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Home Nations Series
The Home Nations Series is a combination of four snooker tournaments all based in the UK.
The four tournaments in question are:
- The English Open (September)
- The Northern Ireland Open (October)
- The Scottish Open (December)
- The Welsh Open (February)
Neil Robertson won his first ranking event for two-and-a-half years when taking the English Open, the first event in the 2024/25 Home nations series.
The Home Nations series for 2023/24 kicked off with two consecutive wins for Judd Trump in the English and Northern Ireland Opens.
Gary Wilson then retained the Scottish Open he had won twelve months earlier, this time with a comfortable win over Noppon Saengkham, who was appearing in his first ranking final. Wilson then followed up in the Welsh Open in February with a 9-4 victory over Martin O'Donnell.
The series began in the 2016/17 season.
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Northern Ireland 2024: Draw and Results
Final - Best of seventeen frames
Judd Trump v Kyren Wilson 3-9
Semi-Finals - Best of eleven frames
Judd Trump v Elliot Slessor 6-0
Pang Junxu v Kyren Wilson 4-6
Quarter Finals - Best of nine frames
Judd Trump v Shaun Murphy 5-1
Louis Heathcote v Elliot Slessor 1-5
Neil Robertson v Pang Junxu 4-5
Mark Williams v Kyren Wilson 1-5
Three - Best of seven fames
Judd Trump v Barry Hawkins 4-1
Stuart Bingham v Shaun Murphy 3-4
Louis Heathcote v Tian Pengfei 4-2
Lei Peifan v Elliot Slessor 1-4
Oliver Lines v Neil Robertson 1-4
Martin O'Donnell v Pang Junxu 0-4
Mark Williams v Ma Hailong 4-2
Stan Moody v Kyren Wilson 1-4
Round Two - Best of seven frames:
Judd Trump v Matt Selt 4-2
John Higgins v Barry Hawkins 2-4
Stuart Bingham v Mark Davis 4-0
Zhou Yuelong v Shaun Murphy 2-4
Louis Heathcote v Jimmy Robertson 4-1
Tian Pengfei v Robert Milkins 4-1
Lei Peifan v Tom Ford 4-1
Elliot Slessor v Long Zehuang 4-2
Mark Allen v Oliver Lines 3-4
Neil Robertson v Wang Yuchen 4-0
Jimmy White v Martin O'Donnell 2-4
Pang Junxu v Luca Becel 4-1
Mark Williams v Noppon Saengkham 4-1
Ma Hailong v Chris Wakelin 4-1
Stan Moody v Jak Jones 4-0
Kyren Wilson v Anthony McGill 4-3
Round One - Best of seven frames (rankings in brackets):
Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrew due to medical reasons
Judd Trump (1) v Ishpreet Sing Chadha (65) - 4-0
Lyu Haotian (32) v Matt Selt (33) - 1-4
John Higgins (16) v Fan Zhengyi (49) - 4-2
Barry Hawkins (17) v Matthew Stevens (48) - 4-2
Stuart Bingham (24) v Scott Donaldson (41) - 4-1
Gary Wilson (9) v Mark Davis (56) - 1-4
Zhou Yuelong (25) v Dominic Dale (40) - 4-2
Shaun Murphy (8) v Jiang Jun (72) - 4-2
Mark Selby (5) v Louis Heathcote (69) - 3-4
Xiao Guodong (28) v Jimmy Robertson (37) - 2-4
Si Jiahui (12) v Tian Pengfei (53) - 2-4
Robert Milkins (21) v Jordan Brown (44) - 4-2
David Gilbert (20) v Lei Peifan (84) - 2-4
Tom Ford (13) v Rory Thor (77) -4-2
Joe O'Connor (29) v Elliot Slessor (36) - 2-4
Ronnie O'Sullivan (4) v Long Zehuang (68) - W/O
Mark Allen (3) v Liu Hongyu (62) - 4-0
Wu Yize (30) v Oliver Lines (94) - 1-4
Neil Robertson (14) v Graeme Dott (51) - 4-3
Jack Lisowski (19) v Wang Yuchen (111) - 3-4
Hossein Vafaei (22) v Jimmy White (86) - 2-4
Zhang Anda (11) v Martin O'Donnell (54) - 3-4
Pang Junxu (27) v Yuan Sijun (38) - 4-3
Luca Brecel (6) v He Guoqiang (59) - 4-3
Mark Williams (7) v Jamie Clarke (58) - 4-0
Noppon Saengkham (26) v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (39) - 4-3
Ali Carter (10) v Ma Hailong (74) - 1-4
Chris Wakelin (23) v Bulcsu Revsz (87) - 4-2
Ryan Day (18) v Stan Moody (82) - 3-4
Jak Jones (15) v Alexander Ursenbacher (79) - 4-0
Stephen Maguire (31) v Anthony McGill (34) - 1-4
Kyren Wilson (2) v David Grace (63) - 4-3
Home Nations Snooker: Previous Winners
Season | Event | Winner | Score | Runner up |
---|---|---|---|---|
2024/25 | Northern Ireland Open | Kyren Wilson | 9-3 | Judd Trump |
2024/25 | English Open | Neil Robertson | 9-7 | Wu Yize |
2023/24 | Welsh Open | Gary Wilson | 9-4 | Martin O'Donnell |
2023/24 | Scottish Open | Gary Wilson | 9-5 | Noppon Saengkham |
2023/24 | Northern Ireland Open | Judd Trump | 9-3 | Chris Wakelin |
2023/24 | English Open | Judd Trump | 9-7 | Zhang Anda |
2022/23 | Welsh Open | Robert Milkins | 9-7 | Shaun Murphy |
2022/23 | English Open | Mark Selby | 9-6 | Luca Brecel |
2022/23 | Scottish Open | Gary Wilson | 9-2 | Joe O'Connor |
2022/23 | Northern Ireland Open | Mark Allen | 9-4 | Zhou Yuelong |
2021/22 | Northern Ireland Open | Mark Allen | 9-8 | John Higgins |
2021/22 | English Open | Neil Robertson | 9-8 | John Higgins |
2021/22 | Scottish Open | Luca Brecel | 9-5 | John Higgins |
2021/22 | Welsh Open | Joe Perry | 9-5 | Judd Trump |
2020/21 | English Open | Judd Trump | 9-8 | Neil Robertson |
2020/21 | Northern Ireland Open | Judd Trump | 9-7 | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
2020/21 | Scottish Open | Mark Selby | 9-3 | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
2020/21 | Welsh Open | Jordan Brown | 9-8 | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
2019/20 | English Open | Mark Selby | 9-1 | David Gilbert |
2019/20 | Northern Ireland Open | Judd Trump | 9-7 | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
2019/20 | Scottish Open | Mark Selby | 9-6 | Jack Lisowski |
2019/20 | Welsh Open | Shaun Murphy | 9-1 | Kyren Wilson |
2018/19 | English Open | Stuart Bingham | 9-7 | Mark Davis |
2018/19 | Northern Ireland Open | Judd Trump | 9-7 | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
2018/19 | Scottish Open | Mark Allen | 9-7 | Shaun Murphy |
2018/19 | Welsh Open | Neil Robertson | 9-7 | Stuart Bingham |
2017/18 | English Open | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 9-2 | Kyren Wilson |
2017/18 | Northern Ireland Open | Mark Williams | 9-8 | Yan Bingtao |
2017/18 | Scottish Open | Neil Robertson | 9-8 | Cao Yupeng |
2017/18 | Welsh Open | John Higgins | 9-7 | Barry Hawkins |
2016/17 | English Open | Liang Wenbo | 9-6 | Judd Trump |
2016/17 | Northern Ireland Open | Mark King | 9-8 | Barry Hawkins |
2016/17 | Scottish Open | Marco Fu | 9-4 | John Higgins |
2016/17 | Welsh Open | Stuart Bingham | 9-8 | Judd Trump |
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Home Nations Snooker: Roll of Honour
Player | Wins | Runners Up | Beaten semi-finalist |
---|---|---|---|
Judd Trump | 6 | 4 | 3 |
Mark Selby | 4 | 0 | 2 |
Neil Robertson | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Mark Allen | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Gary Wilson | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Stuart Bingham | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Ronnie O'Sullivan | 1 | 5 | 4 |
John Higgins | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Kyren Wilson | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Shaun Murphy | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Luca Brecel | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Mark Williams | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Marco Fu | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mark King | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Liang Wenbo | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jordan Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Perry | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Robert Milkins | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Barry Hawkins | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Yan Bingtao | 0 | 1 | 2 |
David Gilbert | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Cao Yupeng | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Mark Davis | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Jack Lisowski | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Zhou Yuelong | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Joe O'Connor | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Zhang Anda | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Chris Wakelin | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Noppon Saengkham | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Martin O'Donnell | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Wu Yize | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Anthony McGill | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Elliot Slessor | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Stephen Maguire | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Hossein Vafaei | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Pang Junxu | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ricky Walden | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Tian Pengfei | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ali Carter | 0 | 0 | 1 |
David Grace | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Li Hang | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Jamie Jones | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Tom Ford | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Eden Sharav | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Daniel Wells | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Alexander Ursenbacher | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Liu Hongyu | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Lyu Haotian | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Anthony Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Yu Delu | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Scott Donaldson | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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English Open 2024: Preview
Despite the nature of this being a short-format event where most of the rounds are played over seven frames, the winner tends to come from the top ten ranked players. Shocks do happen though and the highest ranked player to win a Home Nations event in the last twenty renewals is Jordan Brown who won the 2021 Welsh Open from a ranking of 79. Martin O'Donnell also made the most recent final of the Welsh Open from a ranking of 77.
Fourteen of the last twenty Home Nations' events have been won by a player ranked in the top ten.
Player Profiles (ranking in brackets):
Judd Trump (1) 11/4
Most punters will get interested when a potential selection has good current form combined with a previous good performance in the event in question. Judd Trump certainly ticks those boxes.
The thirty-five-year-old player from Bristol has won two of the three big tournaments played this season and made the final in the other. Add to that he is the reigning English Open champion and that he has won more Home Nations events than any other player and you could argue that 11/4 looks a big price. However, I’m concerned that Trump’s latest win in the Saudi Arabia Masters, where he picked up a cheque for £500,000, may mean that Trump may not be as focused as usual.
Trump’s latest tournament win took him to fourth place overall in the total number of ranking event victories with twenty-nine and he now just has Ronnie O’Sullivan (41), Stephen Hendry (36) and John Higgins (31) ahead of him. The worry for Trump could be that whilst he is on the same page as the three great players ahead of him when it comes to ranking events, his Triple Crown tally is poor when compared to those same players. Trump has won four Triple Crown events whereas O’Sullivan (23), Hendry (18) and Higgins (9) have done considerably better in the top events. Steve Davis (15), Mark Selby (9), Mark Williams (7), Neil Robertson (6) and Alex Higgins (5) are all ahead of Trump as well. You can argue that some of the names on that list have had plenty more attempts than Trump but it has to be said it is surprising that he hasn’t won more really big events. Winning the supposed ‘fourth major’ in Saudi Arabia may have flicked a switch in Trump and he may start to move his main focus to winning more big events and saving his energy when it comes to the regular tournaments.
The last Home Nations event held prior to this one was the Welsh Open where Trump withdrew and there must be a chance he follows Ronnie O’Sullivan’s example of not playing in as many of these standard tournaments. With the above in mind, Trump doesn’t appeal as a bet this week.
Ronnie O’Sullivan (4) 4/1
O’Sullivan has been doing his usual trick of downplaying how well he is playing and he has been keen to let everyone know that he has been playing more shots left-handed this season but it hasn’t stopped him making a quarter-final and two semi-finals in the three events played so far. More relevant may be O’Sullivan’s recent record in the four Home Nations events which have been littered with withdrawals and, surprisingly, he hasn’t won one of these events since this tournament in 2018. That is twenty-four Home Nations events since O’Sullivan last won one. He has turned up to this event on every occasion it has been played and with this renewal being played not that far from where he lives, he looks likely to be in attendance this week. Given his poor recent record in these events, 4/1 isn’t very attractive.
Neil Robertson (26) 15/2
I'm very surprised to see Robertson installed as third favourite here. Yes, he has been playing better, but we have to go back twenty-eight tournaments to find the Australian’s last event win and his ranking has dropped to twenty-six. It’s quite possible he is returning to top form but his price is not good value.
Kyren Wilson (2) 10/1
Wilson’s victory over Trump in Xian was as good as I have ever seen him play and it looks as though winning the World Championship has had a really positive effect on the thirty-two-year-old player from Kettering. The issue this week is that he is yet to win a Home Nations event and he has stated in the past he is not a fan of the short-format tournaments. That said, he should definitely be a shorter price than Robertson and 10/1 could look fair value at the end of the week.
Mark Allen (3) 11/1
It has been a very slow start to the season for Mark Allen who has lost in the early rounds of all three tournaments played so far this season. However, only Selby and Trump have won more Home Nations events than the Northern Irishman so if he can get past the first few rounds he could be a player again this week. Allen did win three tournaments last season but the worry is that he seems increasingly vulnerable early on in events so he could be a play ‘in-running' if he can get a couple of impressive wins to his name in the first two rounds.
Mark Selby (5) 10/1
Mark Selby has won four Home Nations events (only Trump with six has won more) but he hasn’t looked in the form required to win an event for some time. The four-time World Champion has stated he has been considering retirement and personal problems off the table have obviously contributed to the difficulties he is having. Too many question marks at the moment means he can’t be seriously considered at these prices.
Mark Williams (8) 12/1
Williams went agonisingly close to a 500k pay cheque when he led 62-0 in the final frame decider against Judd Trump in the Saudi Arabia Masters but a missed red let his opponent in to pinch the frame and the title. Hard to know if that experience will have a positive or a negative effect on WiIliams but the Welshman doesn’t have a great record in these events with just one career victory. He’s obviously in decent form but 12/1 looks skinny enough.
Shaun Murphy (7) 14/1
The 24/25 season has seen some improved efforts from Murphy, notably when making the Final in the Shanghai Masters and the semi-final in Saudi Arabia. The 2005 World Champion drew a blank in tournament wins last year (apart from winning the ridiculous Championship League) but did win two regular events the season before. Similarly to Mark Allen, he seems vulnerable to lesser ranked players early on in events and the draw doesn’t look especially kind to Murphy with a possible second round match-up with Neil Robertson.
John Higgins (14) 18/1
The four-time World Champion has made it to eleven semi-finals in these Home Nations events but has only gone on to lift the trophy once. Higgins hasn’t won any titles since 2021 but the bookmakers continue to not want to take any chances with his price.
Si Jiahui (20) 20/1
Si Jiahui has made a quarter-final and a semi-final already this season and looks to have a very attractive draw in the English Open. Still only twenty-two, the Chinese player looks a strong candidate to win a big event this season and will surely take increased confidence in this event after defeating Ronnie O’Sullivan for the first time in Saudi Arabia. 20/1 looks fair.
Luca Brecel (6) 33/1
2023 World Champion who seems to have gone off the boil since his victory in Sheffield. Failed to turn up for a recent qualifier and seems to be struggling with his concsistency. He's a big price if you knew he was 100% focused but that seems a very risky call.
Ali Carter (9) 25/1
Carter has really upped his consistency levels over the last couple of seasons and has bagged a couple of the smaller events (Helsinki International and the Championship League). He also made the Final in three other recent events, including the Masters where he lost out to old foe Ronnie O'Sullivan. However, Carter doesn't seem to be at his best in the Home Nations events only making one previous semi-final.
Gary Wilson (10) 40/1
The bookmakers don’t seem to rate Wilson’s chance of taking a fourth Home Nations event and his third in succession. Three wins from seven events should surely make Wilson a player to have on side in these events but one bookmaker still offers 40/1. Maybe a hat-trick is asking a lot but he surely shouldn’t be 40/1.
English Open 2024: Draw and Results
The format for the English Open has changed from a flat draw for 128 players to a seeded draw where the top 32 players enter the event after the two qualifying rounds. This is obviously a big benefit for the top 32 seeds and, to give some comparison, five of the top 32 players bowed out in the qualifiers in last year's Welsh Open.
Final - Best of seventeen frames
Neil Robertson v Wu Yize
Semi-Finals - Best of eleven frames
Wu Yize v Ishpreet Singh Chadha 6-0
Neil Robertson v Chris Wakelin 6-1
Quarter-Finals - Best of nine frames
Judd Trump v Wu Yize 3-5
Mark Selby v Ishpreet Singh Chadha 4-5 (Decided on the final black)
Mark Allen v Chris Wakelin 2-5
Neil Robertson v Barry Hawkins 5-1
Third Round - Best of seven frames
Judd Trump v Fan Zhengyi 4-2
Wu Yize v Ben Woollaston 4-2
Mark Selby v Si Jiahui 4-3
Ishpreet Singh Chadha v He Guoqiang 4-3
Mark Allen v John Higgins 4-3
Chris Wakelin v Pang Junxu 4-3
Neil Robertson v Ross Muir 4-1
Barry Hawkins v Kyren Wilson 4-2
Second Round - Best of seven frames:
Judd Trump v Matt Selt 4-1
Fan Zhengyi v Oliver Lines 4-2
Wu Yize v Ali Carter 4-2
Zak Surety v Ben Woollaston 1-4
Mark Selby v Joe O'Connor 4-0
Jiang Jun v Si Jiahui 3-4
Hossein Vafaei v Ishpreet Singh Chadha 2-4
Stephen Maguire v He Guoqiang 1-4
Mark Allen v Lyu Haotian 4-2
John Higgins v David Gilbert 4-1
Chris Wakelin v Zhang Anda 4-1
Pang Junxu v Luca Brecel 4-3
Shaun Murphy v Neil Robertson 1-4
Ross Muir v Jamie Jones 4-1
Xu Si v Barry Hawkins 0-4
Anthony McGill v Kyren Wilson 1-4
First Round - Best of seven frames (ranking in brackets):
Judd Trump (1) v Liu Hongyu (64) 4-3
Matthew Selt (32) v Ricky Walden (33) 4-3
Ryan Day (16) v Fan Zhengyi (49) 1-4
Robert Milkins (17) v Oliver Lines (110) 3-4
Stuart Bingham (24) v Wu Yize (41) 3-4
Ali Carter (9) v Ian Burns (73) 4-0
Noppon Saengkham (25) v Zak Surety (89) 0-4
Mark Williams (8) v Ben Woolaston (57) 1-4
Mark Selby (5) v Aaron Hill (60) 4-2
Joe O'Connor (28) v Artemijs Zizins (93) 4-0
Tom Ford (12) v Jiang Jun (76) 2-4
Si Jiahui (21) v Andrew Pagett (85) 4-1
Hossein Vafaei (20) v Matthew Stevens (45) 4-3
Jak Jones (13) v Ishpreet Singh Chadha (77) 3-4
Stephen Maguire (29) v Bulcsu Revesz (91) 4-0
Ronnie O'Sullivan (4) v He Guoqiang (61)
Mark Allen (3) v Long Zehuang (67) 4-3
Lyu Haotian (30) v Dominic Dale (35) 4-2
John Higgins (14) v Andrew Higginson (78)
David Gilbert (19) v Michael Holt (103) 4-3
Chris Wakelin (22) v Joe Perry (43) 4-2
Zhang Anda (11) v Mark Davis (54) 4-3
Pang Junxu (27) v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (38) 4-3
Luca Brecel (6) v Anthony Hamilton (59)
Shaun Murphy (7) v Jamie Clarke (58) 4-1
Neil Robertson (26) v Jackson Page (39) 4-1
Gary Wilson (10) v Ross Muir (74) 3-4
Zhou Yuelong (23) v Jamie Jones (42)
Jack Lisowski (18) v Xu Si (47)
Barry Hawkins (15) v Jimmy Robertson (50) 4-2
Anthony McGill (31) v Xiao Guodong (34)
Kyren Wilson (2) v David Grace (63) 4-1
Welsh Open 2024: Draw and Results
Gary Wilson won his third ranking event and second Home Nations tournament this season when defeating ranking event final debutant, Martin O'Donnell 9-4. Wilson also took the highest break with a maginficent 147 in his semi-final defeat of John Higgins.
The Welsh Open took place at Venue Cymru in Llandudno between the 12th and 18th February.
Qualifying for the Welsh Open took place at the Barnsley Metrodome between 25th and 27th January.
Some of the highest rated players who lost in qualifying include (seeding number in brackets):
- Zhou Yuelong (20)
- Stuart Bingham (26)
- Joe Perry (27)
- Lyu Haotian (30)
- Pang Junxu (31)
- Stephen Maguire (34)
Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrew from the competition due to a health problem.
Judd Trump withdrew from the competition. He was replaced by Duane Jones.
The top sixteen seeds had their qualifying match held over to the main arena. Ali Carter and Shaun Murphy both bowed out at this stage.
Final - Best of seventeen frames:
Gary Wilson v Martin O'Donnell 9-4
Semi Finals - Best of eleven frames:
Elliot Slessor v Martin O'Donnell 5-6
Gary Wilson v John Higgins 6-4
Quarter Finals - Best of nine frames:
Mark v Allen v John Higgins 2-5
Dominic Dale v Elliot Slessor 3-5
Martin O'Donnell v Luca Brecel 5-3
Gary Wilson v Anthony McGill 5-0
Round Four - Best of seven frames:
Mark Allen v Robbie Williams 4-0
John Higgins v Matt Selt 4-3
Anthony McGill v Ricky Walden 4-3
Robert Milkins v Gary Wilson 0-4
Tom Ford v Luca Brecel 1-4
Dominic Dale v Jak Jones 4-0
Elliot Slessor v Fan Zhengyi 4-3
Marco Fu v Martin O'Donnell 2-4
Round Three - Best of seven frames:
Robert Milkins v David Gilbert 4-0
Jack Lisowski v Gary Wilson 3-4
Mark Williams v Anthony McGill 1-4
Neil Robertson v Ricky Walden 2-4
Mark Allen v Si Jiahui 4-1
Robbie Williams v Adam Duffy 4-2
John Higgins v Ryan Day 4-1
Matt Selt v Duane Jones 4-1
Dominic Dale v Stan Moody 4-1
Hossein Vafaei v Jak Jones 2-4
Elliot Slessor v Dylan Emery 4-1
Fan Zhengyi v Aaron Hill 4-1
Marco Fu v Daniel Wells 4-2
Anthony Hamilton v Martin O'Donnell 2-4
Barry Hawkins v Tom Ford 1-4
Luca Brecel v Graeme Dott 4-1
Round Two - Best of seven frames:
Ding Junhui, Zhang Anda and Kyren Wilson all had an early journey home from Llandudno after being beaten in Round Two
Robert Milkins v Allan Taylor 4-1
David Gilbert v Oliver Lines 4-2
Jack Lisowski v Liam Pullen 4-2
Gary Wilson v Iulian Boiko 4-2
Long Zehuang v Anthony McGill 1-4
Sanderson Lam v Mark Williams 3-4
Matthew Stevens v Ricky Walden 3-4
Stuart Carrington v Neil Robertson 3-4
Mark Allen v Ma Hailong 4-1
Si Jiahui v Andrew Pagett 4-2
Ding Junhui v Robbie Williams 2-4
Adam Duffy v Jamie Clarke 4-0
David Lilley v Ryan Day 2-4
Tian Pengfei v John Higgins 1-4
Ross Muir v Matt Selt 1-4
Liam Davies v Duane Jones 1-4
Alfie Davies v Dominic Dale 3-4
Jordan Brown v Stan Moody 3-4
Zhang Anda v Jak Jones 1-4
Hossein Vafaei v Julien Leclercq 4-1
Dylan Emery v Noppon Saengkham 4-2
Andrew Higginson v Elliot Slessor W/O
Ben Mertens v Fan Zhengyi 2-4
Aaron Hill v Mark Selby 4-2
Barry Pinches v Daniel Wells 1-4
Marco Fu v Zak Surety 4-3
Kyren Wilson v Anthony Hamilton 1-4
Chris Wakelin v Martin O'Donnell 1-4
Ian Burns v Tom Ford 2-4
Xiao Guodong v Barry Hawkins 3-4
Wu Yize v Graeme Dott 2-4
Joe O'Connor v Luca Brecel 0-4
Scottish Open 2023: Draw and results
Gary Wilson successfully defended the title he won twelve months ago by comfortably accounting for Noppon Saengkham 9-5. Noppon was appearing in his first ranking event final.
The qualifying round for the Scottish Open was held at the Morningside Arena in Leicester between 30th October and 2nd November.
Some of the highest rated players who lost in qualifying include (seeding number in brackets):
- Joe Perry (26)
- Fan Zhengyi (30)
- Xiao Guodong (31)
- Wu Yize (35)
- Pang Junxu (33)
- Graeme Dott (39)
- Anthony Hamilton (40)
- Jamie Jones (41)
Gary Wilson, Luca Brecel, Ding Junhui, John Higgins, Shaun Murphy, Mark Selby, Ali Carter, Barry Hawkins, Judd Trump, Jack Lisowski, Robert Milkins, Jimmy Robertson, Mark Allen, Kyren Wilson, Mark Williams, Hossein Vafaei and local Scottish amateur Jack Borwick all had their qualifying matches held over to the main venue. Of the above, Murphy, Hawkins, Lisowski. Milkins, Robertson. Allen, Williams, Vafaei and Borwick all lost.
Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrew on the first day of the event due to medical issues.
Final - Best of seventeen frames
Gary Wilson 9 Noppon Saengkham 5
Semi-finals - Best of eleven frames
Gary Wilson 6 Zhou Yuelong 5
Noppon Saengkham 6 John Higgins 3
Quarter-finals - Best of nine frames
Gary Wilson 5 Chris Wakelin 0
Zhou Yuelong 5 Stuart Bingham 4
Sanderson Lam 3 Noppon Saengkham 5
John Higgins 5 Tom Ford 3
Round four draw - Best of seven frames
Gary Wilson 4 Rory Thor 1
Chris Wakelin 4 Kyren Wilson 2
Dominic Dale 0 Zhou Yuelong 4
Stuart Bingham 4 Zhang Anda 0
Sanderson Lam 4 Anthony McGill 1
Noppon Saengkham 4 Matt Selt 3
Lyu Haotian 2 John Higgins 4
Tom Ford 4 Martin O'Donnell 2
Round three draw - Best of seven frames:
Gary Wilson 4 Joe O'Connor 3
Ashley Carty 3 Rory Thor 4
Chris Wakelin 4 Sam Craigie 0
David Gilbert 3 Kyren Wilson 4
Dominic Dale 4 Jimmy White 1
Zhou Yuelong 4 Andrew Higginson 2
Aaron Hill 2 Stuart Bingham 4
Zhang Anda 4 Si Jiahui 2
Liam Graham 3 Sanderson Lam 4
Pang Junxu 2 Anthony McGill 4
Noppon Saengkham 4 Ali Carter 2
Matt Selt 4 Mark Selby 3
Lyu Hongyu 2 Lyu Haotian 4
John Higgins 4 Ricky Walden 3
Tom Ford 4 Ding Junhui 3
Martin O'Donnell 4 Luca Brecel 2
Round two draw - Best of seven frames:
Gary Wilson 4 Xing Zihao 3
Joe O'Connor 4 Scott Donaldson 1
Daniel Wells 3 Rory Thor 4
Ryan Day 3 Ashley Carty 4
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 2 Chris Wakelin 4
Yuan Sijun 0 Sam Craigie 4
Robbie Williams 3 David Gilbert 4
Jordan Brown 0 Kyren Wilson 4
Jamie Jones 3 Dominic Dale 4
Jimmy Robertson 3 Jimmy White 4
Mark Davis 1 Andrew Higginson 4
Zhou Yuelong W/O Martin Gould
Manasawin Phetmalaikul 0 Stuart Bingham 4
Aaron Hill 4 Jack Lisowski 1
Julien Leclercq 2 Si Jiahui 4
Zhang Anda 4 Judd Trump 2
Liam Graham 4 Ben Mertens 2
Sanderson Lam 4 Cao Yupeng 1
Pang Junxu 4 Xu Si 1
Anthony McGill 4 Oliver Lines 2
Lukas Kleckers 1 Noppon Saengkham 4
Ishprett Singh Chadha 3 Ali Carter 4
Alfie Burden 1 Matt Selt 4
Matthew Stevens 3 Mark Selby 4
Liu Hongyu 4 Zak Surety 0
Lyu Haotian 4 Jackson Page 0
John Higgins 4 v He Guoqiang 1
Ricky Walden 4 Alexander Ursenbacher 3
Liam Highfield 2 Tom Ford 4
Jenson Kendrick 1 Ding Junhui 4
Martin O'Donnell 4 Jamie Clarke 2
James Cahill 3 Luca Brecel 4
Northern Ireland Open 2023 Draw and Results
Judd Trump underlined that he is the player to beat in the Home Nations event, taking his sixth title when overwhelming Chirs Wakelin 9-3.
Five players chose to withdraw from the Northern Ireland Open as they planned to play in an exhibition event in Macau. That event was subsequently cancelled but the players in question were not allowed to play in Belfast. The players in question are:
Mark Selby
Luca Brecel
Ali Carter
John Higgins
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
In addition to the five players above, Ronnie O'Sullivan was again a late withdrawal, citing his continuing problems with an elbow injury.
The qualifying rounds for the Northern Ireland Open were held at Ponds Forge in Sheffield.
Some additional qualifying matches were held over to the main venue in Belfast. These matches saw the following high ranked players eliminated:
Kyren Wilson
Ryan Day
Robert Milkins
Final - Best of 17 frames
Judd Trump 9 Chris Wakelin 3
Semi Finals - Best of eleven frames
Jack Lisowski 1 Chris Wakelin 6
Judd Trump 6 Barry Hawkins 4
Quarter finals - Best of nine frames
Chris Wakelin 5 Yuan Sijun 2
Judd Trump 5 Stephen Maguire 4
Jack Lisowski 5 Ricky Walden 1
Barry Hawkins 5 David Gilbert 4
Round Four draw - Best of seven frames:
Ricky Walden 4 Xing Zihao 1
Jack Lisowski 4 Aaron Hill 1
Chris Wakelin 4 Shaun Murphy 2
Yuan Sijun 4 Stan Moody 2
Judd Trump 4 Noppon Saengkham 3
Stephen Maguire 4 Joe Perry 3
Barry Hawkins 4 Robbie Williams 0
David Gilbert 4 Rory McLeod 0
Round Three draw - Best of seven frames
Xing Zihao 4 Andres Petrov 1
Ricky Walden 4 Stuart Bingham 1
Jack Lisowski 4 Matthew Selt 1
Aaron Hill 4 Dylan Emery 0
Shaun Murphy 4 Sean O'Sullivan 0
Stan Moody 4 Gary Wilson 1
Yuan Sijun 4 Jordan Brown 2
Judd Trump 4 Ian Burns 2
Noppon Saengkham 4 Anthony McGill 0
Joe Perry 4 Hossein Vafaei 3
Stephen Maguire 4 Sam Craigie 2
Robbie Williams 4 Zhang Anda 1
Barry Hawkins 4 Jimmy Robertson 1
David Gilbert 4 Lyu Haotian 1
Rory McLeod 4 Jak Jones 3
Round Two draw - Best of seven frames:
Mark Allen 3 Andres Petrov 4
Graeme Dott 1 Xing Zihao 4
Ricky Walden 4 Dominic Dale 3
Stuart Bingham 4 Xu Si 1
Dean Young 3 Matt Selt 4
Jackson Page 1 Jack Lisowski 4
Aaron Hill 4 Fan Zhengyi 1
Dylan Emery 4 Cao Yupeng 3
Shaun Murphy 4 Marco Fu 3
Zak Surety 3 Sean O'Sullivan 4
Ma Hailong 1 Martin O'Donnell 4
Chris Wakelin 4 Alfie Burden 2
Rod Lawler 2 Stan Moody 4
Lukas Kleckers 1 Gary Wilson 4
Jamie Clarke 0 Yuan Sijun 4
Jordan Brown 4 Neil Robertson 1
Judd Trump 4 Julien Leclercq 0
Ian Burns 4 Ken Doherty 2
Anthony McGill 4 Robbie McGuigan 3
Noppon Saengkham 4 Barry Pinches `
Michael White 3 Joe Perry 4
Anton Kazakov 0 Hossein Vafaei 4
James Cahill 2 Stephen Maguire 4
Hammad Miah 2 Sam Craigie 4
Mark Williams 2 Robbie Williams 4
Zhang Anda 4 Rory Thor 1
Barry Hawkins 4 Jiang Jun 1
Jimmy Robertson 4 Peng Yisong 0
Mathhew Stevens 3 David Gilbert 4
Lyu Haotian 4 Tom Ford 3
Mark Davis 2 Jak Jones 4
Ross Muir 3 Rory McLeod 4
English Open 2023: Draw and Results
Judd Trump continued his fine run of comebacks when overturning a 7-3 defecit in the Final, winning six frames on the spin to complete a 9-7 victory over Zhang Anda.
This win was Judd's fifth victory in the Home Nations Series and his twenty-fourth ranking event win. Trump is sixth in the all-time ranking events wins list behind Ronnie O'Sullivan, Stephen Hendry, John Higgins, Steve Davis and Mark Williams.
Final - 17 frames
Judd Trump 9 Zhang Anda 7 (Zhang was 7-3 up)
Semi-Finals - 11 frames
Judd Trump 6 John Higgins 5 (Higgins was 5-2 up)
Zhang Anda 6 Liu Hongyu 2 (Zhang makes his first ranking event final)
Quarter-Finals - 9 frames
Martin O'Donnell 1 John Higgins 5
Judd Trump 5 Matthew Selt 1
Zhang Anda 5 Zhou Yuelong 4
Liu Hongyu 5 Ding Junhui 1
Round 4 - Best of 7 frames
Martin O'Donnell 4 He Guoqiang 2
John Higgins 4 Oliver Lines 1
Judd Trump 4 Yuan Sijun 2
Matthew Selt 4 Ricky Walden 3
Zhang Anda 4 Ronnie O'Sullivan 2
Zhou Yuelong 4 Ali Carter 1
Liu Hongyu 4 Mark Williams 3
Ding Junhui 4 Luca Brecel 3
Round 3 - Best of 7 frames
Martin O'Donnell 4 Stephen Maguire 1
He Guoqiang 4 Hossein Vafaei 3
Mark Davis 0 John Higgins 4
Cao Yupeng 2 Oliver Lines 4
Judd Trump 4 Jimmy Robertson 3
Robert Milkins1 Yuan Sijun 4
Ricky Walden 4 Graeme Dott 3
Matthew Selt 4 Mark Allen 2
Ronnie O'Sullivan 4 Si Jiahui 2
Elliot Slessor 1 Zhang Anda 4
Jason Kendrick 0 Ali Carter 4
Zhou Yuelong 4 Sanderson Lam 0
Liu Hongyu 4 Chris Wakelin 3
Mark Williams 4 Dylan Emery 2
Gary Wilson 2 Ding Junhui 4
Muhammad Asif 0 Luca Brecel 4
Round 2 - Best of 7 frames
Mark Selby 2 Martin O'Donnell 4
Stephen Maguire 4 Louis Heathcote 2
Ryan Day 3 He Guoqiang 4
Hossein Vafaei 4 Julien Leclercq 3
David Lilley 2 Mark Davis 4
James Cahill 2 John Higgins 4
Cao Yupeng 4 David Gilbert 0
Martin Gould 1 Oliver Lines 4
Judd Trump 4 Scott Donaldson 1
Jimmy Robertson 4 Allan Taylor 3
Robert Milkins 4 Adam Duffy 3
Tom Ford 2 Yuan Sijun 4
Hammad Miah 2 Ricky Walden 4
Graeme Dott 4 Barry Hawkins 2
Michael White 3 Matthew Selt 4
Wu Yize 1 Mark Allen 4
Ronnie O'Sullivan 4 Jackson Page 1
Si Jiahui 4 Fergal O'Brien 0
Jack Lisowski 3 Elliot Slessor 4
Anthony McGill 1 Zhang Anda 4
Lukas Kleckers 1 Jenson Kendrick 4
Liam Pullen 0 Ali Carter 4
Andrew Higginson 2 Zhou Yuelong 4
Stuart Carrington 0 Sanderson Lam 4
Liu Hongyu 4 v Joe O'Connor 1
Chris Wakelin 4 Jamie Jones 1
Mark Williams 4 Xiao Guodong 3
Dylan Emery 4 Oliver Brown 1
Dominic Dale 3 Gary Wilson 4
David Grace 1 Ding Junhui 4
Muhammad Asif 4 Fan Zhengyi 3
Luca Brecel 4 Andy Hicks 1
The qualifying event for the English Open took place at the Morningside Arena in Leicester between 6th and 8th September.
The highest seeded players to not make through qualifiying were: Stuart Bingham (22) and Joe Perry (24).
A number of the qualifying matches of the top players were held over to the main arena. Neil Robertson was one of the players whose qualifying game was held over but the Australian's bad start to the season continued as he was knocked out by Sanderson Lam on the final black.
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