Event

World Open Round 2, Day 1



Date
Mon 16th March 2026 (UTC)
Mon 16th March 2026 (Local)

Timestamp
2026-03-16T00:00:00

Time
timezone flag 00:00:00 UTC

Poster
poster thumb


Your Rating (Click a star below)

Star off iconStar off iconStar off iconStar off iconStar off iconStar off iconStar off iconStar off iconStar off iconStar off icon

Total Rating
(0 users)


Thumb
event thumb


Square Poster
no thumb


League
World Snooker

Season
2025-2026

Round
32

Status
Match Finished

Location




Video Highlights search icon


Event Statistics


Description search icon English Flag
The 2026 World Open is a professional snooker tournament that will take place from 16 to 22 March 2026 in Yushan, China. Qualifiers took place from 10 to 12 February at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. The 11th edition of the tournament since it was rebranded as the World Open in 2010, it will be the 16th ranking event of the 2025‍–‍26 snooker season, following the 2026 Welsh Open and preceding the 2026 Tour Championship. The winner will receive £175,000 from a total prize fund of £825,000.
John Higgins will be the defending champion, having defeated Joe O'Connor 10‍–‍6 in the 2025 final.

All matches are played as the best of nine frames up to and including the quarter-finals. The semi-finals will be the best of 11 frames and the final will be a best of 19-frame match played over two sessions.
Wiki Icon creative commons icon

Reports


Result List


Result Description
Monday 16th March

Qual Rounds 1&2 Held over to main arena
Wang Xinb 5-0 v Mitchell Mann
John Higgins 5-3 Liam Highfield
R O'Sullivan 5-1 Ross Muir
Judd Trump 5-1 Mark Lloyd
Jackson Page 5-3 Liu Yang
Zhang Anda 5-3 Xu Jiarui
Xiao Guodong 5-3 Ben Mertens
Zhao Xintong 5-0 Han Fuyuan
Ricky Walden 5-2 Wang Xinbo

Round 2, Day 1
Ryan Day 5-1 Lei Peifan
Xu Si (w/o) v Stephen Maguire
Xu Yichen (w/o) v Umut Dikme
Artemijs Zizins (w/o) v Chris Wakelin
Matthew Selt (w/o) v David Gilbert
Luca Brecel (w/o) v Jak Jones
Zhou Yuelong 5-3 He Guoqiang
Shaun Murphy 5-4 David Lilley
Robbie Williams 5-4 Zhao Hanyang
Allan Taylor 5-2 Zak Surety
Jack Lisowski 5-1 Cheung Ka Wai
Hossein Vafaei 5-1 Matthew Stevens
Stuart Bingham 5-4 Anthony McGill
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5-1 David Grace
Daniel Wells 5-0 Elliot Slessor

Wiki Icon creative commons icon


Collections
None found...

Popular Tweets search icon


Fanart
No Fanart thumb


BannerNo Banner Thumb


User Comments

Transparent IconNo comments yet..



Other Event Name
event name icon born

Potential Filename

plex icon World Snooker 2026-03-16 World Open Round 2, Day 1.mkv
kodi icon World Snooker 2026-03-16 World Open Round 2, Day 1.S2025-2026E32.mkv
kodi icon (Scraper) World Snooker 2026-03-16 World Open Round 2, Day 1.mkv


Download Metadata
draw icon Kodi NFO File