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The 2024 World Open was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 18 to 24 March 2024 at the Yushan Sport Centre in Yushan, China. [1] The 15th ranking event of the 2023–24 season, and the fourth and last major tournament of the season to be held in China, the tournament was the fifth edition of the World Open held in Yushan since 2016, marking its return to the tour after ...
The World Open is a professional ranking snooker tournament. Throughout its history, the tournament has undergone numerous revamps and name changes. It started out in 1982 as the Professional Players Tournament, but for most of the 1980s and 1990s it was known as the Grand Prix.
The World Snooker Tour in the 2024–25 season initially consisted of 127 professional players, but dropped to 126 after Michael White had his WPBSA membership revoked. The tour includes the top 64 players from the prize money rankings after the 2024 World Championship and 31 players who earned a two-year card the previous year. [1]
The World Snooker Championship trophy. The World Snooker Championship is an annual snooker tournament founded in 1927, and played at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England since 1977. The tournament is now played over seventeen days in late April and early May, and is chronologically the third of the three Triple Crown events of the season.
The 2024 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 20 April to 6 May 2024. Organised by the World Snooker Tour, it was the 17th and final ranking event of the 2023–24 season. The title sponsor was car retailer Cazoo, so the tournament was promoted as the 2024 Cazoo World Snooker Championship.
In the 1982–83 season, two more ranking events were added to the snooker calendar: the International Open and the Professional Players Tournament. In 1984, the UK Championship , initially a non-ranking tournament, became a ranking event for the first time.
It was the tenth ranking event of the 2024–25 season following the 2024 UK Championship and preceding the 2024 Scottish Open. The event was held at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester, England, from 4–7 December 2024. [7] The tournament was played using a variation of the traditional snooker rules. The draw was randomised before ...
The 2021 champion, John Higgins, faced Ding Junhui, winner of the 2013 event. Higgins won the first frame with a 102 break, and leveled the match at 2–2 at the mid-session interval. Higgins won the first frame with a 102 break, and leveled the match at 2–2 at the mid-session interval.