Cazoo British Open

Tour: Main Tour; Type: Ranking

Date: 25 Sep - 1 Oct 2023; Venue: The Centaur, Cheltenham , England ; Previous champion: Ryan Day

See also: Results (127)

Final (Winner: £100,000; Runner-up: £45,000)
		Mark J Williams [9]	10	-	7	Mark Selby [5]
	Session 1: 66-59, 131-4 (110), 100-5 (55), 30-102 (59) 74-39 (75), 133-0 (133), 6-121 (98), 0-79 (73) Session 2: 6-112 (112), 66-1, 30-73, 97-51 91-0, 36-82, 0-81 (68), 69-56 (69), 59-54 Referee: Tatiana Woollaston. This was the 25th ranking title for Williams. He becomes the second oldest winner of a ranking event at 48 years. Only Ray Reardon at 50 was older. Williams came back from needing a snooker in the final frame.
Semifinals (Losers receive £20,000)
		Mark J Williams [9]	6	-	3	Hossein Vafaei [16]
	82-30 (66), 57-13, 44-93 (66), 7-111 (57, 54), 85-1, 65-58, 0-136 (135), 62-18 (62), 118-28 (71) Referee: Colin Humphries The 135 in frame 7 was Hossein Vafaei's 100th career century
		Mark Selby [5]	6	-	0	Xiao Guodong [38]
	94-1 (64), 94-0 (94), 71-41, 123-8 (123) 75-0 (61), 87-47 Referee: Kevin Dabrowski This was Selby's sixth consecutive semifinal.
Quarterfinals (Losers receive £12,000)
		Mark J Williams [9]	5	-	1	Fan Zhengyi [32]
		Hossein Vafaei [16]	5	-	2	He Guoqiang [124]
	He reached the quarterfinals for the first time. This is his third tournament as a professional.
		Xiao Guodong [38]	5	-	3	Tom Ford [22]
	Xiao's 140 in the last frame was the highest break of the event.
		Mark Selby [5]	5	-	4	Jack Lisowski [13]	Re-rack in the decider
Round 4 (Last 16; Losers receive £8,000)
1		He Guoqiang [124]	4	-	3	Barry Hawkins [19]	Decided on the final black
2		Hossein Vafaei [16]	4	-	2	Graeme Dott [41]
3		Mark J Williams [9]	4	-	2	Ding Junhui [15]
4		Fan Zhengyi [32]	4	-	1	Ma Hailong [103]
	Ma reached the last 16 for the first time as a professional.
5		Xiao Guodong [38]	4	-	2	Ali Carter [11]
6		Tom Ford [22]	4	-	1	Scott Donaldson [52]
7		Mark Selby [5]	4	-	3	David Gilbert [23]	Decided on the final black. Gilbert went in-off.
8		Jack Lisowski [13]	4	-	2	Fergal O'Brien [96]
Round 3 (Last 32; Losers receive £5,000)
1		Graeme Dott [41]	4	-	0	Ashley Carty [92]
2		Mark Selby [5]	4	-	1	Si Jiahui [33]
3		Tom Ford [22]	4	-	0	Jimmy Robertson [24]
4		Scott Donaldson [52]	4	-	1	Robbie Williams [47]
5		Ali Carter [11]	4	-	2	Ryan Day [17]
6		David Gilbert [23]	4	-	1	Ishpreet Singh Chadha [110]
7		Fergal O'Brien [96]	4	-	3	Matthew Stevens [42]
8		Fan Zhengyi [32]	4	-	2	Rod Lawler [82]
9		Xiao Guodong [38]	4	-	1	Sanderson Lam [71]
10		Hossein Vafaei [16]	4	-	2	Yuan Sijun [51]
11		Ding Junhui [15]	4	-	0	Julien Leclercq [67]
12		Jack Lisowski [13]	4	-	2	Matthew Selt [29]
13		Mark J Williams [9]	4	-	2	Gary Wilson [14]
14		Ma Hailong [103]	4	-	3	Hammad Miah [108]
15		He Guoqiang [124]	4	-	1	Oliver Lines [61]
16		Barry Hawkins [19]	4	-	1	Kyren Wilson [8]
Round 2 (Last 64; Losers receive £3,000)
1		Jack Lisowski [13]	4	-	3	Shaun Murphy [7]	Lisowski was 62-0 down in the decider and made a break of 63 to win the match on the final black
2		Gary Wilson [14]	4	-	3	Chris Wakelin [28]
3		Ryan Day [17]	4	-	1	Rory Thor [125]
4		David Gilbert [23]	4	-	3	Lyu Haotian [46]
5		Robbie Williams [47]	4	-	1	John Higgins [10]
6		Mark J Williams [9]	4	-	2	Stephen Maguire [30]
7		Fan Zhengyi [32]	4	-	1	Ross Muir [109]
8		He Guoqiang [124]	4	-	1	Muhammad Asif [81]
9		Scott Donaldson [52]	4	-	0	Liam Graham [121]
10		Hammad Miah [108]	4	-	3	Judd Trump [4]	Decided on the final black
11		Julien Leclercq [67]	4	-	0	Jamie Jones [44]
12		Ali Carter [11]	4	-	0	Xu Si [62]
13		Fergal O'Brien [96]	4	-	2	Noppon Saengkham [26]
14		Sanderson Lam [71]	4	-	3	David Grace [54]
15		Ashley Carty [92]	4	-	2	Daniel Wells [97]
16		Tom Ford [22]	4	-	3	Ashley Hugill [69]
17		Matthew Stevens [42]	4	-	3	Ken Doherty [75]
18		Ma Hailong [103]	4	-	0	Mohamed Ibrahim [89]
19		Mark Selby [5]	4	-	2	Tian Pengfei [53]
20		Barry Hawkins [19]	4	-	1	Robert Milkins [12]
21		Kyren Wilson [8]	4	-	0	Mark Allen [3]	112 by Wilson in frame 1 was a maximum attempt. He lost position on the last red. The 121 in frame 2 was the 400th century of Wilson's career.
22		Oliver Lines [61]	4	-	1	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [37]
23		Hossein Vafaei [16]	4	-	2	Oliver Brown [87]	In frame 4 Vafaei needed two snookers (and got them) but lost the frame on the colors.
24		Ding Junhui [15]	4	-	3	Liu Hongyu [90]
25		Xiao Guodong [38]	4	-	0	Anthony Hamilton [36]
26		Graeme Dott [41]	4	-	2	Andy Hicks [57]
27		Rod Lawler [82]	4	-	1	Dominic Dale [59]
28		Si Jiahui [33]	4	-	1	Neil Robertson [6]
29		Yuan Sijun [51]	4	-	0	Ben Mertens [72]
30		Matthew Selt [29]	4	-	1	Zak Surety [77]
31		Jimmy Robertson [24]	4	-	3	Wu Yize [50]
32		Ishpreet Singh Chadha [110]	4	-	2	Stuart Bingham [21]

British Open Qualifiers

Tour: Main Tour; View on separate page;

Date: 14-19 Aug 2023; Venue: Morningside Arena , Leicester, England

See also: Results (64)

Qual Round 1 (Last 128; Losers receive £0)
1	Ken Doherty [75]	4	-	2	Alfie Burden [99]
2	Si Jiahui [33]	4	-	1	Lukas Kleckers [76]
3	Dominic Dale [59]	4	-	1	Mark Joyce [63]
4	Ma Hailong [103]	4	-	2	Ian Burns [105]
5	Ishpreet Singh Chadha [110]	4	-	1	M Phetmalaikul [126]
6	David Grace [54]	4	-	1	Jenson Kendrick [114]
7	Hammad Miah [108]	4	-	3	Zhou Yuelong [25]
8	Andy Hicks [57]	4	-	1	Andrew Higginson [100]
9	Mark Selby [5]	4	-	2	Ben Woollaston [43]
10	Tom Ford [22]	4	-	1	James Cahill [70]
11	Gary Wilson [14]	4	-	1	Ahmed Aly Elsayed [120]
12	Oliver Brown [87]	4	-	3	Himanshu Jain [95]
13	Xu Si [62]	4	-	0	Ricky Walden [20]
14	Rod Lawler [82]	4	-	2	Sam Craigie [45]
15	Robert Milkins [12]	4	-	2	Jiang Jun [112]
16	Robbie Williams [47]	4	-	0	Pang Junxu [34]
17	Oliver Lines [61]	4	-	0	Liam Pullen [113]
18	Scott Donaldson [52]	4	-	1	Adam Duffy [86]
19	Judd Trump [4]	4	-	2	Anton Kazakov [94]
20	Shaun Murphy [7]	4	-	1	Rebecca Kenna (f) [116]	Re-spotted black in the last frame
21	Graeme Dott [41]	4	-	3	Zhang Anda [58]
22	Liu Hongyu [90]	4	-	1	Baipat Siripaporn (f) [127]
23	Ali Carter [11]	4	-	3	Allan Taylor [78]
24	Jack Lisowski [13]	4	-	3	Joe O'Connor [31]
25	Tian Pengfei [53]	4	-	1	Rory McLeod (a)	McLeod replaced Asjad Iqbal who withdrew
26	Yuan Sijun [51]	4	-	1	Dylan Emery [74]
27	Chris Wakelin [28]	4	-	3	Andrew Pagett [119]	Wakelin was 3-0 down
28	Neil Robertson [6]	4	-	1	Jamie Clarke [55]
29	Mohamed Ibrahim [89]	4	-	3	Mink Nutcharut (f) [98]
30	Anthony Hamilton [36]	4	-	1	Aaron Hill [73]	Re-rack in frame 3
31	Mark Allen [3]	4	-	1	Anthony McGill [18]
32	Ross Muir [109]	4	-	3	Stuart Carrington [106]
33	Ryan Day [17]	4	-	0	Sean O'Sullivan [80]
34	Kyren Wilson [8]	4	-	1	Martin O'Donnell [91]
35	Ding Junhui [15]	4	-	3	Luca Brecel [2]	Brecel was 3-0 down
36	Stuart Bingham [21]	4	-	0	John Astley [66]
37	John Higgins [10]	4	-	1	Long Zehuang [93]
38	Muhammad Asif [81]	4	-	2	Stephen Hendry [123]	In frame 5 the last yellow dropped after the referee had called the score. She then replaced it.
39	Liam Graham [121]	4	-	3	Cao Yupeng [40]	Decided on the final black
40	Ashley Hugill [69]	4	-	2	Jak Jones [35]	Re-rack in frame 6
41	He Guoqiang [124]	4	-	2	Elliot Slessor [48]
42	Hossein Vafaei [16]	4	-	1	Andy Lee [79]
43	Lyu Haotian [46]	4	-	1	David Lilley [68]
44	David Gilbert [23]	4	-	1	Ryan Thomerson [88]
45	Matthew Stevens [42]	4	-	0	Victor Sarkis [115]
46	Barry Hawkins [19]	4	-	0	Stan Moody [122]
47	Mark J Williams [9]	4	-	1	Peng Yisong [85]
48	Rory Thor [125]	4	-	1	Alexander Ursenbacher [101]
49	Wu Yize [50]	4	-	2	Martin Gould [60]
50	Xiao Guodong [38]	4	-	2	Marco Fu [117]
51	Ashley Carty [92]	4	-	2	Jackson Page [49]
52	Jimmy Robertson [24]	4	-	0	Steven Hallworth (a)	Hallworth replaced Ronnie O'Sullivan who withdrew on medical grounds
53	Matthew Selt [29]	4	-	0	Liam Highfield [56]
54	Noppon Saengkham [26]	4	-	1	Xing Zihao [104]	Re-rack in frame 3
55	Fergal O'Brien [96]	4	-	1	Andres Petrov [84]
56	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [37]	4	-	0	Reanne Evans (f) [107]
57	Sanderson Lam [71]	4	-	2	Joe Perry [27]
58	Daniel Wells [97]	4	-	3	Jordan Brown [39]	The 136 by Wells in frame 6 was the highest break of the qualifying stage
59	Julien Leclercq [67]	4	-	2	Dean Young [111]
60	Jamie Jones [44]	4	-	0	Mostafa Dorgham [128]
61	Fan Zhengyi [32]	4	-	3	Mark Davis [64]
62	Stephen Maguire [30]	4	-	0	Jimmy White [118]
63	Ben Mertens [72]	4	-	2	Louis Heathcote [102]
64	Zak Surety [77]	4	-	2	Michael White [65]

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