2024 British Open
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 23–29 September 2024 |
| Venue | The Centaur |
| City | Cheltenham |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £502,000 |
| Winner's share | £100,000 |
| Defending champion |  Mark Williams (WAL) |
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The 2024 British Open (officially the 2024 Unibet British Open) is an upcoming professional snooker tournament that will take place from 23 to 29 September 2024 at the Centaur in Cheltenham, England.[1] Qualifying is taking place from 31 July to 3 August 2024 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester. The fifth ranking tournament of the 2024–25 season, it follows the 2024 English Open and precedes the 2024 Wuhan Open. It is organised by the World Snooker Tour and sponsored by online gambling platform Unibet.[2] The winner will receive £100,000 from a total prize fund of £502,000.[1]
The defending champion is Mark Williams, who defeated Mark Selby 10–7 in the 2023 final.[3]
Format
[edit]The draw will be randomised after each round. All matches before the quarter-final stage are played as the best of seven frames, while the quarter-finals are the best of nine frames, the semi-finals are the best of 11 frames, and the final is the best of 19 frames. The winner will receive the Clive Everton trophy[4] and secure a place in the upcoming 2024 Champion of Champions tournament.[5]
The qualifying matches are being broadcast by the WST Facebook page, by Discovery+ in Europe, and by Matchroom Sport in all other territories.[6]
Prize fund
[edit]The winner of the event will receive £100,000 from a total prize fund of £502,000. The breakdown of prize money for this event is shown below:[1]
- Winner: £100,000
- Runner-up: £45,000
- Semi-final: £20,000
- Quarter-final: £12,000
- Last 16: £9,000
- Last 32: £6,000
- Last 64: £3,000
- Highest break: £5,000
- Total: £502,000
Summary
[edit]Qualifying round
[edit]Qualifying for the tournament is taking place from 31 July to 3 August 2024 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England, although qualifiers featuring the top 18[a] players in the snooker world rankings are to be held over and played in Cheltenham.[7]
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh beat Alexander Ursenbacher 4–1 in a match that lasted less than an hour, and David Grace defeated Jack Lisowski 4–2.[8] Neil Robertson beat Andrew Pagett 4–1, and Chris Totten whitewashed Jimmy White. Amateur players Mark Joyce[b] and Anton Kazakov[c] won their matches over Xing Zihao and Ahmed Aly Elsayed respectively.[9]
Qualifying
[edit]The qualification matches are shown below. Match winners are shown in bold.[5]
Cheltenham
[edit]The held over matches to be played in Cheltenham on 23 September are as follows:[7]
Mark Williams (WAL) v 
Rory Thor (MAS)
Kyren Wilson (ENG) v 
Julien Leclercq (BEL)
Mark Allen (NIR) v Gary Wilson (ENG)- Judd Trump (ENG) v Robert Milkins (ENG)
- Luca Brecel (BEL) v
Mohammed Shehab (UAE) - Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) v
Manasawin Phetmalaikul (THA) - Mark Selby (ENG) v
Pang Junxu (CHN) - Shaun Murphy (ENG) v Ian Burns (ENG)
- Ding Junhui (CHN) v
Aaron Hill (IRL) - Ali Carter (ENG) v
Bulcsú Révész (HUN) - Zhang Anda (CHN) v Jordan Brown (NIR)
- Tom Ford (ENG) v Gong Chenzhi (CHN)
- Jak Jones (WAL) v Sanderson Lam (ENG)
- Barry Hawkins (ENG) v Liam Davies (WAL)
John Higgins (SCO) v Ross Muir (SCO)- Ryan Day (WAL) v Louis Heathcote (ENG)
Leicester
[edit]The qualifying matches being played in Leicester are as follows:[7][10]
31 July
[edit]- Si Jiahui (CHN) 4–2 David Lilley (ENG)
Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI) 1–4 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)
Ishpreet Singh Chadha (IND) 1–4 Jamie Clarke (WAL)
Iulian Boiko (UKR) 4–2 
Farakh Ajaib (PAK)
Artemijs Žižins (LVA) 3–4 Allan Taylor (ENG)- Mink Nutcharut (THA) 1–4 Liam Graham (SCO)
- Robbie McGuigan (NIR) 0–4 Mark Davis (ENG)
- David Grace (ENG) 4–2 Jack Lisowski (ENG)
- Ma Hailong (CHN) 4–2 Jimmy Robertson (ENG)
- Noppon Saengkham (THA) 4–3 Joe Perry (ENG)
- Martin O'Donnell (ENG) 4–1 Mitchell Mann (ENG)
- Michael Holt (ENG) 4–0 Reanne Evans (ENG)
1 August
[edit]- Xu Si (CHN) 4–2 Ken Doherty (IRL)
- Fan Zhengyi (CHN) 2–4 Zhou Yuelong (CHN)
- Ricky Walden (ENG) 4–3 Liu Hongyu (CHN)
- Andrew Pagett (WAL) 1–4
Neil Robertson (AUS) - Xing Zihao (CHN) 3–4 Mark Joyce (ENG)[b]
- Jimmy White (ENG) 0–4 Chris Totten (SCO)
Mostafa Dorgham (EGY) 1–4 
Hossein Vafaei (IRN)- Chris Wakelin (ENG) 4–0 Haydon Pinhey (ENG)
- Amir Sarkhosh (IRN) 3–4 Ashley Carty (ENG)
- Jiang Jun (CHN) 1–4 Stephen Maguire (SCO)
- Duane Jones (WAL) 4–2 Dominic Dale (WAL)
Ahmed Aly Elsayed (USA) 2–4 Anton Kazakov (UKR)[c]
2 August
[edit]- Xiao Guodong (CHN) 4–2 Huang Jiahao (CHN)
- Lim Kok Leong (MAS) 4–1 Anthony Hamilton (ENG)
- Stuart Bingham (ENG) 4–3 He Guoqiang (CHN)
- Joe O'Connor (ENG) 2–4 Stan Moody (ENG)
- Jamie Jones (WAL) 2–4 Yuan Sijun (CHN)
- Wang Yuchen (CHN) 2–4 Hammad Miah (ENG)
- Joshua Thomond (ENG) 1–4
Marco Fu (HKG) - Liam Pullen (ENG) 0–4 Long Zehuang (CHN)
- Alfie Burden (ENG) 4–3 Andrew Higginson (ENG)
Antoni Kowalski (POL) 4–1 Daniel Wells (WAL)- Matthew Selt (ENG) 3–4 Ben Woollaston (ENG)
- Sunny Akani (THA) 4–0 Daniel Womersley (ENG)
3 August
[edit]- Simon Blackwell (ENG) v Bai Yulu (CHN)
- Cheung Ka Wai (HKG) v Kreishh Gurbaxani (IND)
- Oliver Lines (ENG) v Lei Peifan (CHN)
- Baipat Siripaporn (THA) v Wu Yize (CHN)
- Lyu Haotian (CHN) v Anthony McGill (SCO)
- Scott Donaldson (SCO) v Tian Pengfei (CHN)
- Graeme Dott (SCO) v Matthew Stevens (WAL)
- David Gilbert (ENG) v Dylan Emery (WAL)
- Dean Young (SCO) v Haris Tahir (PAK)
- Zak Surety (ENG) v Ben Mertens (BEL)
- Elliot Slessor (ENG) v Joshua Cooper (ENG)[d]
- Jackson Page (WAL) v Robbie Williams (ENG)
Century breaks
[edit]Qualifying stage centuries
[edit]A total of 10 century breaks have been made during the qualifying stage of the tournament in Leicester.[11]
- 127, 100 – Noppon Saengkham
- 120 – Xu Si
- 108 – Mark Davis
- 104, 102 – Long Zehuang
- 102 – Jamie Jones
- 101 – David Grace
- 100 – Stan Moody
- 100 – Xiao Guodong
Notes
[edit]- ^ Top 18 players rather than 16 in the held-over matches because Gary Wilson (ranked 11) was drawn against Mark Allen (ranked 1) and Robert Milkins (ranked 17) was drawn against Judd Trump (ranked 2).[7]
- ^ a b Mark Joyce replaced Stuart Carrington who withdrew.[7]
- ^ a b Anton Kazakov replaced Martin Gould who withdrew.[7]
- ^ Joshua Cooper replaced Sam Craigie who withdrew.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Unibet British Open". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "British Open". snooker.org. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Wonderful Williams claims gold in Cheltenham". World Snooker Tour. 2 October 2023. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ^ "British Open trophy named after Clive Everton". World Snooker Tour. 21 September 2022. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Strong line-up for British Open in Cheltenham". World Snooker Tour. 12 July 2024. Archived from the original on 13 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "How to watch the qualifiers". World Snooker Tour. 22 July 2024. Archived from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g "British Open Qualifiers". snooker.org. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Quickfire Un-Nooh powers through". World Snooker Tour. 31 July 2024. Archived from the original on 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Robertson continues strong start". World Snooker Tour. 1 August 2024. Archived from the original on 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "British Open 2024 Qualifiers". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Tournament centuries". SnookerInfo. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.