The Wuhan Open qualifiers run from Sunday, July 28th to Tuesday, July 30th at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester.
The Chinese ranking event is back on the calendar for a second successive year after making its debut in 2023.
Judd Trump won the inaugural edition by beating Ali Carter 10-7 in the final at the Wuhan Gymnasium.
The Englishman, who has already got the new campaign off to a positive start by claiming last week’s Shanghai Masters title, is one of several players who have their preliminary matches held over to the venue stages.
Trump faces Antoni Kowalski in the opening round of the competition, but his encounter against the Polish rookie has been deferred.
Among the others who have had their round-of-128 encounters delayed are world champion Kyren Wilson, Ronnie O’Sullivan, and Ding Junhui.
Wuhan Open prize money
Winner: £140,000
Runner-up: £63,000
Semi-finals: £30,000
Quarter-finals: £16,000
Last 16: £12,000
Last 32: £8,000
Last 64: £4,500
High break: £5,000
Total: £700,000
There are still plenty of marquee names who will have to complete their ties from the Wuhan Open qualifiers in Leicester, though.
They include world number one Mark Allen, recent Shanghai Masters runner-up Shaun Murphy, and last year’s Wuhan finalist Carter.
Mark Selby, Mark Williams, and John Higgins are other notable names involved.
They will all be favourites to advance to the last 64 and the venue stages in October.
The Wuhan Open itself will take place from October 7th to October 13th.
2024 Wuhan Open qualifying draw and schedule
Round of 128 (bo9)
Sunday, July 28
10am UTC+1
Sanderson Lam vs Huang Jiahao
Fan Zhengyi vs Mink Nutcharut
He Guoqiang vs Baipat Siripaporn
Stephen Maguire vs Cheung Ka Wai
Xu Si vs Ian Burns
Si Jiahui vs Gong Chenzhi
Chris Wakelin vs Ma Hailong
2:30pm UTC+1
Barry Hawkins vs Jiang Jun
Gary Wilson vs Alexander Ursenbacher
Anthony McGill vs Simon Blackwell
Aaron Hill vs Ashley Carty
Robert Milkins vs Farakh Ajaib
Jamie Clarke vs Alfie Burden
Ricky Walden vs Mostafa Dorgham
7pm UTC+1
Joshua Thomand vs Allan Taylor
Robbie Williams vs Kreishh Gurbaxani
John Higgins vs Ben Mertens
Jamie Jones vs Haris Tahir
Mark Selby vs Long Zehuang
Shaun Murphy vs Michael Holt
Dominic Dale vs Jimmy White
Monday, July 29
10am UTC+1
Stuart Bingham vs Xing Zihao
Pang Junxu vs Révész Bulscú
Ali Carter vs Wang Yuchen
Wu Yize vs Rory Thor
David Grace vs Ishpreet Singh Chadha
Iulian Boiko vs Manasawin Phetmalaikul
Tian Pengfei vs Andrew Higginson
2:30pm UTC+1
Hossein Vafaei vs Ahmed Elsayed
Ryan Day vs Liu Hongyu
Scott Donaldson vs Zak Surety
Graeme Dott vs Julien Leclercq
Tom Ford vs Sunny Akani
Matthew Selt vs Liam Pullen
Joe Perry vs Stuart Carrington
7pm UTC+1
Anthony Hamilton vs Reanne Evans
Elliot Slessor vs Artiemijs Zizins
Luca Brecel vs Duane Jones
Ben Woollaston vs Oliver Lines
David Lilley vs Mohamed Shehab
Noppon Saengkham vs Daniel Wells
Joe O’Connor vs Hammad Miah
Tuesday, July 30
10am UTC+1
Mark Allen vs Bai Yulu
Jackson Page vs Lei Peifan
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh vs Louis Heathcote
Dylan Emery vs Kok Leong Lim
Lyu Haotian vs Andrew Pagett
Xiao Guodong vs Haydon Pinhey
Zhou Yuelong vs Marco Fu
2:30pm UTC+1
Jimmy Robertson vs Amir Sarkhosh
Neil Robertson vs Ken Doherty
Jack Lisowski vs Liam Graham
Jak Jones vs Ross Muir
Mark Davis vs Chris Totten
Matthew Stevens vs Stan Moody
Heldover Matches
Schedule TBC
Judd Trump vs Antoni Kowalski
Yuan Sijun vs Wildcard
Ding Junhui vs Robbie McGuigan
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Robbie McGuigan
Zhang Anda vs Dean Young
Jordan Brown vs Wildcard
Martin O’Donnell vs Wildcard
David Gilbert vs Wildcard
Kyren Wilson vs Liam Davies
How to watch the Wuhan Open qualifiers
While there is no access for fans at the venue for the Wuhan Open qualifiers, supporters in Europe can watch the snooker online on discovery+.
In China, coverage is available on Huya.com, while fans in all other territories can watch via a subscription on Matchroom.Live.
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