2020 English Open (snooker)

English Open

Tournament information
Dates	12–18 October 2020
Venue	Marshall Arena
City	Milton Keynes
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£405,000
Winner's share	£70,000
Defending champion	Mark Selby
← 2019

The 2020 Matchroom.Live English Open is a professional snooker tournament taking place from 12 to 18 October 2020 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England. it is the third ranking event of the 2020–21 season. The competition is the 5th edition of the English Open, first held in 2016.

The event featured 123 professionals and 5 amateurs. On the first day of the event, two players withdrew from the event due to COVID-19, Stuart Carrington tested positive, while Sam Craigie came into contact with Carrington. Snooker referee Andrew Barklam also tested positive. On the second day, two more players had to withdraw, Peter Lines tested positive, who also come into contact with his son, Oliver Lines.

The defending champion is Mark Selby, who defeated David Gilbert 9–1 in the 2019 final.

Prize fund

The event's total prize fund was a total of £405,000, with the winner receiving £70,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

• Winner: £70,000
• Runner-up: £30,000
• Semi-final: £20,000
• Quarter-final: £10,000
• Last 16: £7,500
• Last 32: £4,000
• Last 64: £3,000
• Highest break: £5,000
• Total: £405,000

Main draw

Top half

Section 1

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames				Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Mark Selby (ENG) (1)	4
	Fan Zhengyi (CHN)	0
					Mark Selby (1)
					Chang Bingyu
	Chang Bingyu (CHN)	4
	Aaron Hill (IRL)	2
									Liang Wenbo
	Martin O'Donnell (ENG) (32)	4
	Ashley Carty (ENG)	1
					Martin O'Donnell (32)	1
					Liang Wenbo	4
	Jackson Page (WAL)	1
	Liang Wenbo (CHN)	4
	Joe Perry (ENG) (16)	4
	Riley Parsons (ENG)	1
					Joe Perry (16)	1
					Hossein Vafaei	2
	Lukas Kleckers (GER)	0
	Hossein Vafaei (IRN)	4
									Jamie Clarke
	Ali Carter (ENG) (17)	1
	Jamie Clarke (WAL)	4
					Jamie Clarke	4
					Liam Highfield	1
	Mitchell Mann (ENG)	1
	Liam Highfield (ENG)	4

Section 2

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames				Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	David Grace (ENG)	4
	Paul Davison (ENG)	0
					David Grace	4
					Andy Hicks	3
	Scott Donaldson (SCO) (24)	1
	Andy Hicks (ENG)	4
									David Grace
									Andrew Higginson
	Barry Pinches (ENG)	0
	Andrew Higginson (ENG)	4
					Andrew Higginson	4
					Sunny Akani	3
	Stephen Maguire (SCO) (9)	1
	Sunny Akani (THA)	4
	Rod Lawler (ENG)	0
	Farakh Ajaib (ENG)	4
					Farakh Ajaib	3
					Zhou Yuelong (25)	4
	Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (25)	4
	Chris Wakelin (ENG)	2
									Zhou Yuelong (25)
	David Lilley (ENG)	4
	Eden Sharav (ISR)	1
					David Lilley
					Shaun Murphy (8)
	Shaun Murphy (ENG) (8)	4
	Robert Milkins (ENG)	3

Section 3

Last 128 Best of 7 frames

Last 64 Best of 7 frames

Last 32 Best of 7 frames

Last 16 Best of 7 frames

Mark Allen (NIR) (5)

4

Mark King (ENG)

2

Mark Allen (5)

0

Robbie Williams

4

Gerard Greene (NIR)

1

Robbie Williams (ENG)

4

Robbie Williams

Kurt Maflin (NOR) (28)

4

Peter Devlin (ENG)

3

Kurt Maflin (28)

Jordan Brown

Jordan Brown (NIR)

4

Lee Walker (WAL)

2

Yan Bingtao (CHN) (12)

4

Alan McManus (SCO)

2

Yan Bingtao (12)

3

Steven Hallworth

4

Martin Gould (ENG)

1

Steven Hallworth (ENG)

4

Steven Hallworth

Anthony McGill (21)

Anthony McGill (SCO) (21)

w/o

Sam Craigie (ENG)

w/d

Anthony McGill (21)

w/o

Oliver Lines

w/d

Noppon Saengkham (THA)

1

Oliver Lines (ENG)

4

Section 4

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames				Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Lei Peifan (CHN)	4
	Brandon Sargeant (ENG)	3
					Lei Peifan
					Barry Hawkins (20)
	Barry Hawkins (ENG) (20)	4
	Igor Figueiredo (BRA)	0
									Joe O'Connor
	Soheil Vahedi (IRN)	3
	Joe O'Connor (ENG)	4
					Joe O'Connor	4
					Rory McLeod	3
	David Gilbert (ENG) (13)	2
	Rory McLeod (JAM)	4
	Daniel Wells (WAL)	1
	Mark Davis (ENG)	4
					Mark Davis
					Zhao Xintong (29)
	Zhao Xintong (CHN) (29)	4
	Pang Junxu (CHN)	3
									Neil Robertson (4)
	Tian Pengfei (CHN)	3
	Mark Joyce (ENG)	4
					Mark Joyce	2
					Neil Robertson (4)	4
	Neil Robertson (AUS) (4)	4
	Lyu Haotian (CHN)	0

Bottom half

Section 5

Last 128 Best of 7 frames

Last 64 Best of 7 frames

Last 32 Best of 7 frames

Last 16 Best of 7 frames

Judd Trump (ENG) (3)

4

Louis Heathcote (ENG)

3

Judd Trump (3)

4

Yuan Sijun

3

Amine Amiri (MAR)

1

Yuan Sijun (CHN)

4

Judd Trump (3)

Michael Holt (ENG) (30)

4

Jimmy White (ENG)

1

Michael Holt (30)

Lu Ning

Zak Surety (ENG)

1

Lu Ning (CHN)

4

Mark Williams (WAL) (14)

w/d

Allan Taylor (ENG)

w/o

Allan Taylor

1

Simon Lichtenberg

2

Simon Lichtenberg (GER)

4

Anthony Hamilton (ENG)

3

Gary Wilson (ENG) (19)

4

Iulian Boiko (UKR)

1

Gary Wilson (19)

2

Ricky Walden

2

Ricky Walden (ENG)

4

Billy Joe Castle (ENG)

0

Section 6

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames				Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Nigel Bond (ENG)	4
	Ashley Hugill (ENG)	3
					Nigel Bond	0
					Alexander Ursenbacher	4
	Graeme Dott (SCO) (22)	2
	Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI)	4
									Alexander Ursenbacher
	Ben Woollaston (ENG)	4
	Alex Borg (MLT)	2
					Ben Woollaston	3
					Stuart Bingham (11)	2
	Stuart Bingham (ENG) (11)	4
	Fergal O'Brien (IRL)	2
	Xu Si (CHN)	4
	Ken Doherty (IRL)	1
					Xu Si	4
					Matthew Selt (27)	3
	Matthew Selt (ENG) (27)	4
	Jamie Wilson (ENG)	0
									Xu Si
									Kyren Wilson (6)
	Gao Yang (CHN)	4
	Kacper Filipiak (POL)	2
					Gao Yang	1
					Kyren Wilson (6)	4
	Kyren Wilson (ENG) (6)	4
	Dominic Dale (WAL)	2

Section 7

Last 128 Best of 7 frames

Last 64 Best of 7 frames

Last 32 Best of 7 frames

Last 16 Best of 7 frames

John Higgins (SCO) (7)

4

James Cahill (ENG)

2

John Higgins (7)

Connor Benzey

Fraser Patrick (SCO)

3

Connor Benzey

4

Jimmy Robertson (26)

Jimmy Robertson (ENG) (26)

4

Chen Zifan (CHN)

1

Jimmy Robertson (26)

4

Luo Honghao

1

Peter Lines (ENG)

w/d

Luo Honghao (CHN)

w/o

Ding Junhui (CHN) (10)

4

Si Jiahui (CHN)

3

Ding Junhui (10)

4

Luca Brecel

1

Ian Burns (ENG)

0

Luca Brecel (BEL)

4

Ding Junhui (10)

Tom Ford (23)

Tom Ford (ENG) (23)

4

Xiao Guodong (CHN)

3

Tom Ford (23)

4

Jamie Jones

2

Jamie Jones (WAL)

4

Duane Jones (WAL)

2

Section 8

Last 128 Best of 7 frames

Last 64 Best of 7 frames

Last 32 Best of 7 frames

Last 16 Best of 7 frames

Sean Maddocks (ENG)

2

Ben Hancorn (ENG)

4

Ben Hancorn

4

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (18)

2

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (18)

w/o

Stuart Carrington (ENG)

w/d

Ben Hancorn

Jak Jones (WAL)

4

Elliot Slessor (ENG)

1

Jak Jones

1

Jack Lisowski (15)

2

Jack Lisowski (ENG) (15)

4

Li Hang (CHN)

2

Michael White (WAL)

3

Zhao Jianbo (CHN)

4

Zhao Jianbo

2

Matthew Stevens (31)

4

Matthew Stevens (WAL) (31)

4

Jamie O'Neill (ENG)

2

Matthew Stevens (31)

Ryan Day (WAL)

4

Mark Lloyd

0

Ryan Day

Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)

Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (2)

4

Brian Ochoiski

2

Finals

	Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames				Semi-finals Best of 11 frames				Final Best of 17 frames

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England, 18 October 2020.
	–
Afternoon: Evening:
	Highest break
	Century breaks
	50+ breaks

Century breaks

A total of 35 century breaks have been made during the event.

• 139 Joe Perry
• 137 Ding Junhui
• 136 Hossein Vafaei
• 136, 136, 102 Stuart Bingham
• 135 Jamie Clarke
• 128 Liam Highfield
• 126 Steven Hallworth
• 124 Eden Sharav
• 122 Shaun Murphy
• 122 John Higgins
• 116 Mark Joyce
• 114, 102 Neil Robertson
• 113 Jack Lisowski
• 113 Luca Brecel
• 113 Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 111 Ben Hancorn
• 110 Oliver Lines
• 110, 102 Ricky Walden
• 108 Zhao Xintong
• 105 Ben Woollaston
• 105 Brian Ochoiski
• 105, 100 Jak Jones
• 103, 102 Jamie Jones
• 103 Robert Milkins
• 103 Zhou Yuelong
• 102 Duane Jones
• 100, 100 Kurt Maflin
• 100 Farakh Ajaib