2024 Scottish Open (snooker)
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 9–15 December 2024 |
| Venue | Meadowbank Sports Centre |
| City | Edinburgh |
| Country | Scotland |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £550,400 |
| Winner's share | £100,000 |
| Defending champion |  Gary Wilson (ENG) |
← 2023 | |
The 2024 Scottish Open (officially the 2024 BetVictor Scottish Open) is an upcoming professional snooker tournament that will take place from 9 to 15 December 2024 at the Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland. It's the eleventh ranking event of the 2024–25 season (following the 2024 Shoot Out and preceding the 2025 German Masters), the third of four tournaments in the season's Home Nations Series (following the 2024 English Open and the 2024 Northern Ireland Open and preceding the 2025 Welsh Open). The winner will receive £100,000 from a total prize fund of £550,400, the Stephen Hendry trophy, and a place in the 2025 Champion of Champions invitational event.[1]
Gary Wilson is the defending champion, having successfully defended his 2022 title by defeating Noppon Saengkham 9–5 in the 2023 final.[2][3]
Format
[edit]The event will take place from 9 to 15 December 2024 at the Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland.[1] Qualifying will take place from 28 to 30 October 2024 in Sheffield, England.[4]
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.[5]
Prize fund
[edit]The tournament winner will receive the Stephen Hendry trophy. The breakdown of prize money for the event, an increase of £123,400 from the previous event, is shown below:[1]
- 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
Final rounds
[edit]The draw for the final rounds will be shown below.
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 | ||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||
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.[6]
| Round 1 (Last 128) Best of 7 frames | Round 2 (Last 96) Best of 7 frames | |||||
 Gong Chenzhi (CHN) (85) | ||||||
 Antoni Kowalski (POL) (106) | ||||||
| Liu Hongyu (CHN) (67) | ||||||
| Reanne Evans (ENG) (114) | ||||||
| Andrew Higginson (ENG) (84) | ||||||
| Paul Deaville (ENG) (a) | ||||||
 Liam Davies (WAL) (101) | ||||||
 Wang Yuchen (HKG) (119) | ||||||
 Rory Thor (MAS) (76) | ||||||
| Mitchell Mann (ENG) (117) | ||||||
| Lei Peifan (CHN) (93) | ||||||
| Haydon Pinhey (ENG) (110) | ||||||
 Dean Young (SCO) (96) | ||||||
| Daniel Womersley (ENG) (a) | ||||||
| Andrew Pagett (WAL) (86) | ||||||
| Dylan Emery (WAL) (a) | ||||||
| Jiang Jun (CHN) (79) | ||||||
| Chris Totten (SCO) (109) | ||||||
| Stuart Carrington (ENG) (72) | ||||||
 Mink Nutcharut (THA) (111) | ||||||
| Alfie Burden (ENG) (74) | ||||||
 Julien Leclercq (BEL) (108) | ||||||
 Artemijs Žižins (LAT) (97) | ||||||
| Huang Jiahao (CHN) (113) | ||||||
| Liam Pullen (ENG) (88) | ||||||
 Mostafa Dorgham (EGY) (105) | ||||||
| Allan Taylor (ENG) (98) | ||||||
 Anton Kazakov (UKR) (a) | ||||||
| Louis Heathcote (ENG) (69) | ||||||
| Joshua Thomond (ENG) (a) | ||||||
| Zak Surety (ENG) (90) | ||||||
| Jack Borwick (SCO) (a) | ||||||
| Ben Mertens (BEL) (94) | ||||||
 Robbie McGuigan (NIR) (103) | ||||||
 Ishpreet Singh Chadha (IND) (70) | ||||||
 Ahmed Aly Elsayed (USA) (120) | ||||||
| Duane Jones (WAL) (91) | ||||||
 Amir Sarkhosh (IRN) (102) | ||||||
| Stan Moody (ENG) (78) | ||||||
| Iulian Boiko (UKR) (a) | ||||||
| Ian Burns (ENG) (82) | ||||||
| Simon Blackwell (ENG) (a) | ||||||
| Ross Muir (SCO) (77) | w/o | Mark Davis (ENG) (57) | ||||
 Ken Doherty (IRL) (125)[a] | w/d | Ross Muir (SCO) (77) | ||||
 Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI) (87) | ||||||
| Michael Holt (ENG) (104) | ||||||
| Liam Graham (SCO) (99) | ||||||
 Farakh Ajaib (PAK) (112) | ||||||
| Xing Zihao (CHN) (73) | ||||||
| Manasawin Phetmalaikul (THA) (118) | ||||||
 Bulcsú Révész (HUN) (86) | ||||||
| Bai Yulu (CHN) (122) | ||||||
| Ma Hailong (CHN) (80) | ||||||
| Baipat Siripaporn (THA) (124) | ||||||
| Cheung Ka Wai (HKG) (100) | ||||||
| Kreishh Gurbaxani (IND) (121) | ||||||
| Hammad Miah (ENG) (75) | ||||||
| Haris Tahir (PAK) (107) | ||||||
| Ashley Carty (ENG) (69) | ||||||
 Jonas Luz (BRA) (115) | ||||||
| Jimmy White (ENG) (92) | ||||||
| Hatem Yassen (EGY) | ||||||
| Oliver Lines (ENG) (83) | ||||||
 Ayaan Iqbal (GBR) (a) | ||||||
- Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walkover
Notes
[edit]- ^ Ken Doherty withdrew and so Ross Muir was given a walkover.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "BetVictor Scottish Open". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "Wilson defends Edinburgh crown". World Snooker Tour. 17 December 2023. Archived from the original on 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Gary Wilson beats Noppon Saengkham to retain Scottish title". BBC Sport. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "BetVictor Scottish Open Qualifiers Draw". World Snooker Tour. 16 October 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "Tiered format for Home Nations and German Masters in 2024/25". World Snooker Tour. 5 April 2024. Archived from the original on 5 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ "BetVictor Scottish Open 2024 qualifiers matches". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 16 October 2024.