2023 English Open (snooker)
{{Short description|Snooker competition}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox individual snooker tournament
|tournament_name=2023 BetVictor English Open
|logo=300px
|dates={{Start and end dates|2023|10|02|2023|10|08|df=y}}
|venue=Brentwood Centre
|location=Brentwood
|country=England
|organisation=World Snooker Tour
|format=Ranking event
|Total prize fund=£427,000
|winners_share=£80,000
|defending_champion=
|highest_break ={{flagathlete|John Higgins|SCO}} (145)
|winner= {{flagathlete|Judd Trump|ENG}}
|runner_up= {{flagathlete|Zhang Anda|CHN}}
|score=9–7
|previous=2022
|next=2024
}}
The 2023 English Open (officially the 2023 BetVictor English Open) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 2 to 8 October 2023 at the Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England. It was the fourth ranking event of the 2023–24 season (following the 2023 British Open and preceding the 2023 Wuhan Open), the first of four tournaments in the season's Home Nations Series (preceding the 2023 Northern Ireland Open, the 2023 Scottish Open, and the 2024 Welsh Open), and the third of eight tournaments in the season's European Series. Qualifiers took place from 6 to 8 September at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, although matches involving the top 16 players in the world rankings were held over and played at the final venue. The event was broadcast by Eurosport and Discovery+ in Europe (including the UK) and by other broadcasters internationally. The winner received £80,000 from a total prize fund of £427,000, the Steve Davis trophy, and a place in the 2023 Champion of Champions invitational event.
Mark Selby was the defending champion, having defeated Luca Brecel 9–6 in the 2022 final, but he lost 2–4 to Martin O'Donnell in the last 64. Judd Trump won the event, coming from 1–5 and 3–7 behind in the final to defeat first-time ranking finalist Zhang Anda 9–7. It was Trump's second English Open title and his fifth Home Nations tournament win. It was the 24th ranking title of his career and his first win at a ranking event since claiming the 2022 Turkish Masters 19 months earlier.
The main stage of the event produced 57 century breaks, in addition to the 14 centuries made in qualifying. John Higgins made the tournament's highest break, a 145 in his last-16 match against Oliver Lines.{{cite web |title=Tournament centuries |url=https://snookerinfo.co.uk/2023-24-centuries/ |website=snookerinfo.co.uk |date=8 August 2023 |access-date=18 November 2023 |archive-date=18 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118142616/https://snookerinfo.co.uk/2023-24-centuries/ |url-status=live}}
Format
The event took place from 2 to 8 October 2023 at the Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England.{{cite web |title=BetVictor English Open |url=https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=1449 |work=snooker.org |access-date=12 August 2023}}{{cite web |title=English Open heads back to Brentwood |date=13 January 2023 |url=https://wst.tv/english-open-heads-back-to-brentwood/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113103223/https://wst.tv/english%2Dopen%2Dheads%2Dback%2Dto%2Dbrentwood/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 January 2023 |work=World Snooker Tour |access-date=12 August 2023}} The fourth ranking event of the 2023–24 season, following the 2023 British Open and preceding the 2023 Wuhan Open, it was the first of four tournaments in the season's Home Nations Series and the third of eight events in the season's European Series.{{cite web |title=Full Calendar |url=https://wst.tv/full-calendar/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111141059/https://wst.tv/full-calendar/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 January 2020 |access-date=8 October 2023 |work=World Snooker Tour}} Mark Selby was the defending champion, having defeated Luca Brecel 9–6 in the 2022 final.{{cite news |title=Selby beats Brecel to win English Open final |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/64021566 |date=18 December 2022 |access-date=3 September 2023}}
All matches were played as best of seven {{cuegloss|frame|frames}} until the quarter-finals, which were best of nine. The semi-finals were best of 11, and the final was a best-of-17-frame match played over two {{cuegloss|session|sessions}}.{{cite web |title=Match schedule confirmed for fabulous opening day in Brentwood |date=6 September 2023 |url=https://wst.tv/match-schedule-confirmed-for-fabulous-opening-day-in-brentwood/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906180853/https://wst.tv/match-schedule-confirmed-for-fabulous-opening-day-in-brentwood/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 September 2023 |work=World Snooker Tour |access-date=6 September 2023}}
The event was broadcast by Eurosport and Discovery+ in Europe (including the UK); by Liaoning TV, Migu, Youku, and Huya Live in China; by Now TV in Hong Kong; by Astro SuperSport in Malaysia and Brunei; by TrueVision in Thailand; by Premier Sports Network in the Philippines; and by Fastsports in Pakistan. It was available from Matchroom Sport in all other territories.{{cite web |date=2 October 2023 |title=How to watch the BetVictor English Open |url=https://wst.tv/how-to-watch-the-betvictor-english-open-3/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002081129/https://wst.tv/how-to-watch-the-betvictor-english-open-3/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 October 2023 |access-date=2 October 2023 |work=World Snooker Tour}}
=Prize fund=
The tournament winner received the Steve Davis trophy.{{cite web |date=26 Sep 2016 |title=English Open snooker trophy named after Steve Davis |url=https://wst.tv/english-open-snooker-trophy-named-after-steve-davis/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220225441/https://wst.tv/english-open-snooker-trophy-named-after-steve-davis/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 February 2020 |access-date=12 August 2023 |work=World Snooker Tour}} The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:{{cite web |date=10 May 2023 |title=BetVictor English Open |url=https://wst.tv/tournaments/english-open/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512210836/https://wst.tv/tournaments/english-open/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 May 2021 |access-date=12 August 2023 |work=World Snooker Tour}}
{{div col}}
- Winner: £80,000
- Runner-up: £35,000
- Semi-final: £17,500
- Quarter-final: £11,000
- Last 16: £7,500
- Last 32: £4,500
- Last 64: £3,000
- Highest break: £5,000
{{div col end}}
- Total: £427,000
Summary
=Qualifying round=
Qualifying for the event took place between 6 and 8 September at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England. Top-32 players Stuart Bingham, Noppon Saengkham, and Joe Perry were beaten by Jenson Kendrick, Dylan Emery, and Mark Davis respectively. Kendrick's victory was his first win on the professional tour. Eighteen-year-old Liam Pullen defeated the USA's Ahmed Aly Elsayed 4–0 to win his first match at a ranking event. Stephen Maguire made breaks of 130 and 131 as he came from behind three times to defeat Daniel Wells in a deciding frame.{{cite web |date=7 September 2023 |title=Pullen in the right direction |url=https://wst.tv/pullen-in-the-right-direction/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909105822/https://wst.tv/pullen-in-the-right-direction/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 September 2023 |access-date=11 September 2023 |work=World Snooker Tour}}
The reigning women's world champion Baipat Siripaporn led Pakistani player Muhammad Asif 3–1. She had chances to win the match in the fifth and sixth frames, but Asif leveled the scores at 3–3 and then won the decider.{{cite web |title=Jenson on the button |date=8 September 2023 |url=https://wst.tv/jenson-on-the-button/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909105806/https://wst.tv/jenson-on-the-button/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 September 2023 |work=World Snooker Tour |access-date=9 September 2023}} Swiss player Alexander Ursenbacher led 2023 World Championship semi-finalist Si Jiahui 3–1, but Si took three consecutive frames to win the match 4–3. Iranian player Hossein Vafaei made breaks of 99, 81, 84, and 79 as he {{cuegloss|whitewash|whitewashed}} Scotland's Liam Graham 4–0.{{cite web |date=6 September 2023 |title=Si edges out Ursenbacher |url=https://wst.tv/si-edges-out-ursenbacher/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909105807/https://wst.tv/si-edges-out-ursenbacher/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 September 2023 |access-date=11 September 2023 |work=World Snooker Tour}}
James Cahill made the highest break in the Leicester qualifiers, a 140 in his match against Thai player Manasawin Phetmalaikul. This was also Cahill's highest break to date in professional competition. He won the match 4–2, making another century in the final frame.{{cite web |title=James Cahill v Manasawin Phetmalaikul |date=8 September 2023 |url=https://scores.wst.tv/matches/333044ea-30ee-420a-b1e0-88272d0886c1 |work=World Snooker Tour |access-date=8 September 2023 |archive-date=16 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116123204/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://scores.wst.tv/matches/333044ea-30ee-420a-b1e0-88272d0886c1}}{{cite web |title=English Open Qualifiers |url=https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=1471 |access-date=12 August 2023 |work=snooker.org}} Matthew Selt defeated Alfie Burden 4–2. Burden lost the second frame on the {{cuegloss|foul|three-miss-rule}} after Selt's {{cuegloss|break|break-off}}. Former world champions Stephen Hendry and Ken Doherty were whitewashed by Fergal O’Brien and Jackson Page respectively. Former world seniors champion David Lilley defeated Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4–1. Allan Taylor came from 52 points behind in the deciding frame to defeat 2023 World Championship quarter-finalist Jak Jones 4–3.
=Early rounds=
==Held-over qualifying matches==
File:Mark Allen PHC 2016-3.jpg (pictured) became the second player, after Neil Robertson in 2013, to win a best-of-seven-frame professional match with four consecutive century breaks.]]
The held-over qualifiers were played on 2 October, although the matches featuring Mark Williams and Mark Selby—who had contested the 2023 British Open final on 1 October—were moved to 3 October to give the players time to travel and prepare. After winning the invitational 2023 Shanghai Masters two weeks previously,{{cite news |title=O'Sullivan to give trophy away after Shanghai win |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/66834827 |date=17 September 2023 |access-date=8 October 2023}} world number one Ronnie O'Sullivan competed in his first ranking tournament of the season. He defeated Andrew Pagett 4–0, but stated that he was suffering from tennis elbow and had to take painkillers to play shots requiring {{cuegloss|cue power}}.
World number 73 Sanderson Lam defeated sixth seed Neil Robertson 4–2, meaning that Robertson had failed to progress beyond the last-64 stage of any ranking event in the season to date. John Higgins defeated Marco Fu 4–3, clinching the deciding frame on the colours after a safety battle on the green.{{cite web |title=O'Sullivan endures pain to give Pagett the elbow |date=2 October 2023 |url=https://wst.tv/osullivan-endures-pain-to-give-pagett-the-elbow/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003153335/https://wst.tv/osullivan-endures-pain-to-give-pagett-the-elbow/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 October 2023 |work=World Snooker Tour |access-date=2 October 2023}} Mark Allen made breaks of 104, 127, 114, and 104 as he whitewashed Mostafa Dorgham 4–0, becoming the second player, following Neil Robertson at the 2013 Ruhr Open, to win a best-of-seven-frame match with four consecutive centuries.{{cite web |title=Mark Allen v Mostafa Dorgham |date=2 October 2023 |url=https://scores.wst.tv/matches/78af078f-45c4-4c06-9362-58fdc3b7430a |work=World Snooker Tour |access-date=2 October 2023 |archive-date=16 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116123718/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://scores.wst.tv/matches/78af078f-45c4-4c06-9362-58fdc3b7430a}}{{cite web |title=Allen equals centuries record |date=2 October 2023 |url=https://wst.tv/allen-equals-centuries-record/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002152253/https://wst.tv/allen-equals-centuries-record/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 October 2023 |work=World Snooker Tour |access-date=2 October 2023}}
Ding Junhui appeared for his match against Ma Hailong wearing a brown suit with a bow tie and waistcoat, having forgotten that the Home Nations Series dress code stipulated a black shirt and black trousers. His friend purchased the required attire from a nearby Marks & Spencer, but Ding forfeited the opening frame after missing the match's scheduled start time.{{cite news |date=2 October 2023 |title=The wrong trousers: Ding Junhui forced into English Open wardrobe change |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/oct/02/ding-junhui-wardrobe-change-english-open-snooker |access-date=2 October 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}{{cite news |title=Ding docked frame for wearing wrong trousers |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/66987321 |date=2 October 2023 |access-date=3 October 2023}} From 1–3 behind at the mid-session interval, Ding won three consecutive frames for a 4–3 victory. Stan Moody, who had turned 17 the previous month and was playing his first season on the professional tour, lost the first two frames against reigning world champion Luca Brecel, but then won three consecutive frames to lead 3–2. Moody made a 121 break in frame four, the highest of his professional career to date. He had an opportunity to win the match in the sixth frame but missed a red while on a break of 30, and Brecel tied the scores at 3–3. Brecel won the 36-minute deciding frame on the pink for a 4–3 victory.{{cite web |date=2 October 2023 |title=Lucky Luca avoids Moody upset |url=https://wst.tv/lucky-luca-avoids-moody-upset/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003153335/https://wst.tv/lucky-luca-avoids-moody-upset/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 October 2023 |access-date=2 October 2023 |work=World Snooker Tour}}
Liu Hongyu, also playing his first season on the tour, came from 1–3 behind to defeat seventh seed Shaun Murphy 4–3, despite having trailed by 57 points in the decider. Selt defeated Michael White 4–3 in a match that featured two centuries and five more half-centuries. Judd Trump whitewashed Sean O’Sullivan 4–0, making a highest break of 102. Eighth seed Kyren Wilson lost 3–4 to Oliver Lines. Williams whitewashed Ian Burns 4–0 in 49 minutes, making a century and three more breaks over 60. Selby advanced with a 4–1 win over Xing Zihao, making a highest break of 127.{{cite web |date=3 October 2023 |title=Williams on crest of a wave |url=https://wst.tv/williams-on-crest-of-a-wave/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005065200/https://wst.tv/williams-on-crest-of-a-wave/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 October 2023 |access-date=3 October 2023 |work=World Snooker Tour}}
==Last 64==
The round of 64 was played on 3 and 4 October.{{cite web |date=4 October 2023 |title=English Open snooker 2023 - Latest scores, results, schedule, order of play as Ronnie O'Sullivan bids for glory |url=https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/english-open/2023-2024/english-open-snooker-2023-latest-scores-results-schedule-order-of-play-as-judd-trump-bids-for-glory_sto9818553/story.shtml |access-date=4 October 2023 |work=Eurosport}} Brecel attempted a maximum break in the opening frame of his match against Andy Hicks. He potted 15 reds and 15 blacks, but went in-off after potting the yellow, ending the break on 120. Brecel won the match 4–1. Trump defeated Scott Donaldson by the same score, making a 140 break in the third frame. Vafaei made a 76 break to win the deciding frame against Julien Leclercq. The defending champion Selby, playing his ninth match in nine days, lost 2–4 to world number 104 Martin O’Donnell.{{cite news |title=Mark Selby loses to Martin O'Donnell |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/67001574 |date=3 October 2023 |access-date=3 October 2023}}{{cite web |date=3 October 2023 |title=O'Donnell outlasts 'Marathon Man' Selby |url=https://wst.tv/odonnell-outlasts-marathon-man-selby/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005065159/https://wst.tv/odonnell-outlasts-marathon-man-selby/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 October 2023 |access-date=3 October 2023 |work=World Snooker Tour}} It was the first time O'Donnell had beaten Selby in a professional match, having lost all six of their previous encounters. Lines beat Martin Gould 4–1 and Allen defeated Wu Yize by the same score.
The 13th seed Barry Hawkins made a 134 break while playing Graeme Dott, but lost the match 2–4.{{cite web |date=4 October 2023 |title=Mark Selby sees English Open snooker title defence ended by Martin O'Donnell |url=https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/english-open/2023-2024/mark-selby-sees-english-open-snooker-title-defence-ended-by-martin-o-donnell-i-could-see-mark-was-st_sto9822546/story.shtml |access-date=4 October 2023 |work=Eurosport}} Trailing Adam Duffy 2–3, Robert Milkins made a 129 break in the sixth frame and a 64 in the decider to win 4–3. O'Sullivan defeated Page 4–1 in under 50 minutes. The match produced four centuries, three by O'Sullivan and one by Page.{{cite web |last=Mustapha |first=Ibrahim |date=4 October 2023 |title=Ronnie O'Sullivan dispatches Jackson Page in under 50 minutes to move into English Open third round |url=https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/english-open/2023-2024/ronnie-o-sullivan-dispatches-jackson-page-in-under-50-minutes-to-move-into-english-open-third-round_sto9823273/story.shtml |access-date=4 October 2023 |work=Eurosport}} Afterwards, O'Sullivan described Page as "a fantastic talent who will win tournaments".{{cite web |date=4 October 2023 |title=O'Sullivan: Page will win titles |url=https://wst.tv/osullivan-page-will-win-titles/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005094614/https://wst.tv/osullivan-page-will-win-titles/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 October 2023 |access-date=4 October 2023 |work=World Snooker Tour}} Si Jiahui, a 2023 World Championship semi-finalist, whitewashed Fergal O'Brien 4–0. Williams made a 123 break in the opening frame against Xiao Guodong, but Xiao won the next three. However, Williams made breaks of 65, a second 123, and 73 to win 4–3. Liu progressed with a 4–1 win over Joe O'Connor, while Muhammad Asif recovered from 2–3 behind to defeat Fan Zhengyi 4–3, winning the decider on the colours. Elliot Slessor trailed the 14th seed Jack Lisowski 1–2 but won three of the last four frames for a 4–3 victory.{{cite web |last=Harris |first=Daniel |date=4 October 2023 |title=English Open 2023 snooker live |url=https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/english-open/2023-2024/english-open-2023-snooker-live-ronnie-o-sullivan-takes-centre-stage-before-judd-trump-and-mark-allen_sto9823096/story.shtml |access-date=4 October 2023 |work=Eurosport}}
==Last 32==
File:Ricky Walden PHC 2012.jpg (pictured) trailed 0–3 and was 70 points behind in frame four, but recovered to defeat Graeme Dott 4–3 in the last 32.]]
The round of 32 was played on 4 and 5 October. Dott won the first three frames against Ricky Walden and took a 70-point lead in the fourth to leave Walden requiring a snooker. However, Walden obtained the foul points he needed after snookering Dott on the pink, and then potted pink and black to win the frame. Walden won frame five, made a 134 break to take the sixth, and won the deciding frame on the pink for a 4–3 victory. Walden later described the win as the best comeback of his career.{{cite web |date=4 October 2023 |title=Dott dashed by Walden's 'career best' fight back |url=https://wst.tv/dott-dashed-by-waldens-career-best-fight-back/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005065233/https://wst.tv/dott-dashed-by-waldens-career-best-fight-back/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 October 2023 |access-date=4 October 2023 |work=World Snooker Tour |language=en-US}} Trump came from 2–3 behind to defeat Jimmy Robertson in a deciding frame, while He Guoqiang defeated Vafaei, also in a deciding frame. Higgins advanced with a 4–0 whitewash of Mark Davis, who scored only seven points in the match.{{cite web |date=5 October 2023 |title=Judd Trump and John Higgins reach last 16 of English Open snooker as Mark Allen crashes out |url=https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/english-open/2023-2024/judd-trump-and-john-higgins-reach-last-16-of-english-open-snooker-as-mark-allen-crashes-out_sto9823995/story.shtml |access-date=5 October 2023 |work=Eurosport}} The 12th seed Milkins lost 1–4 to Yuan Sijun. Selt lost the first two frames against fourth seed Allen, but then won four consecutive frames with breaks including 79, 114, and 72 for a 4–2 victory.
Brecel advanced with a 4–0 whitewash over Muhammad Asif.{{cite web |date=5 October 2023 |title=Brecel in hunt for top ranking |url=https://wst.tv/brecel-in-hunt-for-top-ranking/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006142555/https://wst.tv/brecel-in-hunt-for-top-ranking/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 October 2023 |access-date=5 October 2023 |work=World Snooker Tour}} O’Sullivan played Si, who made a 101 break in the first frame and took a 2–1 lead. O'Sullivan won the next three frames for a 4–2 victory, making his highest break of 78 in the final frame, but afterwards called his performance "awful".{{cite web |last=Livie |first=Alex |date=5 October 2023 |title=Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Si Jiahui at English Open despite 'awful' performance, faces Zhang Anda in last 16 |url=https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/english-open/2023-2024/ronnie-o-sullivan-beats-si-jiahui-at-english-open-despite-awful-performance-faces-zhang-anda-in-last_sto9824825/story.shtml |access-date=5 October 2023 |work=Eurosport}} Ali Carter and Zhou Yuelong progressed with whitewash victories over Kendrick and Lam respectively. Zhang Anda defeated Slessor 4–1 while Ding secured a 4–2 victory over Gary Wilson. Williams made breaks of 111 and 81 as he defeated Emery 4–2, his 11th consecutive professional victory. Liu recovered from 1–3 behind to defeat Chris Wakelin in a deciding frame.
==Last 16==
The round of 16 was played on 5 October. Second seed Brecel and third seed O'Sullivan both lost at this stage, which meant that O'Sullivan retained the world number one position following the tournament.{{cite web |date=5 October 2023 |title=O'Sullivan and Brecel crash out |url=https://wst.tv/osullivan-and-brecel-crash-out/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006142557/https://wst.tv/osullivan-and-brecel-crash-out/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 October 2023 |access-date=6 October 2023 |work=World Snooker Tour}} Facing Ding, Brecel won the first two frames, but Ding then won three consecutive frames to lead 3–2. Brecel forced a decider, but Ding clinched a 4–3 win with a 58 break. O'Sullivan led Zhang 2–1, but Zhang responded with breaks of 97, 50, and 116 to win 4–2.{{cite news |title=O'Sullivan suffers shock loss to Zhang |date=6 October 2023 |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/67026493 |access-date=6 October 2023}} Disturbed by people moving in the crowd, O'Sullivan complained to referee Ben Williams that it felt as if a sponsored walk was taking place at the venue. He bit the tip off his cue at the end of the match and left it on the floor of the arena.{{cite web |last=Livie |first=Alex |date=6 October 2023 |title=Ronnie O'Sullivan crashes out of English Open and bites off tip in loss to Zhang Anda, Liu Hongyu beats Mark Williams |url=https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/english-open/2023-2024/ronnie-o-sullivan-crashes-out-of-english-open-in-last-16-bites-off-tip-in-loss-to-zhang-anda_sto9825194/story.shtml |access-date=7 October 2023 |work=Eurosport}} Higgins defeated Lines 4–1, making the tournament's highest break of 145 in the opening frame and following it with breaks of 71, 91, and 132.{{cite web |title=John Higgins v Oliver Lines |date=5 October 2023 |url=https://scores.wst.tv/matches/9f55d869-dbf2-4ed7-8d20-52fe349df0fd |work=World Snooker Tour |access-date=5 October 2023 |archive-date=16 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116123735/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://scores.wst.tv/matches/9f55d869-dbf2-4ed7-8d20-52fe349df0fd}} Walden lost the first two frames against Selt but then won three in a row to lead 3–2. However, Selt took frame six on the colours and then won the decider for a 4–3 victory. Trump recovered from 1–2 behind to defeat Yuan 4–2, while O’Donnell defeated He by the same score to reach the sixth ranking quarter-final of his career. Williams's winning streak ended when he lost 3–4 to Liu in a match that started after 23:00 BST and finished shortly before 01:30 BST on 6 October. Williams complained on social media about the match's late start time, calling it "crazy" and asking how players could be expected to perform well at that hour.{{cite web |last=Haigh |first=Phil |date=6 October 2023 |title=Luca Brecel and Mark Williams among withdrawals from Wuhan Open |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/10/06/luca-brecel-and-mark-williams-among-withdrawals-from-wuhan-open-19618905/ |access-date=10 October 2023 |work=Metro}}
= Later rounds =
== Quarter-finals ==
The quarter-finals were played on 6 October as best of nine frames. All quarter-finalists in the bottom half of the draw were Chinese players. Trump won the 30-minute first frame against Selt, but his opponent tied the scores at 1–1. Trump then won four consecutive frames, making a 137 total clearance in frame four and adding a second century of 103 in the final frame, for a 5–1 victory.{{cite web |date=6 October 2023 |title=Judd Trump his two centuries to defeat Matthew Selt to reach 2023 English Open semi-finals |url=https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/english-open/2023-2024/judd-trump-his-two-centuries-to-defeat-matthew-selt-to-reach-2023-english-open-semi-finals_sto9825988/story.shtml |access-date=6 October 2023 |work=Eurosport}}{{cite web |date=6 October 2023 |title=Higgins and Trump to clash in semis |url=https://wst.tv/higgins-and-trump-to-clash-in-semis/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008102830/https://wst.tv/higgins-and-trump-to-clash-in-semis/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 October 2023 |access-date=6 October 2023 |work=World Snooker Tour}} Higgins made five half-century breaks as he defeated O'Donnell, also by a 5–1 scoreline. Liu won the first three frames against 15th seed Ding, and led 3–1 and 4–2. In the seventh frame, Ding had a 56-point lead, but twice missed pots that would have left Liu requiring snookers. Liu made a 57 clearance to win the match 5–2 and reach his first ranking semi-final. Zhang played Zhou in a match that produced two centuries (both by Zhou) and six other half-centuries. Zhang clinched a 5–4 victory with an 80 break in the deciding frame. He also reached the first ranking semi-final of his 14-year professional career, his previous best performance having been a quarter-final place.{{cite web |date=6 October 2023 |title=Rising star Liu stuns Ding |url=https://wst.tv/rising-star-liu-stuns-ding/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008102830/https://wst.tv/rising-star-liu-stuns-ding/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 October 2023 |access-date=6 October 2023 |work=World Snooker Tour}}
==Semi finals==
File:Zhang Anda PHC 2012.jpg (pictured) defeated fellow Chinese player Liu Hongyu in the semi-finals to reach the first ranking final of his 14-year professional career.]]
The semi-finals were played on 7 October as best of 11 frames. Higgins competed in his 82nd ranking semi-final, while Trump contested his 55th. Higgins won the opening frame with a 124 break, but Trump won the second on the colours after Higgins made a safety error on the blue. Higgins made breaks of 53 and 137 to lead 3–1 at the mid-session interval, and also won frame five. Trump won the sixth after {{cuegloss|fluke|fluking}} the brown while escaping from a snooker, but Higgins went 5–2 ahead with a 77 break. Higgins had a chance to clinch the match in frame eight, but missed the yellow to a {{cuegloss|baulk pocket}} and Trump cleared to the pink. Trump then made breaks of 88 and 111 to tie the scores at 5–5. A 68 break helped Trump win the decider for a 6–5 victory. "Early in the game I was tense and trying too hard, then from 5–2 I changed my mindset and relaxed", Trump commented. He also stated that support from the crowd when he was 4–5 behind "inspired me to put on a show for them".{{cite web |title=Higgins – I've been hit by a truck |url=https://wst.tv/higgins-ive-been-hit-by-a-truck |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009060512/https://wst.tv/higgins-ive-been-hit-by-a-truck/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 October 2023 |date=7 October 2023 |work=World Snooker Tour |access-date=7 October 2023}}{{cite news |title=Judd Trump reaches final with comeback 6-5 win over John Higgins |date=7 October 2023 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/67040376 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=7 October 2023}}
In the other semi-final, Zhang played Liu. Zhang trailed by 46 points in the opening frame, but won it with a 59 clearance. He also won the next three frames to go 4–0 ahead at the mid-session interval. Liu won frame five after Zhang missed a pot on the last red, but Zhang made a 52 break in the sixth to go 5–1 ahead. Liu made a 68 break to win the seventh, but Zhang clinched a 6–2 win with breaks of 31 and 46 in frame eight.{{cite web |date=7 October 2023 |title=Zhang reaches first final |url=https://wst.tv/zhang-reaches-first-final/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008161449/https://wst.tv/zhang-reaches-first-final/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 October 2023 |access-date=7 October 2023 |work=World Snooker Tour}} "I’m not feeling surprised, this wasn’t unexpected for me", commented Zhang about reaching the final. He added: "This is what I have been trying to achieve for years and I’ve put in a lot of effort".
==Final==
File:Judd Trump at Snooker German Masters (Martin Rulsch) 2014-02-01 18 (cropped).jpg (pictured) won the tournament for the second time. It was the 24th ranking title of his career and his first in 19 months.]]
The final was played on 8 October as best of 17 frames between fifth seed Trump and world number 57 Zhang. Zhang was competing in his first ranking final, while Trump was contesting his 39th. The first two frames were shared, but Trump scored just one point in the next three frames as Zhang made breaks including 85 and 128 to lead 4–1. Trump miscued in the sixth frame while attempting a pot on a red, and Zhang extended his lead to 5–1. However, Trump won the last two frames of the afternoon session with breaks of 56 and 120, reducing Zhang's lead to two frames at 5–3.{{cite web |title=Zhang 5-3 up on Trump in final |date=8 October 2023 |url=https://wst.tv/zhang-5-3-up-on-trump-in-final/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008212708/https://wst.tv/zhang-5-3-up-on-trump-in-final/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 October 2023 |work=World Snooker Tour |access-date=8 October 2023}}{{cite web |title=Judd Trump v Zhang Anda |date=8 October 2023 |url=https://scores.wst.tv/matches/8713abb0-2bda-4f82-994d-a3c1924a0b9d |work=World Snooker Tour |access-date=8 October 2023|archive-date=16 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116123715/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://scores.wst.tv/matches/8713abb0-2bda-4f82-994d-a3c1924a0b9d}} Between sessions, Trump had tournament director Paul Collier replace his cue tip and remained at the venue practicing with it rather than returning to his hotel.{{cite web |last=Livie |first=Alex |date=8 October 2023 |title=Judd Trump changes tip between sessions of English Open final against Zhang Anda |url=https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/english-open/2023-2024/judd-trump-changes-tip-between-sessions-of-english-open-final-against-zhang-anda_sto9829597/story.shtml |access-date=8 October 2023 |work=Eurosport}}
Zhang began the evening session with breaks of 109 and 98 to lead 7–3. He had a chance to win frame 11, but missed a pot on the blue to the middle pocket. Trump then won six consecutive frames, including a 135 total clearance in frame 12, to win the match 9–7 and secure his second English Open title, having previously won the tournament in 2020. It was Trump's fifth win at a Home Nations Series event, his 24th ranking title, and his first win at a ranking event since the 2022 Turkish Masters 19 months previously.{{cite web |date=8 October 2023 |title=Trump completes huge fight back in English final |url=https://wst.tv/trump-completes-huge-fight-back-in-english-final/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008212713/https://wst.tv/trump-completes-huge-fight-back-in-english-final/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 October 2023 |access-date=8 October 2023 |work=World Snooker Tour}} "I was up against it the whole day", commented Trump afterwards. "In the end I managed to find some momentum and clawed it back. Zhang played well until 7–3 and put me under a lot of pressure, it was only when he missed a couple that I started to turn it round". "When I was 7–3 up I missed a blue in the middle pocket and Judd came back like a monster", said Zhang.{{cite news |title=Trump wins English Open after fightback against Zhang |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/67047630 |access-date=8 October 2023}} Despite his loss in the final, Zhang received £35,000 as runner-up, the biggest prize of his career to date, and advanced from number 57 to number 40 in the world rankings.
Main draw
The draw for the tournament is shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32 seeded players, whilst players in bold denote match winners.
=Top half=
{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=5
|bold_winner = high
|team-width = auto
|short_brackets=yes
|RD1 = Last 64
Best of 7 frames
|RD2 = Last 32
Best of 7 frames
|RD3 = Last 16
Best of 7 frames
|RD4 = Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
|RD5 =Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
|3rdplace=no
||{{flagathlete|Mark Selby|ENG}} {{tooltip|(1)|player seeding}}
|2
|{{flagathlete|Martin O'Donnell|ENG}}
|4
||{{flagathlete|Stephen Maguire|SCO}} {{tooltip|(32)|player seeding}}
|4
|{{flagathlete|Louis Heathcote|ENG}}
|2
||{{flagathlete|Ryan Day|WAL}} {{tooltip|(16)|player seeding}}
|3
|{{flagathlete|He Guoqiang|CHN}}
|4
||{{flagathlete|Hossein Vafaei|IRN}} {{tooltip|(17)|player seeding}}
|4
|{{flagathlete|Julien Leclercq|BEL}}
|3
||{{flagathlete|David Lilley|ENG}}
|2
|{{flagathlete|Mark Davis|ENG}}
|4
||{{flagathlete|James Cahill|ENG}}
|2
|{{flagathlete|John Higgins|SCO}} {{tooltip|(9)|player seeding}}
|4
||{{flagathlete|Cao Yupeng|CHN}}
|4
|{{flagathlete|David Gilbert|ENG}} {{tooltip|(25)|player seeding}}
|0
||{{flagathlete|Martin Gould|ENG}}
|1
|{{flagathlete|Oliver Lines|ENG}}
|4
||{{flagathlete|Judd Trump|ENG}} {{tooltip|(5)|player seeding}}
|4
|{{flagathlete|Scott Donaldson|SCO}}
|1
||{{flagathlete|Jimmy Robertson|ENG}} {{tooltip|(28)|player seeding}}
|4
|{{flagathlete|Allan Taylor|ENG}}
|3
||{{flagathlete|Robert Milkins|ENG}} {{tooltip|(12)|player seeding}}
|4
|{{flagathlete|Adam Duffy|ENG}}
|3
||{{flagathlete|Tom Ford|ENG}} {{tooltip|(21)|player seeding}}
|2
|{{flagathlete|Yuan Sijun|CHN}}
|4
||{{flagathlete|Hammad Miah|ENG}}
|2
|{{flagathlete|Ricky Walden|ENG}} {{tooltip|(20)|player seeding}}
|4
||{{flagathlete|Graeme Dott|SCO}}
|4
|{{flagathlete|Barry Hawkins|ENG}} {{tooltip|(13)|player seeding}}
|2
||{{flagathlete|Michael White|WAL}}
|3
|{{flagathlete|Matthew Selt|ENG}} {{tooltip|(29)|player seeding}}
|4
||{{flagathlete|Wu Yize|CHN}}
|1
|{{flagathlete|Mark Allen|NIR}} {{tooltip|(4)|player seeding}}
|4
||{{flagathlete|Martin O'Donnell|ENG}}
|4
|{{flagathlete|Stephen Maguire|SCO}} {{tooltip|(32)|player seeding}}
|1
||{{flagathlete|He Guoqiang|CHN}}
|4
|{{flagathlete|Hossein Vafaei|IRN}} {{tooltip|(17)|player seeding}}
|3
||{{flagathlete|Mark Davis|ENG}}
|0
|{{flagathlete|John Higgins|SCO}} {{tooltip|(9)|player seeding}}
|4
||{{flagathlete|Cao Yupeng|CHN}}
|2
|{{flagathlete|Oliver Lines|ENG}}
|4
||{{flagathlete|Judd Trump|ENG}} {{tooltip|(5)|player seeding}}
|4
|{{flagathlete|Jimmy Robertson|ENG}} {{tooltip|(28)|player seeding}}
|3
||{{flagathlete|Robert Milkins|ENG}} {{tooltip|(12)|player seeding}}
|1
|{{flagathlete|Yuan Sijun|CHN}}
|4
||{{flagathlete|Ricky Walden|ENG}} {{tooltip|(20)|player seeding}}
|4
|{{flagathlete|Graeme Dott|SCO}}
|3
||{{flagathlete|Matthew Selt|ENG}} {{tooltip|(29)|player seeding}}
|4
|{{flagathlete|Mark Allen|NIR}} {{tooltip|(4)|player seeding}}
|2
||{{flagathlete|Martin O'Donnell|ENG}}
|4
|{{flagathlete|He Guoqiang|CHN}}
|2
||{{flagathlete|John Higgins|SCO}} {{tooltip|(9)|player seeding}}
|4
|{{flagathlete|Oliver Lines|ENG}}
|1
||{{flagathlete|Judd Trump|ENG}} {{tooltip|(5)|player seeding}}
|4
|{{flagathlete|Yuan Sijun|CHN}}
|2
||{{flagathlete|Ricky Walden|ENG}} {{tooltip|(20)|player seeding}}
|3
|{{flagathlete|Matthew Selt|ENG}} {{tooltip|(29)|player seeding}}
|4
||{{flagathlete|Martin O'Donnell|ENG}}
|1
|{{flagathlete|John Higgins|SCO}} {{tooltip|(9)|player seeding}}
|5
||{{flagathlete|Judd Trump|ENG}} {{tooltip|(5)|player seeding}}
|5
|{{flagathlete|Matthew Selt|ENG}} {{tooltip|(29)|player seeding}}
|1
||{{flagathlete|John Higgins|SCO}} {{tooltip|(9)|player seeding}}
|5
|{{flagathlete|Judd Trump|ENG}} {{tooltip|(5)|player seeding}}
|6
}}
=Bottom half=
{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=5
|bold_winner = high
|team-width = auto
|short_brackets=yes
|RD1 = Last 64
Best of 7 frames
|RD2 = Last 32
Best of 7 frames
|RD3 = Last 16
Best of 7 frames
|RD4 = Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
|RD5 =Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
|3rdplace=no
||{{flagathlete|Ronnie O'Sullivan|ENG}} {{tooltip|(3)|player seeding}}
|4
|{{flagathlete|Jackson Page|WAL}}
|1
||{{flagathlete|Si Jiahui|CHN}} {{tooltip|(30)|player seeding}}
|4
|{{flagathlete|Fergal O'Brien|IRL}}
|0
||{{flagathlete|Jack Lisowski|ENG}} {{tooltip|(14)|player seeding}}
|3
|{{flagathlete|Elliot Slessor|ENG}}
|4
||{{flagathlete|Anthony McGill|SCO}} {{tooltip|(19)|player seeding}}
|1
|{{flagathlete|Zhang Anda|CHN}}
|4
||{{flagathlete|Lukas Kleckers|GER}}
|1
|{{flagathlete|Jenson Kendrick|ENG}}
|4
||{{flagathlete|Liam Pullen|ENG}}
|0
|{{flagathlete|Ali Carter|ENG}} {{tooltip|(11)|player seeding}}
|4
||{{flagathlete|Andrew Higginson|ENG}}
|2
|{{flagathlete|Zhou Yuelong|CHN}} {{tooltip|(27)|player seeding}}
|4
||{{flagathlete|Stuart Carrington|ENG}}
|0
|{{flagathlete|Sanderson Lam|ENG}}
|4
||{{flagathlete|Liu Hongyu|CHN}}
|4
|{{flagathlete|Joe O'Connor|ENG}}
|1
||{{flagathlete|Chris Wakelin|ENG}} {{tooltip|(26)|player seeding}}
|4
|{{flagathlete|Jamie Jones|WAL}}
|1
||{{flagathlete|Mark Williams|WAL}} {{tooltip|(10)|player seeding}}
|4
|{{flagathlete|Xiao Guodong|CHN}}
|3
||{{flagathlete|Dylan Emery|WAL}}
|4
|{{flagathlete|Oliver Brown|ENG}}
|1
||{{flagathlete|Dominic Dale|WAL}}
|3
|{{flagathlete|Gary Wilson|ENG}} {{tooltip|(18)|player seeding}}
|4
||{{flagathlete|David Grace|ENG}}
|1
|{{flagathlete|Ding Junhui|CHN}} {{tooltip|(15)|player seeding}}
|4
||{{flagathlete|Muhammad Asif|PAK}}
|4
|{{flagathlete|Fan Zhengyi|CHN}} {{tooltip|(31)|player seeding}}
|3
||{{flagathlete|Andy Hicks|ENG}}
|1
|{{flagathlete|Luca Brecel|BEL}} {{tooltip|(2)|player seeding}}
|4
||{{flagathlete|Ronnie O'Sullivan|ENG}} {{tooltip|(3)|player seeding}}
|4
|{{flagathlete|Si Jiahui|CHN}} {{tooltip|(30)|player seeding}}
|2
||{{flagathlete|Elliot Slessor|ENG}}
|1
|{{flagathlete|Zhang Anda|CHN}}
|4
||{{flagathlete|Jenson Kendrick|ENG}}
|0
|{{flagathlete|Ali Carter|ENG}} {{tooltip|(11)|player seeding}}
|4
||{{flagathlete|Zhou Yuelong|CHN}} {{tooltip|(27)|player seeding}}
|4
|{{flagathlete|Sanderson Lam|ENG}}
|0
||{{flagathlete|Liu Hongyu|CHN}}
|4
|{{flagathlete|Chris Wakelin|ENG}} {{tooltip|(26)|player seeding}}
|3
||{{flagathlete|Mark Williams|WAL}} {{tooltip|(10)|player seeding}}
|4
|{{flagathlete|Dylan Emery|WAL}}
|2
||{{flagathlete|Gary Wilson|ENG}} {{tooltip|(18)|player seeding}}
|2
|{{flagathlete|Ding Junhui|CHN}} {{tooltip|(15)|player seeding}}
|4
||{{flagathlete|Muhammad Asif|PAK}}
|0
|{{flagathlete|Luca Brecel|BEL}} {{tooltip|(2)|player seeding}}
|4
||{{flagathlete|Ronnie O'Sullivan|ENG}} {{tooltip|(3)|player seeding}}
|2
|{{flagathlete|Zhang Anda|CHN}}
|4
||{{flagathlete|Ali Carter|ENG}} {{tooltip|(11)|player seeding}}
|1
|{{flagathlete|Zhou Yuelong|CHN}} {{tooltip|(27)|player seeding}}
|4
||{{flagathlete|Liu Hongyu|CHN}}
|4
|{{flagathlete|Mark Williams|WAL}} {{tooltip|(10)|player seeding}}
|3
||{{flagathlete|Ding Junhui|CHN}} {{tooltip|(15)|player seeding}}
|4
|{{flagathlete|Luca Brecel|BEL}} {{tooltip|(2)|player seeding}}
|3
||{{flagathlete|Zhang Anda|CHN}}
|5
|{{flagathlete|Zhou Yuelong|CHN}} {{tooltip|(27)|player seeding}}
|4
||{{flagathlete|Liu Hongyu|CHN}}
|5
|{{flagathlete|Ding Junhui|CHN}} {{tooltip|(15)|player seeding}}
|2
||{{flagathlete|Zhang Anda|CHN}}
|6
|{{flagathlete|Liu Hongyu|CHN}}
|2
}}
=Final=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;" |
| colspan = "3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Ben Williams Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England, 8 October 2023 |
| width="220" align="right" | Judd Trump {{tooltip|(5)|player seeding}} {{ENG}} | width="100" align="center" | 9{{ndash}}7 | width="220" | Zhang Anda |
| colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" | Afternoon: 15{{ndash}}67, 72{{ndash}}48, 0{{ndash}}85, 1{{ndash}}65, 0{{ndash}}128 (128), 12{{ndash}}90, 70{{ndash}}4, 120{{ndash}}0 (120) Evening: 12{{ndash}}125 (109), 0{{ndash}}98, 68{{ndash}}26, 135{{ndash}}0 (135), 83{{ndash}}29, 78{{ndash}}0, 59{{ndash}}0, 119{{ndash}}8 |
| align="right" | (frame 12) 135
| align="center" | Highest break | 128 (frame 5) |
| align="right" | 2
| align="center" | Century breaks | 2 |
Qualifying
Qualification for the tournament took place from 6 to 8 September at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, although matches involving the top 16 players in the world rankings were held over to be played at the final venue. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32 seeded players, whilst players in bold denote match winners.{{cite web |title=WST English Open Qualifiers |url=https://www.leicesterarena.co.uk/events/wst-english-open-qualifiers |access-date=25 August 2023 |work=leicesterarena.co.uk}}{{cite web |title=BetVictor English Open draw |date=30 August 2023 |url=https://wst.tv/betvictor-english-open-draw-3/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830200300/https://wst.tv/betvictor-english-open-draw-3/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 August 2023 |work=World Snooker Tour |access-date=30 August 2023}}
=Brentwood=
One pre-qualifying match between two English wildcards was played in Brentwood on 2 October. Result as follows:
- {{flagathlete|Ryan Davies|ENG}} 4–2 {{flagathlete|Bradley Cowdroy|ENG}}
The results of the held over matches played in Brentwood on 2 October are as follows:
{{div col}}
- {{flagathlete|Mark Allen|NIR}} {{tooltip|(4)|player seeding}} 4–0 {{flagathlete|Mostafa Dorgham|EGY}}
- {{flagathlete|Ding Junhui|CHN}} {{tooltip|(15)|player seeding}} 4–3 {{flagathlete|Ma Hailong|CHN}}
- {{flagathlete|Ryan Day|WAL}} {{tooltip|(16)|player seeding}} 4–2 {{flagathlete|Ashley Hugill|ENG}}
- {{flagathlete|Robert Milkins|ENG}} {{tooltip|(12)|player seeding}} 4–1 {{flagathlete|Robbie Williams|ENG}}
- {{flagathlete|Ronnie O'Sullivan|ENG}} {{tooltip|(3)|player seeding}} 4–0 {{flagathlete|Andrew Pagett|WAL}}
- {{flagathlete|John Higgins|SCO}} {{tooltip|(9)|player seeding}} 4–3 {{flagathlete|Marco Fu|HKG}}
- {{flagathlete|Jack Lisowski|ENG}} {{tooltip|(14)|player seeding}} 4–1 {{flagathlete|Matthew Stevens|WAL}}
- {{flagathlete|Neil Robertson|AUS}} {{tooltip|(6)|player seeding}} 2–4 {{flagathlete|Sanderson Lam|ENG}}
- {{flagathlete|Ali Carter|ENG}} {{tooltip|(11)|player seeding}} 4–1 {{flagathlete|Jamie Clarke|WAL}}
- {{flagathlete|Luca Brecel|BEL}} {{tooltip|(2)|player seeding}} 4–3 {{flagathlete|Stan Moody|ENG}}
- {{flagathlete|Shaun Murphy|ENG}} {{tooltip|(7)|player seeding}} 3–4 {{flagathlete|Liu Hongyu|CHN}}
- {{flagathlete|Judd Trump|ENG}} {{tooltip|(5)|player seeding}} 4–0 {{flagathlete|Sean O'Sullivan|ENG}}
- {{flagathlete|Kyren Wilson|ENG}} {{tooltip|(8)|player seeding}} 3–4 {{flagathlete|Oliver Lines|ENG}}
- {{flagathlete|Barry Hawkins|ENG}} {{tooltip|(13)|player seeding}} 4–1 {{flagathlete|Anthony Hamilton|ENG}}
{{div col end}}
Three held over matches were played on 3 October, two of which were rescheduled because Mark Selby and Mark Williams played the final of the British Open on 1 October. Results as follows:{{cite web |title=Selby and Williams matches moved to Tuesday |date=1 October 2023 |url=https://wst.tv/betvictor-english-open-selby-and-williams-matches-moved-to-tuesday/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002081118/https://wst.tv/betvictor-english-open-selby-and-williams-matches-moved-to-tuesday/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 October 2023 |work=World Snooker Tour |access-date=1 October 2023}}
- {{flagathlete|Mark Selby|ENG}} {{tooltip|(1)|player seeding}} 4–1 {{flagathlete|Xing Zihao|CHN}}
- {{flagathlete|Mark Williams|WAL}} {{tooltip|(10)|player seeding}} 4–0 {{flagathlete|Ian Burns|ENG}}
- {{flagathlete|Elliot Slessor|ENG}} 4–2 {{flagathlete|Ryan Davies|ENG}}
=Leicester=
The results of the qualifying matches played in Leicester were as follows:
==6 September==
{{div col}}
- {{flagathlete|He Guoqiang|CHN}} 4–2 {{flagathlete|Andy Lee|HKG}}
- {{flagathlete|Jiang Jun|CHN}} 0–4 {{flagathlete|Julien Leclercq|BEL}}
- {{flagathlete|Si Jiahui|CHN}} {{tooltip|(30)|player seeding}} 4–3 {{flagathlete|Alexander Ursenbacher|SUI}}
- {{flagathlete|Zhou Yuelong|CHN}} {{tooltip|(27)|player seeding}} 4–2 {{flagathlete|Ben Woollaston|ENG}}
- {{flagathlete|Peng Yisong|CHN}} 1–4 {{flagathlete|Graeme Dott|SCO}}
- {{flagathlete|Ishpreet Singh Chadha|IND}} 0–4 {{flagathlete|Wu Yize|CHN}}
- {{flagathlete|Gary Wilson|ENG}} {{tooltip|(18)|player seeding}} 4–3 {{flagathlete|Pang Junxu|CHN}}
- {{flagathlete|Fan Zhengyi|CHN}} {{tooltip|(31)|player seeding}} 4–1 {{flagathlete|Andres Petrov|EST}}
- {{flagathlete|Rory Thor|MAS}} 1–4 {{flagathlete|Louis Heathcote|ENG}}
- {{flagathlete|Hossein Vafaei|IRN}} {{tooltip|(17)|player seeding}} 4–0 {{flagathlete|Liam Graham|SCO}}
- {{flagathlete|John Astley|ENG}} 2–4 {{flagathlete|Martin Gould|ENG}}
- {{flagathlete|Sam Craigie|ENG}} 0–4 {{flagathlete|Michael White|WAL}}
- {{flagathlete|Joe Perry|ENG}} {{tooltip|(24)|player seeding}} 1–4 {{flagathlete|Mark Davis|ENG}}
- {{flagathlete|Jimmy Robertson|ENG}} {{tooltip|(28)|player seeding}} 4–0 {{flagathlete|Reanne Evans|ENG}}
- {{flagathlete|Rod Lawler|ENG}} 3–4 {{flagathlete|Hammad Miah|ENG}}
- {{flagathlete|Mark Joyce|ENG}} 3–4 {{flagathlete|Lukas Kleckers|GER}}
{{div col end}}
==7 September==
{{div col}}
- {{flagathlete|David Lilley|ENG}} 4–1 {{flagathlete|Thepchaiya Un-Nooh|THA}}
- {{flagathlete|Mink Nutcharut|THA}} 0–4 {{flagathlete|Cao Yupeng|CHN}}
- {{flagathlete|Long Zehuang|CHN}} 3–4 {{flagathlete|Scott Donaldson|SCO}}
- {{flagathlete|Zhang Anda|CHN}} 4–0 {{flagathlete|Ben Mertens|BEL}}
- {{flagathlete|Victor Sarkis|BRA}} 1–4 {{flagathlete|Adam Duffy|ENG}}
- {{flagathlete|Ken Doherty|IRL}} 0–4 {{flagathlete|Jackson Page|WAL}}
- {{flagathlete|Stephen Hendry|SCO}} 0–4 {{flagathlete|Fergal O'Brien|IRL}}
- {{flagathlete|Chris Wakelin|ENG}} {{tooltip|(26)|player seeding}} 4–1 {{flagathlete|Lyu Haotian|CHN}}
- {{flagathlete|Stephen Maguire|SCO}} {{tooltip|(32)|player seeding}} 4–3 {{flagathlete|Daniel Wells|WAL}}
- {{flagathlete|Allan Taylor|ENG}} 4–3 {{flagathlete|Jak Jones|WAL}}
- {{flagathlete|Anthony McGill|SCO}} {{tooltip|(19)|player seeding}} 4–1 {{flagathlete|Himanshu Jain|IND}}
- {{flagathlete|Ahmed Aly Elsayed|USA}} 0–4 {{flagathlete|Liam Pullen|ENG}}
- {{flagathlete|David Gilbert|ENG}} {{tooltip|(25)|player seeding}} 4–1 {{flagathlete|Dean Young|SCO}}
- {{flagathlete|Matthew Selt|ENG}} {{tooltip|(29)|player seeding}} 4–2 {{flagathlete|Alfie Burden|ENG}}
- {{flagathlete|Ryan Thomerson|AUS}} 1–4 {{flagathlete|Andrew Higginson|ENG}}
- {{flagathlete|Mohamed Ibrahim|EGY}} 0–4 {{flagathlete|Andy Hicks|ENG}}
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==8 September==
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- {{flagathlete|Tom Ford|ENG}} {{tooltip|(21)|player seeding}} 4–3 {{flagathlete|Xu Si|CHN}}
- {{flagathlete|Aaron Hill|IRL}} 0–4 {{flagathlete|Yuan Sijun|CHN}}
- {{flagathlete|Xiao Guodong|CHN}} 4–1 {{flagathlete|Tian Pengfei|CHN}}
- {{flagathlete|Baipat Siripaporn|THA}} 3–4 {{flagathlete|Muhammad Asif|PAK}}
- {{flagathlete|James Cahill|ENG}} 4–2 {{flagathlete|Manasawin Phetmalaikul|THA}}
- {{flagathlete|Ricky Walden|ENG}} {{tooltip|(20)|player seeding}} 4–0 {{flagathlete|Jordan Brown|NIR}}
- {{flagathlete|Noppon Saengkham|THA}} {{tooltip|(23)|player seeding}} 2–4 {{flagathlete|Dylan Emery|WAL}}
- {{flagathlete|Zak Surety|ENG}} 1–4 {{flagathlete|Oliver Brown|ENG}}
- {{flagathlete|Liam Highfield|ENG}} 1–4 {{flagathlete|Martin O'Donnell|ENG}}
- {{flagathlete|Stuart Carrington|ENG}} 4–0 {{flagathlete|Anton Kazakov|UKR}}
- {{flagathlete|Jamie Jones|WAL}} 4–1 {{flagathlete|Ross Muir|SCO}}
- {{flagathlete|Ashley Carty|ENG}} 2–4 {{flagathlete|David Grace|ENG}}
- {{flagathlete|Stuart Bingham|ENG}} {{tooltip|(22)|player seeding}} 1–4 {{flagathlete|Jenson Kendrick|ENG}}
- {{flagathlete|Jimmy White|ENG}} 2–4 {{flagathlete|Joe O'Connor|ENG}}
- {{flagathlete|Dominic Dale|WAL}} 4–1 {{flagathlete|Rebecca Kenna|ENG}}
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Century breaks
=Main stage centuries=
A total of 57 century breaks were made during the main stage of the tournament in Brentwood.
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- 145, 137, 132, 124 {{ndash}} John Higgins
- 140, 137, 135, 120, 111, 103, 102 {{ndash}} Judd Trump
- 140 {{ndash}} Tom Ford
- 139 {{ndash}} Julien Leclercq
- 135, 114 {{ndash}} Matthew Selt
- 134, 102 {{ndash}} Ricky Walden
- 134 {{ndash}} Barry Hawkins
- 132 {{ndash}} Cao Yupeng
- 129 {{ndash}} Robert Milkins
- 128, 127, 116, 109 {{ndash}} Zhang Anda
- 128 {{ndash}} Ali Carter
- 128 {{ndash}} Jimmy Robertson
- 127, 114, 104, 104, 103 {{ndash}} Mark Allen
- 127 {{ndash}} Mark Selby
- 123, 123, 111, 100 {{ndash}} Mark Williams
- 122, 109, 105 {{ndash}} Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 121 {{ndash}} Stan Moody
- 120 {{ndash}} Luca Brecel
- 120 {{ndash}} Martin O'Donnell
- 116, 112 {{ndash}} He Guoqiang
- 113 {{ndash}} Marco Fu
- 111 {{ndash}} Martin Gould
- 109 {{ndash}} Jackson Page
- 108 {{ndash}} Gary Wilson
- 106, 102 {{ndash}} Zhou Yuelong
- 106 {{ndash}} Mark Davis
- 104 {{ndash}} Wu Yize
- 102 {{ndash}} Jamie Clarke
- 102 {{ndash}} Michael White
- 101 {{ndash}} Ding Junhui
- 101 {{ndash}} Si Jiahui
- 100 {{ndash}} Jack Lisowski
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=Qualifying stage centuries=
A total of 14 century breaks were made during the qualifying stage of the tournament in Leicester.
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- 140, 111 {{ndash}} James Cahill
- 135 {{ndash}} Graeme Dott
- 131, 130 {{ndash}} Stephen Maguire
- 121 {{ndash}} Ricky Walden
- 116 {{ndash}} Andrew Higginson
- 110 {{ndash}} Liam Highfield
- 105, 103 {{ndash}} David Gilbert
- 102 {{ndash}} Peng Yisong
- 102 {{ndash}} Gary Wilson
- 101 {{ndash}} Zhang Anda
- 100 {{ndash}} Noppon Saengkham
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080520211323/http://wst.tv/ World Snooker Tour – Home]
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