English Open (snooker)

English Open
Tournament information
Venue K2
Location Crawley
Country England
Established 2016
Organisation(s) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
Format Ranking event
Current champion(s) England Ronnie O'Sullivan

The English Open is a professional ranking snooker tournament.

History

On 29 April 2015 World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn announced that the event called English Open will be held for the first time in 2016 in Manchester, England, as part of a new Home Nations Series with the existing Welsh Open and new Northern Ireland Open and Scottish Open tournaments.[1][2] The winner of the English Open is awarded the Davis Trophy which is named in honour of former World Champion Steve Davis.[3]

The inaugural event took place between 10 and 16 October 2016,[4] and was won by China's Liang Wenbo.[5]

Winners

Year Winner Runner-up Final score Sponsor Venue Season
English Open (ranking)
2016 China Liang Wenbo England Judd Trump 9–6 Coral England Manchester EventCity 2016/17
2017 England Ronnie O'Sullivan England Kyren Wilson 9–2 Dafabet England Barnsley Metrodome(Barnsley) 2017/18
2018 BetVictor England K2 Leisure Centre(Crawley) 2018/19

References

  1. ↑ "World Championship: Snooker tour to be revamped in 2016". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Hearn Announces New Five Year Plan". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "English Open snooker: Trophy named after Steve Davis". BBC Sport. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Calendar 2016/2017" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Liang Claims Maiden Ranking Title". World Snooker. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
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