British Open qualifiers: 2024 draw, schedule, results

The 2024 British Open qualifiers will run from July 31st to August 3rd at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester.

The popular ranking event is back on the calendar for the fourth successive season following its revival in 2021.

Since then, the title has only been won by Welshmen with Mark Williams’ triumphs in 2021 and again last year sandwiching Ryan Day’s victory in 2022.

The British Open is one of only a couple of tournaments on the annual schedule that incorporates a completely random draw format.

Every player enters from the round-of-128 stage and can be drawn to face anyone else on the tour, regardless of ranking or seeding.

It means that there are already a few blockbuster ties to look forward to in the opening stages of the competition.

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British Open prize money
Winner: £100,000
Runner-up: £45,000
Semi-finals: £20,000
Quarter-finals: £12,000
Last 16: £9,000
Last 32: £6,000
Last 64: £3,000
High break: £5,000
Total: £502,000

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However, matches involving the top 16 seeds have been held over to the venue stages at the Centaur in Cheltenham.

That means the likes of world champion Kyren Wilson, world number Mark Allen, and reigning champion Mark Williams won’t be in action during this initial British Open qualifiers period.

Ronnie O’Sullivan, Judd Trump, Mark Selby, and Luca Brecel are other highly ranked competitors who have had their fixtures deferred.

There are several big names still featuring over the next few days, though.

Among them are Neil Robertson, Jack Lisowski, Si Jiahui, Stuart Bingham, Jimmy White, and Ken Doherty.

The ranking event is a fan favourite and a betting bonanza, with markets ranging from outright winners to total century breaks made.

Leading online sportsbooks are offering a wide range of betting options for the British Open, including live betting and enhanced odds on specific players.

The venue stages of the 2024 British Open take place from September 23rd to September 29th.

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2024 British Open draw

Round of 128 (bo7)

Top Half
Mark Williams vs Rory Thor (Sept 23)
Si Jiahui 4-2 David Lilley
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-1 Alexander Ursenbacher
Jamie Clarke 4-1 Ishpreet Singh Chadha
Iulian Boiko 4-2 Farakh Ajaib
Allan Taylor 4-3 Artemijs Zizins
Liam Graham 4-1 Mink Nutcharut
John Higgins vs Ross Muir (Sept 23)

Ali Carter vs Révész Bulcsú (Sept 23)
Mark Davis 4-0 Robbie McGuigan
David Grace 4-2 Jack Lisowski
Ma Hailong 4-2 Jimmy Robertson
Noppon Saengkham 4-3 Joe Perry
Martin O’Donnell 4-1 Mitchell Mann
Michael Holt 4-0 Reanne Evans
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Manasawin Phetmalaikul (Sept 23)

Mark Selby vs Pang Junxu (Sept 23)
Xu Si 4-2 Ken Doherty
Zhou Yuelong 4-3 Fan Zhengyi
Ricky Walden 4-3 Liu Hongyu
Neil Robertson 4-1 Andrew Pagett
Mark Joyce 4-3 Xing Zihao
Chris Totten 4-0 Jimmy White
Tom Ford vs Gong Chenzhi (Sept 23)

Ryan Day vs Louis Heathcote (Sept 23)
Hossein Vafaei 4-1 Mostafa Dorgham
Chris Wakelin 4-0 Haydon Pinhey
Ashley Carty 4-3 Amir Sarkhosh
Stephen Maguire 4-1 Jiang Jun
Duane Jones 4-2 Dominic Dale
Anton Kazakov 4-2 Ahmed Aly Elsayed
Judd Trump vs Robert Milkins (Sept 23)

Bottom Half
Mark Allen vs Gary Wilson (Sept 23)
Xiao Guodong 4-2 Huang Jiahao
Lim Kok Leong 4-1 Anthony Hamilton
Stuart Bingham 4-3 He Guoqiang
Stan Moody 4-2 Joe O’Connor
Yuan Sijun 4-2 Jamie Jones
Hammad Miah 4-2 Wang Yuchen
Zhang Anda vs Jordan Brown (Sept 23)

Jak Jones vs Sanderson Lam (Sept 23)
Marco Fu 4-1 Joshua Thomand
Long Zehuang 4-0 Liam Pullen
Alfie Burden 4-3 Andrew Higginson
Antoni Kowalski 4-1 Daniel Wells
Ben Woollaston 4-3 Matthew Selt
Sunny Akani 4-0 Daniel Womersley
Luca Brecel vs Mohammed Shehab (Sept 23)

Ding Junhui vs Aaron Hill (Sept 23)
Simon Blackwell 4-2 Bai Yulu
Cheung Ka Wai 4-0 Kreishh Gurbaxani
Oliver Lines 4-3 Lei Peifan
Wu Yize 4-1 Baipat Siripaporn
Lyu Haotian 4-0 Anthony McGill
Tian Pengfei 4-2 Scott Donaldson
Barry Hawkins vs Liam Davies (Sept 23)

Shaun Murphy vs Ian Burns (Sept 23)
Graeme Dott 4-1 Matthew Stevens
David Gilbert 4-0 Dylan Emery
Haris Tahir 4-3 Dean Young
Ben Mertens 4-1 Zak Surety
Elliot Slessor 4-1 Joshua Copper
Robbie Williams 4-1 Jackson Page
Kyren Wilson vs Julien Leclercq (Sept 23)

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How to watch the 2024 British Open qualifiers

While there is no access for fans at the venue for the British Open qualifiers, supporters in the UK can watch online for free on the official WST Facebook page.

Across the rest of Europe, supporters can watch the snooker online on discovery+.

Coverage is available in China on Huya.com, while fans in all other territories can watch via a subscription on Matchroom.Live.

Featured photo credit: WST