2026 Shenzhen Open
Snooker tournament
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The 2026 Shenzhen Open is an upcoming professional snooker tournament that will take place from 28 September to 4 October 2026 at the Bao'an Sports Centre in Shenzhen, China. Formerly staged in Xi'an as the Xi'an Grand Prix, the tournament was relocated and rebranded as the Shenzhen Open for the 2026 edition. Qualifying took place from 19 to 22 July at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England. The third consecutive edition of the tournament since its inaugural staging in 2024, it will be the sixth ranking event of the 2026–27 snooker season, following the 2026 English Open and preceding the 2026 Northern Ireland Open. The winner will receive £177,000 from a total prize fund of £850,000.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 28 September – 4 October 2026 |
| Venue | Bao'an Sports Centre |
| City | Shenzhen |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £850,000 |
| Winner's share | £177,000 |
| Highest break |  Chang Bingyu (CHN) (147) |
| Defending champion |  Mark Williams (WAL) |
← 2025 | |
Mark Williams is the defending champion, having defeated Shaun Murphy 10–3 in the 2025 final.
Overview
The Shenzhen Open is a professional ranking snooker tournament held in China. The first two editions, in 2024 and 2025, were staged in Xi'an as the Xi'an Grand Prix. Kyren Wilson won the inaugural edition, defeating Judd Trump 10–8 in the final.[1][2] The 2026 edition—for which the tournament was relocated to Shenzhen and rebranded as the Shenzhen Open—will take place from 28 September to 4 October.[3][4][5] Qualifying took place from 19 to 22 July at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England.[6][7] The tournament will be the sixth ranking event of the 2026–27 snooker season, following the 2026 English Open and preceding the 2026 Northern Ireland Open.[8]
Mark Williams is the defending champion, having defeated Shaun Murphy 10–3 in the 2025 final.[9]
Summary
Qualifying
Qualifying round 2
Chang Bingyu made the third maximum break of his professional career in the fourth frame of his 5–0 victory over Chatchapong Nasa, along with three other century breaks of 109, 134, and 135. It was the 244th official maximum.[10]
Qualifying round 3
Mark Allen withdrew and so Ben Mertens will receive a walkover to the last 32.[11][12]
Qualifying draw
The results of the qualifying matches are shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the players' seeding, an "a" indicates amateur players who are not on the main World Snooker Tour, and players in bold denote match winners.[6]
Pre-qualifying round
Two pre-qualifying matches were played in Leicester to determine the opponents of Gao Yang and Alexander Ursenbacher in the qualifying draw respectively.
Oliver Sykes (ENG) (116) 1–5 Andrew Higginson (ENG) (99)
Jamie Clarke (WAL) (101) 5–2 Sean O'Sullivan (ENG) (104)
Rounds one to three
The results of the main qualifying draw are shown below. Matches involving the top 16 seeds and the four Chinese wildcards are held over to be played in Shenzhen.
| Round 1 (Last 128) Best of 9 frames | Round 2 (Last 96) Best of 9 frames | Round 3 (Last 64) Best of 9 frames | ||||||||
 Ian Burns (ENG) (76)[a] | w/d | Fan Zhengyi (CHN) (57) | 5 | Mark Williams (WAL) (1)† | ||||||
| Jimmy White (ENG) (94) | w/o | Jimmy White (ENG) (94) | 1 | Fan Zhengyi (CHN) (57) | ||||||
 Iulian Boiko (UKR) (71) | 5 | Stan Moody (ENG) (40) | 2 | Yuan Sijun (CHN) (30) | 5 | |||||
| Phil O'Kane (ENG) (120) | 0 | Iulian Boiko (UKR) (71) | 5 | Iulian Boiko (UKR) (71) | 3 | |||||
| Jiang Jun (CHN) (65) | 5 | Robbie Williams (ENG) (56) | 0 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (14)† | ||||||
 Panchaya Channoi (THA) (123) | 3 | Jiang Jun (CHN) (65) | 5 | Jiang Jun (CHN) (65) | ||||||
 Liam Graham (SCO) (87) | 1 | Zak Surety (ENG) (42) | 5 | Jack Lisowski (ENG) (17) | 1 | |||||
| Craig Steadman (ENG) (103) | 5 | Craig Steadman (ENG) (103) | 2 | Zak Surety (ENG) (42) | 5 | |||||
| Liam Pullen (ENG) (66) | 3 | Tom Ford (ENG) (36) | 3 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (18) | 5 | |||||
| Deng Haohui (CHN) (124) | 5 | Deng Haohui (CHN) (124) | 5 | Deng Haohui (CHN) (124) | 1 | |||||
| Ross Muir (SCO) (84) | 5 | Michael Holt (ENG) (51) | 5 | Xiao Guodong (CHN) (11)† | ||||||
| Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon (THA) (119) | 2 | Ross Muir (SCO) (84) | 4 | Michael Holt (ENG) (51) | ||||||
| Zhao Hanyang (CHN) (81) | 3 | Ryan Day (WAL) (37) | 2 | David Gilbert (ENG) (31) | 5 | |||||
| Ashley Hugill (ENG) (108) | 5 | Ashley Hugill (ENG) (108) | 5 | Ashley Hugill (ENG) (108) | 4 | |||||
| Sam Craigie (ENG) (70) | 5 | Wildcard #4 (CHN) (a)† | Kyren Wilson (ENG) (8)† | |||||||
 Mahmoud El Hareedy (EGY) (97)[b] | 0 | Sam Craigie (ENG) (70) | ||||||||
| Louis Heathcote (ENG) (67) | 2 | Scott Donaldson (SCO) (55) | 5 | Zhao Xintong (CHN) (5)† | ||||||
| Wang Xinbo (CHN) (117) | 5 | Wang Xinbo (CHN) (117) | 2 | Scott Donaldson (SCO) (55) | ||||||
 Leone Crowley (IRL) (86) | 4 |  Luca Brecel (BEL) (44) | 5 | Pang Junxu (CHN) (25) | 5 | |||||
| Julien Leclercq (BEL) (114) | 5 | Julien Leclercq (BEL) (114) | 3 | Luca Brecel (BEL) (44) | 2 | |||||
| Ben Mertens (BEL) (62) | 5 | Matthew Stevens (WAL) (49) | 1 |  Mark Allen (NIR) (12)†[c] | w/d | |||||
| Anton Kazakov (UKR) (115) | 1 | Ben Mertens (BEL) (62) | 5 | Ben Mertens (BEL) (62) | w/o | |||||
 Michał Szubarczyk (POL) (77) | 2 | Jimmy Robertson (ENG) (33) | 5 | Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (23) | 2 | |||||
| Gong Chenzhi (CHN) (113) | 5 | Gong Chenzhi (CHN) (113) | 0 | Jimmy Robertson (ENG) (33) | 5 | |||||
| Yao Pengcheng (CHN) (79) | 5 | Aaron Hill (IRL) (41) | 5 | Stuart Bingham (ENG) (21) | 5 | |||||
| Mitchell Mann (ENG) (100) | 2 | Yao Pengcheng (CHN) (79) | 2 | Aaron Hill (IRL) (41) | 2 | |||||
| Jamie Jones (WAL) (63) | 2 |  Ishpreet Singh Chadha (IND) (59) | 3 | Chris Wakelin (ENG) (13)† | ||||||
| Liam Davies (WAL) (111) | 5 | Liam Davies (WAL) (111) | 5 | Liam Davies (WAL) (111) | ||||||
| Steven Hallworth (ENG) (73) | 5 | Matthew Selt (ENG) (43) | 5 | Lei Peifan (CHN) (26) | 5 | |||||
| Liu Yang (CHN) (126) | 4 | Steven Hallworth (ENG) (73) | 1 | Matthew Selt (ENG) (43) | 4 | |||||
| Oliver Brown (ENG) (92) | 2 | Liu Hongyu (CHN) (58) | 5 |  Neil Robertson (AUS) (4)† | ||||||
 Artemijs Žižins (LVA) (118) | 5 | Artemijs Žižins (LVA) (118) | 0 | Liu Hongyu (CHN) (58) | ||||||
| Liu Wenwei (CHN) (83) | 1 | David Lilley (ENG) (60) | 4 | Judd Trump (ENG) (3)† | ||||||
| Huang Jiahao (CHN) (107) | 5 | Huang Jiahao (CHN) (107) | 5 | Huang Jiahao (CHN) (107) | ||||||
| Jordan Brown (NIR) (64) | 5 | Anthony McGill (SCO) (38) | 5 | Jak Jones (WAL) (32) | 2 | |||||
| Paul Norris (ENG) (121) | 2 | Jordan Brown (NIR) (64) | 4 | Anthony McGill (SCO) (38) | 5 | |||||
| Reanne Evans (ENG) (82) | 5 | Oliver Lines (ENG) (53) | 5 | Si Jiahui (CHN) (16)† | ||||||
| Michael Larkov (UKR) (125) | 3 | Reanne Evans (ENG) (82) | 2 | Oliver Lines (ENG) (53) | ||||||
| Xu Yichen (CHN) (80) | 1 | Ben Woollaston (ENG) (39) | 4 | Gary Wilson (ENG) (24) | 5 | |||||
| Luo Zetao (CHN) (122) | 5 | Luo Zetao (CHN) (122) | 5 | Luo Zetao (CHN) (122) | 2 | |||||
| Dylan Emery (WAL) (72) | 5 | Jackson Page (WAL) (35) | 5 | Zhang Anda (CHN) (20) | 2 | |||||
| Bai Yulu (CHN) (112) | 4 | Dylan Emery (WAL) (72) | 3 | Jackson Page (WAL) (35) | 5 | |||||
| Gao Yang (CHN) (75) | 3 | Wildcard #2 (CHN) (a)† | Mark Selby (ENG) (9)† | |||||||
| Andrew Higginson (ENG) (99) | 5 | Andrew Higginson (ENG) (99) | ||||||||
| Lan Yuhao (CHN) (78) | 5 | Noppon Saengkham (THA) (46) | 4 | Stephen Maguire (SCO) (29) | 5 | |||||
| Ashley Carty (ENG) (106) | 3 | Lan Yuhao (CHN) (78) | 5 | Lan Yuhao (CHN) (78) | 3 | |||||
| David Grace (ENG) (74) | 5 | Martin O'Donnell (ENG) (52) | 2 | John Higgins (SCO) (6)† | ||||||
 Florian Nüßle (AUT) (93) | 2 | David Grace (ENG) (74) | 5 | David Grace (ENG) (74) | ||||||
 Marco Fu (HKG) (69) | 5 | Wildcard #1 (CHN) (a)† | Shaun Murphy (ENG) (7)† | |||||||
| Ng On Yee (HKG) (95) | 1 | Marco Fu (HKG) (69) | ||||||||
| Fergal Quinn (NIR) (90) | 0 | Daniel Wells (WAL) (45) | 3 |  Hossein Vafaei (IRN) (28) | 5 | |||||
| Antoni Kowalski (POL) (109) | 5 | Antoni Kowalski (POL) (109) | 5 | Antoni Kowalski (POL) (109) | 4 | |||||
| Liam Highfield (ENG) (68) | 5 | Long Zehuang (CHN) (50) | 2 | Barry Hawkins (ENG) (10)† | ||||||
| Hammad Miah (ENG) (105) | 1 | Liam Highfield (ENG) (68) | 5 | Liam Highfield (ENG) (68) | ||||||
| Chatchapong Nasa (THA) (91) | 5 | Chang Bingyu (CHN) (48) | 5 | Elliot Slessor (ENG) (19) | 5 | |||||
 Sahil Nayyar (CAN) (96) | 4 | Chatchapong Nasa (THA) (91) | 0 | Chang Bingyu (CHN) (48) | 4 | |||||
| Lyu Haotian (CHN) (61) | 5 | He Guoqiang (CHN) (47) | 5 | Ali Carter (ENG) (22) | 5 | |||||
| Alfie Burden (ENG) (98) | 3 | Lyu Haotian (CHN) (61) | 3 | He Guoqiang (CHN) (47) | 1 | |||||
| Connor Benzey (ENG) (88) | 0 | Ricky Walden (ENG) (54) | 5 | Ding Junhui (CHN) (15)† | ||||||
| Cheung Ka Wai (HKG) (110) | 5 | Cheung Ka Wai (HKG) (110) | 2 | Ricky Walden (ENG) (54) | ||||||
| Mateusz Baranowski (POL) (85) | 5 | Xu Si (CHN) (34) | 5 | Joe O'Connor (ENG) (27) | 1 | |||||
| Stuart Carrington (ENG) (102) | 3 | Mateusz Baranowski (POL) (85) | 0 | Xu Si (CHN) (34) | 5 | |||||
 Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI) (89) | 2 | Wildcard #3 (CHN) (a)† | Wu Yize (CHN) (2)† | |||||||
| Jamie Clarke (WAL) (101) | 5 | Jamie Clarke (WAL) (101) | ||||||||
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
A total of 56 century breaks were made during the qualifying stage of the tournament in Leicester.[14]
- 147, 142, 135, 134, 131, 130, 109 – Chang Bingyu[10]
- 140 – Liam Davies
- 137, 122, 108 – Noppon Saengkham
- 135, 108 – Wang Xinbo
- 134, 100 – Hossein Vafaei
- 132 – Luo Zetao
- 131, 118 – Jimmy Robertson
- 131 – Liam Highfield
- 130 – Zak Surety
- 129, 114, 114 – Luca Brecel
- 124, 117 – Marco Fu
- 124 – Ishpreet Singh Chadha
- 124 – Dylan Emery
- 121 – Antoni Kowalski
- 120 – Ben Mertens
- 119 – Fan Zhengyi
- 119 – Huang Jiahao
- 119 – Lan Yuhao
- 116, 115, 101, 100 – Ashley Hugill
- 115, 106 – Jordan Brown
- 115 – Yuan Sijun
- 114, 102 – Elliot Slessor
- 110 – Xu Si
- 109 – Reanne Evans
- 108 – Matthew Selt
- 106 – Cheung Ka Wai
- 105, 101 – Jiang Jun
- 105 – Steven Hallworth
- 104, 104 – Ali Carter
- 104 – David Grace
- 104 – Louis Heathcote
- 104 – Jak Jones
- 102 – Ricky Walden
- 101 – David Gilbert
- 100 – Matthew Stevens
Notes
- Ian Burns withdrew and so Jimmy White received a walkover to the last 96.[7]
- Mahmoud El Hareedy did not return after the mid-session interval, with the score at 4–0 to Sam Craigie, and so he forfeited the fifth frame.[13]
- Mark Allen withdrew and so Ben Mertens will receive a walkover to the last 32.[11]