Snooker's Shenzhen Open 2026 takes place 28.9.-4.10.2026. Here you can find the tournament's schedule, tv- & live streams, results and plenty more useful information.
The Shenzhen Open 2026 is a snooker pro tour ranking tournament, that takes place from the 28th of September to the 4th of October in Shenzhen, China. The tournament is part of
World Snooker Tour's 2026-2027 calendar while being the sixth ranking event of the season.
This will be the first time the tournament is organized in Shenzhen. The tournament previously ran under the name
Xi'an Grand Prix, but now starting from the 2026 edition it will be known as the Shenzhen Open.
The qualifiers for the tournament were held in the Leicester Arena in England's Sheffield between the 19th and 22nd of July. The tournament is placed in the calendar between two Home Nations -tournaments; after the
English Open and before the
Northern Ireland Open.
Shenzhen Open 2026 - Schedule, timetables & bracket
The Shenzhen Open 2026 snooker tournament begins on the 28th of September, finishing on the 4th of October. You can find the tournament's schedule, match timetables and bracket below.
Schedule
- Qualifiers: 128 players 19th-22nd of July (best of 9)
- 2nd round: 64 players 28th-29th September (best of 9)
- 3rd round: 32 players Wednesday 30th of September (best of 9)
- 4th round: 16 players Thursday 1st of October (best of 9)
- Quarter-finals: Friday 2nd of October (best of 9)
- Semi-finals: Saturday 3rd of October (best of 11)
- Final: Sunday 4th of October (best of 19)
Match timetables
All times listed below are UK times.
We will update the full schedule of the tournament with all timetables of matches once the qualifiers have been completed.
Round 2: Best of nine
Round 3: Best of nine
Round 4: Best of nine
Quarter-finals: Best of nine
Semi-finals: Best of 11
Final: Best of 17
Bracket & match pairings
We will update a link to the tournament's full bracket here before it begins.
Shenzhen Open - Results 2026
We will update the Shenzhen Open 2026 results here along with a live results link.
Shenzhen Open 2026 - TV & livestream
You can watch the Shenzhen Open live on British tv courtesy of TNT Sports. If you want to find a Shenzhen Open livestream, your options in the UK are WST Play and HBO Max.
Sadly it's not probably possible to enjoy live action from Shenzhen for free on UK's tv channels.
Shenzhen Open 2026 prize money
The total prize pool of the Shenzhen Open snooker tournament in 2026 is 850 000 pounds. The winner of the tournament nets themself 177 000 pounds, while the other finalist has to settle for 76 000 pounds.
The highest break prize at Shenzhen is 5 000 pounds, and you can find all the remaining prizes available to players below.
- Winner: £177,000
- Final: £76,000
- Semi-finals: £34,500
- Quarter-finals: £22,350
- TOP 16: £14,000
- TOP 32: £9,400
- TOP 64: £5,350
- Highest break: £5,000
- Total: £850,000
Shenzhen Open - History and all time stats
The Shenzhen Open is a new tournament on the pro tour, as it only debuted in 2024 under the Xi'an Grand Prix name. The first title went to Kyren Wilson, who defeated Judd Trump in the final 10-8. In the 2025 Xi'an Grand Prix final Mark Williams got the better of Shaun Murphy pretty convincingly, winning 10-3.
Since the 2026/27 season, the tournament has moved from Xi'an to Shenzhen, acquiring the new name: Shenzhen Open.
Xi'an Grand Prix - All winners
| Year | Champion |
| 2025 | Mark Williams 🏴 |
| 2024 | Kyren Wilson 🏴 |
