2024 English Open (snooker) explained

Tournament Name:2024 BetVictor English Open
Venue:Brentwood Centre
Location:Brentwood
Country:England
Organisation:World Snooker Tour
Format:Ranking event
Total Prize Fund:£550,400
Winners Share:£100,000
Highest Break: (147)
Score:97
Previous:2023

The 2024 English Open (officially the 2024 BetVictor English Open) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 12 to 22 September 2024 at the Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England. It was the fourth ranking event of the 202425 season (following the 2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters and preceding the 2024 British Open) and the first of four tournaments in the season's Home Nations Series (preceding the 2024 Northern Ireland Open, the 2024 Scottish Open, and the 2025 Welsh Open). The event was broadcast by Eurosport and Discovery+ in Europe (including the United Kingdom and Ireland) and by other broadcasters internationally. The winner received £100,000 from a total prize fund of £550,400, the Steve Davis trophy, and a place in the 2024 Champion of Champions invitational event.

Judd Trump was the defending champion, having defeated Zhang Anda 97 in the 2023 final,[1] but he lost 35 in the quarterfinals to Wu Yize,[2] who went on to reach his maiden ranking final. Neil Robertson defeated Wu 97 to win his second English Open title (following his previous win at the 2021 event) and the 24th ranking title of his career. It was Robertson's first victory at a ranking event since the 2022 Tour Championship, and he reentered the top 16 in the world rankings after the tournament. John Higgins fell to 17th in the rankings, ending his record uninterrupted tenure of over 29 years inside the top 16.

The event produced 69 century breaks, with 23 in the qualifying rounds and 46 in the later rounds, the highest being a maximum break by Fan Zhengyi in his second round qualifying match against Liam Pullen. Higgins made his 1,000th century break in professional competition in his last16 match against Mark Allen, becoming the second player to reach that milestone, after Ronnie O'Sullivan.

Format

The event took place from 12 to 22 September 2024 at the Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England.[3]

The WST implemented a new format for the four Home Nations events this season. In qualifying round one, players seeded 6596 face those seeded 97128. In qualifying round two, the 32 round one winners play those seeded 3364. The 32 round two winners then play the top 32 seeds. Both the qualifying rounds and the final rounds were played at the same venue, in Brentwood, with a day off after the end of the qualifying matches.[4]

All matches were played as best of seven until the quarterfinals, which were best of nine. The semifinals were best of 11, and the final was a bestof17 frame match played over two .[5] [6]

The event was broadcast by Eurosport, Discovery+ and DMAX in Europe (including the United Kingdom and Ireland); by the CBSA-WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel, CBSA-WPBSA Academy Douyin and Huya Live in China; by Now TV in Hong Kong; by Astro SuperSport in Malaysia and Brunei; by TrueVision in Thailand; by TAP in the Philippines; and by Sportcast in Taiwan. It was available from Matchroom Sport in all other territories.[7]

Prize fund

The tournament winner received the Steve Davis trophy.[8] The breakdown of prize money for the event, an increase of £123,400 from the previous event, is shown below:

Summary

Qualifying rounds

Round 1

The first round took place from 12 to 13 September as the best of 7 . On the first day of the tournament, Zak Surety beat Farakh Ajaib 42 with a high break of 77, and Oliver Lines defeated Rory Thor 43. Liam Pullen firstyear tour player Antoni Kowalski, and fellow rookie Artemijs Žižins defeated Duane Jones 42.[9] Mink Nutcharut faced Reanne Evans, the first time a match on the professional tour had taken place between two women, other than in matches played in mixed doubles tournaments. Nutcharut defeated Evans 42.[10]

Round 2

The second round took place on 13, 14 and 16 September as the best of 7 frames. Fan Zhengyi made the first maximum break of his career in the final frame of his 42 win over Liam Pullen.[11] [12] Zak Surety defeated Elliot Slessor 41, and Aaron Hill beat Lei Peifan 42.[13] Artemijs Žižins beat Robbie Williams, Andrew Pagett beat Jordan Brown, and Ishpreet Singh Chadha beat Graeme Dott, all by the same score of 42. David Grace whitewashed Marco Fu, and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh beat Oliver Sykes 41.[14] Bulcsú Révész beat Yuan Sijun 42, and Ricky Walden whitewashed Mink Nutcharut.[15]

Final rounds

Last 64

The last 64 matches took place on 16 and 17 September as the best of 7 frames. Ali Carter whitewashed Ian Burns. Judd Trump defeated Liu Hongyu 43, and Zak Surety whitewashed Noppon Saengkham.[16] Ben Woollaston beat Mark Williams 41, and Mark Allen defeated Long Zehuang 43. [17] He Guoqiang defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 42, and John Higgins beat Andrew Higginson 41.[18] [19]

Last 32

The last 32 matches took place on 18 September as the best of 7 frames. John Higgins beat David Gilbert 41, Kyren Wilson defeated Anthony McGill 41, and Judd Trump beat Matthew Selt also by 41.[20] [21] Neil Robertson beat Shaun Murphy 41, Mark Allen defeated Lyu Haotian 42, He Guoqiang beat Stephen Maguire 41, and Ishpreet Singh Chadha beat Hossein Vafaei 42.[22]

Last 16

The last 16 matches took place on 19 September as the best of 7 frames. Ishpreet Singh Chadha beat He Guoqiang 43, Mark Selby defeated Si Jiahui 43, Judd Trump beat Fan Zhengyi 42, and Wu Yize beat Ben Woollaston 42.[23] In the evening John Higgins made his 1,000th career century break in the match against Mark Allen.[24] Allen went on to win the match 43. Neil Robertson beat Ross Muir 41, Chris Wakelin beat Pang Junxu 43, and Barry Hawkins defeated Kyren Wilson 42.[25]

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals took place on 20 September as the best of 9 frames. In the afternoon session Judd Trump played Wu Yize, and Mark Allen played Chris Wakelin. In the evening session Mark Selby played Ishpreet Singh Chadha and Neil Robertson played Barry Hawkins. Wu defeated Trump 53,[26] and Wakelin beat Allen 52.[27] Robertson beat Hawkins 51, and Chadha defeated Selby 54.[28]

Semi finals

The semi-finals took place on 21 September as the best of 11 frames. In the afternoon session Wu Yize played Ishpreet Singh Chadha. In the evening session Chris Wakelin played Neil Robertson. Wu whitewashed Chadha,[29] [30] and Robertson beat Wakelin 61.[31] [32]

Final

The final took place on 22 September as the best of 17 frames, played over two between Wu Yize and Neil Robertson. At the end of the afternoon session Robertson led Wu 71.[33] Robertson went on to win the match 97.[34] [35]

Final rounds

The draw for the final rounds is shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the players' seeding, and players in bold denote match winners.

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Marcel Eckardt
Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England, 22 September 2024
Wu Yize
79Neil Robertson
Afternoon: 075, 1675, 4977, 5172, 6461, 4774, 22104 (104), 0138 (138)
Evening: 1270 (127), 2364, 1350 (100), 820, 7333, 950, 701, 1661
(frame 9) 127Highest break138 (frame 8)
2Century breaks2

Qualifying rounds

The draw for the early rounds is shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the players' seeding, an "a" indicates amateur players who were not on the main World Snooker Tour, and players in bold denote match winners.[36]

Note: n/s=no-show (did not arrive in time for the match); w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walkover

Century breaks

Final rounds centuries

A total of 46 century breaks were made in the final rounds of the tournament.[37]

Qualifying rounds centuries

A total of 23 century breaks were made in the qualifying rounds of the tournament.[38]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Trump completes huge fight back in English Final . . 8 October 2023 . 12 September 2024 . 18 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118215049/https://www.wst.tv/news/2023/october/08/trump-completes-huge-fight-back-in-english-final/ . live.
  2. News: Trump defence halted by Wu in English Open quarters . . 20 September 2024 . 20 September 2024 . 20 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240920161804/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/articles/c79ndwq0gezo . live.
  3. Web site: All about the BetVictor English Open . . 10 September 2024 . 12 September 2024 . 13 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240913073928/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/september/10/all-about-the-betvictor-english-open/ . live.
  4. Web site: Tiered format for Home Nations and German Masters in 2024/25 . . 5 April 2024 . 5 April 2024 . 5 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240405185554/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/april/05/tiered-format-for-home-nations-and-german-masters-in-2024-25/ . live.
  5. Web site: English Open Qualifiers . snooker.org . 22 September 2024 . 23 September 2024 . 23 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240923063806/https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=1936 . live.
  6. Web site: English Open . snooker.org . 22 September 2024 . 23 September 2024 . 23 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240923055739/https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=1833 . live.
  7. Web site: How to watch the 2024 BetVictor English Open . . 9 September 2024 . 12 September 2024 . 10 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240910213856/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/september/09/how-to-watch-the-2024-betvictor-english-open/ . live.
  8. Web site: 26 September 2016 . English Open snooker trophy named after Steve Davis . https://web.archive.org/web/20200220225441/https://wst.tv/english-open-snooker-trophy-named-after-steve-davis/ . dead . 20 February 2020 . 12 August 2023 . World Snooker Tour.
  9. Web site: BetVictor English Open - Thursday round-up . . 12 September 2024 . 12 September 2024 . 13 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240913063306/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/september/12/betvictor-english-open---round-one/ . live.
  10. News: Nutcharut beats Evans in historic English Open match . . 12 September 2024 . 13 September 2024 . 13 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240913061718/https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/articles/ckg2gypd5zgo . live.
  11. Web site: Fan Zhengyi v Liam Pullen . . 13 September 2024 . 13 September 2024 . 13 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240913185618/https://www.wst.tv/match-centre/c8c2d8dc-9113-4b0c-acc9-5df211d5a8b0 . live.
  12. News: Fan scores first career maximum at English Open . . 14 September 2024 . 14 September 2024 . 14 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240914064721/https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/articles/crm2wkj8npgo . live.
  13. Web site: BetVictor English Open Friday roundup . . 13 September 2024 . 13 September 2024 . 13 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240913204700/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/september/13/surety-surges-past-slessor/ . live.
  14. Web site: BetVictor English Open - Saturday round-up . . 14 September 2024 . 15 September 2024 . 15 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240915060856/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/september/12/betvictor-english-open---saturday-round-up/ . live.
  15. Web site: BetVictor English Open Monday morning roundup . . 16 September 2024 . 16 September 2024 . 16 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240916180323/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/september/16/english-open-monday-latest/ . live.
  16. Web site: BetVictor English Open Monday evening roundup . . 16 September 2024 . 17 September 2024 . 17 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240917072144/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/september/16/betvictor-english-open-monday-afternoon-evening/ . live.
  17. Web site: BetVictor English Open Tuesday afternoon roundup . . 17 September 2024 . 17 September 2024 . 17 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240917200302/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/september/17/betvictor-english-open-afternoon-update/ . live.
  18. Web site: BetVictor English Open Tuesday evening roundup . . 17 September 2024 . 18 September 2024 . 18 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240918062833/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/september/17/betvictor-english-open-tuesday-evening-roundup/ . live.
  19. News: O'Sullivan out of English Open after defeat by He . . 18 September 2024 . 18 September 2024 . 18 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240918070305/https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/articles/c62d4zll2wyo . live.
  20. Web site: BetVictor English Open Wednesday afternoon roundup . . 18 September 2024 . 18 September 2024 . 18 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240918181736/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/september/18/betvictor-english-open-wednesday-afternoon-roundup/ . live.
  21. News: Holder Trump through to last 16 of English Open . . 18 September 2024 . 19 September 2024 . 19 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240919061347/https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/articles/cm24ln10q2yo . live.
  22. Web site: BetVictor English Open Wednesday evening roundup . . 18 September 2024 . 19 September 2024 . 19 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240919062139/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/september/18/betvictor-english-open-wednesday-evening-roundup/ . live.
  23. Web site: BetVictor English Open Thursday afternoon update . . 19 September 2024 . 19 September 2024 . 19 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240919194547/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/september/19/betvictor-english-open-thursday-afternoon-update/ . live.
  24. News: Higgins hits 1,000th century in English Open defeat . . 19 September 2024 . 20 September 2024 . 20 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240920053357/https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/articles/c4gqw66506jo . live.
  25. Web site: BetVictor English Open Thursday evening roundup . . 19 September 2024 . 20 September 2024 . 20 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240920053810/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/september/19/betvictor-english-open-thursday-evening-roundup/ . live.
  26. Web site: Wu tops Trump for first time . . 20 September 2024 . 20 September 2024 . 20 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240920181552/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/september/20/wu-tops-trump-for-first-time/ . live.
  27. Web site: English Open 2024: Judd Trump stunned in Brentwood as Wu Yize reaches second career ranking semi-final . . Ben . Southby . 20 September 2024 . 20 September 2024 . 20 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240920145320/https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/english-open/2023-2024/english-open-2024-judd-trump-wu-yize-quarter-final_sto20038735/story.shtml . live.
  28. Web site: Singh Chadha pips Selby in thriller . . 20 September 2024 . 21 September 2024 . 21 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240921053401/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/september/20/singh-chadha-pips-selby-in-thriller/ . live.
  29. Web site: Wonderful Wu makes maiden final . . 21 September 2024 . 21 September 2024 . 21 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240921174542/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/september/21/wonderful-wu-makes-maiden-final/ . live.
  30. Web site: Wu Yize through to English Open final with comprehensive win over Ishpreet Singh Chadha at Brentwood Centre . . Jonny . Bray . 21 September 2024 . 21 September 2024 . 21 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240921170922/https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/betvictor-english-open/2024-2025/wu-yize-win-english-open-ishpreet-singh-chadha_sto20038990/story.shtml . live.
  31. Web site: Thunder storms to Brentwood final . . 21 September 2024 . 22 September 2024 . 22 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240922061357/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/september/21/thunder-storms-to-brentwood-final/ . live.
  32. News: Robertson and Wu set up English Open final meeting . . 21 September 2024 . 22 September 2024 . 22 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240922061322/https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/articles/cqxr9lgly0jo . live.
  33. Web site: Robertson on verge of victory . . 22 September 2024 . 22 September 2024 . 22 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240922162850/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/september/22/robertson-on-/ . live.
  34. News: Robertson survives Wu comeback to win English Open . . 22 September 2024 . 23 September 2024 . 23 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240923062955/https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/articles/cx2yrkpz49ro . live.
  35. Web site: Robertson holds off Wu in thrilling final . . 22 September 2024 . 23 September 2024 . 23 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240923070616/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/september/22/robertson-holds-off-wu-in-thrilling-final/ . live.
  36. Web site: BetVictor English Open 2024 matches . . 22 September 2024 . 23 September 2024 . 23 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240923064547/https://www.wst.tv/matches/9d2eb44e-76b1-4a52-b636-58a95cefb45d . live.
  37. Web site: Centuries: English Open - 46 . snookerinfo.co.uk . 2 October 2024 . 2 October 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241002093826/https://snookerinfo.co.uk/2024-25/#english-open-46 . live.
  38. Web site: Centuries: English Open qualifiers - 23 . snookerinfo.co.uk . 2 October 2024 . 2 October 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241002093826/https://snookerinfo.co.uk/2024-25/#english-open-qualifiers-23 . live.
  39. Web site: Maximum magic for fantastic Fan . . 13 September 2024 . 13 September 2024 . 14 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240914065338/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/september/13/maximum-magic-for-fantastic-fan/ . live.

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