WORLD OPEN snooker is finally BACK – and the prize money is bigger than ever!
Judd Trump defeated Thepchaiya Un-Nooh to lift the prestigious crown in 2019.
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But unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic forced organisers to cancel the huge event for the last THREE seasons.
However, snooker fans are delighted to see that some of their biggest icons such as Ronnie O’Sullivan will be playing in China for the return of the World Open tournament.
And as usual, the prize money is a great incentive for players to give it their all.
What is the World Open Snooker 2024 prize money?
The World Open Snooker is one of the richest ranking events of the season and has a total prize pot of £815,000 and the winner banking £170,000.
The breakdown is as follows:
Winner: £170,000
Runner-up: £73,000
Semi-final: £32,500
Quarter-final: £21,500
Last 16: £14,000
Last 32: £9,000
Last 64: £5,000
Highest break: £5,000
Where is the World Open Snooker 2024 being played?
The World Open Snooker 2024 will be held at the Yushan Sports Centre in Yushan, China,
But the qualification matches took place earlier this year at the Barnsley Metrodome in January.
It is scheduled to get underway on Monday, March 18, 2024 and runs every day until the final on Sunday, March 24, 2024.
Sessions in the early rounds take place at 6.30am and 11.30am UK time – 2.30pm and 7.30pm local.
What were the qualification results?
Ronnie O’Sullivan beat Alfie Burden to book his spot at the highly-anticipated tournament.
Here are the qualification results below:
Ronnie O’Sullivan 5-3 Alfie Burden
Louis Heathcote 5-0 Oliver Lines
Jak Jones 5-3 Ryan Thomerson
Noppon Saengkham 5-4 Himanshu Jain
Robert Milkins 5-2 Barry Pinches
Hossein Vafaei 5-2 Liam Pullen
Elliot Slessor 5-2 Reanne Evans
Sam Craigie 5-0 Ken Doherty
Shaun Murphy 5-0 Mohamed Ibrahim
Stuart Carrington 5-4 Gary Wilson
Jackson Page 5-3 Liam Graham
Lyu Haotian 5-2 Ashley Carty
Sean O’Sullivan 5-1 Xiao Guodong
Si Jiahui 5-1 Stan Moody
Ali Carter 5-1 Ahmed Aly Elsayed
Kyren Wilson 5-0 Jimmy White
Daniel Wells 5-1 Liam Highfield
Michael White 5-2 Haydon Pinhey
Barry Hawkins 5-3 Steven Hallworth
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