2024 International Championship Snooker: Monday 30th September Preview, Matches, Order of Play

The vast majority of round one matches in this year's International Championship will be played at Ponds Forge in Sheffield over the next three days, with the winners booking a ticket to the last 64 which will be played at the main venue in China between November 3-10.

Several top stars - including defending champion Zhang Anda, seven-time World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan, and reigning World Champion Kyren Wilson - have had their first round fixtures held over to the Far East, so will not be playing in these upcoming matches.

In the morning session, Jimmy White - fresh from qualifying for the televised stages of the 2024 Northern Ireland Open - aims to reach another main venue when he meets Anthony Hamilton in a contest bursting full of experience. Recent English Open finalist Wu Yize is also scheduled to be on the early shift in Yorkshire.

World number one Judd Trump has not been excused this preliminary and will need to defeat Chris Totten in order to play in Nanjing later this year. Mark Williams is another top ranked player set to feature in the afternoon session.

John Higgins was denied his 32nd ranking event title by Selby, but due to his brilliant efforts in Cheltenham, the great Scot is back in the world's top 16. He is also due to be back on the baize on Monday night when he faces Ken Doherty in a rerun of the 1998 World Championship final.

All round one matches are the best of 11 frames.

2024 International Championship Snooker, Monday 30th September match schedule:

09:30BST

• Chris Wakelin v Ka Wai Cheung
• Anthony McGill v Ashley Carty
• Xiao Guodong v Kreishh Gurbaxani
• Anthony Hamilton v Jimmy White
• Pang Junxu v Iulian Boiko
• Wu Yize v Wang Yuchen

14:30BST

• Xu Si v Ahmed Elsayed
• Mark Williams v Haris Tahir
• Tian Pengfei v Dean Young
• Fan Zhengyi v Long Zehuang
• Judd Trump v Chris Totten
• Graeme Dott v Ben Mertens
• Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Lei Peifan

19:30BST

• Jamie Jones v Liam Davies
• Scott Donaldson v Dylan Emery
• Martin O'Donnell v Julien Leclercq
• Stuart Bingham v Liam Graham
• Stephen Maguire v Haydon Pinhey
• John Higgins v Ken Doherty
• Jamie Clarke v Mostafa Dorgham

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