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Main Tour, Ranking

17‑22 Feb 2026, Telford International Centre, Telford, England
Previous champion: Kyren Wilson (2025)
Notes: top 16 players on the one-year ranking list
See also: Results (15) ... more

Final
(Winner: £150,000; Runner-up: £70,000)
China Zhao Xintong [6] 10-7 Scotland John Higgins [16] Head to head Details 
The 81 in frame 7 was a maximum attempt.

Session 1:
0-65, 36-82, 121-0 (62), 66-0 (61)
0-83 (83), 82-0, 81-0 (81), 11-111 (90)

Session 2:
38-73, 88-14 (88), 44-71, 116-14 (83)
71-77, 72-14, 104-0 (104), 140-0 (126)
92-0 (92)

Referee: Marcel Eckardt

This was Zhao's fifth ranking title and second of the season.

Higgins became the second oldest ranking finalist in history, following Rex Williams who was 53 at the 1986 Grand Prix

Semifinals
(Losers receive £35,000)
Scotland John Higgins [16] 6-5 England Judd Trump [5] Head to head Details 

71-26 (71), 100-1 (57), 82-5 (76), 20-70, 71-28
21-68, 1-72, 64-21, 52-68 (68), 62-67, 71-44 (65)

China Zhao Xintong [6] 6-5 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [10] Head to head Details 

36-77, 59-36, 27-107 (107), 40-63 (55)
140-0 (140), 0-114 (65), 104-16 (103)
102-0 (58), 6-97 (90), 81-8 (53), 105-14 (56)

Quarterfinals
(Losers receive £20,000)
Scotland John Higgins [16] 6-3 England Chris Wakelin [8] Head to head Details 
England Judd Trump [5] 6-3 Wales Mark J Williams [4] Head to head Details 
Williams conceded frame 5 with 83 points left on the table. He was 91-0 down though after giving away 36 foul points.
China Zhao Xintong [6] 6-3 England Shaun Murphy [3] Head to head Details 
Northern Ireland Mark Allen [10] 6-2 England Mark Selby [2] Head to head Details 
Round 1
(Last 16; Losers receive £15,000)
1 Scotland John Higgins [16] 6-1 Australia Neil Robertson [1] Head to head Details 
2 England Chris Wakelin [8] 6-2 China Xiao Guodong [9] Head to head Details 
3 England Judd Trump [5] 6-0 China Zhou Yuelong [12] Head to head Details 
4 Wales Mark J Williams [4] 6-2 England Barry Hawkins [13] Head to head Details 
5 England Shaun Murphy [3] 6-1 China Zhang Anda [14] Head to head Details 
Murphy tried to fluke the yellow on the way to a 147 in frame 2 after potting a miracle 15th black
6 China Zhao Xintong [6] 6-5 England Elliot Slessor [11] Head to head Details 
Zhao had an outrageous fluke on the blue when 5-2 down
7 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [10] 6-3 China Wu Yize [7] Head to head Details 
8 England Mark Selby [2] 6-3 England Jack Lisowski [15] Head to head Details 


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