World Open snooker 2024: Full schedule, results, TV channel, live stream and line-up as O’Sullivan CRASHES OUT
SNOOKER is back in Yushan for the first time since 2019 as the World Open goes on – but Ronnie O’Sullivan has CRASHED OUT.
The competition had not been played for the last three seasons because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ronnie O’Sullivan lost to Hossein Vafaei and is out of the World Open
Judd Trump is the defending champion from 2019 but a cast of snooker stars – no longer including Ronnie O’Sullivan – will be bidding to take his crown and the impressive prize money on offer.
Here’s everything you need to know about the 2024 World Open.
When is the World Open snooker 2024?
The World Open started on Monday, March 18, 2024 and runs every day until the final on Sunday, March 24, 2024.
The ranking event is held at the Yushan Sports Centre in Yushan, China, with qualification matches having taken place earlier this year at the Barnsley Metrodome in January.
The tournament is a straight knockout, with 64 players battling for the top prize.
Sessions in the early rounds take place at 6.30am and 11.30am UK time – 2.30pm and 7.30pm local.
How can I watch World Open snooker 2024?
The World Open is shown on Eurosport 1 in the UK, while it can be also be streamed on Discovery+.
Alternatively, viewers can stream it live via the matchroom.live website/app, which has daily/monthly/annual subscriptions.
A day pass costs £1.99 and the monthly pass costs £5.99, while the annual subscription is £49.99.
SunSport will also be live blogging the entire tournament.
Follow all the snooker action with our live blog
Who is playing in the World Open snooker 2024?
Many of the world’s top players qualified for the World Open, with Ronnie O’Sullivan confirming this will be one of two tournaments he plays in before the World Championships in mid-April – the other being the Tour Championship in Manchester.
The Rocket beat Michael White in the first round and then Lyu Haotian but lost to rival Hossein Vafaei in the third round.
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Former world champions John Higgins, Neil Robertson, Shaun Murphy, Graeme Dott and Mark Selby all qualified.
Defending world champion Luca Brecel is also already out, while current world No 1 Judd Trump and Chinese superstar Ding Junhui have progressed to the latter stages.
World Open snooker 2024 schedule
This is the order of play heading into the tournament, the later rounds will be determined once players start progressing in the competition.
Monday, March 18
Qualifying
Luca Brecel 5-1 Manasawin Phetmalaikul
Jordan Brown 5-1 Lan Yuhao
Sanderson Lam 5-4 Gong Chenzi
Wang Xinbo 5-1 Wang Xinzhong
Judd Trump 5-2 Rory Thor
Zhang Anda 5-3 Allan Taylor
Ding Junhui 5-3 Zak Surety
Matthew Selt 4-5 Wang Xinbo
First Round
Ali Carter 5-3 Louis Heathcote
Mark Selby (walkover) vs Adam Duffy
Hossein Vafaei 5-1 Graeme Dott
Robbie Williams 5-4 Tom Ford
Stuart Carrington 4-5 David Lilley
Lucas Kleckers 4-5 Dominic Dale
Robert Milkins (walkover) vs Sam Craigie
Sean O’Sullivan 1-5 Joe Perry
Si Jiahui 2-5 Long Zehuang
Xu Si 3-5 Shaun Murphy
Ishpreet Sing Chadha 3-5 Yuan Sijun
David Grace 4-5 Kyren Wilson
Jak Jones 0-5 Ashley Hugill
Jamie Jones 4-5 Ricky Walden
Jenson Kendrick 2-5 Barry Hawkins
Daniel Wells 5-3 Mark Allen
Tuesday, March 19
First Round
Oliver Brown 2-5 Luca Brecel
John Higgins 3-5 Jackson Page
Liu Hongyu 2-5 Ding Junhui
Zhou Yuelong 1-5 Wu Yize
Ben Woollaston (walkover) vs Iulian Boiko
David Gilbert vs Fan Zhengyi (walkover)
Lyu Haotian 5-4 Aaron Hill
Stephen Maguire 5-3 Pang Junxu
Elliot Slessor 5-3 Anda Zhang
Cao Yupeng 5-3 Noppon Saengkham
Ronnie O’Sullivan 5-3 Michael White
Judd Trump 5-2 Sanderson Lam
Neil Robertson 5-3 Tian Pengfei
Matthew Stevens 5-2 Ryan Day
Cameron Wakelin 5-4 Jordan Brown
Wednesday, March 20
Second Round
Ali Carter 1-5 Cameron Wakelin
He Guoqiang 3-5 Daniel Wells
Cao Yunpeng 1-5 Ding Junhui
Dominic Dale 2-5 David Lilley
Ashley Hugill 3-5 Kyren Wilson
Stephen Maguire 5-1 Luca Brecel
Robert Milkins 2-5 Hossein Vafaei
Joe Perry 3-5 Shaun Murphy
Ricky Walden 4-5 Ben Woollaston
Robbie Williams 2-5 Barry Hawkins
Ronnie O’Sullivan 5-3 Lyu Haotian
Jackson Page 5-3 Wu Yize
Mark Selby 5-2 Long Zehuang
Matthew Stevens 1-5 Elliot Slessor
Judd Trump 5-3 Fan Zhengyi
Thursday, March 21
Last 16
Barry Hawkins 5-1 Stephen Maguire
Ronnie O’Sullivan 4-5 Hossein Vafaei
Judd Trump 5-3 David Lilley
Kyren Wilson vs Ben Woollaston
Ding Junhui vs Shaun Murphy – 11.30am
Neil Robertson vs Cameron Wakelin – 11.30am
Mark Selby vs Jackson Page – 11.30am
Elliot Slessor vs Daniel Wells – 11.30am
Friday, March 22 to Sunday, March 24
TBC
World Open snooker 2024 prize money
The World Open is one of the richest ranking events of the season and has a total prize pot of £815,000 and the winner banking £170,000.
The breakdown is as follows:
Winner: £170,000
Runner-up: £73,000
Semi-final: £32,500
Quarter-final: £21,500
Last 16: £14,000
Last 32: £9,000
Last 64: £5,000
Highest break: £5,000
