2024 English Open (snooker)
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| Tournament information | |
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| 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 |
| Highest break |  Fan Zhengyi (CHN) (147) |
| Defending champion |  Judd Trump (ENG) |
← 2023 | |
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 is 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 September 2024 at the Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England.[1] The fourth ranking event of the 2024–25 season, following the 2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters and preceding the 2024 British Open, it is 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]
The WST has implemented a new format for the four Home Nations events this season. In qualifying round one, players seeded 65–96 face those seeded 97–128. In qualifying round two, the 32 round one winners play those seeded 33–64. The 32 round two winners then play the top 32 seeds.[1]
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 is 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, an increase of £123,400 from the previous 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
Qualifying rounds
Round 1
The first round took place from 12 to 13 September as the best of 7 frames.[3] On the first day of the tournament, Zak Surety beat Farakh Ajaib 4–2 with a high break of 77, and Oliver Lines defeated Rory Thor 4–3. Liam Pullen whitewashed first‑year tour player Antoni Kowalski, and fellow rookie Artemijs Žižins defeated Duane Jones 4–2.[7] Mink Nutcharut faced Reanne Evans, the first time a match on the professional tour had taken place between two women, other than in matches played in mixed doubles tournaments. Nutcharut defeated Evans 4–2.[8]
Round 2
The second round took place on 13, 14 and 16 September as the best of 7 frames.[3] Fan Zhengyi made the first maximum break of his career in the final frame of his 4–2 win over Liam Pullen.[9][10][11] Zak Surety defeated Elliot Slessor 4–1, and Aaron Hill beat Lei Peifan 4–2.[12] Artemijs Žižins beat Robbie Williams, Andrew Pagett beat Jordan Brown, and Ishpreet Singh Chadha beat Graeme Dott, all by the same score of 4–2. David Grace whitewashed Marco Fu, and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh beat Oliver Sykes 4–1.[13]
Final rounds
Last 64
The last 64 matches are taking place on 16 and 17 September as the best of 7 frames.[4]
Last 32
The last 32 matches will take place on 18 September as the best of 7 frames.[4]
Last 16
The last 16 matches will take place on 19 September as the best of 7 frames.[4]
Quarter finals
The quarter-finals will take place on 20 September as the best of 9 frames.[4]
Semi finals
The semi-finals will take place on 21 September as the best of 11 frames.[4]
Final
The final will take place on 22 September as the best of 17 frames, played over two sessions.[4]
Final rounds
The draw for the final rounds is shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32 ranked players,[a] and players in bold denote match winners.[14][4]
Top half
| Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | ||||||||||||||
| Judd Trump (ENG) (1)
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Liu Hongyu (CHN) (64)
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Judd Trump (1)
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| Matthew Selt (ENG) (32)
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| Ricky Walden (ENG) (33)
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 Ryan Day (WAL) (16)
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fan Zhengyi (CHN) (49)
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fan Zhengyi (49)
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| Robert Milkins (ENG) (17)
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| Oliver Lines (ENG) (111)
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| Stuart Bingham (ENG) (24)
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wu Yize (CHN) (41)
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wu Yize (41)
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| Ali Carter (9)
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| Ali Carter (ENG) (9)
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ian Burns (ENG) (73)
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
 Noppon Saengkham (THA) (25)
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Zak Surety (ENG) (89)
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Zak Surety (89)
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| Mark Williams (WAL) (8)
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| Ben Woollaston (ENG) (57)
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| Mark Selby (ENG) (5)
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
 Aaron Hill (IRL) (60)
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mark Selby (5)
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| Joe O'Connor (ENG) (28)
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 Artemijs Žižins (LAT) (92)
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| Tom Ford (ENG) (12)
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| Jiang Jun (CHN) (76)
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| Si Jiahui (CHN) (21)
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| Andrew Pagett (WAL) (85)
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 Hossein Vafaei (IRN) (20)
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| Matthew Stevens (WAL) (45)
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| Jak Jones (WAL) (13)
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 Ishpreet Singh Chadha (IND) (77)
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 Stephen Maguire (SCO) (29)
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 Bulcsú Révész (HUN) (93)
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| Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (4)
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| He Guoqiang (CHN) (61)
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Bottom half
| Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | ||||||||||||||
 Mark Allen (NIR) (3)
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| Long Zehuang (CHN) (67)
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| Lyu Haotian (CHN) (30)
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| Dominic Dale (WAL) (35)
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| John Higgins (SCO) (14)
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| Andrew Higginson (ENG) (78)
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| David Gilbert (19)
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| David Gilbert (ENG) (19)
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Michael Holt (ENG) (108)
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chris Wakelin (ENG) (22)
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| Joe Perry (ENG) (43)
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| Zhang Anda (11)
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| Zhang Anda (CHN) (11)
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mark Davis (ENG) (54)
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pang Junxu (CHN) (27)
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| Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (38)
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 Luca Brecel (BEL) (6)
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| Anthony Hamilton (ENG) (59)
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| Shaun Murphy (ENG) (7)
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| Jamie Clarke (WAL) (58)
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 Neil Robertson (AUS) (26)
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| Jackson Page (WAL) (39)
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| Gary Wilson (ENG) (10)
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| Ross Muir (SCO) (74)
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| Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (23)
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| Jamie Jones (WAL) (42)
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| Jack Lisowski (ENG) (18)
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| Xu Si (CHN) (47)
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| Barry Hawkins (ENG) (15)
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| Jimmy Robertson (ENG) (50)
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| Anthony McGill (SCO) (31)
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| Xiao Guodong (CHN) (34)
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| Kyren Wilson (ENG) (2)
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| David Grace (ENG) (63)
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Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: . Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England, 22 September 2024. | ||
| – | ||
| Afternoon: Evening: | ||
| Highest break | ||
| Century breaks | ||
Qualifying rounds
The draw for the early rounds is shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the players' rankings, an "a" indicates amateur players who were not on the main World Snooker Tour, and players in bold denote match winners.[14][3]
| Round 1 (Last 128) Best of 7 frames | Round 2 (Last 96) Best of 7 frames | |||||
| Ashley Carty (ENG) (65) | 4 | Liu Hongyu (CHN) (64) | 4 | |||
 Anton Kazakov (UKR) (a) | 2 | Ashley Carty (ENG) (65) | 1 | |||
| Reanne Evans (ENG) (96) | 2 | Ricky Walden (ENG) (33) | 4 | |||
| Mink Nutcharut (THA) (108) | 4 | Mink Nutcharut (THA) (108) | 0 | |||
| Liam Pullen (ENG) (80) | 4 | Fan Zhengyi (CHN) (49) | 4 | |||
 Antoni Kowalski (POL) (100) | 0 | Liam Pullen (ENG) (80) | 2 | |||
 Rory Thor (MAS) (81) | 3 | Scott Donaldson (SCO) (48) | 1 | |||
| Oliver Lines (ENG) (111) | 4 | Oliver Lines (ENG) (111) | 4 | |||
| Ben Mertens (BEL) (88) | 1 | Wu Yize (CHN) (41) | 4 | |||
| Chris Totten (SCO) (108) | 4 | Chris Totten (SCO) (108) | 1 | |||
| Ian Burns (ENG) (73) | 4 | Martin O'Donnell (ENG) (56) | 2 | |||
| Haydon Pinhey (ENG) (103) | 3 | Ian Burns (ENG) (73) | 4 | |||
| Zak Surety (ENG) (89) | 4 | Elliot Slessor (ENG) (40) | 1 | |||
 Farakh Ajaib (PAK) (104) | 2 | Zak Surety (ENG) (89) | 4 | |||
| Alfie Burden (ENG) (72) | 1 | Ben Woollaston (ENG) (57) | 4 | |||
| Dylan Emery (WAL) (a) | 4 | Dylan Emery (WAL) (a) | 2 | |||
| Ma Hailong (CHN) (69) | 3 | Aaron Hill (IRL) (60) | 4 | |||
| Lei Peifan (CHN) (87) | 4 | Lei Peifan (CHN) (87) | 2 | |||
| Artemijs Žižins (LAT) (92) | 4 | Robbie Williams (ENG) (37) | 2 | |||
| Duane Jones (WAL) (100) | 2 | Artemijs Žižins (LAT) (92) | 4 | |||
| Jiang Jun (CHN) (76) | 4 | Tian Pengfei (CHN) (53) | 2 | |||
 Ahmed Aly Elsayed (USA) (117) | 0 | Jiang Jun (CHN) (76) | 4 | |||
| Andrew Pagett (WAL) (85) | 4 | Jordan Brown (NIR) (44) | 2 | |||
| Kreishh Gurbaxani (IND) (117) | 2 | Andrew Pagett (WAL) (85) | 4 | |||
| Dean Young (SCO) (84) | 4 | Matthew Stevens (WAL) (45) | 4 | |||
| Bai Yulu (CHN) (117) | 0 | Dean Young (SCO) (84) | 1 | |||
| Ishpreet Singh Chadha (IND) (77) | 4 | Graeme Dott (SCO) (52) | 2 | |||
| Simon Blackwell (ENG) (a) | 1 | Ishpreet Singh Chadha (IND) (77) | 4 | |||
| Bulcsú Révész (HUN) (93) | 4 | Yuan Sijun (CHN) (36) | 2 | |||
| Manasawin Phetmalaikul (THA) (115) | 0 | Bulcsú Révész (HUN) (93) | 4 | |||
| Stuart Carrington (ENG) (68) | 0 | He Guoqiang (CHN) (61) | 4 | |||
 Wang Yuchen (HKG) (117) | 4 | Wang Yuchen (HKG) (117) | 3 | |||
| Long Zehuang (CHN) (67) | w/o | Sanderson Lam (ENG) (62) | 2 | |||
| Lim Kok Leong (MAS) (117)[b] | n/s | Long Zehuang (CHN) (67) | 4 | |||
| Amir Sarkhosh (IRN) (94) | 1 | Dominic Dale (WAL) (35) | 4 | |||
| Liam Davies (WAL) (104) | 4 | Liam Davies (WAL) (104) | 0 | |||
| Andrew Higginson (ENG) (78) | 4 | Daniel Wells (WAL) (51) | 3 | |||
| Mark Joyce (ENG) (a) | 0 | Andrew Higginson (ENG) (78) | 4 | |||
| Gong Chenzhi (CHN) (83) | 3 | Sam Craigie (ENG) (46)[d] | w/d | |||
| Michael Holt (ENG) (108) | 4 | Michael Holt (ENG) (108) | w/o | |||
| Jimmy White (ENG) (86) | 4 | Joe Perry (ENG) (43) | 4 | |||
| Joshua Cooper (ENG) (a) | 2 | Jimmy White (ENG) (86) | 1 | |||
| Xing Zihao (CHN) (75) | 4 | Mark Davis (ENG) (54) | 4 | |||
| Paul Deaville (ENG) (a) | 2 | Xing Zihao (CHN) (75) | 1 | |||
| Julien Leclercq (BEL) (91) | 1 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (38) | 4 | |||
| Oliver Sykes (ENG) (a) | 4 | Oliver Sykes (ENG) (a) | 1 | |||
| Louis Heathcote (ENG) (70) | 4 | Anthony Hamilton (ENG) (59) | 4 | |||
| Iulian Boiko (UKR) (a) | 3 | Louis Heathcote (ENG) (70) | 2 | |||
| Hammad Miah (ENG) (71) | 4 | Jamie Clarke (WAL) (58) | 4 | |||
| Huang Jiahao (CHN) (111) | 0 | Hammad Miah (ENG) (71) | 3 | |||
 Mostafa Dorgham (EGY) (90) | 4 | Jackson Page (WAL) (39) | 4 | |||
| Allan Taylor (ENG) (100) | 1 | Mostafa Dorgham (EGY) (90) | 0 | |||
| Ross Muir (SCO) (74) | w/o | David Lilley (ENG) (55) | 2 | |||
 Jonas Luz (BRA) (111)[c] | w/d | Ross Muir (SCO) (74) | 4 | |||
| Liam Graham (SCO) (87) | 3 | Jamie Jones (WAL) (42) | 4 | |||
| Joshua Thomond (ENG) (a) | 4 | Joshua Thomond (ENG) (a) | 0 | |||
| Stan Moody (ENG) (82) | 2 | Xu Si (CHN) (47) | 4 | |||
| Cheung Ka Wai (HKG) (104) | 4 | Cheung Ka Wai (HKG) (104) | 3 | |||
 Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI) (79) | 4 | Jimmy Robertson (ENG) (50) | 4 | |||
 Mohammed Shehab (UAE) (117) | 2 | Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI) (79) | 1 | |||
| Robbie McGuigan (NIR) (91) | 2 | Xiao Guodong (CHN) (34) | 4 | |||
| Mitchell Mann (ENG) (116) | 4 | Mitchell Mann (ENG) (116) | 1 | |||
| Marco Fu (HKG) (66) | 4 | David Grace (ENG) (63) | 4 | |||
| Haris Tahir (PAK) (117) | 1 | Marco Fu (HKG) (66) | 0 | |||
- Note: n/s=no-show (did not arrive in time for the match); w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walkover
Century breaks
A total of 27 century breaks have been made during the tournament.[15]
- 147 – Fan Zhengyi[9]
- 141, 104 – Jiang Jun
- 138 – Artemijs Žižins
- 137, 114 – Louis Heathcote
- 131, 122 – Aaron Hill
- 130 – Jamie Jones
- 128 – Liu Hongyu
- 128 – Zak Surety
- 126 – Robbie Williams
- 125 – Jordan Brown
- 121 – Oliver Sykes
- 115 – Mark Selby
- 113 – Ben Woollaston
- 112, 105 – Xing Zihao
- 112, 101 – Gong Chenzhi
- 110 – Stuart Bingham
- 107 – Andrew Higginson
- 102 – Jackson Page
- 101 – Cheung Ka Wai
- 101 – Michael Holt
- 100 – Simon Blackwell
- 100 – Mitchell Mann
Notes
- ^ Ding Junhui (ranked 9) did not enter, so Matthew Selt (ranked 33) was seeded through to the last 64.[citation needed]
- ^ Lim Kok Leong did not show up for the qualifying match and so Long Zehuang was given a walkover.[3]
- ^ Jonas Luz withdrew and so Ross Muir was given a walkover.[3]
- ^ Sam Craigie withdrew and so Michael Holt was given a walkover.[3]
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