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 2024–25 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.
_logo.png){kind=logo} | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6–12 October 2024 |
| Venue | China Optics Valley Convention & Exhibition Center |
| City | Wuhan |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £700,000 |
| Winner's share | £140,000 |
| Defending champion |  Judd Trump (ENG) |
← 2023 | |
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 10–7 in the 2023 tournament.[1]
Format
editThe 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 2024–25 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]
Prize fund
editThe breakdown of prize money for this event is shown below:[3]
- Winner: £140,000
- Runner-up: £63,000
- Semi-final: £30,000
- Quarter-final: £16,000
- Last 16: £12,000
- Last 32: £8,000
- Last 64: £4,500
- Highest break: £5,000
- Total: £700,000
Summary
editQualifying round
editThe sixth seed Mark Selby was knocked out in qualifying by Long Zehuang, despite making breaks of 135 and 130. Long took the last four frames for a 5–4 victory.[6] Ali Carter came back from 0–2 down to defeat Wang Yuchen 5–3, and Duane Jones beat the fourth seed Luca Brecel 5–4.[7] Neil Robertson whitewashed Ken Doherty, and Marco Fu defeated Zhou Yuelong 5–1.[8]
Main draw
editThe 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.[4][9]
Top half
edit| Last 64 Best of 9 frames | Last 32 Best of 9 frames | Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | ||||||||||||||
| Judd Trump (ENG) (1) OR  Antoni Kowalski (POL)
| ||||||||||||||||||
 He Guoqiang (CHN)
| ||||||||||||||||||
 Anthony McGill (SCO) (32)
| ||||||||||||||||||
 Mostafa Dorgham (EGY)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| John Higgins (SCO)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Fan Zhengyi (CHN)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Milkins (ENG) (17)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Zak Surety (ENG)
| ||||||||||||||||||
 Haris Tahir (PAK)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Chris Wakelin (ENG) (24)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| David Lilley (ENG)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Allan Taylor (ENG)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Yuan Sijun (CHN) OR Wildcard player 1 (CHN)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Xing Zihao (CHN)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Xu Si (CHN)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Ding Junhui (CHN) (8) OR  Robbie McGuigan (NIR)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (5) OR Mitchell Mann (ENG)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Sanderson Lam (ENG)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Hammad Miah (ENG)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Robbie Williams (ENG)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Zhang Anda (CHN) (12) OR Dean Young (SCO)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Graeme Dott (SCO)
| ||||||||||||||||||
 Hossein Vafaei (IRN) (21)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Jordan Brown (NIR) OR Wildcard player 2 (CHN)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Daniel Womersley (ENG)[a]
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Si Jiahui (CHN) (20)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Martin O'Donnell (ENG) OR Wildcard player 3 (CHN)
| ||||||||||||||||||
 Sunny Akani (THA)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Matthew Selt (ENG)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Pang Junxu (CHN) (29)
| ||||||||||||||||||
 Ishpreet Singh Chadha (IND)
| ||||||||||||||||||
 Duane Jones (WAL)
| ||||||||||||||||||
Bottom half
edit| Last 64 Best of 9 frames | Last 32 Best of 9 frames | Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | ||||||||||||||
| Mark Allen (NIR) (3)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Jamie Clarke (WAL)
| ||||||||||||||||||
 Cheung Ka Wai (HKG)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Wu Yize (CHN)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Jak Jones (WAL) (14)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Tian Pengfei (CHN)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Lisowski (ENG) (19)
| ||||||||||||||||||
 Iulian Boiko (UKR)[b]
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Elliot Slessor (ENG)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| David Gilbert (ENG) (22) OR Wildcard player 4 (CHN)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Ben Woollaston (ENG)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Gary Wilson (ENG) (11)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Jackson Page (WAL)
| ||||||||||||||||||
 Neil Robertson (AUS) (27)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Dylan Emery (WAL)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Long Zehuang (CHN)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Shaun Murphy (ENG) (7)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Anthony Hamilton (ENG)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Noppon Saengkham (THA) (26)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White (ENG)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Ali Carter (ENG) (10)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Davis (ENG)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Marco Fu (HKG)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Louis Heathcote (ENG)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Stan Moody (ENG)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Ryan Day (WAL) (18)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Robertson (ENG)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Barry Hawkins (ENG) (15)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Xiao Guodong (CHN)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Andrew Pagett (WAL)
| ||||||||||||||||||
 Aaron Hill (IRL)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Kyren Wilson (ENG) (2) OR Liam Davies (WAL)
| ||||||||||||||||||
Qualifying
editQualification 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]
Wuhan
editQualifying 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:[10]
Judd Trump (ENG) (1) v 
Antoni Kowalski (POL)
Yuan Sijun (CHN) v Wildcard player 1 (CHN)- Ding Junhui (CHN) (8) v
Robbie McGuigan (NIR) - Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (5) v Mitchell Mann (ENG)
- Zhang Anda (CHN) (12) v
Dean Young (SCO) - Jordan Brown (NIR) v Wildcard player 2 (CHN)
- Martin O'Donnell (ENG) v Wildcard player 3 (CHN)
- David Gilbert (ENG) (22) v Wildcard player 4 (CHN)
- Kyren Wilson (ENG) (2) v
Liam Davies (WAL)
Leicester
editThe results of the qualifying matches played in Leicester were as follows:[10][11]
28 July
edit- Sanderson Lam (ENG) 5–3 Huang Jiahao (CHN)
- Fan Zhengyi (CHN) 5–0
Mink Nutcharut (THA) - He Guoqiang (CHN) 5–0 Baipat Siripaporn (THA)
- Stephen Maguire (SCO) (30) 4–5
Cheung Ka Wai (HKG) - Xu Si (CHN) 5–1 Ian Burns (ENG)
- Si Jiahui (CHN) (20) 5–3 Gong Chenzhi (CHN)
- Chris Wakelin (ENG) (24) 5–1 Ma Hailong (CHN)
- Barry Hawkins (ENG) (15) 5–3 Jiang Jun (CHN)
- Gary Wilson (ENG) (11) 5–4
Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI) - Anthony McGill (SCO) (32) 5–3 Simon Blackwell (ENG)[c]
Aaron Hill (IRL) 5–2 Ashley Carty (ENG)- Robert Milkins (ENG) (17) 5–1
Farakh Ajaib (PAK) - Jamie Clarke (WAL) 5–4 Alfie Burden (ENG)
- Ricky Walden (ENG) 4–5
Mostafa Dorgham (EGY) - Allan Taylor (ENG) 5–0 Joshua Thomond (ENG)[d]
- Robbie Williams (ENG) 5–4
Kreishh Gurbaxani (IND) - John Higgins (SCO) (16) 5–1
Ben Mertens (BEL) - Jamie Jones (WAL) 3–5 Haris Tahir (PAK)
- Mark Selby (ENG) (6) 4–5 Long Zehuang (CHN)
- Shaun Murphy (ENG) (7) 5–1 Michael Holt (ENG)
- Dominic Dale (WAL) 3–5 Jimmy White (ENG)
29 July
edit- Stuart Bingham (ENG) (25) 1–5 Xing Zihao (CHN)
- Pang Junxu (CHN) (29) 5–2
Bulcsú Révész (HUN) - Ali Carter (ENG) (10) 5–3 Wang Yuchen (CHN)
- Wu Yize (CHN) 5–1
Rory Thor (MAS) - David Grace (ENG) 3–5 Ishpreet Singh Chadha (IND)
- Manasawin Phetmalaikul (THA) 4–5
Iulian Boiko (UKR)[b] - Tian Pengfei (CHN) 5–3 Andrew Higginson (ENG)
Hossein Vafaei (IRN) (21) 5–0 
Ahmed Aly Elsayed (USA)- Ryan Day (WAL) (18) 5–3 Liu Hongyu (CHN)
- Scott Donaldson (SCO) 1–5 Zak Surety (ENG)
- Graeme Dott (SCO) 5–2 Julien Leclercq (BEL)
- Tom Ford (ENG) (13) 2–5 Sunny Akani (THA)
- Matthew Selt (ENG) 5–2 Liam Pullen (ENG)
- Joe Perry (ENG) 4–5 Daniel Womersley (ENG)[a]
- Anthony Hamilton (ENG) 5–4 Reanne Evans (ENG)
- Elliot Slessor (ENG) 5–3
Artemijs Žižins (LVA) - Luca Brecel (BEL) (4) 4–5 Duane Jones (WAL)
- Ben Woollaston (ENG) 5–1 Oliver Lines (ENG)
- David Lilley (ENG) 5–1
Mohammed Shehab (UAE) - Noppon Saengkham (THA) (26) 5–1 Daniel Wells (WAL)
- Joe O'Connor (ENG) (28) 3–5 Hammad Miah (ENG)
30 July
edit- Mark Allen (NIR) (3) 5–1 Bai Yulu (CHN)
- Jackson Page (WAL) 5–3 Lei Peifan (CHN)
- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) 4–5 Louis Heathcote (ENG)
- Dylan Emery (WAL) 5–1 Lim Kok Leong (MAS)
- Lyu Haotian (CHN) (31) 1–5 Andrew Pagett (WAL)
- Xiao Guodong (CHN) 5–1 Haydon Pinhey (ENG)
- Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (23) 1–5 Marco Fu (HKG)
- Jimmy Robertson (ENG) 5–2 Amir Sarkhosh (IRN)
Neil Robertson (AUS) (27) 5–0 Ken Doherty (IRL)- Jack Lisowski (ENG) (19) 5–2 Liam Graham (SCO)
- Jak Jones (WAL) (14) 5–3 Ross Muir (SCO)
- Mark Davis (ENG) 5–3 Chris Totten (SCO)
- Matthew Stevens (WAL) 2–5 Stan Moody (ENG)
Century breaks
editQualifying stage centuries
editA total of 32 century breaks were made during the qualifying stage of the tournament in Leicester.[12]
- 135, 130 – Mark Selby
- 135 – Ali Carter
- 135 – Julien Leclercq
- 135 – Stan Moody
- 132, 123 – Xu Si
- 129 – Fan Zhengyi
- 127 – Noppon Saengkham
- 127 – Chris Totten
- 126 – Jack Lisowski
- 124 – Jamie Jones
- 122, 100 – Mark Davis
- 116, 102 – Jak Jones
- 114 – Anthony Hamilton
- 108 – Lei Peifan
- 108 – Haris Tahir
- 106 – Ben Woollaston
- 105 – Marco Fu
- 105 – Aaron Hill
- 105 – Matthew Selt
- 105 – Alexander Ursenbacher
- 105 – Daniel Womersley
- 104 – Iulian Boiko
- 103 – Barry Hawkins
- 102 – Sunny Akani
- 102 – Mark Allen
- 102 – Joe O'Connor
- 102 – Manasawin Phetmalaikul
- 101 – Neil Robertson
Notes
edit- ^ a b Daniel Womersley replaced Stuart Carrington who withdrew.[10]
- ^ a b Iulian Boiko replaced Sam Craigie who withdrew.[10]
- ^ Simon Blackwell replaced Martin Gould who withdrew.[10]
- ^ Joshua Thomond replaced Mark Williams who withdrew.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Trump scores wonderful Wuhan win". World Snooker Tour. 15 October 2023. Archived from the original on 16 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ "2024 China Optics Valley World Snooker Wuhan Open Ticketing Service Provider Solicitation Announcement (in Chinese)". cj.sina.com.cn. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Wuhan Open". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Wuhan Open". snooker.org. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "How to watch the qualifiers". World Snooker Tour. 22 July 2024. Archived from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Long fightback denies Selby Wuhan slot". World Snooker Tour. 28 July 2024. Archived from the original on 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Captain set for Wuhan". World Snooker Tour. 29 July 2024. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Red hot Robertson eases through". World Snooker Tour. 30 July 2024. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Wuhan Open flowchart". snooker.org. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Wuhan Open qualifiers". snooker.org. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Wuhan Open 2024 Qualifiers". World Snooker Tour. 30 July 2024. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Centuries: Wuhan Open qualifiers - 32". snookerinfo.co.uk. 30 July 2024. Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.