Snooker English Open 2026 - Schedule, Results & Info

The English Open 2026 is a snooker ranking tournament that takes place between the 7th and 13th of September. The snooker season 2026/27 features four Home Nations -tournaments, of which this is the first. The other trio in the same trio are the Northern Ireland Open, the Scottish Open and the Welsh Open.

The Home Nations -tournaments also feature a 150 000 pound extra prize for the player who performs best across all four tournaments. That prize goes to the player who collects the most ranking points from the four tournaments. The British Open that finishes a day earlier isn't a part of the series.

Despite all the prize money at stake, the tournaments try to keep a slightly eased up atmosphere with a looser dress code. All the matches in the tournament are best of 7 until the quarter-finals.

The qualifiers for the English Open took place between the 25th-26th of July. The 32 best players in the world ranking make it straight in, while the remaining 32 made it through the qualifiers. The main stage of the tournament with the 64 players takes place in Brentwood.

On this page you can find the English Open's exact schedule, match timetables, results and plenty more, such as the prize money available and previous winners.

English Open 2026 - Schedule, timetables & bracket

The English Open snooker tournament starts on the 7th of September, while the finish line awaits on the 13th. You can find the English Open's schedule, bracket and match timetables below.

Compared to last season, all the Home Nations -tournament formats have had a slight reshuffle, with the quarter-finals now being best of 11 matches, as they previously were only best of 9.

Schedule

• Qualifiers: 25th-26th July (best of 7)
• 1st Round: 64 players 7-8. of September (best of 7)
• 2nd Round: 32 players Wednesday 9th of September (best of 7)
• 3rd Round: 16 players Thursday 10th of September (best of 7)
• Quarter-finals: Friday 11th of September (best of 11)
• Semi-finals: Saturday 12th of September (best of 11)
• Final: Sunday 13th of September (best of 17)

Match timetables

All times listed here are UK times.

Round 1: Best of seven

Monday 7.9.2026
10.00: Ding Junhui – Michael Holt
10.00: Si Jiahui – Robbie Williams
13.00: Zhang Anda – Zak Surety
13.00: Yuan Sijun – Tom Ford
13.00: Ali Carter – Jackson Page
13.00: Neil Robertson – Luo Zetao
15.00: Jak Jones – Chang Bingyu
15.00: Kyren Wilson – Mateusz Baranowski
15.00: Chris Wakelin – Louis Heathcote
15.00: Jimmy Robertson – Gong Chenzhi
19.00: Mark Allen – Sam Craigie
19.00: Joe O'Connor – Florian Nüßle
19.00: Elliot Slessor – Ashley Hugill
19.00: Zhou Yuelong – Stan Moody
21.00: Mark Selby – Ricky Walden
21.00: Zhao Xintong – Oliver Lines

Tuesday 8.9.2026
10.00: Xiao Guodong – Ross Muir
10.00: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh – Wang Xinbo
13.00: Jack Lisowski – Fan Zhengyi
13.00: Pang Junxu – Antoni Kowalski
13.00: Xu Si – Aaron Hill
13.00: Wu Yize – Gao Yang
15.00: Lei Peifan – Ashley Carty
15.00: Mark Williams – T. Tirapongpaiboon
15.00: Hossein Vafaei – Matthew Selt
19.00: Judd Trump – Jordan Brown
19.00: David Gilbert – Jamie Clarke
19.00: Barry Hawkins – Lyu Haotian
19.00: Gary Wilson – Daniel Wells
21.00: Stuart Bingham – Anthony McGill
21.00: Shaun Murphy – Artemijs Zizins
w/o Liam Davies - Ronnie O'Sullivan

Liam Davies, Sam Craigie & Chang Bingyu advance straight into the second round after Ronnie O'Sullivan, Mark Allen and Jak Jones pulled out of the tournament.

Round 2: Best of 7

Wednesday 9.9.2026
10:00: Ding Junhui (CHN) - Ashley Hugill (ENG)
10:00: Chris Wakelin (ENG) - Zhou Yuelong (CHN)
13:00: Sam Craigie (ENG) - Joe O'Connor (ENG)
13:00: Zhang Anda (CHN) - Mark Selby (ENG)
13:00: Barry Hawkins (ENG) - Daniel Wells (WAL)
13:00: Oliver Lines (ENG) - Yuan Sijun (CHN)
15:00: Chang Bingyu (CHN) - Kyren Wilson (ENG)
15:00: Chenzi Gong (CHN) - Luo Zetao (CHN)
15:00: Judd Trump (ENG) - Ashley Carty (ENG)
15:00: Wang Xinbo (CHN) - L.J. Davies (WAL)
19:00: Ali Carter (ENG) - Robbie Williams (ENG)
19:00: Pan Junxu (CHN) - Ross Muir (SCO)
19:00: Xi Su (CHN) - Wu Yize (CHN)
19:00: Fan Zhengyi (CHN) - Anthony McGill (SCO)
21:00: J.R. Clarke (WAL) - Shaun Murphy (ENG)
21:00: Mark Williams (WAL) - Matthew Selt (ENG)

Round 3: Best of 7

Thursday 10.9.2026
13:00 Mark Selby - Kyren Wilson
13:00 Yuan Sijun - Zhou Yuelong
15:00 Joe O'Connor - Ding Junhui
15:00 Liam Davies - Wu Yize
19:00 Ali Carter - Gong Chenzhi
19:00 Judd Trump - Anthony McGill
21:00 Pang Junxu - Shaun Murphy
21:00 Mark Williams - Barry Hawkins

Quarter-finals: Best of 11

Friday 11.9.2026
13:00 Ding Junhui - Kyren Wilson
13:00 Zhou Yuelong - Ali Carter
19:00 Judd Trump - Shaun Murphy
19:00 Mark Williams - Liam Davies

Semi-finals: Best of 11

Saturday 12.9.2026
13:00
19:00

Final: Best of 17

Sunday 13.9.2026
13:00 1st Session:
19:00 2nd Session:

Bracket & matches

You can find the up-to-date bracket of the tournament on WST's pages here.

Snooker English Open - Results 2026

We will update the English Open 2026 results here once the tournament begins.





Live results from ongoing matches can be found here.

English Open 2026 - TV & livestream

Snooker's English Open 2026 can be watched on British tv via TNT Sports.

Live stream options for the tournament include WST Play and HBO Max.

English Open 2026 prize money

The prize money pool at the English Open comes to a total of 550 400 pounds. The winner of the tournament gets 100 000 pounds, while the other finalist pockets 45 000 pounds.

The four Home Nations -tournaments, of which the English Open is the first also have a special sponsored prize. Called "The BetVictor Bonus", the winner of the prize receives a 150 000 pounds. This prize is awarded to the player who collects the most ranking points in the four tournaments.

The extra prize adds considerable value to the four tournaments, and the next tournament in the series is the Northern Ireland Open, which is played between the 19th and 26th of October 2026.

Below you can find listed all the prize money on offer at the English Open in 2026.

• Winner: £100,000
• Final: £45,000
• Semi-finals: £21,000
• Quarter-finals: £13,200
• TOP 16: £9,000
• TOP 32: £5,400
• TOP 64: £3,600
• TOP 96: £1,000
• Highest break: £5,000
• Total: £550,400

Also check out: Snooker prize money 2026-2027 - All tournaments listed

English Open - History & stats across all time

The English Open snooker tournament was first held in 2016.

The reigning champion of the tournament is Northern Ireland's Mark Allen, who defeated Zhou Yuelong in the 2025 final 9-8.

Below are all the tournaments and champions at the English Open over the years.