The 2024 Wuhan Open commences on Sunday with world number one Judd Trump and world champion Kyren Wilson among the stars in the draw.
Five ranking events during the 2024/25 snooker season so far have produced five different champions, so it will be interesting to see if that trend continues in China next week.
A preliminary phase for the round of 128 was already held in Leicester towards the end of July, so much of the last 64 is already known.
The tournament, which was staged for the first time a year ago with Trump emerging with the silverware, has already been impacted by several high-profile withdrawals, however.
Ronnie O’Sullivan and David Gilbert have pulled out of the 2024 Wuhan Open draw citing medical reasons, while Mark Allen has also withdrawn due to a family-related illness.
This tournament runs from October 6-12 with the final taking place on a Saturday.
2024 Wuhan Open prize money
Champion: £140,000
Runner-up: £63,000
Semi-Finals: £30,000
Quarter-Finals: £16,000
Round of 16: £12,000
Round of 32: £8,000
Round of 64: £4,500
Highest Break: £5,000
TOTAL: £700,000
Who are the favourites in the 2024 Wuhan Open draw?
Trump and Wilson are among a small group of players who had their opening matches in the competition held over to the venue stages.
Trump begins his title defence against Polish rookie Antoni Kowalski and is 9/4 to secure a repeat Wuhan victory, with Wilson in action first against Welsh teenager Liam Davies.
The world champion beat Trump to claim the Xi’an Grand Prix, the first ranking title of the season in China, and has snooker odds this time of 8/1.
Ding Junhui will be hoping to kick start what has been a desperate start to this campaign for the Chinese sensation when he encounters Robbie McGuigan.
Among the other marquee players already through to the last 64 are English Open champion Neil Robertson, who is the second favourite in the outright market while priced at 4/1.
British Open runner-up John Higgins and Shanghai Masters finalist Shaun Murphy are also through to the last 64.
Mark Selby and Luca Brecel were high-profile casualties when the qualifiers took place at the Mattioli Arena several weeks ago.
2024 Wuhan Open draw
Round of 128 (bo9)
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 Cai Wei (Oct 6)
Xing Zihao 5-1 Stuart Bingham
Xu Si 5-1 Ian Burns
Ding Junhui vs Robbie McGuigan (Oct 6)
Mark Joyce 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 Zhou Jinhao (Oct 6)
Daniel Womersley 5-4 Joe Perry
Si Jiahui 5-3 Gong Chenzhi
Martin O’Donnell vs Huang Hao (Oct 6)
Sunny Akani 5-2 Tom Ford
Matthew Selt 5-2 Liam Pullen
Pang Junxu 5-2 Révész Bulcsú
Ishpreet Singh Chadha 5-3 David Grace
Duane Jones 5-4 Luca Brecel
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
TBC vs Wang Xinbo (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)
Round of 64 (bo9)
Trump/Kowalski vs He Guoqiang
Anthony McGill vs Mostafa Dorgham
John Higgins vs Fan Zhengyi
Robert Milkins vs Zak Surety
Haris Tahir vs Chris Wakelin
David Lilley vs Allan Taylor
Yuan/Cai vs Xing Zihao
Xu Si vs Ding/McGuigan
Joyce/Mann vs Sanderson Lam
Hammad Miah vs Robbie Williams
Zhang/Young vs Graeme Dott
Hossein Vafaei vs Brown/Zhou J.
Daniel Womersley vs Si Jiahui
O’Donnell/Huang H. vs Sunny Akani
Matthew Selt vs Pang Junxu
Ishpreet Singh Chadha vs Duane Jones
Jamie Clarke w/o Mark Allen
Cheung Ka Wai vs Wu Yize
Jak Jones vs Tian Pengfei
Jack Lisowski vs Iulian Boiko
Elliot Slessor vs TBC/Wang X.
Ben Woollaston vs Gary Wilson
Jackson Page vs Neil Robertson
Dylan Emery vs Long Zehuang
Shaun Murphy vs Anthony Hamilton
Noppon Saengkham vs Jimmy White
Ali Carter vs Mark Davis
Marco Fu vs Louis Heathcote
Stan Moody vs Ryan Day
Jimmy Robertson vs Barry Hawkins
Xiao Guodong vs Andrew Pagett
Aaron Hill vs K. Wilson/Davies
Click here to view the full updated draw
(snooker.org)
How to watch
There are several viewing options depending on where you are located in the world. A full list of global broadcasters is below.
Europe
Eurosport
discovery+
China
CCTV5
Huya.com
CBSA-WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel
CBSA-WPBSA Academy Douyin
Hong Kong China
Now TV
Malaysia and Brunei
Astro
Philippines
Tap
Taiwan
Sportcast
Thailand
True Sport
All other territories
Matchroom.live
Featured photo credit: WST
Worth noting that Mark Williams is another big name absentee after not entering in the first place.