The more and more busy 2024/25 snooker calendar continues this week with the 2024 version of the British Open.
The English Open, received by Neil Robertson, can be lower than 24 hours previous by the point the motion will get below means on the Centaur in Cheltenham.
The British Open is certainly one of solely a few occasions on the calendar that utilises an FA-Cup type random draw component in every spherical.
A preliminary stage was already held final month the place a number of round-of-128 ties had been performed on the Mattioli Area in Leicester.
Nonetheless, the first-round matches involving the highest 16 seeds have been held over to the venue levels.
2024 British Open prize cash
Champion: £100,000
Runner-up: £45,000
Semi-Finals: £20,000
Quarter-Finals: £12,000
Spherical of 16: £9,000
Spherical of 32: £6,000
Spherical of 64: £3,000
Highest Break: £5,000
TOTAL: £502,000
Who’re the previous British Open champions?
The British Open was a daily fixture on the schedule from 1985 to 2004, with champions together with Stephen Hendry, Steve Davis, and Jimmy White.
Ronnie O’Sullivan, John Higgins, Peter Ebdon, and Paul Hunter had been different notable winners from the early years.
The event additionally offered some shock winners together with Silvino Francisco, Tony Meo, Bob Chaperon, Nigel Bond, and Fergal O’Brien.
Following a number of seasons the place the occasion wasn’t staged, it was relaunched in 2021 with Mark Williams including to his earlier triumph from all the best way again in 1997.
The Welshman secured glory once more in 2023, 12 months after countryman Ryan Day beat Mark Allen to say his fourth rating title.
2024 British Open draw
Spherical of 64 (bo7)
Ding Junhui/Aaron Hill vs Gary Wilson/Mark Allen
Yuan Sijun vs Robbie Williams
Ashley Carty vs Lengthy Zehuang
Bulcsu Revesz/Ali Carter vs Stuart Bingham
David Gilbert vs Ben Woollaston
Sunny Akani vs Antoni Kowalski
Lim Kok Leong vs Pang Junxu/Mark Selby
Hossein Vafaei vs Jordan Brown/Zhang Anda
Tian Pengfei vs Luca Brecel/Mohamed Shehab
Mark Williams/Rory Thor vs Mark Joyce
Allan Taylor vs Lyu Haotian
Hammad Miah vs Ben Mertens
Neil Robertson vs Chris Totten
Kyren Wilson/Julien Leclercq vs Duane Jones
David Grace vs Lewis Ullah/Manasawin Phetmalaikul
Ryan Day/Louis Heathcote vs Robert Milkins/Judd Trump
Haris Tahir vs Simon Blackwell
Ma Hailong vs Marco Fu
Graeme Dott vs Zhou Yuelong
Stan Moody vs Michael Holt
Gong Chenzhi/Tom Ford vs Xu Si
Sanderson Lam/Jak Jones vs Alfie Burden
Ricky Walden vs Jamie Clarke
Elliot Slessor vs Martin O’Donnell
Stephen Maguire vs Liam Graham
Anton Kazakov vs Barry Hawkins/Liam Davies
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh vs Noppon Saengkham
Chris Wakelin vs Wu Yize
Si Jiahui vs Iulian Boiko
Cheung Ka Wai vs Oliver Strains
Mark Davis vs Xiao Guodong
Ross Muir/John Higgins vs Shaun Murphy/Ian Burns
Click on right here to view the total draw (snooker.org)
Who’re the betting favourites?
World primary Judd Trump is the outright betting favorite to win the 2024 British Open with odds of 10/3.
The Englishman has misplaced solely two matches to this point this season however faces a difficult opening job within the type of Robert Milkins within the first spherical.
Ronnie O’Sullivan’s withdrawal from the competitors means Sunday’s English Open champion Neil Robertson is the second favorite forward of Mark Selby and world champion Kyren Wilson.
Reigning British Open champion Mark Williams is priced at 12/1 with outsiders together with English Open finalist Wu Yize at 40/1 and Ryan Day, the winner two years in the past, at 100/1.
Easy methods to watch the 2024 British Open
There are a number of viewing choices relying on the place you might be situated on the earth. A full listing of world broadcasters is under.
UK and Eire
ITV
Europe (excluding UK and Eire)
Eurosport
discovery+
China
Huya.com
CBSA-WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel
CBSA-WPBSA Academy Douyin
Hong Kong China
Now TV
Malaysia and Brunei
Astro
Philippines
Faucet
Taiwan
Sportcast
Thailand
True Sport
All different territories
matchroom.reside
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