masters Ronnie O'Sullivan £725,000£725k
2018 6-Reds World Championship Kyren Wilson £235,794£236k
2018 Paul Hunter Classic Kyren Wilson £120,000£120k
2018 World Open Mark Williams £735,000£735k
2018 Riga Masters Neil Robertson £259,000£259k
2018 Betfred World Championship Mark Williams £1,978,000£2.0m
2018 China Open Mark Selby £1,040,000£1.0m
2018 Championship League John Higgins £180,300£180k
2018 Ladbrokes Players Championship Ronnie O'Sullivan £380,000£380k
2018 Romanian Masters Ryan Day £176,800£177k
2018 Gibraltar Open Ryan Day £153,000£153k
2018 ManBetX Welsh Open John Higgins £367,250£367k
2018 World Grand Prix Ronnie O'Sullivan £375,000£375k
2018 Coral Snooker Shoot Out Michael Georgiou £145,750£146k
2018 German Masters Mark Williams £364,500£365k
2018 Masters Mark Allen £600,000£600k

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner of the 2018 Betway UK Championship get?

Ronnie O'Sullivan took £170,000.

How much did the runner-up get?

Mark Allen took £75,000, 44% of the winner's cheque.

What was the total prize money at the 2018 Betway UK Championship?

£850,000, paid to 64 players.

How does it compare with other years?

The 2017 Betway UK Championship paid £850,000, and the 2019 Betway UK Championship paid £1,009,000.

Where to next

Every edition is on the UK Championship prize money page, and the whole year on snooker prize money in 2018. The edition before was the 2017 Betway UK Championship. The one after was the 2019 Betway UK Championship.