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BetVictor English Open

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 2-8 Oct 2023; Venue: The Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: Mark Selby; Twitter: #EnglishOpen ; Notes: See also results (128)
Final
(Winner: £80,000; Runner-up: £35,000)
England Judd Trump [5] 9-7 China Zhang Anda [55] Head to head Details 

(Session 1:
15-67, 72-48, 0-85 (85), 1-65
0-128 (128), 12-90, 70-4 (56), 120-0 (120)

Session 2:
12-125 (109), 0-98 (98), 68-26, 135-0 (135)
83-29, 78-0 (53), 59-0, -)

Referee: Ben Williams.

This was Trump's 24th ranking title. It was Zhang's first ranking event final. Trump was 1-5 and 3-7 down.

Semifinals
(Losers receive £17,500)
England Judd Trump [5] 6-5 Scotland John Higgins [9] Head to head Details 

8-129 (124), 65-47, 31-77 (53), 0-137 (137)
28-61, 68-47 (58), 0-121 (77), 75-46 (50)
88-0 (88), 111-0 (111), 76-0 (68)

China Zhang Anda [55] 6-2 China Liu Hongyu [88]   Details 

67-52 (59), 67-54 (54 LH), 68-29, 64-54
23-76, 66-6 (52), 0-80 (68), 77-6

This was the first ranking event semifinal for both players

Quarterfinals
(Losers receive £11,000)
Scotland John Higgins [9] 5-1 England Martin O'Donnell [96] Head to head Details 
England Judd Trump [5] 5-1 England Matthew Selt [29] Head to head Details 
China Zhang Anda [55] 5-4 China Zhou Yuelong [27] Head to head Details 
China Liu Hongyu [88] 5-2 China Ding Junhui [15] Head to head Details 
Round 4
(Last 16; Losers receive £7,500)
1 England Martin O'Donnell [96] 4-2 China He Guoqiang [122]   Details 
2 Scotland John Higgins [9] 4-1 England Oliver Lines [62] Head to head Details 

145 by Higgins was the highest break of the event

3 England Judd Trump [5] 4-2 China Yuan Sijun [50] Head to head Details 
4 England Matthew Selt [29] 4-3 England Ricky Walden [20] Head to head Details 
5 China Zhang Anda [55] 4-2 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [3] Head to head Details 
6 China Zhou Yuelong [27] 4-1 England Ali Carter [11] Head to head Details 
7 China Liu Hongyu [88] 4-3 Wales Mark J Williams [10]   Details 
8 China Ding Junhui [15] 4-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] Head to head Details 

This was Ding's eighth win from eight meetings

Round 3
(Last 32; Losers receive £4,500)
1 England Martin O'Donnell [96] 4-1 Scotland Stephen Maguire [32] Head to head Details 
2 China He Guoqiang [122] 4-3 Iran Hossein Vafaei [17] Head to head Details 
3 Scotland John Higgins [9] 4-0 England Mark Davis [64] Head to head Details 
4 England Oliver Lines [62] 4-2 China Cao Yupeng [44] Head to head Details 

Cao had won 19 frames in a row before losing the first frame here

5 England Judd Trump [5] 4-3 England Jimmy Robertson [28] Head to head Details 
6 China Yuan Sijun [50] 4-1 England Robert Milkins [12] Head to head Details 
7 England Ricky Walden [20] 4-3 Scotland Graeme Dott [42] Head to head Details 

Walden was 3-0 down and needed a snooker on the pink in the 4th frame before coming back to win

8 England Matthew Selt [29] 4-2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [4] Head to head Details 
9 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [3] 4-2 China Si Jiahui [30]   Details 
10 China Zhang Anda [55] 4-1 England Elliot Slessor [57] Head to head Details 
11 England Ali Carter [11] 4-0 England Jenson Kendrick [113]   Details 
12 China Zhou Yuelong [27] 4-0 England Sanderson Lam [72] Head to head Details 
13 China Liu Hongyu [88] 4-3 England Chris Wakelin [26]   Details 
14 Wales Mark J Williams [10] 4-2 Wales Dylan Emery [74] Head to head Details 
15 China Ding Junhui [15] 4-2 England Gary Wilson [18] Head to head Details 
16 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] 4-0 Pakistan Muhammad Asif [83]   Details 
Round 2
(Last 64; Losers receive £3,000)
1 England Martin O'Donnell [96] 4-2 England Mark Selby [1] Head to head Details 
2 Scotland Stephen Maguire [32] 4-2 England Louis Heathcote [95] Head to head Details 
3 China He Guoqiang [122] 4-3 Wales Ryan Day [16]   Details 
4 Iran Hossein Vafaei [17] 4-3 Belgium Julien Leclercq [68]   Details 
5 England Mark Davis [64] 4-2 England David Lilley [69] Head to head Details 
6 Scotland John Higgins [9] 4-2 England James Cahill [70] Head to head Details 
7 China Cao Yupeng [44] 4-0 England David Gilbert [25] Head to head Details 
8 England Oliver Lines [62] 4-1 England Martin Gould [60] Head to head Details 
9 England Judd Trump [5] 4-1 Scotland Scott Donaldson [51] Head to head Details 
10 England Jimmy Robertson [28] 4-3 England Allan Taylor [78] Head to head Details 
11 England Robert Milkins [12] 4-3 England Adam Duffy [84] Head to head Details 
12 China Yuan Sijun [50] 4-2 England Tom Ford [21] Head to head Details 
13 England Ricky Walden [20] 4-2 England Hammad Miah [110] Head to head Details 
14 Scotland Graeme Dott [42] 4-2 England Barry Hawkins [13] Head to head Details 
15 England Matthew Selt [29] 4-3 Wales Michael White [65] Head to head Details 
16 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [4] 4-1 China Wu Yize [48]   Details 
17 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [3] 4-1 Wales Jackson Page [49] Head to head Details 
18 China Si Jiahui [30] 4-0 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [100]   Details 
19 England Elliot Slessor [57] 4-3 England Jack Lisowski [14] Head to head Details 
20 China Zhang Anda [55] 4-1 Scotland Anthony McGill [19] Head to head Details 
21 England Jenson Kendrick [113] 4-1 Germany Lukas Kleckers [77]   Details 
22 England Ali Carter [11] 4-0 England Liam Pullen [112]   Details 
23 China Zhou Yuelong [27] 4-2 England Andrew Higginson [94] Head to head Details 
24 England Sanderson Lam [72] 4-0 England Stuart Carrington [109]   Details 
25 China Liu Hongyu [88] 4-1 England Joe O'Connor [33]   Details 
26 England Chris Wakelin [26] 4-1 Wales Jamie Jones [45] Head to head Details 
27 Wales Mark J Williams [10] 4-3 China Xiao Guodong [37] Head to head Details 
28 Wales Dylan Emery [74] 4-1 England Oliver Brown [86]   Details 
29 England Gary Wilson [18] 4-3 Wales Dominic Dale [58] Head to head Details 
30 China Ding Junhui [15] 4-1 England David Grace [56] Head to head Details 
31 Pakistan Muhammad Asif [83] 4-3 China Fan Zhengyi [31]   Details 
32 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] 4-1 England Andy Hicks [53] Head to head Details 

Brecel potted 15 reds and blacks in frame 1 only to go in-off playing the yellow

English Open Qualifiers

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 6-8 Sep 2023; Venue: Morningside Arena , Leicester, England; View on separate page; Twitter: #EnglishOpen ; Notes: See also results (65)
Qual Round 2
(Last 128; Losers receive £0)
1 England Mark Selby [1] 4-1 China Xing Zihao [107]   Details 
2 England Martin O'Donnell [96] 4-1 England Liam Highfield [59] Head to head Details 
3 Scotland Stephen Maguire [32] 4-3 Wales Daniel Wells [89] Head to head Details 
4 England Louis Heathcote [95] 4-1 Malaysia Rory Thor [123]   Details 
5 Wales Ryan Day [16] 4-2 England Ashley Hugill [66] Head to head Details 
6 China He Guoqiang [122] 4-2 Hong Kong Andy Lee [80]   Details 
7 Iran Hossein Vafaei [17] 4-0 Scotland Liam Graham [119]   Details 
8 Belgium Julien Leclercq [68] 4-0 China Jiang Jun [103]   Details 
9 England David Lilley [69] 4-1 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [36]   Details 
10 England Mark Davis [64] 4-1 England Joe Perry [24] Head to head Details 
11 England James Cahill [70] 4-2 Thailand M Phetmalaikul [125] Head to head Details 
140 by Cahill in frame 2 is his highest in professional snooker. The match was pulled off at 3-2.
12 Scotland John Higgins [9] 4-3 Hong Kong Marco Fu [121] Head to head Details 
Re-rack in frame 1
13 China Cao Yupeng [44] 4-0 Thailand Mink Nutcharut (f) [104]   Details 
14 England David Gilbert [25] 4-1 Scotland Dean Young [111]   Details 
15 England Martin Gould [60] 4-2 England John Astley [67] Head to head Details 
16 England Oliver Lines [62] 4-3 England Kyren Wilson [8] Head to head Details 
17 England Judd Trump [5] 4-0 England Sean O'Sullivan [81] Head to head Details 
18 Scotland Scott Donaldson [51] 4-3 China Long Zehuang [97] Head to head Details 
19 England Jimmy Robertson [28] 4-0 England Reanne Evans (f) [101]   Details 
20 England Allan Taylor [78] 4-3 Wales Jak Jones [35] Head to head Details 
21 England Robert Milkins [12] 4-1 England Robbie Williams [47] Head to head Details 
22 England Adam Duffy [84] 4-1 Brazil Victor Sarkis [114]   Details 
Pulled off at 3-1 to Duffy
23 England Tom Ford [21] 4-3 China Xu Si [61] Head to head Details 
24 China Yuan Sijun [50] 4-0 Ireland Aaron Hill [73]   Details 
25 England Hammad Miah [110] 4-3 England Rod Lawler [85] Head to head Details 
26 England Ricky Walden [20] 4-0 Northern Ireland Jordan Brown [40] Head to head Details 
27 Scotland Graeme Dott [42] 4-1 China Peng Yisong [82]   Details 
28 England Barry Hawkins [13] 4-1 England Anthony Hamilton [38] Head to head Details 
29 Wales Michael White [65] 4-0 England Sam Craigie [46] Head to head Details 
30 England Matthew Selt [29] 4-2 England Alfie Burden [93] Head to head Details 

Burden lost frame 2 on the 3-miss-rule. Selt only played the break-off to win the frame. Watch on Twitter.

31 China Wu Yize [48] 4-0 India Ishpreet Singh Chadha [102]   Details 
32 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [4] 4-0 Egypt Mostafa Dorgham [127]   Details 

Allen's four centuries in a row is only the second time this happens in a best of 7 match after Neil Robertson in 2013.

33 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [3] 4-0 Wales Andrew Pagett [117] Head to head Details 
34 Wales Jackson Page [49] 4-0 Ireland Ken Doherty [75]   Details 
35 China Si Jiahui [30] 4-3 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher [105] Head to head Details 
36 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [100] 4-0 Scotland Stephen Hendry [126] Head to head Details 
37 England Jack Lisowski [14] 4-1 Wales Matthew Stevens [43] Head to head Details 
38 England Elliot Slessor [57] 4-2 England Ryan Davies (a)   Details 
39 Scotland Anthony McGill [19] 4-1 India Himanshu Jain [99]   Details 
40 China Zhang Anda [55] 4-0 Belgium Ben Mertens [71]   Details 
41 Germany Lukas Kleckers [77] 4-3 England Mark Joyce [63] Head to head Details 
42 England Jenson Kendrick [113] 4-1 England Stuart Bingham [22]   Details 

Kendrick's first match won as a professional. Before this match, he had lost 18 matches and played three draws.

43 England Liam Pullen [112] 4-0 United States Ahmed Aly Elsayed [118]   Details 
44 England Ali Carter [11] 4-1 Wales Jamie Clarke [54] Head to head Details 
45 England Andrew Higginson [94] 4-1 Australia Ryan Thomerson [90]   Details 
46 China Zhou Yuelong [27] 4-2 England Ben Woollaston [41] Head to head Details 
47 England Stuart Carrington [109] 4-0 Ukraine Anton Kazakov [98]   Details 
48 England Sanderson Lam [72] 4-2 Australia Neil Robertson [6] Head to head Details 
Re-rack in frame 1
49 China Liu Hongyu [88] 4-3 England Shaun Murphy [7] Head to head Details 
50 England Joe O'Connor [33] 4-2 England Jimmy White [116] Head to head Details 
51 England Chris Wakelin [26] 4-1 China Lyu Haotian [39] Head to head Details 
52 Wales Jamie Jones [45] 4-1 Scotland Ross Muir [92]   Details 
53 Wales Mark J Williams [10] 4-0 England Ian Burns [108] Head to head Details 
54 China Xiao Guodong [37] 4-1 China Tian Pengfei [52] Head to head Details 
55 Wales Dylan Emery [74] 4-2 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [23] Head to head Details 
56 England Oliver Brown [86] 4-1 England Zak Surety [76] Head to head Details 
57 Wales Dominic Dale [58] 4-1 England Rebecca Kenna (f) [115] Head to head Details 
58 England Gary Wilson [18] 4-3 China Pang Junxu [34] Head to head Details 
59 England David Grace [56] 4-2 England Ashley Carty [79] Head to head Details 
60 China Ding Junhui [15] 4-3 China Ma Hailong [106]   Details 
Ding was docked the first frame for arriving late
61 Pakistan Muhammad Asif [83] 4-3 Thailand Baipat Siripaporn (f) [124]   Details 
62 China Fan Zhengyi [31] 4-1 Estonia Andres Petrov [87] Head to head Details 
63 England Andy Hicks [53] 4-0 Egypt Mohamed Ibrahim [91]   Details 
64 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] 4-3 England Stan Moody [120]   Details 
Qual Round 1
(Last 129; Losers receive £0)
1 England Ryan Davies (a) 4-2 England Bradley Cowdroy (a)   Details