English Open (Snooker): Start date, times, how to watch, format and much more

The English Open is one of four Home Nations Series events that are held annually on the World Snooker Tour, with the 2024 staging of the tournament set to get underway on Monday 16th September.

Here is everything you need to know about the forthcoming event...

English Open (Snooker) - Dates

The 2024 English Open will get underway on Monday 16th September, with the final taking place on Sunday 22nd September, 2024.

English Open (Snooker) - Times

As with most snooker tournaments, matches are played throughout the day and can sometimes involve a late night finish.

Typically matches get underway across three sessions, with 10:00, 14:00 and 19:00 start times for the earlier rounds of the competition. 

English Open (Snooker) - Venue

The 2024 event will take placed at the Brentwood Centre in Essex - the third time the English Open has been staged there. 

Previously, EventCity in Manchester, the Barnsley Metrodome, the K2 Leisure Centre in Crawley and, most recently, the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes have all hosted the tournament. 

English Open (Snooker) - How to watch & TV channel

Matches at the English Open can be viewed via the bet365 live sports streaming service.

Eurosport have the broadcast rights with matches to be shown on their TV channels and the Eurosport Player online. 

English Open (Snooker) - Previous winners

The English Open produced six different winners in each of the seven years since the tournament's inception in 2016, with Judd Trump the current title-holder.

In 2022, Mark Selby became the first player to lift the trophy on more than one occasion, defeating soon-to-become world champion Luca Brecel in the final. 

Ronnie O'Sullivan, Stuart Bingham, Neil Robertson and Trump have all claimed the honours before, with the 'Ace in the Pack' earning his second title 12 months ago by defeating Zhang Anda 9-7 in the showpiece final. 

English Open (Snooker) - Format

Sixty-four players from the World Snooker Tour enter the main draw following two pre-qualifying rounds, which will also take place at the Brentwood Centre across Thursday 12th, Friday 13th and Saturday 14th September, 2024.

The current top-16-ranked players will play their qualification matches at the venue for the televised stages of the tournament, with those encounters, together with matches in rounds one, two and three, being played over the best-of-seven frames. 

That increases to nine in the quarter-finals and further up to 11 for the last-four matches, while the final will be contested over 17 frames. 

English Open (Snooker) - Trophy

Competitors in the English Open are competing for the Davis Trophy, named after former six-time world champion Steve Davis, who retired in April 2016, six months before the inaugural tournament took place. 

English Open (Snooker) - Prize Money

The winner of the English Open scoop a cheque of £80,000 with the runner-up taking home £35,000.

Reaching the tournament itself will be worth £3,000 while there is a highest break pot of £5,000.

In total, £427,000 is on offer to the 64 players who made it to Brentwood.