| Tournament Name: | 2024 BetVictor Scottish Open |
| Venue: | Meadowbank Sports Centre |
| Location: | Edinburgh |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Organisation: | World Snooker Tour |
| Format: | Ranking event |
| Total Prize Fund: | £550,400 |
| Winners Share: | £100,000 |
| Previous: | 2023 |
The 2024 Scottish Open (officially the 2024 BetVictor Scottish Open) is an upcoming professional snooker tournament that will take place from 9 to 15 December 2024 at the Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland. It's the eleventh ranking event of the 202425 season (following the 2024 Shoot Out and preceding the 2025 German Masters) and the third of four tournaments in the season's Home Nations Series (following the 2024 English Open and the 2024 Northern Ireland Open and preceding the 2025 Welsh Open). The winner will receive £100,000 from a total prize fund of £550,400, the Stephen Hendry trophy, and a place in the 2025 Champion of Champions invitational event.[1]
Gary Wilson is the twice-defending champion, having successfully defended his 2022 title by defeating Noppon Saengkham 95 in the 2023 final.[2] [3]
The event will take place from 9 to 15 December 2024 at the Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland.[4] Qualifying took place from 28 to 30 October 2024 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England.[5] [6] [7]
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.[8]
All matches are played as best of seven until the quarter-finals, which are best of nine. The semi-finals are best of 11, and the final is a best-of-17-frame match played over two .[5] [4]
The qualifying rounds were broadcast by Discovery+ in Europe (including the United Kingdom and Ireland) and by the CBSA-WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel and Huya Live in China. They were available from Matchroom Sport in all other territories.[9]
The tournament winner will receive the Stephen Hendry trophy.[10] The breakdown of prize money for the event, an increase of £123,400 from the previous event, is shown below:
On 28 October Stan Moody beat Iulian Boiko 42, Louis Heathcote whitewashed Joshua Thomond, and Dean Young beat Daniel Womersley 42.[11] On 29 October Jimmy White defeated Hatem Yassen 41.[12]
On 29 October Young beat Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 43, Anthony McGill beat Allan Taylor 42, He Guoqiang whitewashed Heathcote, Ishpreet Singh Chadha beat Sanderson Lam 42, Julien Leclercq defeated Jamie Clarke 43, and Lyu Haotian recovered from 03 down to beat Wang Yuchen 43. On 30 October Graeme Dott beat Jiang Jun 42, Alexander Ursenbacher recovered from 02 down to beat Ben Woollaston 43, making a 137 in the third, and Lei Peifan beat Dominic Dale 41. Jackson Page defeated White 41, Farakh Ajaib beat Elliot Slessor also by 41, and Moody beat Tian Pengfei 42. Daniel Wells whitewashed Rory Thor making a 112 break in the second frame, his 100th professional career century, and Jamie Jones came from 23 down to defeat Oliver Lines 43.[13]
The draw for the final rounds is shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32 seeded players. Players in bold denote match winners.[14] [4]
The results of the qualifying rounds are 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.[15] [5]
Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walkover
A total of 12 century breaks were made during the qualifying stage of the tournament in Sheffield.[16]