Wuhan Open Qualifiers: How to watch, TV channel, date, venue and past winners

The Wuhan Open is the sixth ranking event of the snooker season, taking place in October in Wuhan, China.

Qualifying begins this weekend, however, with many of snooker’s great and good descending on Leicester looking to book their spot in the tournament.

The competition has a total prize fund of £700,000 so players will be desperate to make the cut.

How to watch Wuhan Open Qualifiers and TV channel

The qualifiers for the Wuhan Open will be available on bet365's Sports Live Streaming service.

The qualifiers will also be available to watch on Discovery+ and the WST Facebook page.

Wuhan Open Qualifiers time, date and venue

The Wuhan Open qualifiers start on Sunday 28th July and run until Tuesday 30th July at the Leicester Arena.

The majority of the qualifiers will take place at the Leicester Arena, which has hosted many snooker events, including the British Open, the Shoot Out and the WST Classic,

Wuhan Open stats and past winners

Last year was the inaugural edition of the Wuhan Open, with Judd Trump beating Ali Carter 10-7 in the final.

Plenty of seeds fell during qualifying, with Kyren Wilson, Joe Perry, Anthony McGill, Shaun Murphy, Hossein Vafaei, Gary Wilson, Ricky Walden, Jimmy Robertson, and Fan Zhengyi all failing to make it to Wuhan.

The Wuhan Open will have total prize money of £700,000 and a top prize of £140,000, with the runner-up pocketing £63,000.

Wuhan Open players

All of snooker’s biggest stars are set to feature in this year’s tournament, Judd Trump will be number one seed after winning it last year, while world champion Kyren Wilson will be number two seed.

Ronnie O’Sullivan is the number five seed.