2018 Six-red World Championship 2018 Six-red World Championship The 2018 SangSom Six-red World Championship was a six-red snooker invitational tournament being held between 3 and 8 September 2018 at the Bangkok Convention Center in Bangkok, Thailand. Mark Williams was the defending champion, but he lost in the last 16 to amateur player Mohammed Shehab. The event was won by Kyren Wilson, defeating Ding Junhui 8–4 in the final. The breakdown of prize money is shown below: Group matches were played from 3–5 September. The top two players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were the best of 9 frames. Positions
Mark Davis (snooker player) to win the decider and end Davis' hopes of a first ranking final. At the Six-red World Championship he claimed the title by defeating Shaun Murphy 8–4 in the final. The winner's cheque of £40,000 is the biggest of his career to date. In the Australian Goldfields Open Davis saw off Jack Lisowski (5–2), home favourite Neil Robertson (5–1) and Martin Gould (5–2), to reach his second successive ranking semi-final.<ref name="2012/13"></ref> There he played close friend Barry Hawkins and was beaten 4–6. At the UK Championship he beat Cao Yupeng 6–1 in the first round and led three-time champion John