2018 European Masters
The 2018 European Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place from 1 to 7 October 2018 in Lommel, Belgium. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.
Qualifying took place on 17 and 18 August 2018 in Preston, England.
Judd Trump was the defending champion after winning the previous two events, but he lost 2–4 to Tian Pengfei in the second round.
Jimmy Robertson reached his first ever ranking event semi-final, which he converted into his first professional ranking event title, beating Joe Perry 9–6 in the final.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:- Winner: £75,000
- Runner-up: £35,000
- Semi-final: £17,500
- Quarter-final: £11,000
- Last 16: £6,000
- Last 32: £4,000
- Last 64: £3,000
- Televised highest break: £1,500
- Total: £398,500
Qualifying
These matches were held between 17 and 18 August 2018 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.;Notes
Century breaks
Main stage centuries
Total: 24- 135, 132, 108 Jimmy Robertson
- 135, 104 Jack Lisowski
- 130, 110, 106, 103 Joe Perry
- 130 Zhao Xintong
- 129 Anthony Hamilton
- 124 Mark King
- 117 Eden Sharav
- 114 Judd Trump
- 112, 112 Tian Pengfei
- 112 Liang Wenbo
- 110 Elliot Slessor
- 109 Luca Brecel
- 108 Zhang Anda
- 107 Allan Taylor
- 105 Ali Carter
- 104 Anthony McGill
- 100 David Gilbert
Qualifying stage centuries
Total: 18- 142 Matthew Selt
- 140, 100 Sam Craigie
- 138 Elliot Slessor
- 132, 123 Zhou Yuelong
- 122 Adam Duffy
- 121 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
- 119 Jack Lisowski
- 118, 102 Mark Selby
- 116 Ashley Carty
- 106 Craig Steadman
- 104 Peter Ebdon
- 102 Anthony Hamilton
- 102 Kishan Hirani
- 100 Ryan Day