2024 Northern Ireland Open
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 20–27 October 2024 |
| Venue | Waterfront Hall |
| City | Belfast |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £550,400 |
| Winner's share | £100,000 |
| Defending champion |  Judd Trump (ENG) |
← 2023 | |
The 2024 Northern Ireland Open (officially the 2024 BetVictor Northern Ireland Open) is an upcoming professional snooker tournament that will take place from 20 to 27 October 2024 at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland . It's the seventh ranking event of the 2024–25 season (following the 2024 Wuhan Open and preceding the 2024 International Championship), the second of four tournaments in the season's Home Nations Series (following the 2024 English Open and preceding the 2024 Scotting Open and the 2025 Welsh Open). The winner will receive £100,000 from a total prize fund of £550,400, the Alex Higgins trophy, and a place in the 2024 Champion of Champions invitational event.
Judd Trump is the defending champion, having defeated Chris Wakelin 9–3 in the 2023 final.
Format
[edit]The event will take place from 20 to 27 October 2024 at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The seventh ranking event of the 2024–25 season, following the 2024 Wuhan Open and preceding the 2024 International Championship, it will be the second of four tournaments in the season's Home Nations Series. Judd Trump is the defending champion, having defeated Chris Wakelin 9–3 in the 2023 final.[1][2]
Qualifying took place on 28 and 29 September 2024 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England.[3]
The WST implemented a new format for the four Home Nations events this season. In qualifying round one, players seeded 65–96 face those seeded 97–128. In qualifying round two, the 32 round one winners play those seeded 33–64. The 32 round two winners then play the top 32 seeds.[4]
All matches are played as best of seven frames until the quarter-finals, which are best of nine. The semi-finals are best of 11, and the final is a best-of-17-frame match played over two sessions.[5]
The qualifying rounds were broadcast by Discovery+ in Europe (including the United Kingdom and Ireland) and by the CBSA-WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel, CBSA-WPBSA Academy Douyin and Huya Live in China. They were available from Matchroom Sport in all other territories.[6]
Prize fund
[edit]The tournament winner will receive the Alex Higgins trophy. The breakdown of prize money for the event, an increase of £123,400 from the previous event, is shown below:[5]
- Winner: £100,000
- Runner-up: £45,000
- Semi-final: £21,000
- Quarter-final: £13,200
- Last 16: £9,000
- Last 32: £5,400
- Last 64: £3,600
- Last 96: £1,000
- Highest break: £5,000
- Total: £550,400
Summary
[edit]Qualifying rounds
[edit]Round 1
[edit]The first round took place on 28 September as the best of 7 frames.[7] Oliver Lines played in the semi final of the British Open on 28 September, so his match against Joshua Cooper was held over to the main venue in Belfast.[7] Jimmy White beat Paul Deaville 4–3 and Stan Moody beat Dylan Emery 4–2. Marco Fu withdrew from the event, so reigning women's world champion Bai Yulu was given a walkover to the next round.[8]
Round 2
[edit]The second round took place on 29 September as the best of 7 frames.[7] Ricky Walden's match against the winner of the match between Oliver Lines and Joshua Cooper was held over to the main venue in Belfast.[7]
Final rounds
[edit]The draw for the final rounds is shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the players' seeding. Players in bold denote match winners.[9][10]
Top half
[edit]| Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | ||||||||||||||
| Judd Trump (ENG) (1)
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 Ishpreet Singh Chadha (IND)
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 Lyu Haotian (CHN) (32)
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| Matthew Selt (ENG)
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 John Higgins (SCO) (16)
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| Fan Zhengyi (CHN)
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| Barry Hawkins (ENG) (17)
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 Matthew Stevens (WAL)
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| Stuart Bingham (ENG) (24)
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| Scott Donaldson (SCO)
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| Gary Wilson (ENG) (9)
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| Mark Davis (ENG)
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| Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (25)
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| Dominic Dale (WAL)
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| Shaun Murphy (ENG) (8)
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| Jiang Jun (CHN)
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| Mark Selby (ENG) (5)
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| Louis Heathcote (ENG)
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| Xiao Guodong (CHN) (28)
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| Jimmy Robertson (ENG)
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| Si Jiahui (CHN) (12)
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| Tian Pengfei (CHN)
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| Robert Milkins (ENG) (21)
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 Jordan Brown (NIR)
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| David Gilbert (ENG) (20)
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| Lei Peifan (CHN)
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| Tom Ford (ENG) (13)
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 Rory Thor (MAS)
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| Joe O'Connor (ENG) (29)
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| Elliot Slessor (ENG)
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| Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (4)
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| Long Zehuang (CHN)
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Bottom half
[edit]| Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | ||||||||||||||
| Mark Allen (NIR) (3)
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| Liu Hongyu (CHN)
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| Wu Yize (CHN) (30)
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| Ricky Walden (ENG) OR Oliver Lines (ENG) OR Joshua Cooper (ENG)
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 Neil Robertson (AUS) (14)
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| Graeme Dott (SCO)
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| Jack Lisowski (ENG) (19)
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 Wang Yuchen (HKG)
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 Hossein Vafaei (IRN) (22)
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| Jimmy White (ENG)
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| Zhang Anda (CHN) (11)
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| Martin O'Donnell (ENG)
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| Pang Junxu (CHN) (27)
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| Yuan Sijun (CHN)
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 Luca Brecel (BEL) (6)
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| He Guoqiang (CHN)
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| Mark Williams (WAL) (7)
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| Jamie Clarke (WAL)
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 Noppon Saengkham (THA) (26)
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| Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)
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| Ali Carter (ENG) (10)
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| Ma Hailong (CHN)
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| Chris Wakelin (ENG) (23)
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 Bulcsú Révész (HUN)
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| Ryan Day (WAL) (18)
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| Stan Moody (ENG)
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| Jak Jones (WAL) (15)
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 Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI)
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| Stephen Maguire (SCO) (31)
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| Anthony McGill (SCO)
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| Kyren Wilson (ENG) (2)
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| David Grace (ENG)
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Qualifying rounds
[edit]The draw for the early rounds is shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the players' rankings, an "a" indicates amateur players who were not on the main World Snooker Tour, and players in bold denote match winners.[11][7]
| Round 1 (Last 128) Best of 7 frames | Round 2 (Last 96) Best of 7 frames | |||||
| Ishpreet Singh Chadha (IND) (65) | 4 | Ashley Carty (ENG) (64) | 1 | |||
 Florian Nüßle (AUT) (a) | 1 | Ishpreet Singh Chadha (IND) (65) | 4 | |||
| Michael Holt (ENG) (96) | 4 | Matthew Selt (ENG) (33) | 4 | |||
| Reanne Evans (ENG) (114) | 0 | Michael Holt (ENG) (96) | 1 | |||
| Liam Pullen (ENG) (80) | 4 | Fan Zhengyi (CHN) (49) | 4 | |||
| Mink Nutcharut (THA) (109) | 1 | Liam Pullen (ENG) (80) | 2 | |||
| Gong Chenzhi (CHN) (81) | 4 | Matthew Stevens (WAL) (48) | 4 | |||
 Ahmed Aly Elsayed (USA) (118) | 0 | Gong Chenzhi (CHN) (81) | 1 | |||
 Artemijs Žižins (LAT) (88) | 2 | Scott Donaldson (SCO) (41) | 4 | |||
| Duane Jones (WAL) (102) | 4 | Duane Jones (WAL) (102) | 0 | |||
| Alfie Burden (ENG) (73) | 4 | Mark Davis (ENG) (56) | 4 | |||
| Mitchell Mann (ENG) (115) | 3 | Alfie Burden (ENG) (73) | 2 | |||
| Zak Surety (ENG) (89) | 3 | Dominic Dale (WAL) (40) | 4 | |||
 Haris Tahir (PAK) (120) | 4 | Haris Tahir (PAK) (120) | 2 | |||
| Jiang Jun (CHN) (72) | 4 | David Lilley (ENG) (57) | 3 | |||
| Huang Jiahao (CHN) (112) | 3 | Jiang Jun (CHN) (72) | 4 | |||
| Louis Heathcote (ENG) (69) | 4 |  Aaron Hill (IRL) (60) | 3 | |||
 Anton Kazakov (UKR) (a) | 3 | Louis Heathcote (ENG) (69) | 4 | |||
| Amir Sarkhosh (IRN) (92) | 4 | Jimmy Robertson (ENG) (37) | 4 | |||
| Cheung Ka Wai (HKG) (105) | 2 | Amir Sarkhosh (IRN) (92) | 0 | |||
| Hammad Miah (ENG) (76) | 3 | Tian Pengfei (CHN) (53) | 4 | |||
 Antoni Kowalski (POL) (102) | 4 | Antoni Kowalski (POL) (102) | 0 | |||
| Dean Young (SCO) (85) | 2 | Jordan Brown (NIR) (44) | 4 | |||
| Liam Davies (WAL) (105) | 4 | Liam Davies (WAL) (105) | 1 | |||
| Lei Peifan (CHN) (84) | 4 | Jamie Jones (WAL) (45) | 3 | |||
| Jamie Gardiner (NIR) (a) | 3 | Lei Peifan (CHN) (84) | 4 | |||
| Rory Thor (MAS) (77) | 4 | Daniel Wells (WAL) (52) | 2 | |||
| Mark Joyce (ENG) (a) | 3 | Rory Thor (MAS) (77) | 4 | |||
| Robbie McGuigan (NIR) (93) | 3 | Elliot Slessor (ENG) (36) | 4 | |||
| Chris Totten (SCO) (109) | 4 | Chris Totten (SCO) (109) | 2 | |||
| Long Zehuang (CHN) (68) | 4 | Sanderson Lam (ENG) (61) | 0 | |||
| Haydon Pinhey (ENG) (107) | 3 | Long Zehuang (CHN) (68) | 4 | |||
| Stuart Carrington (ENG) (67) | 3 | Liu Hongyu (CHN) (62) | 4 | |||
| Simon Blackwell (ENG) (a) | 4 | Simon Blackwell (ENG) (a) | 1 | |||
| Oliver Lines (ENG) (94) | Ricky Walden (ENG) (35) | |||||
| Joshua Cooper (ENG) (a) | ||||||
| Andrew Higginson (ENG) (78) | 1 | Graeme Dott (SCO) (51) | 4 | |||
| Kreishh Gurbaxani (IND) (119) | 4 | Kreishh Gurbaxani (IND) (119) | 2 | |||
| Andrew Pagett (WAL) (83) | 1 | Joe Perry (ENG) (46) | 2 | |||
| Wang Yuchen (HKG) (117) | 4 | Wang Yuchen (HKG) (117) | 4 | |||
| Jimmy White (ENG) (86) | 4 | Jackson Page (WAL) (43) | 3 | |||
| Paul Deaville (ENG) (a) | 3 | Jimmy White (ENG) (86) | 4 | |||
| Ian Burns (ENG) (75) | 3 | Martin O'Donnell (ENG) (54) | 4 | |||
| Joel Connolly (NIR) (a) | 4 | Joel Connolly (NIR) (a) | 0 | |||
| Liam Graham (SCO) (91) | 4 | Yuan Sijun (CHN) (38) | 4 | |||
| Baipat Siripaporn (THA) (124) | 3 | Liam Graham (SCO) (91) | 0 | |||
| Ross Muir (SCO) (70) | 3 | He Guoqiang (CHN) (59) | 4 | |||
| Manasawin Phetmalaikul (THA) (116) | 4 | Manasawin Phetmalaikul (THA) (116) | 0 | |||
| Xing Zihao (CHN) (71) | w/o | Jamie Clarke (WAL) (58) | 4 | |||
| Ken Doherty (IRL) (124)[a] | w/d | Xing Zihao (CHN) (71) | 2 | |||
| Ben Mertens (BEL) (90) | 1 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (39) | 4 | |||
| Daniel Womersley (ENG) (a) | 4 | Daniel Womersley (ENG) (a) | 0 | |||
| Ma Hailong (CHN) (74) | 4 | Anthony Hamilton (ENG) (55) | 3 | |||
| Allan Taylor (ENG) (102) | 0 | Ma Hailong (CHN) (74) | 4 | |||
| Bulcsú Révész (HUN) (87) | 4 | Robbie Williams (ENG) (42) | 0 | |||
| Iulian Boiko (UKR) (a) | 3 | Bulcsú Révész (HUN) (87) | 4 | |||
| Stan Moody (ENG) (82) | 4 | Ben Woollaston (ENG) (47) | 3 | |||
| Dylan Emery (WAL) (a) | 2 | Stan Moody (ENG) (82) | 4 | |||
| Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI) (79) | 4 | Xu Si (CHN) (50) | 3 | |||
 Mostafa Dorgham (EGY) (108) | 1 | Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI) (79) | 4 | |||
| Julien Leclercq (BEL) (95) | 3 | Anthony McGill (SCO) (34) | 4 | |||
| Farakh Ajaib (PAK) (111) | 4 | Farakh Ajaib (PAK) (111) | 2 | |||
| Marco Fu (HKG) (66)[b] | w/d | David Grace (ENG) (63) | 4 | |||
| Bai Yulu (CHN) (120) | w/o | Bai Yulu (CHN) (120) | 0 | |||
- Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walkover
Century breaks
[edit]Qualifying stage centuries
[edit]A total of 22 century breaks were made during the qualifying stage of the tournament in Sheffield.[12]
- 142 – Yuan Sijun
- 134 – Louis Heathcote
- 133 – Ben Woollaston
- 130 – David Lilley
- 128 – Long Zehuang
- 127 – David Grace
- 117, 114 – Fan Zhengyi
- 113, 109 – Rory Thor
- 113 – Jordan Brown
- 108 – Antoni Kowalski
- 107 – Stuart Carrington
- 105 – Jiang Jun
- 104 – Alfie Burden
- 104 – Liam Davies
- 102 – Duane Jones
- 101 – Lei Peifan
- 101 – Bulcsú Révész
- 101 – Matthew Stevens
- 100 – Wang Yuchen
- 100 – Daniel Womersley
Notes
[edit]- ^ Ken Doherty withdrew and so Xing Zihao was given a walkover.[7]
- ^ Marco Fu withdrew and so Bai Yulu was given a walkover.[7]
References
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