English Open (snooker) explained

Tournament Name:English Open
Venue:Brentwood Centre
Location:Brentwood
Country:England
Establishment:2016
Organisation:World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
Format:Ranking event
Prizefund:£427,000
Recent Edition:2024

The English Open is a professional ranking snooker tournament, one of the four events of the Home Nations Series. The winner is awarded the Steve Davis Trophy, named in honour of the English six-time world champion.[1] The reigning champion is Neil Robertson.

History

On 29 April 2015 World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn announced that the event called the "English Open" would be held for the first time in 2016 in Manchester, England, as part of a new Home Nations Series, with the existing Welsh Open and Scottish Open and the new Northern Ireland Open tournaments.[2] [3] The inaugural event took place between 10 and 16 October 2016,[4] and was won by Liang Wenbo.[5]

Winners

YearWinnerRunner-upFinal scoreVenueCitySeason
2016[6] 9–6EventCityManchester, England2016/17
2017[7] 9–2Barnsley MetrodomeBarnsley, England2017/18
2018[8] 9–7K2 Leisure CentreCrawley, England2018/19
2019[9] 9–12019/20
2020[10] 9–8Marshall ArenaMilton Keynes, England2020/21
2021[11] 9–82021/22
2022[12] 9–6Brentwood CentreBrentwood, England2022/23
2023[13] 9–72023/24
2024[14] 9–72024/25

Notes and References

  1. News: English Open snooker: Trophy named after Steve Davis. 25 September 2016. BBC Sport. 25 September 2016.
  2. News: World Championship: Snooker tour to be revamped in 2016. 29 April 2015 . BBC Sport. 30 May 2016.
  3. Web site: Hearn Announces New Five Year Plan. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 30 May 2016.
  4. Web site: Calendar 2016/2017. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 30 May 2016.
  5. Web site: Liang Claims Maiden Ranking Title. World Snooker. 19 October 2016.
  6. Web site: Coral English Open (2016). Snooker.org. 14 May 2024.
  7. Web site: Dafabet English Open (2017). Snooker.org. 14 May 2024.
  8. Web site: BetVictor English Open (2018). Snooker.org. 14 May 2024.
  9. Web site: 19.com English Open (2019). Snooker.org. 14 May 2024.
  10. Web site: Matchroom.live English Open (2020). Snooker.org. 14 May 2024.
  11. Web site: BetVictor English Open (2021). Snooker.org. 14 May 2024.
  12. Web site: BetVictor English Open (2022). Snooker.org. 14 May 2024.
  13. Web site: BetVictor English Open (2023). Snooker.org. 14 May 2024.
  14. 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.