The 2024 World Open is an upcoming professional snooker tournament that is scheduled to take place from 18 to 24 March 2024 at the Yushan Sport Centre in Yushan, China. The fifth edition of the World Open held in Yushan since 2016, it will be the return of the event to the tour after a three-season hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be the 15th ranking event of the 2023–24 season, following the Players Championship and preceding the Tour Championship. It will also be the fourth and last major tournaments of the season to be held in China, following the International Championship.
Qualification for the tournament took place from 22 to 24 January at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. Qualifying matches involving defending champion Trump, reigning World ChampionLuca Brecel, the two highest-ranked Chinese players Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda, and four Chinese wildcards are held over to be played at the main venue in Yushan.
Format
The 2024 World Open is an upcoming professional snooker tournament that is scheduled to take place from 18 to 24 March 2024 at the Yushan Sport Centre in Yushan, China.[1] The 15th ranking event of the 2023–24 season, and the fourth and last major tournament of the season to be held in China, the tournament is the fifth edition of the World Open held in Yushan since 2016, marking its return to the tour after a three-season hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally created in 1982 as the Professional Players Tournament, the tournament was held in the UK as the Grand Prix and LG Cup from 1984 to 2009, and was renamed the World Open in 2010.[2][3] China hosted the event from 2012 to 2014 in Haikou, and in Yushan since 2016.[4][5][6]
The qualifying matches were broadcast by Discovery+ in Europe (including the UK and Ireland); Migu [zh] and Huya in China; and Matchroom.live in all other territories.[9]
Summary
Qualifying round
Qualification for the tournament took place from 22 to 24 January at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. Qualifying matches involving defending champion Trump, reigning World ChampionLuca Brecel, the two highest-ranked Chinese players Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda, and four Chinese wildcards will be held over to be played at the main venue in Yushan.[10]
Mark Selby (pictured) compiled his 800th career century break, and became the fifth player to do so, during his 5–3 win over Xing Zihao.
On 23 January, Kyren Wilson made three consecutive century breaks of 114, 113, and 121 to whitewash Jimmy White 5–0. The 37th seed Xiao Guodong made a century break of 107 to lead 86th seed Sean O'Sullivan by 1–0, but Sean O'Sullivan took the next five frames to win by 5–1. Lyu Haotian made breaks of 90, 106, 101, and 137, to defeat Ashley Carty by 5–2. Gary Wilson, who was the 16th seed, trailed the 96th seed Stuart Carrington by 1–4, and won three frames in a row to level the score at 4–4, but Carrington won the deciding frame for a 5–4 victory. Shaun Murphy made breaks of 70, 127, 112, and 56, in his 5–0 whitewash over Mohamed Ibrahim. Murphy attempted a maximum break in the fourth frame, but the break ended at 112 when he snookered himself on the last red. The 108th seed Louis Heathcote defeated 54th seed Oliver Lines by 5–0. Ronnie O'Sullivan, who won the World Grand Prix two days earlier, defeated Alfie Burden 5–3.[11][13]
The draw for the tournament is shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32 seeded players, whilst players in bold denote match winners.[15]
Qualification for the tournament took place from 22 to 24 January at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. Although matches involving defending champion Judd Trump, reigning World ChampionLuca Brecel, the two highest-ranked Chinese players Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda, and four Chinese wildcards will be held over to be played at the final venue. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32 seeded players, whilst players in bold denote match winners.[16][11]
Yushan
The held-over matches to be played in Yushan on 18 March are as follows:[17][11]
Wildcard player 1(CHN) v Wildcard player 2(CHN)[b]
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