| Tournament Name: | 2024 Wuhan Open |
| Venue: | China Optics Valley Convention & Exhibition Center |
| Location: | Wuhan |
| Country: | China |
| Organisation: | World Snooker Tour |
| Format: | Ranking event |
| Total Prize Fund: | £700,000 |
| Winners Share: | £140,000 |
| Previous: | 2023 |
The 2024 Wuhan Open is an upcoming professional snooker tournament that will take place from 6 to 12 October 2024 at the China Optics Valley Convention & Exhibition Center (COVCEC) in Wuhan, China. The sixth ranking event of the 202425 season, it follows the 2024 British Open and precedes the 2024 Northern Ireland Open. It is the second edition of the Wuhan Open. The winner will receive £140,000 from a total prize fund of £700,000.
Qualifiers took place from 28 to 30 July 2024 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England. Qualifying matches featuring the defending champion (Judd Trump), the reigning World Champion (Kyren Wilson), the two highest ranked Chinese players (Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda), four Chinese wildcards, and Ronnie O'Sullivan will be held over to be played in Wuhan.
The defending champion is Judd Trump, who defeated Ali Carter 107 in the 2023 tournament.[1]
The tournament, the second edition of the Wuhan Open, will take place from 6 to 12 October 2024 at the China Optics Valley Convention & Exhibition Center (COVCEC)[2] in Wuhan, China.[3] It is the sixth ranking event of the 202425 season, following the 2024 British Open and preceding the 2024 Northern Ireland Open.
All matches up to and including 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.[4]
The qualifying matches were broadcast by the WST Facebook page, by Discovery+ in Europe, and by Matchroom Sport in all other territories.[5]
The breakdown of prize money for this event is shown below:
The sixth seed Mark Selby was knocked out in qualifying by Long Zehuang, despite making of 135 and 130. Long took the last four for a 54 victory.[6] Ali Carter came back from 02 down to defeat Wang Yuchen 53, and Duane Jones beat the fourth seed Luca Brecel 54.[7] Neil Robertson Ken Doherty, and Marco Fu defeated Zhou Yuelong 51.[8]
The draw for the tournament is shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32 seeded players, and players in bold denote match winners.[9]
Qualification for the tournament took place from 28 to 30 July 2024 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32 seeded players, and players in bold denote match winners.[10] [11]
Qualifying matches featuring the defending champion (Judd Trump), the reigning World Champion (Kyren Wilson), the two highest ranked Chinese players (Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda), four Chinese wildcards, and Ronnie O'Sullivan will be held over to be played in Wuhan. The held-over matches to be played on 6 October are as follows:
The results of the qualifying matches played in Leicester were as follows:
A total of 32 century breaks were made during the qualifying stage of the tournament in Leicester.[12]