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The 2024 British Open (officially the 2024 Unibet British Open) is an upcoming professional snooker tournament that will take place from 23 to 29 September 2024 at the Centaur in Cheltenham, England.[1] Qualifying took place from 31 July to 3 August 2024 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester. The fifth ranking tournament of the 2024–25 season, it follows the 2024 English Open and precedes the 2024 Wuhan Open. It is organised by the World Snooker Tour and sponsored by online gambling platform Unibet.[2] The winner will receive £100,000 from a total prize fund of £502,000.[1]
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Tournament information | |
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Dates | 23–29 September 2024 |
Venue | The Centaur |
City | Cheltenham |
Country | England |
Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £502,000 |
Winner's share | £100,000 |
Defending champion | ![]() |
← 2023 |
The defending champion is Mark Williams, who defeated Mark Selby 10–7 in the 2023 final.[3]
The draw will be randomised after each round. All matches before the quarter-final stage are played as the best of seven frames, while the quarter-finals are the best of nine frames, the semi-finals are the best of 11 frames, and the final is the best of 19 frames. The winner will receive the Clive Everton trophy[4] and secure a place in the upcoming 2024 Champion of Champions tournament.[5]
The qualifying matches were broadcast by the WST Facebook page, by Discovery+ in Europe, and by Matchroom Sport in all other territories.[6]
The winner of the event will receive £100,000 from a total prize fund of £502,000. The breakdown of prize money for this event is shown below:[1]
Qualifying for the tournament took place from 31 July to 3 August 2024 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England, although qualifiers featuring the top 18[lower-alpha 1] players in the snooker world rankings are to be held over and played in Cheltenham.[7]
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh beat Alexander Ursenbacher 4–1 in a match that lasted less than an hour, and David Grace defeated Jack Lisowski 4–2.[8] Neil Robertson beat Andrew Pagett 4–1, and Chris Totten whitewashed Jimmy White. Amateur players Mark Joyce[lower-alpha 2] and Anton Kazakov[lower-alpha 3] won their matches over Xing Zihao and Ahmed Aly Elsayed respectively.[9] Stuart Bingham beat He Guoqiang 4–3, Stan Moody defeated Joe O'Connor 4–2, and Marco Fu beat Joshua Thomond 4–1.[10] Oliver Lines defeated Lei Peifan 4–3, and amateur player Simon Blackwell beat the 2024 world women's champion Bai Yulu 4–2. David Gilbert whitewashed amateur player Dylan Emery, and Elliot Slessor beat amateur player Joshua Cooper[lower-alpha 4] 4–1.[11]
The qualification matches are shown below. Match winners are shown in bold.[5]
The held over matches to be played in Cheltenham on 23 September are as follows:[7]
The results of the qualifying matches played in Leicester were as follows:[7][12]
A total of 12 century breaks were made during the qualifying stage of the tournament in Leicester.[13]
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