Snooker Wuhan Open 2026 - Schedule, Results & Info

Snooker's Wuhan Open 2026 takes place from the 23rd to the 29th of August. It's a ranking tournament, and the fourth tournament on the World Snooker Tour calendar. All the players on the pro tour are eligible to participate.

The qualifiers for the tournament took place in Leicester between the 15th and 18th of June. There are 32 players who have made their way to the tournament proper via the qualifiers. Some of the qualifiers were moved straight into China, where a couple of wild card entries have been permitted.

The Wuhan Open is also the third consecutive tournament to be held in China. Preceding it in the calendar are the prize money laden Shanghai Masters and China Open. There isn't much rest for the players, as the tour continues with the British Open just 2 days after the conclusion of the Wuhan Open.

Wuhan Open Results 2026

We will update the Wuhan Open 2026 results here live as the snooker is played out.

Wuhan Open 2026 - Schedule, Timetable & Bracket

The Wuhan Open snooker tournament 2026 starts on the 23rd of August, while the final decides the champion on the 29th of August. Below you can find the full schedule, timetables and bracket of the Wuhan Open.

Schedule

• Qualifying round: 128 players 15-18. June (paras 9:stä)
• 2nd Round: 32 players 23rd-24th of August (paras 9:stä)
• Round of 16: 25th-26th of August (paras 9:stä)
• Quarter-finals: Thursday 27th of August (paras 9:stä)
• Semi-finals: Friday 28th of August (paras 11:sta)
• Final: Saturday 29th of August (paras 19:sta)

Matches & full timetable

All times are UK times.

2nd round / Round of 32 (best of 9)
Xiao Guodong (CHN) / Wang Xinbo (CHN) – Jackson Page (WAL)
Chris Wakelin (ENG) / Jordan Brown (NIR) – Steven Hallworth (ENG)
Daniel Wells (WAL) – Mark Allen (NIR) / Michael Holt (ENG)
David Gilbert (ENG) – Mark J. Williams (WAL) / Robbie Williams (ENG)
Zhao Xintong (CHN) / x – Jak Jones (WAL)
Barry Hawkins (ENG) / x – Ryan Day (WAL)
Gary Wilson (ENG) – Ding Junhui (CHN) / Liam J. Davies (WAL)
Hossein Vafaei (IRI) – Neil Robertson (AUS) / x
Judd Trump (ENG) / Florian Nüßle (AUT) – Yuan Sijun (CHN)
Si Jiahui (CHN) / x – Dylan Emery (WAL)
Ali Carter (ENG) – Kyren Wilson (ENG) / Oliver Brown (ENG)
Chang Bingyu (CHN) – John Higgins (SCO) / Liu Hongyu (CHN)
Shaun Murphy (ENG) / Alfie Burden (ENG) – Pang Junxu (CHN)
Mark Selby (ENG) / Fan Zhengyi (CHN) – He Guoqiang (CHN)
Yao Pengcheng (CHN) – Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) / Carty
Stephen Maguire (SCO) – Wu Yize (CHN) / Artemijs Žižins (LAT)

3rd Round / Round of 16 (best of 9)
x / Jackson Page (WAL) – x / Steven Hallworth (ENG)
Daniel Wells (WAL) / x – David Gilbert (ENG) / x
x / Jak Jones (WAL) – x / Ryan Day (WAL)
Gary Wilson (ENG) / x – Hossein Vafaei (IRI) / x
x / Yuan Sijun (CHN) – x / Dylan Emery (WAL)
Ali Carter (ENG) / x – Chang Bingyu (CHN) / x
x / Pang Junxu (CHN) – x / He Guoqiang (CHN)
Yao Pengcheng (CHN) / x – Stephen Maguire (SCO) / x

Quarter-finals (best of 9)
x – x
x – x
x – x
x – x

Semi-finals(best of 11)
x – x
x – x

Final (best of 19)
x – x

Bracket & match pairings

You can find the Wuhan Open that is updated live from WST's pages here.

Wuhan Open 2026 prize money

The Wuhan Open prize money total in 2026 comes to a whopping 700 000 pounds. The winner of the tournament gets a tidy 140 000 pounds, while the other finalist pockets 63 000 pounds. The highest break prize at the Wuhan Open is 5 000 pounds.

You can find all the prize money available to players at the Wuhan Open 2026 below.

• Winner: £140,000
• Finalist: £63,000
• Semi-finals: £30,000
• Quarter-finals: £16,000
• TOP 16: £12,000
• TOP 32: £8,000
• TOP 64: £4,500
• Highest Break: £5,000
• Total: £700,000

Wuhan Open 2026 - TV & livestream

The Wuhan Open snooker tournament can be watched on tv in the UK via TNT Sports. If you're looking for a Wuhan Open livestream, your most reliable option is HBO Max.

Wuhan Open - History & stats

The first Wuhan Open snooker tournament took place as recently as 2023. The reigning champion of the tournament is home hero Xiao Guodong, who took victory in both 2024 and 2025. Below are listed all of the tournaments and their champions at Wuhan.