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British Open 2024: Latest scores, results, order of play as Mark Williams begins title defence in Cheltenham

Snooker's biggest stars will embark on The Centaur Arena in Cheltenham for what is the fifth ranking event of the season. The action comes straight after the English Open, with defending champion Mark Williams fighting the likes of Judd Trump and Ronnie O'Sullivan for a £100,000 winner's prize. Most of the round one matches have been completed in Leicester, aside from those featuring the top 16.

Mark Selby and Mark Williams.

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The fifth ranking event of the 2024/25 season resumes across seven days in Cheltenham, as the sport's biggest stars descend on The Centaur for the British Open.
Mark Williams heads into this prestigious competition as reigning champion following a thrilling 10-7 victory over Mark Selby in last year's event, but he was sent packing in the first round by Rory Thor.
The action began in Leicester earlier in the summer, but 16 ties featuring the world's best players have been held over to the main venue.
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You can keep track of all the latest scores and results from the 2024 British Open below.

When is the British Open and where is it?

The British Open runs between Monday, September 23 and Sunday, September 29. It will be held at The Centaur, Cheltenham Racecourse.

What is the format for the British Open?

There is no ranking protection for anyone in the competition, with anyone on the professional tour eligible to enter.
The event started with 128 entries, and 16 round one ties have been held over to September 23.
It is a straight knockout format.
  • Round 1 to 4: Matches decided in best of seven frames
  • Quarter-finals: Matches decided in best of nine frames (mid-session interval)
  • Semi-finals: Matches decided in best of 11 frames (mid-session interval)
  • Final: Matches decided in best of 19 frames (played over two sessions with mid-session intervals in both)
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Schedule and results

(All UK times, schedule subject to change)
Sunday, September 29
Final
13:00
  • Mark Selby 10-5 John Higgins
Saturday, September 28
Semi-finals
13:00
  • John Higgins 6-0 Oliver Lines
19:00
  • Mark Selby 6-3 Mark Allen
Friday, September 27
Quarter-Finals
13:00
  • Elliot Slessor 1-5 John Higgins
  • David Gilbert 4-5 Mark Selby
19:00
  • Judd Trump 3-5 Mark Allen
  • Jak Jones 4-5 Oliver Lines
Thursday, September 26
Round 3
13:00
  • John Higgins 4-2 Graeme Dott
  • Mark Davis 2-4 Judd Trump
  • Ricky Walden 3-4 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
  • Oliver Lines 4-3 Sunny Akani
15:00
  • Marco Fu 0-4 Kyren Wilson
  • Ben Mertens 1-4 Mark Allen (147 in frame 2)
  • Liam Davies 1-4 Luca Brecel
  • David Grace 2-4 Chris Wakelin
19:00
Round 4
  • Rory Thor 0-4 John Higgins
  • Lyu Haotian 3-4 David Gilbert
  • Stan Moody 1-4 Oliver Lines
  • Judd Trump 4-2 Stephen Maguire
21:00
  • Mark Allen 4-3 Chris Wakelin
  • Luca Brecel 2-4 Jak Jones
  • Kyren Wilson 2-4 Elliot Slessor
  • Mark Selby 4-3 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Wednesday, September 25
Round 2
10:00
  • Alan Taylor 1-4 Lyu Haotian
  • Hossein Vafaei 1-4 Zhang Anda
  • Ka Wei Cheung 3-4 Oliver Lines
  • Anton Kazakov 0-4 Liam Davies
13:00
  • Kyren Wilson 4-1 Duane Jones
  • Sunny Akani 4-1 Antoni Kowalski
  • David Gilbert 4-1 Ben Woollaston
  • Rory Thor 4-3 Mark Joyce
14:00
  • David Grace 4-0 Lewis Ullah
  • Ricky Walden 4-0 Jamie Clarke
  • Hammad Miah 1-4 Ben Mertens
  • John Higgins 4-2 Shaun Murphy
Round 3
19:00
  • Jak Jones 4-1 Iulian Boiko
  • Mark Selby 4-3 Yuan Sijun
  • Zhang Anda 3-4 Stan Moody
  • Haris Tahir 2-4 Lyu Haotian
20:00
  • Stuart Bingham 3-4 Stephen Maguire
  • Elliot Slessor 4-3 Xu Si
  • Neil Robertson 3-4 Rory Thor
  • David Gilbert 4-3 Ashley Carty
Tuesday, September 24
Round 2
10:00
  • Yuan Sijun 4-2 Robbie Williams
  • Ma Hailong 2-4 Marco Fu
  • Graeme Dott 4-1 Zhou Yuelong
  • Iulian Boiko 4-1 Si Jiahui
13:00
  • Neil Robertson 4-1 Chris Totten
  • Haris Tahir 4-1 Simon Blackwell
  • Gong Chenzhi 1-4 Xu Si
  • Chris Wakelin 4-2 Wu Yize
15:00
  • Aaron Hill 1-4 Mark Allen
  • Stan Moody 4-0 Michael Holt
  • Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-0 Noppon Saengkham
19:00
  • Ashley Carty 4-0 Long Zehuang
  • Ryan Day 2-4 Judd Trump
  • Jak Jones 4-0 Alfie Burden
  • Mark Davis 4-2 Xiao Guodong
20:00
  • Bulcsu Revesz 0-4 Stuart Bingham
  • Elliot Slessor 4-3 Martin O'Donnell
  • Tian Pengfei 2-4 Luca Brecel
  • Stephen Maguire 4-1 Liam Graham
Monday, September 23
Round 1
13:00
  • Mark Williams 1-4 Rory Thor
  • Gong Chenzhi 4-3 Tom Ford
  • Gary Wilson 3-4 Mark Allen
  • Ding Junhui 3-4 Aaron Hill
14:00
  • Luca Brecel 4-1 Mohamed Shebab
  • Ryan Day 4-1 Louis Heathcote
  • Robert Milkins 1-4 Judd Trump
  • Ross Muir 1-4 John Higgins
19:00
  • Barry Hawkins 1-4 Liam Davies
  • Lewis Ullah 4-2 Manasawin Phetmalaikul
  • Bulcsu Revesz 4-3 Ali Carter
  • Shaun Murphy 4-0 Ian Burns
20:00
  • Pang Junxu 3-4 Mark Selby
  • Jordan Brown 2-4 Zhang Anda
  • Sanderson Lam 2-4 Jak Jones
  • Kyren Wilson 4-0 Julien Leclercq
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