2024 British Open Snooker: Monday 23rd September Preview, Matches, Order of Play

The main venue stages of the 2024 British Open snooker event get underway on Monday at the Centaur Arena within the Cheltenham Racecourse.

There are two sessions on Monday starting at 13:00BST and 19:00BST with two lots of matches across four tables in each session.

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The opening day will see the 16 remaining round one matches completed in Cheltenham. The majority of first round matches were played in Leicester back in the summer.

We have a bumper day of action to look forward to, with all the top seeds - who have had their opening assignments held over to the main venue in front of the television cameras - set to be on the baize.

This includes reigning and defending British Open Champion Mark Williams who will help break off proceedings against Malaysia's Rory Thor.

World Number One Judd Trump - who has yet to win this title - plays Robert Milkins. 1994 champion Ronnie O’Sullivan was due to be in action, but he withdrew and has been replaced by amateur player Lewis Ullah.

Reigning World Champion Kyren Wilson faces Belgian youngster Julien Leclercq.

There is an all-top 16 encounter between Gary Wilson and Mark Allen; a match made possible in round one due to the random draw method used throughout the tournament.

When the initial draw was made John Higgins was inside the world’s top 16, but the four-time British Open Champion begins his latest campaign outside of snooker’s elite bracket for the first time in over 29 years. However, due to the rolling rankings, he could immediately return to the 16 following this event.

2024 British Open Snooker, Monday 23rd September match schedule:

13:00BST

Mark Williams v Rory Thor (R1)
Gong Chenzhi v Tom Ford (R1)
Gary Wilson v Mark Allen (R1)
Ding Junhui v Aaron Hill (R1)

14:00BST (approximately)

Luca Brecel v Mohamed Shebab (R1)
Ryan Day v Louis Heathcote (R1)
Robert Milkins v Judd Trump (R1)
Ross Muir v John Higgins (R1)

19:00BST

Barry Hawkins v Liam Davies (R1)
Lewis Ullah v Manasawin Phetmalaikul (R1)
Bulcsu Revesz v Ali Carter (R1)
Shaun Murphy v Ian Burns (R1)

20:00BST (approximately)

Pang Junxu v Mark Selby (R1)
Jordan Brown v Zhang Anda (R1)
Sanderson Lam v Jak Jones (R1)
Kyren Wilson v Julien Leclercq (R1)

For full details on the 2024 British Open including the draw, results, prize money, schedule and how to watch, please visit our tournament information centre here.