2026 English Open Snooker: Draw, results, schedule, prize money, how to watch
Tournament information on the 2026 English Open snooker that takes place at the Brentwood Centre between Monday 7th to Sunday 13th September.
The fifth ranking event set to be completed on the 2026/27 World Snooker Tour season, contestants at the 2026 English Open are aiming to lift The Steve Davis Trophy and pocket a top prize of £100,000.
The tournament is now into its 11th annual edition, and is the first leg of the four-pronged Home Nations Series with the Northern Ireland, Scottish, and Welsh Opens to come later in the campaign.
As well as individual prizes for each tournament, there is a seasonal Home Nations bonus of £150,000 for the player who wins the most cumulative money across all four stops.
The reigning English Open champion is Mark Allen who ousted Zhou Yuelong in a thrilling final last year.
How does the format work and who is playing?
The English Open currently uses a tiered format, meaning higher ranked players enter the fray in a later round.
In total, 64 players remained in the draw come the televised stages in Brentwood - the top 32 seeds who all automatically went through, and the 32 qualifiers who emerged from the preliminary rounds held in Leicester last month. The seeds face the qualifiers in the first round at the Brentwood Centre.
All of the world’s top 16 entered the competition, except for John Higgins. Reigning champion Mark Allen was in the draw but withdrew due to personal reasons, and Ronnie O’Sullivan pulled out.
Recently crowned world number one Zhao Xintong is on the programme, as too is current World Champion Wu Yize. Two years ago, Wu reached his maiden ranking final here.
Wu lost to Neil Robertson in that final, and Australia's Robertson is back, aiming for a hat-trick of English Open crowns.
Two other players have also won this title twice - Judd Trump and Mark Selby, and despite deep runs last week in Cheltenham at the British Open, they are both expected to be in action for the opening Home Nations leg of the term.
Winner of the accolade in 2018, Stuart Bingham, is also in the draw.
Newly-minted British Open champion Jak Jones also withdrew, with his second child expected in the coming days.
All matches up to and including the last 16 are the best of seven frames. The quarter and semi-finals are the best of 11, and the two-session final is best of 17.
Last 64
Mark Allen o/w Sam Craigie
Joe O'Connor 4-0 Florian Nuessle
Ding Junhui 4-3 Michael Holt
Elliot Slessor 3-4 Ashley Hugill
Zhang Anda 4-1 Zak Surety
Mark Selby 4-3 Ricky Walden
Jak Jones o/w Chang Bingyu
Kyren Wilson 4-1 Mateusz Baranowski
Zhao Xintong 2-4 Oliver Lines
Yuan Sijun 4-2 Tom Ford
Chris Wakelin 4-3 Louis Heathcote
Zhou Yuelong 4-3 Stan Moody
Ali Carter 4-1 Jackson Page
Si Jiahui 1-4 Robbie Williams
Jimmy Robertson 3-4 Gong Chenzhi
Neil Robertson 3-4 Luo Zetao
Judd Trump 4-0 Jordan Brown
Lei Peifan 3-4 Ashley Carty
Jack Lisowski 2-4 Fan Zhengyi
Stuart Bingham 3-4 Anthony McGill
Pang Junxu 4-3 Antoni Kowalski
Xiao Guodong 3-4 Ross Muir
David Gilbert 3-4 Jamie Clarke
Shaun Murphy 4-2 Artemijs Zizins
Mark Williams 4-3 Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon
Hossein Vafaei 1-4 Matthew Selt
Barry Hawkins 4-2 Lyu Haotian
Gary Wilson 2-4 Daniel Wells
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 2-4 Wang Xinbo
Ronnie O'Sullivan o/w Liam Davies
Xu Si 4-3 Aaron Hill
Wu Yize 4-1 Gao Yang
Last 32
Craigie 2-4 O'Connor
Ding 4-2 Hugill
Zhang 3-4 Selby
Chang 3-4 K. Wilson
Lines 3-4 Yuan
Wakelin 3-4 Zhou
Carter 4-0 R. Williams
Gong 4-1 Luo
Trump 4-1 Carty
Fan 1-4 McGill
Pang 4-3 Muir
Clarke 4-0 Murphy
M. Williams 4-3 Selt
Hawkins 4-1 Wells
Wang 1-4 Davies
Xu 2-4 Wu
Last 16
O'Connor 1-4 Ding
Selby 3-4 K. Wilson
Yuan 2-4 Zhou
Carter 4-2 Gong
Trump 4-3 McGill
Pang 3-4 Murphy
M. Williams 4-1 Hawkins
Davies 4-1 Wu
Quarter-Finals
Ding 6-2 K. Wilson
Zhou 5-6 Carter
Trump 5-6 Murphy
M. Williams 6-3 Davies
Semi-Finals
Ding 2-6 Carter
Murphy 5-6 M. Williams
Final
Carter 9-6 M. Williams
ALI CARTER IS THE 2026 ENGLISH OPEN CHAMPION
What is the 2026 English Open tournament schedule?
- Monday 7th & Tuesday 8th September: Last 64 (best of seven frames)
- Wednesday 9th September: Last 32 (best of seven frames)
- Thursday 10th September: Last 16 (best of seven frames)
- Friday 11th September: Quarter-Finals (best of 11 frames)
- Saturday 12th September: Semi-Finals (best of 11 frames)
- Sunday 13th September: Final (best of 17 frames)
For daily orders of play, visit the World Snooker Tour website here.
What is the English Open 2026 prize money, how much does the winner get?
- Champion: £100,000
- Runner-up: £45,000
- Losing semi-finalists: £21,000 (each)
- Losing quarter-finalists: £13,200 (each)
- Last 16 losers: £9,000 (each)
- Last 32 losers: £5,400 (each)
- Last 64 losers: £3,600 (each)
- Last 96 losers: £1,000 (each)
- Highest break: £5,000
- Total prize fund: £550,400
The highest break prize is on offer throughout both the qualifying and televised stages. At the qualifiers, the highest break was a 139 from Luo Zetao.
How to watch the 2026 English Open
- UK and Ireland: TNT Sports and HBO Max
- Mainland Europe And Selected Countries*: Eurosport and HBO Max
- China: Huya, Migu, CBSA-WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel (pay-per-view), CBSA-WPBSA Academy Douyin
- Hong Kong China: Now Sports
- Malaysia: Astro Supersport
- Thailand: True Sport
- Taiwan: Sportcast
- All other territories: WST Play
(WST Play subscribers in the UK and Ireland can also watch table one live)
*The countries which receive this coverage are: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, C.I.S. (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan), Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Vatican State.