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.
Albania’s Eklent Kaci will act as the defending champion, having beaten Joshua Filler in last year’s 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 Poland’s 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
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 10-6 Chang Yu-Lung 🇹🇼
🇦🇱 Kledio Kaci 7-10 Petri Makkonen 🇫🇮
🇵🇭 Jeffrey Ignacio 10-6 Billy Thorpe 🇺🇸
🇺🇸 Skyler Woodward 10-8 Thorsten Hohmann 🇩🇪
🇬🇧 Clint I’Anson 7-10 Jonas Souto Comino 🇪🇸
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 7-10 Liu Ri-Teng 🇹🇼
🇵🇱 Daniel Maciol 5-10 Albin Ouschan 🇦🇹
🇬🇧 Gary Wilson 10-6 Denis Grabe 🇪🇪
🇬🇧 Jayson Shaw 7-10 Tobias Bongers 🇩🇪
🇰🇼 Abdullah Al-Yousef 2-10 Jefrey Roda 🇵🇭
🇷🇸 Aleksa Pecelj 5-10 Karl Gnadeberg 🇪🇪
🇹🇼 Ko Pin-Yi 10-6 Jose Alberto Delgado 🇪🇸
🇩🇪 Niklas Dohr 2-10 James Aranas 🇵🇭
🇯🇵 Naoyuki Oi 7-10 Mieszko Fortunski 🇵🇱
🇭🇺 Oliver Szolnoki 10-3 Jan van Lierop 🇳🇱
🇹🇼 Ko Ping-Chung 10-3 Jack Whelan 🇬🇧
🇺🇸 Fedor Gorst 10-8 Stephen Ellis 🇬🇧
🇵🇭 Marvin Asis 9-10 Bernie Regalario 🇵🇭
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 10-4 Lo Ho-Sum 🇭🇰
🇨🇾 Antonis Brabin 10-4 Joao Grilo 🇵🇹
🇵🇱 Wiktor Zielinski 10-2 Alvin Anggito 🇮🇩
🇵🇭 Carlo Biado 10-6 Szymon Kural 🇵🇱
🇵🇭 Anton Raga 10-3 Nikos Ekonomopolous 🇬🇷
🇩🇪 Joshua Filler 10-7 Paul Song 🇺🇸
🇧🇬 Georgi Georgiev 3-10 Mickey Krause 🇩🇰
🇺🇸 Oscar Dominguez 10-4 Max Lechner 🇦🇹
🇱🇹 Pijus Labutis 10-6 Wu Kun-Lin 🇹🇼
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 10-6 Mustafa Alnar 🇹🇷
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 10-7 Mario He 🇦🇹
🇯🇵 Masato Yoshioka 6-10 Toh Lian Han 🇸🇬
🇺🇸 Tyler Styer 10-9 Ivo Aarts 🇳🇱
🇺🇸 Shane van Boening 10-8 Bui Truong An 🇻🇳
Last 32
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 6-10 Petri Makkonen 🇫🇮
🇵🇭 Jeffrey Ignacio 3-10 Skyler Woodward 🇺🇸
🇪🇸 Jonas Souto Comino 7-10 Liu Ri-Teng 🇹🇼
🇦🇹 Albin Ouschan 10-9 Gary Wilson 🇬🇧
🇩🇪 Tobias Bongers 10-5 Jefrey Roda 🇵🇭
🇪🇪 Karl Gnadeberg 3-10 Ko Pin-Yi 🇹🇼
🇵🇭 James Aranas 5-10 Mieszko Fortunski 🇵🇱
🇭🇺 Oliver Szolnoki 4-10 Ko Ping-Chung 🇹🇼
🇺🇸 Fedor Gorst 10-1 Bernie Regalario 🇵🇭
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 10-7 Antonis Brabin 🇨🇾
🇵🇱 Wiktor Zielinski 10-5 Carlo Biado 🇵🇭
🇵🇭 Anton Raga 0-10 Joshua Filler 🇩🇪
🇩🇰 Mickey Krause 10-9 Oscar Dominguez 🇺🇸
🇱🇹 Pijus Labutis 10-7 Aloysius Yapp 🇸🇬
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 10-5 Toh Lian Han 🇸🇬
🇺🇸 Tyler Styer 9-10 Shane van Boening 🇺🇸
Last 16
🇫🇮 Petri Makkonen 10-7 Skyler Woodward 🇺🇸
🇹🇼 Liu Ri-Teng 8-10 Albin Ouschan 🇦🇹
🇩🇪 Tobias Bongers 10-7 Ko Pin-Yi 🇹🇼
🇵🇱 Mieszko Fortunski 10-4 Ko Ping-Chung 🇹🇼
🇺🇸 Fedor Gorst 8-10 Robbie Capito 🇭🇰
🇵🇱 Wiktor Zielinski 3-10 Joshua Filler 🇩🇪
🇩🇰 Mickey Krause 6-10 Pijus Labutis 🇱🇹
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 10-5 Shane van Boening 🇺🇸
Quarter-Finals
🇫🇮 Petri Makkonen 10-9 Albin Ouschan 🇦🇹
🇩🇪 Tobias Bongers 4-10 Mieszko Fortunski 🇵🇱
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 10-9 Joshua Filler 🇩🇪
🇱🇹 Pijus Labutis 10-5 Eklent Kaci 🇦🇱
Semi-Finals
🇫🇮 Petri Makkonen 4-11 Mieszko Fortunski 🇵🇱
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 11-9 Pijus Labutis 🇱🇹
Final
🇵🇱 Mieszko Fortunski 10-13 Robbie Capito 🇭🇰
Prize Fund
Champion – $30,000
Runner-up – $15,000
Semi-finalists – $9,500
Quarter-finalists – $6,000
Last 16 – $4,000
Last 32 – $2,000
Last 64 – $1,000
Losers Qualification – $500
Total – $200,000
