BetVictor Northern Ireland Open

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 22-29 Oct 2023; Venue: Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: Mark Allen; Twitter: #NorthernIrelandOpen; Notes: See also results (127)

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Final (Winner: £80,000; Runner-up: £35,000)
		Judd Trump [3]	9	-	3	Chris Wakelin [21]
	Session 1: 75-43, 28-57, 0-91 (87), 63-16 (51), 77-8, 97-0 (97) 68-53 (CW 53 JT 63), 111-0 (96) Session 2: 101-0 (101), 131-6 (125), 31-71 (52), 129-0 (129) Referee: Desislava Bozhilova This was Trump's fourth Northern Ireland Open title. It was his 26th ranking title and third in a row. This was also Trump's 20th straight match win in ranking events.
Semifinals (Losers receive £17,500)
		Chris Wakelin [21]	6	-	1	Jack Lisowski [9]
	74-0 (57), 0-105 (61), 86-8, 62-20 (57) 101-0 (71), 128-0 (66, 62), 76-0
		Judd Trump [3]	6	-	4	Barry Hawkins [10]
	18-81, 0-67 (58), 32-65, 104-0 (90) 0-75 (75), 90-0 (70), 118-4 (70), 67-6 62-49, 128-0 (128)
Quarterfinals (Losers receive £11,000)
		Jack Lisowski [9]	5	-	1	Ricky Walden [16]
		Chris Wakelin [21]	5	-	2	Yuan Sijun [42]
		Judd Trump [3]	5	-	4	Stephen Maguire [27]
		Barry Hawkins [10]	5	-	4	David Gilbert [18]
Round 4 (Last 16; Losers receive £7,500)
1		Ricky Walden [16]	4	-	1	Xing Zihao [108]
2		Jack Lisowski [9]	4	-	1	Aaron Hill [69]
3		Chris Wakelin [21]	4	-	2	Shaun Murphy [5]
4		Yuan Sijun [42]	4	-	2	Stan Moody [116]
5		Judd Trump [3]	4	-	3	Noppon Saengkham [19]
6		Stephen Maguire [27]	4	-	3	Joe Perry [22]
7		Barry Hawkins [10]	4	-	0	Robbie Williams [41]
8		David Gilbert [18]	4	-	0	Rory McLeod (a)
Round 3 (Last 32; Losers receive £4,500)
1		Xing Zihao [108]	4	-	1	Andres Petrov [85]	The fire alarm went off after frame 1.
2		Ricky Walden [16]	4	-	1	Stuart Bingham [17]
3		Jack Lisowski [9]	4	-	1	Matthew Selt [24]
4		Aaron Hill [69]	4	-	0	Dylan Emery [67]
5		Shaun Murphy [5]	4	-	0	Sean O'Sullivan [82]
6		Chris Wakelin [21]	4	-	1	Martin O'Donnell [79]	The fire alarm went off within frame 1.
7		Stan Moody [116]	4	-	2	Gary Wilson [13]	The fire alarm went off right before match start.
8		Yuan Sijun [42]	4	-	2	Jordan Brown [36]
9		Judd Trump [3]	4	-	2	Ian Burns [109]
10		Noppon Saengkham [19]	4	-	0	Anthony McGill [14]
11		Joe Perry [22]	4	-	3	Hossein Vafaei [11]
12		Stephen Maguire [27]	4	-	2	Sam Craigie [45]
13		Robbie Williams [41]	4	-	1	Zhang Anda [34]
14		Barry Hawkins [10]	4	-	1	Jimmy Robertson [23]
15		David Gilbert [18]	4	-	1	Lyu Haotian [35]
16		Rory McLeod (a)	4	-	3	Jak Jones [31]
Round 2 (Last 64; Losers receive £3,000)
1		Andres Petrov [85]	4	-	3	Mark Allen [1]	Decided on the final black
2		Xing Zihao [108]	4	-	1	Graeme Dott [32]
3		Ricky Walden [16]	4	-	3	Dominic Dale [50]
4		Stuart Bingham [17]	4	-	1	Xu Si [56]
5		Matthew Selt [24]	4	-	3	Dean Young [110]
6		Jack Lisowski [9]	4	-	1	Jackson Page [46]
7		Aaron Hill [69]	4	-	1	Fan Zhengyi [25]
8		Dylan Emery [67]	4	-	3	Cao Yupeng [38]
9		Shaun Murphy [5]	4	-	3	Marco Fu [117]	Decided on the final black
10		Sean O'Sullivan [82]	4	-	3	Zak Surety [71]
11		Martin O'Donnell [79]	4	-	1	Ma Hailong [86]
12		Chris Wakelin [21]	4	-	2	Alfie Burden [96]
13		Stan Moody [116]	4	-	1	Rod Lawler [78]
14		Gary Wilson [13]	4	-	1	Lukas Kleckers [72]
15		Yuan Sijun [42]	4	-	0	Jamie Clarke [52]
16		Jordan Brown [36]	4	-	1	Neil Robertson [4]
17		Judd Trump [3]	4	-	0	Julien Leclercq [61]
18		Ian Burns [109]	4	-	2	Ken Doherty [68]
19		Anthony McGill [14]	4	-	3	Robbie McGuigan (a)	McGill was 3-1 and 62-23 down with 27 remaining but managed to get the three snookers he needed and win the frame on a respotted black
20		Noppon Saengkham [19]	4	-	1	Barry Pinches (a)
21		Joe Perry [22]	4	-	3	Michael White [59]
	Perry's 145 in frame 3 was the highest break of the event
22		Hossein Vafaei [11]	4	-	0	Anton Kazakov [98]
23		Stephen Maguire [27]	4	-	2	James Cahill [65]
24		Sam Craigie [45]	4	-	2	Hammad Miah [89]
25		Robbie Williams [41]	4	-	2	Mark J Williams [7]	Rerack in frame 3
26		Zhang Anda [34]	4	-	1	Rory Thor [105]
27		Barry Hawkins [10]	4	-	1	Jiang Jun [103]
28		Jimmy Robertson [23]	4	-	0	Peng Yisong [84]
29		David Gilbert [18]	4	-	3	Matthew Stevens [37]	Rerack in frame 7
30		Lyu Haotian [35]	4	-	3	Tom Ford [15]
31		Jak Jones [31]	4	-	2	Mark Davis [58]
32		Rory McLeod (a)	4	-	3	Ross Muir [91]

Northern Ireland Open Qualifiers

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 17-20 Oct 2023; Venue: Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield, England; View on separate page; Twitter: #NIOpen; Notes: See also results (64)

Qual Round 1 (Last 128; Losers receive £0)
1		Mark Allen [1]	4	-	0	Ben Mertens [66]
2		Andres Petrov [85]	4	-	3	Sanderson Lam [62]
	Re-spotted black in frame 6.
3		Graeme Dott [32]	4	-	0	Oliver Lines [53]
4		Xing Zihao [108]	4	-	0	David Grace [49]
5		Ricky Walden [16]	4	-	2	Ben Woollaston [40]
6		Dominic Dale [50]	4	-	1	Allan Taylor [73]
	Taylor fouled on the frame-winning pink in frame 1 and then lost the frame
7		Stuart Bingham [17]	4	-	3	Ashley Hugill [60]
8		Xu Si [56]	4	-	2	Alexander Ursenbacher [107]
9		Dean Young [110]	4	-	2	Mohamed Ibrahim [88]
10		Matthew Selt [24]	4	-	1	Andy Lee [81]
11		Jackson Page [46]	4	-	0	Liam Graham [104]
12		Jack Lisowski [9]	4	-	1	Rebecca Kenna (f) [112]
13		Aaron Hill [69]	4	-	1	David Lilley [63]
14		Fan Zhengyi [25]	4	-	2	Liu Hongyu [70]
15		Dylan Emery [67]	4	-	3	Martin Gould [54]
16		Cao Yupeng [38]	4	-	3	Robert Milkins [8]
17		Shaun Murphy [5]	4	-	2	Ryan Thomerson [94]
18		Marco Fu [117]	4	-	2	Jamie Jones [39]
19		Zak Surety [71]	4	-	2	Joe O'Connor [28]
20		Sean O'Sullivan [82]	4	-	2	Andrew Higginson [92]
21		Ma Hailong [86]	4	-	3	Ryan Day [12]
22		Martin O'Donnell [79]	4	-	3	Daniel Wells [87]
23		Chris Wakelin [21]	4	-	0	Anthony Hamilton [33]
24		Alfie Burden [96]	4	-	3	Mostafa Dorgham [121]
25		Rod Lawler [78]	4	-	0	Baipat Siripaporn (f) [118]
26		Stan Moody [116]	4	-	2	Zhou Yuelong [20]
27		Lukas Kleckers [72]	4	-	3	Andrew Pagett [114]
28		Gary Wilson [13]	4	-	3	Louis Heathcote [93]
29		Jamie Clarke [52]	4	-	3	Alfie Davies (a)
	Decided on the final black
30		Yuan Sijun [42]	4	-	1	Xiao Guodong [29]
31		Jordan Brown [36]	4	-	2	Stuart Carrington [100]
32		Neil Robertson [4]	4	-	1	Wu Yize [43]
33		Judd Trump [3]	4	-	1	Jenson Kendrick [95]
	Trump's maximum attempt in the last frame ended at 96.
34		Julien Leclercq [61]	4	-	1	Adam Duffy [83]
	Re-rack in frame 2
35		Ian Burns [109]	4	-	2	Pang Junxu [30]
36		Ken Doherty [68]	4	-	3	Liam Highfield [55]
37		Anthony McGill [14]	4	-	3	Jimmy White [113]
	White won frame 5 after having needed two snookers
38		Robbie McGuigan (a)	4	-	1	Muhammad Asif [75]
39		Noppon Saengkham [19]	4	-	0	Himanshu Jain [99]
40		Barry Pinches (a)	4	-	3	M Phetmalaikul [119]
	Phetmalaikul was docked one frame for arriving late
41		Michael White [59]	4	-	2	Mink Nutcharut (f) [106]
42		Joe Perry [22]	4	-	2	Ishpreet Singh Chadha [90]
43		Anton Kazakov [98]	4	-	1	Long Zehuang [97]
44		Hossein Vafaei [11]	4	-	1	Mark Joyce [57]
45		James Cahill [65]	4	-	1	Duane Jones (a)
46		Stephen Maguire [27]	4	-	3	Fergal O'Brien [80]
	Maguire made his 500th career century in frame six. He is the 13th player to reach this milestone.
47		Hammad Miah [89]	4	-	0	Reanne Evans (f) [102]
48		Sam Craigie [45]	4	-	3	Kyren Wilson [6]
49		Mark J Williams [7]	4	-	1	Tian Pengfei [47]
50		Robbie Williams [41]	4	-	1	Liam Pullen [101]
51		Zhang Anda [34]	4	-	1	Si Jiahui [26]
52		Rory Thor [105]	4	-	0	John Astley [64]
53		Barry Hawkins [10]	4	-	1	Elliot Slessor [51]
54		Jiang Jun [103]	4	-	2	Andy Hicks [48]
55		Jimmy Robertson [23]	4	-	2	Sydney Wilson (a)
	The match ended on a re-spotted black. Wilson went in-off.
56		Peng Yisong [84]	4	-	1	He Guoqiang [76]
57		Matthew Stevens [37]	4	-	2	Stephen Hendry [120]
	Stevens forced a re-spotted black in frame 4. Hendry lost it as he went in-off. Re-rack in frame 5.
58		David Gilbert [18]	4	-	1	Joel Connolly (a)
59		Lyu Haotian [35]	4	-	1	Ashley Carty [74]
60		Tom Ford [15]	4	-	0	Haydon Pinhey (a)
61		Mark Davis [58]	4	-	0	Scott Donaldson [44]
62		Jak Jones [31]	4	-	0	Oliver Brown [77]
63		Ross Muir [91]	4	-	2	Victor Sarkis [111]
64		Rory McLeod (a)	4	-	0	Ahmed Aly Elsayed [115]
	McLeod replaced Ronnie O'Sullivan who withdrew for medical reasons.

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