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Northern Ireland Open Qualifiers

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 17-20 Oct 2023; Venue: Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield, England; Type: Qualifying (see main event); Twitter: #NIOpen; Notes: See also results (64)
Qual Round 1
(Last 128; Losers receive £0)
1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [1] 4-0 Belgium Ben Mertens [66]   Details 
2 Estonia Andres Petrov [85] 4-3 England Sanderson Lam [62]   Details 

Re-spotted black in frame 6.

3 Scotland Graeme Dott [32] 4-0 England Oliver Lines [53] Head to head Details 
4 China Xing Zihao [108] 4-0 England David Grace [49]   Details 
5 England Ricky Walden [16] 4-2 England Ben Woollaston [40] Head to head Details 
6 Wales Dominic Dale [50] 4-1 England Allan Taylor [73] Head to head Details 

Taylor fouled on the frame-winning pink in frame 1 and then lost the frame

7 England Stuart Bingham [17] 4-3 England Ashley Hugill [60] Head to head Details 
8 China Xu Si [56] 4-2 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher [107] Head to head Details 
9 Scotland Dean Young [110] 4-2 Egypt Mohamed Ibrahim [88]   Details 
10 England Matthew Selt [24] 4-1 Hong Kong Andy Lee [81] Head to head Details 
11 Wales Jackson Page [46] 4-0 Scotland Liam Graham [104] Head to head Details 
12 England Jack Lisowski [9] 4-1 England Rebecca Kenna (f) [112]   Details 
13 Ireland Aaron Hill [69] 4-1 England David Lilley [63]   Details 
14 China Fan Zhengyi [25] 4-2 China Liu Hongyu [70]   Details 
15 Wales Dylan Emery [67] 4-3 England Martin Gould [54]   Details 
16 China Cao Yupeng [38] 4-3 England Robert Milkins [8] Head to head Details 
17 England Shaun Murphy [5] 4-2 Australia Ryan Thomerson [94]   Details 
18 Hong Kong Marco Fu [117] 4-2 Wales Jamie Jones [39] Head to head Details 
19 England Zak Surety [71] 4-2 England Joe O'Connor [28] Head to head Details 
20 England Sean O'Sullivan [82] 4-2 England Andrew Higginson [92]   Details 
21 China Ma Hailong [86] 4-3 Wales Ryan Day [12]   Details 
22 England Martin O'Donnell [79] 4-3 Wales Daniel Wells [87] Head to head Details 
23 England Chris Wakelin [21] 4-0 England Anthony Hamilton [33] Head to head Details 
24 England Alfie Burden [96] 4-3 Egypt Mostafa Dorgham [121]   Details 
25 England Rod Lawler [78] 4-0 Thailand Baipat Siripaporn (f) [118]   Details 
26 England Stan Moody [116] 4-2 China Zhou Yuelong [20]   Details 
27 Germany Lukas Kleckers [72] 4-3 Wales Andrew Pagett [114] Head to head Details 
28 England Gary Wilson [13] 4-3 England Louis Heathcote [93]   Details 
29 Wales Jamie Clarke [52] 4-3 Wales Alfie Davies (a)   Details 

Decided on the final black

30 China Yuan Sijun [42] 4-1 China Xiao Guodong [29] Head to head Details 
31 Northern Ireland Jordan Brown [36] 4-2 England Stuart Carrington [100] Head to head Details 
32 Australia Neil Robertson [4] 4-1 China Wu Yize [43] Head to head Details 
33 England Judd Trump [3] 4-1 England Jenson Kendrick [95]   Details 

Trump's maximum attempt in the last frame ended at 96.

34 Belgium Julien Leclercq [61] 4-1 England Adam Duffy [83]   Details 

Re-rack in frame 2

35 England Ian Burns [109] 4-2 China Pang Junxu [30]   Details 
36 Ireland Ken Doherty [68] 4-3 England Liam Highfield [55] Head to head Details 
37 Scotland Anthony McGill [14] 4-3 England Jimmy White [113] Head to head Details 

White won frame 5 after having needed two snookers

38 Northern Ireland Robbie McGuigan (a) 4-1 Pakistan Muhammad Asif [75]   Details 
39 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [19] 4-0 India Himanshu Jain [99]   Details 
40 England Barry Pinches (a) 4-3 Thailand M Phetmalaikul [119]   Details 

Phetmalaikul was docked one frame for arriving late

41 Wales Michael White [59] 4-2 Thailand Mink Nutcharut (f) [106]   Details 
42 England Joe Perry [22] 4-2 India Ishpreet Singh Chadha [90]   Details 
43 Ukraine Anton Kazakov [98] 4-1 China Long Zehuang [97]   Details 
44 Iran Hossein Vafaei [11] 4-1 England Mark Joyce [57]   Details 
45 England James Cahill [65] 4-1 Wales Duane Jones (a)   Details 
46 Scotland Stephen Maguire [27] 4-3 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [80] Head to head Details 

Maguire made his 500th career century in frame six. He is the 13th player to reach this milestone.

47 England Hammad Miah [89] 4-0 England Reanne Evans (f) [102] Head to head Details 
48 England Sam Craigie [45] 4-3 England Kyren Wilson [6] Head to head Details 
49 Wales Mark J Williams [7] 4-1 China Tian Pengfei [47] Head to head Details 
50 England Robbie Williams [41] 4-1 England Liam Pullen [101]   Details 
51 China Zhang Anda [34] 4-1 China Si Jiahui [26] Head to head Details 
52 Malaysia Rory Thor [105] 4-0 England John Astley [64]   Details 
53 England Barry Hawkins [10] 4-1 England Elliot Slessor [51]   Details 
54 China Jiang Jun [103] 4-2 England Andy Hicks [48]   Details 
55 England Jimmy Robertson [23] 4-2 England Sydney Wilson (a) Head to head Details 

The match ended on a re-spotted black. Wilson went in-off.

56 China Peng Yisong [84] 4-1 China He Guoqiang [76] Head to head Details 
57 Wales Matthew Stevens [37] 4-2 Scotland Stephen Hendry [120] Head to head Details 

Stevens forced a re-spotted black in frame 4. Hendry lost it as he went in-off. Re-rack in frame 5.

58 England David Gilbert [18] 4-1 Northern Ireland Joel Connolly (a)   Details 
59 China Lyu Haotian [35] 4-1 England Ashley Carty [74] Head to head Details 
60 England Tom Ford [15] 4-0 England Haydon Pinhey (a)   Details 
61 England Mark Davis [58] 4-0 Scotland Scott Donaldson [44] Head to head Details 
62 Wales Jak Jones [31] 4-0 England Oliver Brown [77] Head to head Details 
63 Scotland Ross Muir [91] 4-2 Brazil Victor Sarkis [111]   Details 
64 Jamaica Rory McLeod (a) 4-0 United States Ahmed Aly Elsayed [115]   Details 

McLeod replaced Ronnie O'Sullivan who withdrew for medical reasons.