2024 British Open Explained

Tournament Name:2024 Unibet British Open
Venue:The Centaur
Location:Cheltenham
Country:England
Organisation:World Snooker Tour
Format:Ranking event
Total Prize Fund:£502,000
Winners Share:£100,000
Previous:2023

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 took place from 31 July to 3 August 2024 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester. The fifth ranking tournament of the 202425 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.

The defending champion is Mark Williams, who defeated Mark Selby 107 in the 2023 final.[3]

Format

The draw will be randomised after each round. All matches before the quarter-final stage are played as the best of seven, 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 were broadcast by the WST Facebook page, by Discovery+ in Europe, and by Matchroom Sport in all other territories.[6]

Prize fund

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:

Summary

Qualifying round

Qualifying for the tournament took place from 31 July to 3 August 2024 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England, although qualifiers featuring the top 18 players in the snooker world rankings are to be held over and played in Cheltenham.[7]

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh beat Alexander Ursenbacher 41 in a match that lasted less than an hour, and David Grace defeated Jack Lisowski 42.[8] Neil Robertson beat Andrew Pagett 41, and Chris Totten Jimmy White. Amateur players Mark Joyce and Anton Kazakov won their matches over Xing Zihao and Ahmed Aly Elsayed respectively.[9] Stuart Bingham beat He Guoqiang 43, Stan Moody defeated Joe O'Connor 42, and Marco Fu beat Joshua Thomond 41.[10] Oliver Lines defeated Lei Peifan 43, and amateur player Simon Blackwell beat the 2024 world women's champion Bai Yulu 42. David Gilbert whitewashed amateur player Dylan Emery, and Elliot Slessor beat amateur player Joshua Cooper 41.[11]

Qualifying

The qualification matches are shown below. Match winners are shown in bold.

Cheltenham

The held over matches to be played in Cheltenham on 23 September are as follows:

Leicester

The results of the qualifying matches played in Leicester were as follows:[12]

31 July

1 August

2 August

3 August

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

A total of 12 century breaks were made during the qualifying stage of the tournament in Leicester.[13]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Unibet British Open . . 31 July 2024.
  2. Web site: British Open . snooker.org . 24 July 2024.
  3. Web site: Wonderful Williams claims gold in Cheltenham . https://web.archive.org/web/20231002014731/https://wst.tv/wonderful-williams-claims-gold-in-cheltenham/ . dead . 2 October 2023 . 2 October 2023 . . 2 October 2023.
  4. Web site: British Open trophy named after Clive Everton . https://web.archive.org/web/20220921121610/https://wst.tv/british-open-trophy-named-after-clive-everton/ . dead . 21 September 2022 . . 21 September 2022 . 1 October 2023.
  5. Web site: Strong line-up for British Open in Cheltenham . . 12 July 2024 . 24 July 2024 . 13 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240713233317/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/july/12/british-open-draw/ . live.
  6. Web site: How to watch the qualifiers . . 22 July 2024 . 24 July 2024 . 24 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240724171236/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/july/22/how-to-watch-the-qualifiers/ . live.
  7. Web site: British Open Qualifiers . snooker.org . 24 July 2024.
  8. Web site: Quickfire Un-Nooh powers through . . 31 July 2024 . 1 August 2024 . 1 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240801062422/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/july/31/quickfire-un/ . live.
  9. Web site: Robertson continues strong start . . 1 August 2024 . 2 August 2024 . 2 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240802063035/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/august/01/robertson-continues-strong-start/ . live.
  10. Web site: Battling Bingham through to Cheltenham . . 2 August 2024 . 3 August 2024 . 3 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240803052446/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/august/02/battling-bingham-through-to-cheltenham/ . live.
  11. Web site: Lines scores narrow victory . . 3 August 2024 . 3 August 2024 . 3 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240803201648/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/august/03/lines-scores-narrow-victory/ . live.
  12. Web site: British Open 2024 Qualifiers . . 24 July 2024.
  13. Web site: Centuries: British Open qualifiers - 12 . snookerinfo.co.uk . 3 August 2024 . 3 August 2024 . 3 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240803200238/https://snookerinfo.co.uk/2024-25/#british-open-qualifiers-12 . live.