2024 English Open (snooker)
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 12–22 September 2024 |
| Venue | Brentwood Centre |
| City | Brentwood |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £550,400 |
| Winner's share | £100,000 |
← 2022 | |
The 2024 English Open (officially the 2024 BetVictor English Open) is an ongoing professional snooker tournament that is taking place from 12 to 22 September 2024 at the Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England. It's the fourth ranking event of the 2024–25 season (following the 2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters and preceding the 2024 British Open), the first of four tournaments in the season's Home Nations Series (preceding the 2024 Northern Ireland Open, the 2024 Scottish Open, and the 2025 Welsh Open). The event is broadcast by Eurosport and Discovery+ in Europe (including the UK) and by other broadcasters internationally. The winner will receive £100,000 from a total prize fund of £550,400, the Steve Davis trophy, and a place in the 2024 Champion of Champions invitational event.
Judd Trump is the defending champion, having defeated Zhang Anda 9–7 in the 2023 final.
Format
The event is taking place from 12 to 22 October 2023 at the Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England.[1] The fourth ranking event of the 2023–24 season, following the 2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters and preceding the 2024 British Open, it's the first of four tournaments in the season's Home Nations Series. Judd Trump is the defending champion, having defeated Zhang Anda 9–7 in the 2023 final.[2]
All matches are played as best of seven frames until the quarter-finals, which are best of nine. The semi-finals are best of 11, and the final is a best-of-17-frame match played over two sessions.[3][4]
The event is broadcast by Eurosport, Discovery+ and DMAX in Europe (including the UK); by the CBSA-WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel, CBSA-WPBSA Academy Douyin and Huya Live in China; by Now TV in Hong Kong; by Astro SuperSport in Malaysia and Brunei; by TrueVision in Thailand; by TAP in the Philippines; and by Sportcast in Taiwan. It's available from Matchroom Sport in all other territories.[5]
Prize fund
The tournament winner will receive the Steve Davis trophy.[6] The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:[1]
- Winner: £100,000
- Runner-up: £45,000
- Semi-final: £21,000
- Quarter-final: £13,200
- Last 16: £9,000
- Last 32: £5,400
- Last 64: £3,600
- Last 96: £1,000
- Highest break: £5,000
- Total: £550,400
Summary
Early rounds
Last 128
Last 96
Final rounds
Last 64
Last 32
Last 16
Quarter finals
Semi finals
Final
Final rounds
Early rounds
The draw for the early rounds is shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the players' seeding, an "a" indicates amateur players who were not on the main World Snooker Tour, whilst players in bold denote match winners.
| Round 1 (Last 128) Best of 7 frames | Round 2 (Last 96) Best of 7 frames | |||||
 Ashley Carty (ENG) (67) | 4 |  Liu Hongyu (CHN) (65) | ||||
 Anton Kazakov (UKR) (a) | 2 | Ashley Carty (ENG) (67) | ||||
| Reanne Evans (ENG) (114) | 2 | Ricky Walden (ENG) (37) | ||||
 Mink Nutcharut (THA) (108) | 4 | Mink Nutcharut (THA) (108) | ||||
| Liam Pullen (ENG) (85) | 4 | Fan Zhengyi (CHN) (54) | ||||
 Antoni Kowalski (POL) (100) | 0 | Liam Pullen (ENG) (85) | ||||
| Template:Country data MAL (98) | 3 |  Scott Donaldson (SCO) (64) | ||||
| Oliver Lines (ENG) (111) | 4 | Oliver Lines (ENG) (111) | ||||
 Ben Mertens (BEL) (91) | 1 | Wu Yize (ENG) (40) | ||||
| Chris Totten (SCO) (108) | 4 | Chris Totten (SCO) (108) | ||||
| Ian Burns (ENG) (80) | 4 | Martin O'Donnell (ENG) (57) | ||||
| Haydon Pinhey (ENG) (103) | 3 | Ian Burns (ENG) (a) | ||||
| Zak Surety (ENG) (98) | 4 | Elliot Slessor (ENG) (35) | ||||
 Farakh Ajaib (PAK) (104) | 2 | Zak Surety (ENG) (98) | ||||
| Alfie Burden (ENG) (72) | 1 | Ben Woollaston (ENG) (52) | ||||
 Dylan Emery (WAL) (a) | 4 | Dylan Emery (WAL) (75) | ||||
| Ma Hailong (CHN) (75) |  Aaron Hill (IRL) (44) | |||||
| Lei Peifan (CHN) (87) | ||||||
 Artemijs Žižins (LAT) (94) | Robbie Williams (ENG) (44) | |||||
| Duane Jones (WAL) (100) | ||||||
| Jiang Jun (CHN) (76) | 4 | Tian Pengfei (CHN) (56) | ||||
 Ahmed Aly Elsayed (USA) (117) | 0 | Jiang Jun (CHN) (76) | ||||
| Andrew Pagett (WAL) (88) |  Jordan Brown (NIR) (46) | |||||
 Kreishh Gurbaxani (IND) (117) | ||||||
| Dean Young (SCO) (89) | Matthew Stevens (WAL) (49) | |||||
| Bai Yulu (CHN) (117) | ||||||
| Ishpreet Singh Chadha (IND) (77) | Graeme Dott (SCO) (53) | |||||
| Simon Blackwell (ENG) (a) | ||||||
 Bulcsú Révész (HUN) (94) | Yuan Sijun (CHN) (36) | |||||
| Manasawin Phetmalaikul (THA) (115) | ||||||
| Stuart Carrington (ENG) (69) | He Guoqiang (CHN) (64) | |||||
 Wang Yuchen (HKG) (117) | ||||||
| Long Zehuang (CHN) (71) | Sanderson Lam (ENG) (62) | |||||
| Template:Country data MAL (117) | ||||||
 Amir Sarkhosh (IRN) (94) | Dominic Dale (WAL) (41) | |||||
| Liam Davies (WAL) (104) | ||||||
| Andrew Higginson (ENG) (83) | Daniel Wells (WAL) (55) | |||||
| Mark Joyce (ENG) (a) | ||||||
| Gong Chenzhi (CHN) (82) | Sam Craigie (ENG) (50) | |||||
| Michael Holt (ENG) (108) | ||||||
| Jimmy White (ENG) (90) | Joe Perry (ENG) (48) | |||||
| Joshua Cooper (ENG) (a) | ||||||
| Xing Zihao (CHN) (73) | Mark Davis (ENG) (59) | |||||
| Paul Deaville (ENG) (a) | ||||||
| Julien Leclercq (BEL) (99) | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (39) | |||||
| Oliver Sykes (ENG) (a) | ||||||
| Louis Heathcote (ENG) (70) | Anthony Hamilton (ENG) (58) | |||||
| Iulian Boiko (UKR) (a) | ||||||
| Hammad Miah (ENG) (78) | Jamie Clarke (WAL) (61) | |||||
| Huang Jiahao (CHN) (111) | ||||||
 Mostafa Dorgham (EGY) (107) | Jackson Page (WAL) (58) | |||||
| Allan Taylor (ENG) (100) | ||||||
| Ross Muir (SCO) (81) | David Lilley (ENG) (45) | |||||
 Jonas Luz (BRA) (111) | ||||||
| Liam Graham (SCO) (93) | Jamie Jones (WAL) (47) | |||||
| Joshua Thomond (ENG) (a) | ||||||
| Stan Moody (ENG) (86) | Xu Si (CHN) (51) | |||||
| Ka Wai Cheung (HKG) (104) | ||||||
 Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI) (84) | Jimmy Robertson (ENG) (38) | |||||
 Mohammed Shehab (UAE) (117) | ||||||
| Robbie McGuigan (NIR) (97) | Xiao Guadong (CHN) (29) | |||||
| Mitchel Mann (ENG) (116) | ||||||
| Marco Fu (HKG) (68) | David Grace (ENG) (66) | |||||
| Haris Tahir (PAK) (117) | ||||||
Century breaks
References
- ^ a b "All about the BetVictor English Open". Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "Trump completes huge fight back in English Final". Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "English Open Qualifiers". Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "English Open". Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "How to watch the 2024 BetVictor English Open". Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "English Open snooker trophy named after Steve Davis". World Snooker Tour. 26 September 2016. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2023.