2026 English Open (snooker)
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| Part of the Home Nations Series | |
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 7–13 September 2026 |
| Venue | Brentwood Centre |
| City | Brentwood |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Ranking event |
← 2025 | |
The 2026 English Open (officially the 2026 BetVictor English Open) is an upcoming professional snooker tournament that will take place from 7 to 13 September 2026 at the Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England. Qualifying took place on 25 and 26 July at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England. The 11th consecutive edition of the tournament since it was first staged in 2016, it will be the fifth ranking event of the 2026–27 snooker season, following the 2026 British Open and preceding the 2026 Shenzhen Open. It will be the first of four tournaments in the season's Home Nations Series, preceding the 2026 Northern Ireland Open, the 2026 Scottish Open, and the 2027 Welsh Open.
Mark Allen was the defending champion, having defeated Zhou Yuelong 9–8 in the 2025 final. However, prior to the tournament, he withdrew for personal reasons, and his opponent received a bye to the next round.
Overview
The English Open was first staged in 2016 and the inaugural winner was Liang Wenbo, who defeated Judd Trump 9–6 in the final to win his maiden ranking title.[1][2] The winner receives the Steve Davis Trophy, which was named to honour the six-time World Champion following his retirement at the end of the 2015–16 snooker season.[3]
The 2026 edition—the 11th consecutive staging of the event—will take place from 7 to 13 September at the Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England, the fifth consecutive year the venue will host the tournament.[4][1] Qualifying took place on 25 and 26 June at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England.[5] Sponsored by BetVictor,[6] it will be the fifth ranking event of the 2026–27 snooker season, following the 2026 British Open and preceding the 2026 Shenzhen Open.[7] It will also be the first of four tournaments in the season's Home Nations Series, preceding the 2026 Northern Ireland Open, the 2026 Scottish Open, and the 2027 Welsh Open.[8]
Mark Allen was the defending champion, having defeated Zhou Yuelong 9–8 in the 2025 final,[4] but he withdrew from the tournament.[9][10]
Final rounds
The draw for the final rounds is shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the players' seeding and players in bold denote match winners.[11]
Top half
| Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | |||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Mark Allen (NIR) (1)[a]
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 Sam Craigie (ENG) (68)
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| Sam Craigie (ENG) (68)
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| Joe O'Connor (ENG) (26)
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 Florian Nüßle (AUT) (91)
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 Ding Junhui (CHN) (14)
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| Michael Holt (ENG) (49)
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| Elliot Slessor (ENG) (18)
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| Ashley Hugill (ENG) (106)
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| Zhang Anda (CHN) (19)
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| Zak Surety (ENG) (40)
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| Mark Selby (ENG) (9)
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| Ricky Walden (ENG) (52)
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 Jak Jones (WAL) (30)
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| Chang Bingyu (CHN) (46)
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| Kyren Wilson (ENG) (8)
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 Mateusz Baranowski (POL) (83)
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| Zhao Xintong (CHN) (5)
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| Oliver Lines (ENG) (51)
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| Yuan Sijun (CHN) (28)
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| Tom Ford (ENG) (34)
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| Chris Wakelin (ENG) (12)
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| Louis Heathcote (ENG) (65)
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| Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (22)
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| Stan Moody (ENG) (38)
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| Ali Carter (ENG) (21)
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| Jackson Page (WAL) (33)
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| Si Jiahui (CHN) (15)
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| Robbie Williams (ENG) (54)
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| Jimmy Robertson (ENG) (31)
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| Gong Chenzhi (CHN) (111)
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.svg.png){kind=small} Neil Robertson (AUS) (4)
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| Luo Zetao (CHN) (120)
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Bottom half
| Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | |||||||||||||||||||
| Judd Trump (ENG) (3)
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| Jordan Brown (NIR) (62)
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| Lei Peifan (CHN) (25)
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| Ashley Carty (ENG) (104)
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| Jack Lisowski (ENG) (16)
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| Fan Zhengyi (CHN) (55)
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| Stuart Bingham (ENG) (20)
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 Anthony McGill (SCO) (36)
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| Pang Junxu (CHN) (24)
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| Antoni Kowalski (POL) (107)
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| Xiao Guodong (CHN) (11)
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| Ross Muir (SCO) (82)
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| David Gilbert (ENG) (29)
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| Jamie Clarke (WAL) (99)
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| Shaun Murphy (ENG) (6)
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 Artemijs Žižins (LAT) (116)
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| Mark Williams (WAL) (7)
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 T. Tirapongpaiboon (THA) (117)
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 Hossein Vafaei (IRN) (27)
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| Matthew Selt (ENG) (41)
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| Barry Hawkins (ENG) (10)
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| Lyu Haotian (CHN) (59)
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| Gary Wilson (ENG) (23)
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| Daniel Wells (WAL) (43)
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| Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (17)
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| Wang Xinbo (CHN) (115)
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| Liam Davies (109)
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| Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (13)[b]
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| Liam Davies (WAL) (109)
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| Xu Si (CHN) (32)
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 Aaron Hill (IRL) (39)
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| Wu Yize (CHN) (2)
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| Gao Yang (CHN) (73)
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- Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walkover
Qualifying draw
All qualifying matches are best of 7 frames. Matches involving the top 32 seeds are held over to be played in Brentwood. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the players' seeding, an (a) indicates amateur players not on the World Snooker Tour, and players in bold denote match winners.[5][13]
| Round 1 (Last 128) Best of 7 frames | Round 2 (Last 96) Best of 7 frames | |||||
| Sam Craigie (ENG) (68) | 4 | David Lilley (ENG) (58) | 0 | |||
| Sean O'Sullivan (ENG) (102) | 3 | Sam Craigie (ENG) (68) | 4 | |||
| Florian Nüßle (AUT) (91) | 4 | Noppon Saengkham (THA) (44) | 0 | |||
| Liu Yang (CHN) (124) | 2 | Florian Nüßle (AUT) (91) | 4 | |||
| Dylan Emery (WAL) (70) | 4 | Michael Holt (ENG) (49) | 4 | |||
| Paul Norris (ENG) (119) | 0 | Dylan Emery (WAL) (70) | 2 | |||
| Chatchapong Nasa (THA) (89) | 3 | Matthew Stevens (WAL) (47) | 0 | |||
| Ashley Hugill (ENG) (106) | 4 | Ashley Hugill (ENG) (106) | 4 | |||
| Leone Crowley (IRL) (84) | 4 | Zak Surety (ENG) (40) | 4 | |||
| Andrew Higginson (ENG) (97) | 3 | Leone Crowley (IRL) (84) | 0 | |||
 Marco Fu (HKG) (67) | 4 | Ricky Walden (ENG) (52) | 4 | |||
| Hammad Miah (ENG) (103) | 0 | Marco Fu (HKG) (67) | 3 | |||
| Jimmy White (ENG) (92) | 0 | Chang Bingyu (CHN) (46) | 4 | |||
| Cheung Ka Wai (HKG) (108) | 4 | Cheung Ka Wai (HKG) (108) | 3 | |||
| Mateusz Baranowski (POL) (83) | 4 | Jamie Jones (WAL) (61) | 2 | |||
| Bai Yulu (CHN) (110) | 0 | Mateusz Baranowski (POL) (83) | 4 | |||
| Connor Benzey (ENG) (86) | 4 | Oliver Lines (ENG) (51) | 4 | |||
| Mitchell Mann (ENG) (98) | 2 | Connor Benzey (ENG) (86) | 1 | |||
| Xu Yichen (CHN) (78) | 4 | Tom Ford (ENG) (34) | 4 | |||
 Vladislav Gradinari (MDA) (a) | 1 | Xu Yichen (CHN) (78) | 2 | |||
| Louis Heathcote (ENG) (65) | 4 |  Ishpreet Singh Chadha (IND) (57) | 3 | |||
| Huang Jiahao (CHN) (105) | 1 | Louis Heathcote (ENG) (65) | 4 | |||
| David Grace (ENG) (72) | 4 | Stan Moody (ENG) (38) | 4 | |||
| Deng Haohui (CHN) (122) | 1 | David Grace (ENG) (72) | 3 | |||
| Fergal Quinn (NIR) (88) | 3 | Jackson Page (WAL) (33) | 4 | |||
| Phil O'Kane (ENG) (118) | 4 | Phil O'Kane (ENG) (118) | 1 | |||
| Liam Highfield (ENG) (66) | 4 | Robbie Williams (ENG) (54) | 4 | |||
 Michael Larkov (UKR) (123) | 3 | Liam Highfield (ENG) (66) | 3 | |||
| Iulian Boiko (UKR) (69) | 0 | He Guoqiang (CHN) (45) | 2 | |||
| Gong Chenzhi (CHN) (111) | 4 | Gong Chenzhi (CHN) (111) | 4 | |||
 Mahmoud El Hareedy (EGY) (95) | 2 | Scott Donaldson (SCO) (53) | 1 | |||
| Luo Zetao (CHN) (120) | 4 | Luo Zetao (CHN) (120) | 4 | |||
| Round 1 (Last 128) Best of 7 frames | Round 2 (Last 96) Best of 7 frames | |||||
| Reanne Evans (ENG) (80) | 0 | Jordan Brown (NIR) (62) | 4 | |||
| Craig Steadman (ENG) (101) | 4 | Craig Steadman (ENG) (101) | 2 | |||
| Liu Wenwei (CHN) (81) | 0 | Ben Woollaston (ENG) (37) | 1 | |||
| Ashley Carty (ENG) (104) | 4 | Ashley Carty (ENG) (104) | 4 | |||
.svg.png){kind=small} Sahil Nayyar (CAN) (94) | 0 | Fan Zhengyi (CHN) (55) | 4 | |||
| Oliver Sykes (ENG) (114) | 4 | Oliver Sykes (ENG) (114) | 0 | |||
| Michał Szubarczyk (POL) (75) | 2 | Anthony McGill (SCO) (36) | 4 | |||
.svg.png){kind=small} Julien Leclercq (BEL) (112) | 4 | Julien Leclercq (BEL) (112) | 1 | |||
| Lan Yuhao (CHN) (76) | 3 | Luca Brecel (BEL) (42) | 3 | |||
| Antoni Kowalski (POL) (107) | 4 | Antoni Kowalski (POL) (107) | 4 | |||
| Ross Muir (SCO) (82) | 4 | Liam Pullen (ENG) (64) | 0 | |||
| Panchaya Channoi (THA) (121) | 1 | Ross Muir (SCO) (82) | 4 | |||
| Ng On Yee (HKG) (93) | 2 | Ryan Day (WAL) (35) | 3 | |||
| Jamie Clarke (WAL) (99) | 4 | Jamie Clarke (WAL) (99) | 4 | |||
| Alfie Burden (ENG) (96) | 1 | Martin O'Donnell (ENG) (50) | 2 | |||
| Artemijs Žižins (LVA) (116) | 4 | Artemijs Žižins (LVA) (116) | 4 | |||
| Zhao Hanyang (CHN) (79) | 0 | Ben Mertens (BEL) (60) | 0 | |||
| T. Tirapongpaiboon (THA) (117) | 4 | T. Tirapongpaiboon (THA) (117) | 4 | |||
| Ian Burns (ENG) (74)[c] | w/d | Matthew Selt (ENG) (41) | 4 | |||
| Duane Jones (WAL) (a) | w/o | Duane Jones (WAL) (a) | 3 | |||
| Yao Pengcheng (CHN) (77) | 1 | Lyu Haotian (CHN) (59) | 4 | |||
| Stuart Carrington (ENG) (100) | 4 | Stuart Carrington (ENG) (100) | 0 | |||
| Liam Graham (SCO) (85) | 4 | Daniel Wells (WAL) (43) | 4 | |||
| Kaylan Patel (ENG) (a) | 0 | Liam Graham (SCO) (85) | 1 | |||
| Oliver Brown (ENG) (90) | 1 | Long Zehuang (CHN) (48) | 3 | |||
| Wang Xinbo (CHN) (115) | 4 | Wang Xinbo (CHN) (115) | 4 | |||
| Steven Hallworth (ENG) (71) | 0 | Liu Hongyu (CHN) (56) | 3 | |||
| Liam Davies (WAL) (109) | 4 | Liam Davies (WAL) (109) | 4 | |||
.svg.png){kind=small} Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI) (87) | 1 | Aaron Hill (IRL) (39) | 4 | |||
| Anton Kazakov (UKR) (113) | 4 | Anton Kazakov (UKR) (113) | 1 | |||
| Gao Yang (CHN) (73) | 4 | Jiang Jun (CHN) (63) | 3 | |||
| Joshua Thomond (ENG) (a) | 1 | Gao Yang (CHN) (73) | 4 | |||
- Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walkover
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
A total of 32 century breaks were made during the qualifying stage of the tournament in Leicester.[14]
- 139, 120 – Luo Zetao
- 137 – Michael Holt
- 134 – Sam Craigie
- 130 – Dylan Emery
- 129, 105 – Cheung Ka Wai
- 128, 120 – Marco Fu
- 124 – Daniel Wells
- 119 – Louis Heathcote
- 118, 106, 100 – David Grace
- 113, 108 – Xu Yichen
- 113, 106 – Liam Highfield
- 111 – Fan Zhengyi
- 109 – Mateusz Baranowski
- 107 – Julien Leclercq
- 107 – Long Zehuang
- 107 – Oliver Sykes
- 106 – Liam Graham
- 106 – Ross Muir
- 104 – Jackson Page
- 104 – Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon
- 103 – Alfie Burden
- 101 – Mitchell Mann
- 101 – Wang Xinbo
- 100 – Ashley Carty
- 100 – Lyu Haotian
Notes
- ↑ Mark Allen withdrew and so Sam Craigie was given a walkover to the last 32.[9]
- ↑ Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrew and so Liam Davies was given a walkover to the last 32.[12]
- ↑ Ian Burns withdrew and so Duane Jones was given a walkover.[5]
References
- 1 2 Day, Michael (8 April 2024). "English Open Snooker: Information and a Potted History". Totally Snookered. Archived from the original on 17 June 2026. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
- ↑ "Liang Wenbo wins first ranking title by beating Judd Trump in English Open". The Guardian. 16 October 2016. Archived from the original on 9 October 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ↑ "English Open snooker: Trophy named after Steve Davis". BBC Sport. 26 September 2016. Archived from the original on 21 April 2026. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- 1 2 "Snooker's star names return to Brentwood in 2026". World Snooker Tour. 10 October 2025. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- 1 2 3 "English Open Qualifiers 2026". snooker.org. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- ↑ "BetVictor English Open 2026". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
- ↑ "Calendar 2026/2027". snooker.org. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- ↑ Caulfield, David (19 May 2026). "2026/27 snooker season calendar released by WST". SnookerHQ. Archived from the original on 28 May 2026. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
- 1 2 "Allen withdraws from British Open and English Open". World Snooker Tour. 26 August 2026. Retrieved 26 August 2026.
- ↑ Petrie, Richard (26 August 2026). "Allen to miss British and English Opens for personal reasons". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2026.
- ↑ "BetVictor English Open 2026". snooker.org. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ "O'Sullivan withdraws from BetVictor English Open". World Snooker Tour. 30 July 2026. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
- ↑ "BetVictor English Open 2026 qualifiers matches". World Snooker Tour. 26 July 2026. Archived from the original on 27 July 2026. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
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