The third staging of the UK Open Pool Championship takes place from May 7-12 at the Telford International Centre in the West Midlands, with 256 players competing for $200,000 in prize money.
The UK Open is the first of five open championships from Matchroom currently pencilled in for this year, with their signature events returning to Germany, Spain, Vietnam and Atlantic City, USA later this year.
Albaniaโs Eklent Kaci will act as the defending champion, having beaten Joshua Filler in last yearโs final in London, while newly-crowned World Pool Masters champion Fedor Gorst and world number one Francisco Sanchez Ruiz are also amongst the household names.
In addition, Hanoi Open winner Jayson Shaw, US Open champion Ko Ping-Chung and European Open champion David Alcaide will be amongst the title favourites, as will the likes of two-time world champion Albin Ouschan, Ko Pin-Yi and Polandโs Wiktor Zielinski.
Ex-professional turned pundit Karl Boyes will make his UK Open debut following a successful return at the Scottish Open, while Chris Melling, Darren Appleton, Imran Majid, Elliott Sanderson and snooker stars Gary Wilson and Stuart Bingham are amongst the British entrants.
World 10-ball champion Carlo Biado headlines a strong Filipino contingent which also includes the likes of Anton Raga, Johann Chua, James Aranas, Jeffrey Ignacio, Bernie Regarlario, Michael Feliciano and Roland Garcia.
Meanwhile, the American cueists chasing crucial Mosconi Cup ranking points include Tyler Styer, Oscar Dominguez, Shane Wolford, Billy Thorpe, Shane Wolford and Lukas Fracasso-Verner.
Derby City Classic finalist Pijus Labutis, a two-time runner-up on the World Nineball Tour this year, could enhance his hopes of a Mosconi Cup debut with a strong UK Open, as could the likes of Zielinski, Moritz Neuhausen and Jonas Souto Comino.
Former Premier League footballer Troy Deeney, who controversially received a wildcard for the tournament despite local players now needing to qualify, will face Spanish Open runner-up Marc Bijsterbosch in the first round.
The double elimination phase will take place from May 7-9, with 64 players progressing to single elimination, before the last 64 and last 32 take place on Friday followed by the last 16 onwards at the weekend.
It will be race-to-nine racks and race-to-eight racks on the one-loss side during double elimination, before the format increases to race-to-ten racks for the last 64 through to the quarter-finals.
The semi-finals and final will take place on Sunday, August 13 across two sessions, with the format being race-to-eleven racks for the semi-finals and race-to-thirteen racks for the title decider.
Coverage will be shown on the Matchroom YouTube channel in selected territories for the opening four days from 10am local time, before Sky Sports broadcast the final two days in the UK and Ireland.
American fans will need to tune in via DAZN throughout the duration, while Vietcontent and TAP will show the action in Vietnam and the Philippines respectively. A full list of broadcasters can be found here.
UK OPEN POOL CHAMPIONSHIP 2024
Draw Bracket
Double Elimination
Click here for the full draw bracket via the WNT Live Scores website
Single Elimination
Last 64
๐ช๐ธ Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 10-6 Chang Yu-Lung ๐น๐ผ
๐ฆ๐ฑ Kledio Kaci 7-10 Petri Makkonen ๐ซ๐ฎ
๐ต๐ญ Jeffrey Ignacio 10-6 Billy Thorpe ๐บ๐ธ
๐บ๐ธ Skyler Woodward 10-8 Thorsten Hohmann ๐ฉ๐ช
๐ฌ๐ง Clint IโAnson 7-10 Jonas Souto Comino ๐ช๐ธ
๐ป๐ณ Duong Quoc Hoang 7-10 Liu Ri-Teng ๐น๐ผ
๐ต๐ฑ Daniel Maciol 5-10 Albin Ouschan ๐ฆ๐น
๐ฌ๐ง Gary Wilson 10-6 Denis Grabe ๐ช๐ช
๐ฌ๐ง Jayson Shaw 7-10 Tobias Bongers ๐ฉ๐ช
๐ฐ๐ผ Abdullah Al-Yousef 2-10 Jefrey Roda ๐ต๐ญ
๐ท๐ธ Aleksa Pecelj 5-10 Karl Gnadeberg ๐ช๐ช
๐น๐ผ Ko Pin-Yi 10-6 Jose Alberto Delgado ๐ช๐ธ
๐ฉ๐ช Niklas Dohr 2-10 James Aranas ๐ต๐ญ
๐ฏ๐ต Naoyuki Oi 7-10 Mieszko Fortunski ๐ต๐ฑ
๐ญ๐บ Oliver Szolnoki 10-3 Jan van Lierop ๐ณ๐ฑ
๐น๐ผ Ko Ping-Chung 10-3 Jack Whelan ๐ฌ๐ง
๐บ๐ธ Fedor Gorst 10-8 Stephen Ellis ๐ฌ๐ง
๐ต๐ญ Marvin Asis 9-10 Bernie Regalario ๐ต๐ญ
๐ญ๐ฐ Robbie Capito 10-4 Lo Ho-Sum ๐ญ๐ฐ
๐จ๐พ Antonis Brabin 10-4 Joao Grilo ๐ต๐น
๐ต๐ฑ Wiktor Zielinski 10-2 Alvin Anggito ๐ฎ๐ฉ
๐ต๐ญ Carlo Biado 10-6 Szymon Kural ๐ต๐ฑ
๐ต๐ญ Anton Raga 10-3 Nikos Ekonomopolous ๐ฌ๐ท
๐ฉ๐ช Joshua Filler 10-7 Paul Song ๐บ๐ธ
๐ง๐ฌ Georgi Georgiev 3-10 Mickey Krause ๐ฉ๐ฐ
๐บ๐ธ Oscar Dominguez 10-4 Max Lechner ๐ฆ๐น
๐ฑ๐น Pijus Labutis 10-6 Wu Kun-Lin ๐น๐ผ
๐ธ๐ฌ Aloysius Yapp 10-6 Mustafa Alnar ๐น๐ท
๐ฆ๐ฑ Eklent Kaci 10-7 Mario He ๐ฆ๐น
๐ฏ๐ต Masato Yoshioka 6-10 Toh Lian Han ๐ธ๐ฌ
๐บ๐ธ Tyler Styer 10-9 Ivo Aarts ๐ณ๐ฑ
๐บ๐ธ Shane van Boening 10-8 Bui Truong An ๐ป๐ณ
Last 32
๐ช๐ธ Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 6-10 Petri Makkonen ๐ซ๐ฎ
๐ต๐ญ Jeffrey Ignacio 3-10 Skyler Woodward ๐บ๐ธ
๐ช๐ธ Jonas Souto Comino 7-10 Liu Ri-Teng ๐น๐ผ
๐ฆ๐น Albin Ouschan 10-9 Gary Wilson ๐ฌ๐ง
๐ฉ๐ช Tobias Bongers 10-5 Jefrey Roda ๐ต๐ญ
๐ช๐ช Karl Gnadeberg 3-10 Ko Pin-Yi ๐น๐ผ
๐ต๐ญ James Aranas 5-10 Mieszko Fortunski ๐ต๐ฑ
๐ญ๐บ Oliver Szolnoki 4-10 Ko Ping-Chung ๐น๐ผ
๐บ๐ธ Fedor Gorst 10-1 Bernie Regalario ๐ต๐ญ
๐ญ๐ฐ Robbie Capito 10-7 Antonis Brabin ๐จ๐พ
๐ต๐ฑ Wiktor Zielinski 10-5 Carlo Biado ๐ต๐ญ
๐ต๐ญ Anton Raga 0-10 Joshua Filler ๐ฉ๐ช
๐ฉ๐ฐ Mickey Krause 10-9 Oscar Dominguez ๐บ๐ธ
๐ฑ๐น Pijus Labutis 10-7 Aloysius Yapp ๐ธ๐ฌ
๐ฆ๐ฑ Eklent Kaci 10-5 Toh Lian Han ๐ธ๐ฌ
๐บ๐ธ Tyler Styer 9-10 Shane van Boening ๐บ๐ธ
Last 16
๐ซ๐ฎ Petri Makkonen 10-7 Skyler Woodward ๐บ๐ธ
๐น๐ผ Liu Ri-Teng 8-10 Albin Ouschan ๐ฆ๐น
๐ฉ๐ช Tobias Bongers 10-7 Ko Pin-Yi ๐น๐ผ
๐ต๐ฑ Mieszko Fortunski 10-4 Ko Ping-Chung ๐น๐ผ
๐บ๐ธ Fedor Gorst 8-10 Robbie Capito ๐ญ๐ฐ
๐ต๐ฑ Wiktor Zielinski 3-10 Joshua Filler ๐ฉ๐ช
๐ฉ๐ฐ Mickey Krause 6-10 Pijus Labutis ๐ฑ๐น
๐ฆ๐ฑ Eklent Kaci 10-5 Shane van Boening ๐บ๐ธ
Quarter-Finals
๐ซ๐ฎ Petri Makkonen 10-9 Albin Ouschan ๐ฆ๐น
๐ฉ๐ช Tobias Bongers 4-10 Mieszko Fortunski ๐ต๐ฑ
๐ญ๐ฐ Robbie Capito 10-9 Joshua Filler ๐ฉ๐ช
๐ฑ๐น Pijus Labutis 10-5 Eklent Kaci ๐ฆ๐ฑ
Semi-Finals
๐ซ๐ฎ Petri Makkonen 4-11 Mieszko Fortunski ๐ต๐ฑ
๐ญ๐ฐ Robbie Capito 11-9 Pijus Labutis ๐ฑ๐น
Final
๐ต๐ฑ Mieszko Fortunski 10-13 Robbie Capito ๐ญ๐ฐ
Prize Fund
Champion โ $30,000
Runner-up โ $15,000
Semi-finalists โ $9,500
Quarter-finalists โ $6,000
Last 16 โ $4,000
Last 32 โ $2,000
Last 64 โ $1,000
Losers Qualification โ $500
Total โ $200,000