Here is all you need to know about Welsh Open Snooker 2024 including its schedule, draw, dates, prize money and more
For the 82 players travelling to Llandudno, the Ray Reardon trophy is up for grabs, and many will be staking their claim on becoming the fifth consecutive first-time winner of the Welsh Open.
The Welsh Open Snooker 2024 schedule, dates, time, tickets price, players list, prize money, live stream TV coverage
First round opponent Robert Milkins, the defending champion who defeated Shaun Murphy 9–7 in the previous year’s final, takes on Welshman Jamie Jones.
On the opening day, home favourite Mark Williams, who last took home the trophy in 1999, will also be competing. But top player Ronnie O’Sullivan has pulled out because to “anxiety,” and top player Judd Trump has also withdrawn after winning the German Masters.
The 2024 Welsh Open will take place at the beach town of Llandudno for the second year in a row. The event was first staged in 1992 and had previously taken place mostly in Newport or Cardiff over its 33-year history.
Though there are now just 13 players from the country of the red dragon who are attempting to break that record, Mark Williams is the only Welshman to have won his home title.
When and where is the 2024 Welsh Open?
The Welsh Open will take place from Monday, February 12 to Sunday, February 18. For the second time ever, the competition will not take place in Cardiff or Newport; it will instead take place at Venue Cymru in Llandudno.
February 12
- 10:00-16:30 & 19:30-22:00
February 13
- 10:00-16:30 & 19:00-22:00
Ferbruary 14
- 10:00-16:30 & 19:00-22:00
February 15
- 12:30-16:30 & 19:00-22:30
February 16
- Quarter-finals (best of nine frames)
February 17
- Semi-finals (best of 11 frames)
- 13:00-16:30 & 19:00-22:00
February 18
- Final (best of 17 frames)
- 13:00-16:30 & 19:00-22:00
2024 Welsh Open draw
Round of 128 (bo7)
Remaining matches to be played on Monday, Feb 12th and Tuesday, Feb 13th
Robert Milkins vs Jamie Jones (Feb 12)
Allan Taylor 4-2 Haydon Pinhey
David Gilbert 4-0 Ken Doherty
Oliver Lines 4-3 Michael White
Jack Lisowski vs Oliver Brown (Feb 12)
Liam Pullen 4-0 Rebecca Kenna
Gary Wilson 4-1 Mark Davis
Iulian Boiko 4-0 Ishpreet Singh Chadha
Long Zehuang 4-1 Andy Lee
Anthony McGill 4-1 Manasawin Phetmalaikul
Sanderson Lam 4-0 Baipat Siripaporn
Mark Williams vs John Astley (Feb 12)
Matthew Stevens 4-3 Louis Heathcote
Ricky Walden 4-2 Andy Hicks
Stuart Carrington 4-2 Reanne Evans
Neil Robertson vs Jackson Page (Feb 12)
Mark Allen vs Cao Yupeng (Feb 12)
Ma Hailong 4-2 Rory Thor
Si Jiahui 4-2 Stephen Maguire
Andrew Pagett 4-2 Mink Nutcharut
Ding Junhui vs Jenson Kendrick (Feb 12)
Robbie Williams 4-0 Peng Yisong
Adam Duffy 4-0 Zhou Yuelong
Jamie Clarke 4-3 James Cahill
David Lilley 4-0 Victor Sarkis
Ryan Day 4-3 Mostafa Dorgham
Tian Pengfei 4-0 Rod Lawler
John Higgins vs Mohamed Ibrahim (Feb 12)
Ross Muir 4-2 Stephen Hendry
Matthew Selt 4-3 Sam Craigie
Alexander Ursenbacher vs Riley Powell/Liam Davies (Feb 13)
Duane Jones vs Liam Highfield (Feb 12)
Alfie Davies vs Liam Graham (Feb 12)
Dominic Dale 4-1 Jimmy White
Jordan Brown 4-3 Lyu Haotian
Stan Moody 4-2 Sean O’Sullivan
Zhang Anda vs Ahmed Aly Elsayed (Feb 12)
Jak Jones 4-3 Liu Hongyu
Hossein Vafaei 4-1 Scott Donaldson
Julien Leclercq 4-3 Alfie Burden
Dylan Emery 4-1 Fergal O’Brien
Noppon Saengkham 4-1 Himanshu Jain
Andrew Higginson 4-2 Xing Zihao
Ali Carter vs Elliot Slessor (Feb 12)
Ben Mertens 4-0 Hammad Miah
Fan Zhengyi 4-2 Joe Perry
Aaron Hill 4-0 Anton Kazakov
Mark Selby vs Yuan Sijun (Feb 12)
Shaun Murphy vs Barry Pinches (Feb 12)
Daniel Wells 4-2 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Marco Fu 4-1 Stuart Bingham
Zak Surety 4-2 Mark Joyce
Kyren Wilson vs Ashley Carty (Feb 12)
Anthony Hamilton 4-0 Andres Petrov
Chris Wakelin 4-0 Jimmy Robertson
Martin O’Donnell 4-3 Ryan Thomerson
Ian Burns 4-2 Lukas Kleckers
Tom Ford 4-3 Ben Woollaston
Xiao Guodong 4-3 Ashley Hugill
Barry Hawkins vs He Guoqiang (Feb 12)
Wu Yize 4-1 Sydney Wilson
Graeme Dott 4-3 Pang Junxu
Joe O’Connor 4-3 Xu Si
Luca Brecel vs Jiang Jun (Feb 12)
Round of 64 (bo7)
Matches to be played from Feb 12th to 14th.
Milkins/Jamie Jones vs Allan Taylor
David Gilbert vs Oliver Lines
Lisowski/O. Brown vs Liam Pullen
Gary Wilson vs Iulian Boiko
Long Zehuang vs Anthony McGill
Sanderson Lam vs M. Williams/Astley
Matthew Stevens vs Ricky Walden
Stuart Carrington vs N. Robertson/Page
Allen/Cao vs Ma Hailong
Si Jiahui vs Andrew Pagett
Ding/Kendrick vs Robbie Williams
Adam Duffy vs Jamie Clarke
David Lilley vs Ryan Day
Tian Pengfei vs Higgins/Ibrahim
Ross Muir vs Matthew Selt
Ursenbacher/Powell/Davies vs D. Jones/Highfield
Davies/Graham vs Dominic Dale
Jordan Brown vs Stan Moody
Zhang/Elsayed vs Jak Jones
Hossein Vafaei vs Julien Leclercq
Dylan Emery vs Noppon Saengkham
Andrew Higginson vs Carter/Slessor
Ben Mertens vs Fan Zhengyi
Aaron Hill vs Selby/Yuan
Murphy/Pinches vs Daniel Wells
Marco Fu vs Zak Surety
K. Wilson/Carty vs Anthony Hamilton
Chris Wakelin vs Martin O’Donnell
Ian Burns vs Tom Ford
Xiao Guodong vs Hawkins/He
Wu Yize vs Graeme Dott
Joe O’Connor vs Brecel/Jiang
2024 Welsh Open prize money
A nearly £430,000 prize pool will be distributed among the competitors, some of whom will compete in postponed qualifying matches in order to advance to the final 64, which will be split between the two sides of the draw.
- Winners: £80,000
- Runner-up: £35,000
- Semifinalists: £35,000 (£17,500 each)
Whichever player advances to the next round with the highest break during the competition will get an additional £5,000 on top of their final total.
Tickets can be bought from here.
The Welsh Open starts tomorrow, snooker's 3rd longest running ranking event after the World and UK Championships. First held in 1992 and part of the Home Nations series since 2017.
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— David Hendon (@davehendon) February 11, 2024
2024 Welsh Open live telecasting and streaming details: Where to watch?
The Welsh Open 2024 will be televised live on BBC Two in the UK and fans can also live stream it on BBC iPlayer.