The English Open gets underway in Brentwood on Thursday, with most of snooker’s top stars in Essex scrapping it out for the Steve Davis Trophy.
Neil Robertson is the defending champion at the English Open after beating Wu Yize in a memorable final last season.
The Australian has already won the huge-money Saudi Arabia Masters this campaign, so will be heading back to Brentwood full of confidence in retaining his title.
There are some star names missing, with the likes of Ronnie O’Sullivan and John Higgins opting out of the event, but there is still no shortage of talent in the field.
World number one Judd Trump and world champion Zhao Xintong will be in action as they both look for their first titles of the season.
The likes of Kyren Wilson, Mark Selby, Shaun Murphy, Mark Allen and Ding Junhui are all in the competition as well and very much in contention to get their hands on the trophy.
It is a tiered draw system, so the opening rounds see the lowest-ranked players competing against each other, with the top 32 seeds not entering the fray until Monday and Tuesday.
When is the English Open?
The tournament runs from September 11-21 at the Brentwood Centre in Essex.
How to watch the English Open
The opening two rounds are being shown in the UK on Discovery+.
From round three onwards the coverage is on both TNT Sports and Discovery+. Freeview channel DMAX is also showing weekday afternoon sessions from round three onwards and all weekend sessions.
English Open draw and schedule
Thursday September 11
10am
Sunny Akani v Oliver Brown
Zhao Hanyang v Connor Benzey
Cheung Ka Wai v Jimmy White
Huang Jiahao v Oliver Sykes
1pm
Antoni Kowalski v Liam Graham
Liam Highfield v Ng On Yee
Wang Yuchen v Florian Nüßle
Marco Fu v Gao Yang
4pm
Amir Sarkhosh Sahil Nayyar
David Grace v Jonas Luz
Louis Heathcote v Mahmoud El Hareedy
Duane Jones v Patrick Whelan
7pm
Haris Tahir v Michal Szubarczyk
Julien Leclercq v Aidan Murphy
Sam Craigie v Chatchapong Nasa
Reanne Evans v Jiang Jun
Friday September 12
10am
Lan Yuhao v Liam Pullen
Chang Bingyu v Leone Crowley
Bai Yulu v Liu Wenwei
Artemijs Zizins v Yao Pengcheng
1pm
Farakh Ajaib v Kreishh Gurbaxani
Chris Totten v Ross Muir
Robbie McGuigan v Mink Nutcharut
Iulian Boiko v Xu Yichen
4pm
Bulcsu Revesz v Alexander Ursenbacher
Mitchell Mann v Ian Burns
Steven Hallworth v Mateusz Baranowski
Haydon Pinhey v Ryan Davies
7pm
Dylan Emery v Fergal Quinn
Allan Taylor v Umut Dikme
Liam Davies v Hatem Yassen
Ben Mertens v Ashley Hugill
Saturday September 13
10am
Fan Zhengyi v Leclercq / Murphy
Long Zehuang v Sarkhosh / Nayyar
Luca Brecel v Ka Wai / White
Xu Si v Grace / Luz
1pm
Noppon Saengkham v Zhao / Benzey
Liu Hongyu v Craigie / Nasa
Mark Davis v Fu / Gao
Jimmy Robertson v Wang / Nuessle
4pm
David Lilley v Akani / Brown
Zak Surety v Tahir / Szubarczyk
Oliver Lines v Highfield / Ng
Ryan Day v Kowalski / Graham
7pm
Jordan Brown v Heathcote / El Hareedy
Martin O’Donnell v Jones / Whelan
Robbie Williams v Huang / Sykes
Daniel Wells v Evans / Jiang
Sunday September 14
10am
Lyu Haotian v Davies / Yassen
Gong Chenzhi v Chang / Crowley
He Guoqiang v Ajaib / Gurbaxani
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Pinhey / Davies
1pm
Matthew Stevens v Emery / Quinn
Stan Moody v Lan / Pullen
Sanderson Lam v Mann / Burns
Robert Milkins v Totten / Muir
4pm
Ricky Walden v Bai / Liu
Michael Holt v McGuigan / Nutcharut
Ben Woollaston v Revesz / Ursenbacher
Anthony McGill v Hallworth / Baranowski
7pm
Ishpreet Singh Chadha v Mertens / Hugill
Jamie Jones v Boiko / Xu
Aaron Hill v Zizins/ Yao
Scott Donaldson v Taylor / Dikme
English Open prize money
Winner: £100,000
Runner-up: £45,000
Semi-final: £21,000
Quarter-final: £13,200
Last 16: £9,000
Last 32: £5,400
Last 64: £3,600
Last 96: £1,000
English Open odds
Judd Trump 7/2
Zhao Xintong 4/1
Kyren Wilson 11/2
Neil Robertson 13/2
Mark Selby 15/2
Xiao Guodong 11/1
Shaun Murphy 11/1
Mark Williams 11/1
Mark Allen 11/1
Ding Junhui 14/1
Barry Hawkins 14/1
Ali Carter 18/1
Si Jiahui 18/1
Wu Yize 22/1
Luca Brecel 22/1
Gary Wilson 25/1
David Gilbert 25/1
Chris Wakelin 25/1
Stuart Bingham 25/1
Joe O’Connor 25/1
Jak Jones 25/1
Stephen Maguire 25/1
Zhang Anda 25/1
Jack Lisowski 25/1
Stan Moody 50/1
Hossein Vafaei 50/1
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 50/1
Chang Bingyu 50/1
Elliot Slessor 50/1
Pang Junxu 50/1
Yuan Sijun 66/1
Tom Ford 66/1
Zhou Yuelong 66/1
Jackson Page 66/1
Odds courtesy of Betfair, full betting list here
English Open previous winners
2024 – Neil Robertson
2023 – Judd Trump
2022 – Mark Selby
2021 – Neil Robertson
2020 – Judd Trump
2019 – Mark Selby
2018 – Stuart Bingham
2017 – Ronnie O’Sullivan
2016 – Liang Wenbo