The 2026/27 snooker season continues with the 2026 Shenzhen Open qualifiers happening on the Mattioli Area in Leicester.
Just some days after the conclusion of Championship League Snooker, gamers will instantly flip their consideration towards one other rating occasion on the calendar.
The Shenzhen Open is making its debut this season after changing the Xi’an Grand Prix on the World Snooker Tour schedule.
Mark Williams might be considered the reigning champion after the Welshman captured the Xi’an Grand Prix title final yr, with the event retaining its place on the calendar beneath a brand new identify.
The Shenzhen Open can also be adopting a revised qualifying format, with a tiered entry system changing the flat draw that had been commonplace on the Xi’an Grand Prix.
Extra tournaments are transferring towards this construction once more, with the China Open and Wuhan Open having already launched a seeded system at first of the marketing campaign.
When are the 2026 Shenzhen Open qualifiers?
The Shenzhen Open qualifiers run for 4 days, beginning on Sunday, July 19 and ending on Wednesday, July 22.
The venue phases of the 2026 Shenzhen Open will then happen from September 28 to October 4.
Who’s within the draw?
The Shenzhen Open qualifiers might be contested via a tiered entry system, with gamers coming into the competitors at completely different phases primarily based on their rankings.
The highest 16 seeds have all been positioned within the spherical of 64, however their opening matches might be held over to the venue phases in Shenzhen.
Gamers ranked from 17 to 32 additionally enter on the last-64 stage, though they are going to be required to contest their opening matches in Leicester.
Which means rivals resembling Jack Lisowski, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, Ali Carter, Stuart Bingham, Stephen Maguire, and Hossein Vafaei will all be in motion through the qualifying part.
The Shenzhen Open carries a confirmed complete prize fund of £850,000, with the champion receiving a high prize of £177,000.
Shenzhen Open prize cash
Champion: £177,000
Runner-up: £76,000
Semi-Finals: £34,500
Quarter-Finals: £22,350
Final 16: £14,000
Final 32: £9,400
Final 64: £5,350
Highest Break: £5,000
Whole: £850,000
Notice: The champion’s sum and the overall sum have been confirmed.
The opposite figures are primarily based on the 2025 Xi’an Grand Prix prize fund.
World champion Wu Yize, Judd Trump, Ronnie O’Sullivan, Mark Selby, John Higgins, Mark Allen, Shaun Murphy, and residential favorite Zhao Xintong are among the many elite stars whose opening matches have been held over to the principle enviornment.
In the meantime, a number of established professionals and rising abilities from decrease down the rankings should negotiate the qualifying rounds in Leicester earlier than they’ll dream of a visit to Shenzhen later within the yr.
2026 Shenzhen Open qualifiers: full draw
Spherical 1: Final 130 (bo9)
1) Oliver Sykes v Andrew Higginson (Solar 19 Jul, 10:00 BST)
2) Jamie Clarke v Sean O’Sullivan (Solar 19 Jul, 10:00 BST)
Spherical 2: Final 128 (bo9)
3) Ian Burns v Jimmy White (Solar 19 Jul, 10:00 BST)
4) Iulian Boiko v Phil O’Kane (Solar 19 Jul, 10:00 BST)
5) Jiang Jun v Panchaya Channoi (Solar 19 Jul, 10:00 BST)
6) Liam Graham v Craig Steadman (Solar 19 Jul, 10:00 BST)
7) Liam Pullen v Deng Haohui (Solar 19 Jul, 10:00 BST)
8) Ross Muir v Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (Solar 19 Jul, 10:00 BST)
9) Zhao Hanyang v Ashley Hugill (Solar 19 Jul, 14:30 BST)
10) Sam Craigie v Mahmoud El Hareedy (Solar 19 Jul, 14:30 BST)
11) Louis Heathcote v Wang Xinbo (Solar 19 Jul, 14:30 BST)
12) Leone Crowley v Julien Leclercq (Solar 19 Jul, 14:30 BST)
13) Ben Mertens v Anton Kazakov (Solar 19 Jul, 14:30 BST)
14) Michal Szubarczyk v Gong Chenzhi (Solar 19 Jul, 14:30 BST)
15) Yao Pengcheng v Mitchell Mann (Solar 19 Jul, 14:30 BST)
16) Jamie Jones v Liam Davies (Solar 19 Jul, 14:30 BST)
17) Steven Hallworth v Liu Yang (Mon 20 Jul, 10:00 BST)
18) Oliver Brown v Artemijs Zizins (Solar 19 Jul, 19:00 BST)
19) Liu Wenwei v Huang Jiahao (Solar 19 Jul, 19:00 BST)
20) Jordan Brown v Paul Norris (Solar 19 Jul, 19:00 BST)
21) Reanne Evans v Mykhailo Larkov (Solar 19 Jul, 19:00 BST)
22) Xu Yichen v Luo Zetao (Solar 19 Jul, 19:00 BST)
23) Dylan Emery v Bai Yulu (Solar 19 Jul, 19:00 BST)
24) Gao Yang v To be determined (Mon 20 Jul, 10:00 BST)
25) Lan Yuhao v Ashley Carty (Solar 19 Jul, 19:00 BST)
26) David Grace v Florian Nuessle (Solar 19 Jul, 19:00 BST)
27) Marco Fu v Ng On Yee (Mon 20 Jul, 10:00 BST)
28) Fergal Quinn v Antoni Kowalski (Mon 20 Jul, 10:00 BST)
29) Liam Highfield v Hammad Miah (Mon 20 Jul, 10:00 BST)
30) Chatchapong Nasa v Sahil Nayyar (Mon 20 Jul, 10:00 BST)
31) Lyu Haotian v Alfie Burden (Mon 20 Jul, 10:00 BST)
32) Connor Benzey v Cheung Ka Wai (Mon 20 Jul, 10:00 BST)
33) Mateusz Baranowski v Stuart Carrington (Mon 20 Jul, 14:30 BST)
34) Alexander Ursenbacher v To be determined (Mon 20 Jul, 14:30 BST)
Spherical 3: Final 96 (bo9)
35) Fan Zhengyi v Burns/White (Mon 20 Jul, 14:30 BST)
36) Stan Moody v Boiko/O’Kane (Mon 20 Jul, 14:30 BST)
37) Robbie Williams v Jiang/Channoi (Mon 20 Jul, 14:30 BST)
38) Zak Surety v Graham/Steadman (Mon 20 Jul, 14:30 BST)
39) Tom Ford v Pullen/Deng (Mon 20 Jul, 14:30 BST)
40) Michael Holt v Muir/Thirapongpaiboon (Mon 20 Jul, 14:30 BST)
41) Ryan Day v Zhao/Hugill (Mon 20 Jul, 19:00 BST)
42) Wildcard Participant v Craigie/El Hareedy (Held over)
43) Scott Donaldson v Heathcote/Wang (Mon 20 Jul, 19:00 BST)
44) Luca Brecel v Crowley/Leclercq (Mon 20 Jul, 19:00 BST)
45) Matthew Stevens v Mertens/Kazakov (Mon 20 Jul, 19:00 BST)
46) Jimmy Robertson v Szubarczyk/Gong (Mon 20 Jul, 19:00 BST)
47) Aaron Hill v Yao/Mann (Mon 20 Jul, 19:00 BST)
48) Ishpreet Singh Chadha v Jones/Davies (Mon 20 Jul, 19:00 BST)
49) Matthew Selt v Hallworth/Liu (Tue 21 Jul, 10:00 BST)
50) Liu Hongyu v Brown/Zizins (Mon 20 Jul, 19:00 BST)
51) David Lilley v Liu/Huang (Tue 21 Jul, 10:00 BST)
52) Anthony McGill v Brown/Norris (Tue 21 Jul, 10:00 BST)
53) Oliver Strains v Evans/Larkov (Tue 21 Jul, 10:00 BST)
54) Ben Woollaston v Xu/Luo (Tue 21 Jul, 10:00 BST)
55) Jackson Web page v Emery/Bai (Tue 21 Jul, 10:00 BST)
56) Wildcard Participant v Gao/To be determined (Held over)
57) Noppon Saengkham v Lan/Carty (Tue 21 Jul, 10:00 BST)
58) Martin O’Donnell v Grace/Nuessle (Tue 21 Jul, 16:00 BST)
59) Wildcard Participant v Fu/Ng (Held over)
60) Daniel Wells v Quinn/Kowalski (Tue 21 Jul, 16:00 BST)
61) Lengthy Zehuang v Highfield/Miah (Tue 21 Jul, 16:00 BST)
62) Chang Bingyu v Nasa/Nayyar (Tue 21 Jul, 16:00 BST)
63) He Guoqiang v Lyu/Burden (Tue 21 Jul, 16:00 BST)
64) Ricky Walden v Benzey/Cheung (Tue 21 Jul, 16:00 BST)
65) Xu Si v Baranowski/Carrington (Tue 21 Jul, 16:00 BST)
66) Wildcard Participant v Ursenbacher/To be determined (Held over)
Spherical 4: Final 64 (bo9)
67) Mark Williams v Winner of Match 35 (Held over)
68) Yuan Sijun v Winner of Match 36 (Wed 22 Jul, 10:00 BST)
69) Ronnie O’Sullivan v Winner of Match 37 (Held over)
70) Jack Lisowski v Winner of Match 38 (Wed 22 Jul, 10:00 BST)
71) Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Winner of Match 39 (Wed 22 Jul, 10:00 BST)
72) Xiao Guodong v Winner of Match 40 (Held over)
73) David Gilbert v Winner of Match 41 (Wed 22 Jul, 10:00 BST)
74) Kyren Wilson v Winner of Match 42 (Held over)
75) Zhao Xintong v Winner of Match 43 (Held over)
76) Pang Junxu v Winner of Match 44 (Wed 22 Jul, 10:00 BST)
77) Mark Allen v Winner of Match 45 (Held over)
78) Zhou Yuelong v Winner of Match 46 (Wed 22 Jul, 10:00 BST)
79) Stuart Bingham v Winner of Match 47 (Wed 22 Jul, 10:00 BST)
80) Chris Wakelin v Winner of Match 48 (Held over)
81) Lei Peifan v Winner of Match 49 (Wed 22 Jul, 10:00 BST)
82) Neil Robertson v Winner of Match 50 (Held over)
83) Judd Trump v Winner of Match 51 (Held over)
84) Jak Jones v Winner of Match 52 (Wed 22 Jul, 16:00 BST)
85) Si Jiahui v Winner of Match 53 (Held over)
86) Gary Wilson v Winner of Match 54 (Wed 22 Jul, 16:00 BST)
87) Zhang Anda v Winner of Match 55 (Wed 22 Jul, 16:00 BST)
88) Mark Selby v Winner of Match 56 (Held over)
89) Stephen Maguire v Winner of Match 57 (Wed 22 Jul, 16:00 BST)
90) John Higgins v Winner of Match 58 (Held over)
91) Shaun Murphy v Winner of Match 59 (Held over)
92) Hossein Vafaei v Winner of Match 60 (Wed 22 Jul, 16:00 BST)
93) Barry Hawkins v Winner of Match 61 (Held over)
94) Elliot Slessor v Winner of Match 62 (Wed 22 Jul, 16:00 BST)
95) Ali Carter v Winner of Match 63 (Wed 22 Jul, 16:00 BST)
96) Ding Junhui v Winner of Match 64 (Held over)
97) Joe O’Connor v Winner of Match 65 (Wed 22 Jul, 16:00 BST)
98) Wu Yize v Winner of Match 66 (Held over)
Find out how to watch the Shenzhen Open qualifiers
The Shenzhen Open qualifiers might be broadcast dwell worldwide (excluding China) on WST Play.
Featured photograph credit score: WST
