British Open 2024 draw, schedule, prize money, odds and how to watch

Mark Williams is the defending champion at the British Open (Picture: Getty Images)

The snooker season is in a really busy spell as the British Open begins on Monday just a matter of hours after the conclusion of the English Open on Sunday night.

Neil Robertson lifted the trophy in Brentwood and will be in action in Cheltenham as he looks to continue the fine form which led to him beating Wu Yize in Sunday’s final.

Mark Williams is the defending champion at the British Open after his memorable win over Mark Selby in last season’s final.

All the sport’s biggest names are due to be on the baize in Cheltenham, with the likes of Ronnie O’Sullivan, Judd Trump, Kyren Wilson, Mark Allen and John Higgins all scheduled to play their opening games on Monday.

The tournament brings with it a unique format as it is the only event on the calendar to employ the FA Cup-style random draw after each round.

That means anyone can meet anyone else at any stage, as evidenced by Mark Allen taking on Gary Wilson in the very first round on Monday afternoon.

How to watch the British Open

ITV will be showing the action on ITV4, with ITVX streaming table two.

Neil Robertson will be full of confidence after his English Open win (Picture: Getty Images)

British Open draw and schedule

Monday 23 September

All round one games
1pm
Mark Williams v Rory Thor
Gong Chenzhi v Tom Ford
Gary Wilson v Mark Allen
Ding Junhui v Aaron Hill
Followed by
Luca Brecel v Mohamed Shebab
Ryan Day v Louis Heathcote
Robert Milkins v Judd Trump
Ross Muir v John Higgins

7pm
Barry Hawkins v Liam Davies
Ronnie O’Sullivan v Manasawin Phetmalaikul
Bulcsu Revesz v Ali Carter
Shaun Murphy v Ian Burns
Followed by
Pang Junxu v Mark Selby
Jordan Brown v Zhang Anda
Sanderson Lam v Jak Jones
Kyren Wilson v Julien Leclercq

World champion Kyren Wilson has already won the Xi’an Grand Prix this season (Picture: Getty Images)

Round two draw

Ding/Hill v G. Wilson/Allen
Yuan Sijun v Robbie Williams
Ashley Carty v Long Zehuang
Revesz/Carter v Stuart Bingham
David Gilbert v Ben Woollaston
Sunny Akani v Antoni Kowalski
Lim Kok Leong v Pang/Selby
Hossein Vafaei v Brown/Zhang
Tian Pengfei v Brecel/Shehab
M. Williams/Thor v Mark Joyce
Allan Taylor v Lyu Haotian
Hammad Miah v Ben Mertens
Neil Robertson v Chris Totten
K Wilson/Leclercq v Duane Jones
David Grace v O’Sullivan/Phetmalaikul
Day/Heathcote v Milkins/Trump
Haris Tahir v Simon Blackwell
Ma Hailong v Marco Fu
Graeme Dott v Zhou Yuelong
Stan Moody v Michael Holt
Gong/Ford v Xu Si
Lam/Jak Jones v Alfie Burden
Ricky Walden v Jamie Clarke
Elliot Slessor v Martin O’Donnell
Stephen Maguire v Liam Graham
Anton Kazakov v Hawkins/Davies
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Noppon Saengkham
Chris Wakelin v Wu Yize
Si Jiahui v Iulian Boiko
Cheung Ka Wai v Oliver Lines
Mark Davis v Xiao Guodong
Muir/Higgins v Murphy/Burns

British Open prize money

Winner: £100,000
Runner-up: £45,000
Semi-final: £20,000
Quarter-final: £12,000
Last 16: £9,000
Last 32: £6,000
Last 64: £3,000
Highest break: £5,000

World number one Judd Trump goes into the British Open as favourite to win it for a first time (Picture: Getty Images)

British Open odds

Judd Trump 7/2
Ronnie O’Sullivan 5/1
Neil Robertson 7/1
Mark Selby 8/1
Kyren Wilson 11/1
Mark Allen 12/1
Mark Williams 12/1
Shaun Murphy 14/1
John Higgins 20/1

John Higgins has slipped outside the world’s top 16 for the first time in 29 years (Picture: Getty Images)

Barry Hawkins 22/1
David Gilbert 25/1
Ding Junhui 25/1
Si Jiahui 25/1
Ali Carter 33/1
Luca Brecel 33/1
Hossein Vafaei 40/1
Jak Jones 40/1
Zhang Anda 40/1
Gary Wilson 45/1
Stuart Bingham 45/1
Wu Yize 50/1
Chris Wakelin 66/1
Noppon Saengkham 66/1
Stephen Maguire 66/1
Xiao Guodong 66/1
Zhou Yuelong 66/1
Pang Junxu 80/1
Marco Fu 100/1
Ricky Walden 100/1
Ryan Day 100/1
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 100/1
Tom Ford 100/1
Yuan Sijun 100/1
Ben Woollaston 125/1
Lyu Haotian 125/1
Elliot Slessor 150/1
Xu Si 150/1

Odds courtesy of Ladbrokes

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