The Wuhan Open qualifiers run from Sunday, July 28th to Tuesday, July 30th at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester.
The Chinese ranking event is back on the calendar for a second successive year after making its debut in 2023.
Judd Trump won the inaugural edition by beating Ali Carter 10-7 in the final at the Wuhan Gymnasium.
The Englishman, who has already got the new campaign off to a positive start by claiming last week’s Shanghai Masters title, is one of several players who have their preliminary matches held over to the venue stages.
Trump faces Antoni Kowalski in the opening round of the competition, but his encounter against the Polish rookie has been deferred.
Among the others who have had their round-of-128 encounters delayed are world champion Kyren Wilson, Ronnie O’Sullivan, and Ding Junhui.
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Wuhan Open prize money
Winner: ยฃ140,000
Runner-up: ยฃ63,000
Semi-finals: ยฃ30,000
Quarter-finals: ยฃ16,000
Last 16: ยฃ12,000
Last 32: ยฃ8,000
Last 64: ยฃ4,500
High break: ยฃ5,000
Total: ยฃ700,000
There are still plenty of marquee names who will have to complete their ties from the Wuhan Open qualifiers in Leicester, though.
They include world number one Mark Allen, recent Shanghai Masters runner-up Shaun Murphy, and last year’s Wuhan finalist Carter.
Mark Selby, Luca Brecel, and John Higgins are other notable names involved.
They will all be bookies favourites to advance to the last 64 and the venue stages in October.
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The Wuhan Open itself will take place from October 7th to October 13th.
2024 Wuhan Open draw
Round of 128 (bo9)
Top Half
Judd Trump vs Antoni Kowalski (Oct 6)
He Guoqiang 5-0 Baipat Siripaporn
Anthony McGill 5-3 Simon Blackwell
Mostafa Dorgham 5-4 Ricky Walden
John Higgins 5-1 Ben Mertens
Fan Zhengyi 5-0 Mink Nutcharut
Robert Milkins 5-1 Farakh Ajaib
Zak Surety 5-1 Scott Donaldson
Haris Tahir 5-3 Jamie Jones
Chris Wakelin 5-1 Ma Hailong
David Lilley 5-1 Mohammed Shehab
Allan Taylor 5-0 Joshua Thomand
Yuan Sijun vs TBC Wildcard (Oct 6)
Xing Zihao 5-1 Stuart Bingham
Xu Si 5-1 Ian Burns
Ding Junhui vs Robbie McGuigan (Oct 6)
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Mitchell Mann (Oct 6)
Sanderson Lam 5-3 Huang Jiahao
Hammad Miah 5-3 Joe O’Connor
Robbie Williams 5-4 Kreishh Gurbaxani
Zhang Anda vs Dean Young (Oct 6)
Graeme Dott 5-2 Julien Leclercq
Hossein Vafaei 5-0 Ahmed Aly Elsayed
Jordan Brown vs TBC Wildcard (Oct 6)
Daniel Womersley 5-4 Joe Perry
Si Jiahui 5-3 Gong Chenzhi
Martin O’Donnell vs TBC Wildcard (Oct 6)
Sunny Akani 5-2 Tom Ford
Matthew Selt 5-2 Liam Pullen
Pang Junxu 5-2 Rรฉvรฉsz Bulcsรบ
Ishpreet Singh Chadha 5-3 David Grace
Duane Jones 5-4 Luca Brecel
Bottom Half
Mark Allen 5-1 Bai Yulu
Jamie Clarke 5-4 Alfie Burden
Cheung Ka Wai 5-4 Stephen Maguire
Wu Yize 5-1 Rory Thor
Jak Jones 5-3 Ross Muir
Tian Pengfei 5-3 Andrew Higginson
Jack Lisowski 5-2 Liam Graham
Iulian Boiko 5-4 Manasawin Phetmalaikul
Elliot Slessor 5-3 Artemijs Zizins
David Gilbert vs TBC Wildcard (Oct 6)
Ben Woollaston 5-1 Oliver Lines
Gary Wilson 5-4 Alexander Ursenbacher
Jackson Page 5-3 Lei Peifan
Neil Robertson 5-0 Ken Doherty
Dylan Emery 5-1 Lim Kok Leong
Long Zehuang 5-4 Mark Selby
Shaun Murphy 5-1 Michael Holt
Anthony Hamilton 5-4 Reanne Evans
Noppon Saengkham 5-1 Daniel Wells
Jimmy White 5-3 Dominic Dale
Ali Carter 5-3 Wang Yuchen
Mark Davis 5-3 Chris Totten
Marco Fu 5-1 Zhou Yuelong
Louis Heathcote 5-4 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Stan Moody 5-2 Matthew Stevens
Ryan Day 5-3 Lui Hongyu
Jimmy Robertson 5-2 Amir Sarkhosh
Barry Hawkins 5-3 Jiang Jun
Xiao Guodong 5-1 Haydon Pinhey
Andrew Pagett 5-1 Lyu Haotian
Aaron Hill 5-2 Ashley Carty
Kyren Wilson vs Liam Davies (Oct 6)
How to watch the Wuhan Open qualifiers
While there is no access for fans at the venue for the Wuhan Open qualifiers, supporters in Europe can watch the snooker online on discovery+.
In China, coverage is available on Huya.com, while fans in all other territories can watch via a subscription on Matchroom.Live.
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Williams has pulled out as you predicted. He’s been replaced by Joshua Thomond. Robbie McGuigan has it tough to reach round two as you’ve got him down to play both Ding and Ronnie!
I was listening a few days ago to Antoni Kowalski on the Framed podcast. He comes across as very bullish and unafraid of reputations.
Nothing Robbie can’t handle! Ha, thanks for the heads up.
No worries. I mentioned MJW as he’s mentioned in your article as still playing. McGuigan does look promising.
Mistake o’clock. I pre-wrote the preview a few days ago, forgot to remove Williams from it even though I’d updated the draw. Thanks again!
Taylor won 5-0 so much easier path for him. I would guess Williams has a possible pool date for him not to play.