English Open Qualifying Draw and Schedule
The road to the English Open at the Morningside Arena in Leicester begins with the qualifying stage. Here’s all you need to know about the draw and schedule for this exciting snooker event.
Qualifying Matches and Key Players
The matches from Wednesday to Friday serve as the first-round fixtures from the round of 128. Notable players, including the top 16 world rankings stars like Ronnie O’Sullivan and Luca Brecel, have their encounters deferred to Brentwood.
- Reigning English Open champion Mark Selby
- Season’s ranking event winners Shaun Murphy and Barry Hawkins
- Elliot Slessor, who awaits the winner of the pre-qualifying showdown between amateur wildcards Ryan Davies and Bradley Cowdroy.
Players on the main tour hope to navigate the English Open qualifying tests this week, including Stuart Bingham and David Gilbert.
Live Coverage
Live coverage of the event is available on discovery+ in Europe and Matchroom.Live in other territories, excluding China.
Format and Prize
Matches in the English Open qualifiers draw will be decided over the best of seven frames. The tournament, sponsored by BetVictor, offers a total prize fund of £427,000, with the top prize worth £80,000.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Players |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, September 6: | ||
| 10:00 AM | He Guoqiang vs Andy Lee | |
| Jiang Jun vs Julien Leclercq | ||
| Si Jiahui vs Alexander Ursenbacher | ||
| Zhou Yuelong vs Ben Woollaston | ||
| Peng Yisong vs Graeme Dott | ||
| Ishpreet Singh vs Wu Yize | ||
| Gary Wilson vs Pang Junxu | ||
| Fan Zhengyi vs Andres Petrov | ||
| Thor Chuan Leong vs Louis Heathcote | ||
| Hossein Vafaei vs Liam Graham | ||
| John Astley vs Martin Gould | ||
| Sam Craigie vs Michael White | ||
| Joe Perry vs Mark Davis | ||
| Jimmy Robertson vs Reanne Evans | ||
| Rod Lawler vs Hammad Miah | ||
| Mark Joyce vs Lukas Kleckers | ||
| Thursday, September 7: | ||
| 10:00 AM | David Lilley vs Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | |
| Mink Nutcharut vs Cao Yupeng | ||
| Long Zehuang vs Scott Donaldson | ||
| Zhang Anda vs Ben Mertens | ||
| Victor Sarkis vs Adam Duffy | ||
| Ken Doherty vs Jackson Page | ||
| Stephen Hendry vs Fergal O’Brien | ||
| Chris Wakelin vs Lyu Haotian | ||
| Friday, September 8: | ||
| 10:00 AM | Tom Ford vs Xu Si | |
| Aaron Hill vs Yuan Sijun | ||
| Xiao Guodong vs Tian Pengfei | ||
| Baipat Siripaporn vs Muhammad Asif | ||
| James Cahill vs Manasawin Phetmalaikul | ||
| Ricky Walden vs Jordan Brown | ||
| Noppon Saengkham vs Dylan Emery | ||
| Zak Surety vs Oliver Brown | ||
| Liam Highfield vs Martin O’Donnell | ||
| Stuart Carrington vs Anton Kazakov | ||
| Jamie Jones vs Ross Muir | ||
| Ashley Carty vs David Grace | ||
| Stuart Bingham vs Jenson Kendrick | ||
| Jimmy White vs Joe O’Connor | ||
| Dominic Dale vs Rebecca Kenna | ||
| Held Over Fixtures (Monday, October 2nd): | ||
| Round of 128 and Round of 130 matches |
Stay tuned for thrilling snooker action as players aim to secure their spots in the English Open!
Source: Official English Open website
