Unibet British Open Day 1

Started 51 days, 11 hours, 46 minutes ago

Date & Time
Mon 31st August 2026 Local
Mon 31st August 2026 12:00am UTC

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League
World Snooker

Season
2026-2027

Round
Round 5

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The Centaur

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The 2026 Unibet British Open is a professional snooker tournament taking place from 31 August to 6 September 2026 at The Centaur, Cheltenham Racecourse in England. It serves as the fourth ranking event of the 2026–27 snooker season.
The British Open was initially staged from 1985 to 2004, then returned to the calendar in 2021 after a 17-year absence. It starts with a flat draw of 128 players and there is an FA-Cup style draw for all rounds. The first four rounds are all best of seven frames, followed by best-of-nine quarter-finals, best-of-11 semi-finals, and then the final is best-of-19.
Shaun Murphy won the 2025 Unibet British Open at Cheltenham Racecourse, beating Anthony McGill in the final.

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Mon 31 Aug
Round 1 (held over)

Xinbo Wang 4-1 Patrick Whelan
Xiao Guodong 4-2 Jiang Jun
Pang Junxu 4-1 Neil Robertson
Barry Hawkins 4-0 Haohui Deng
John Higgins 4-1 Hossein Vafae
Ding Junhui 4-1 Anton Kazakov
Mark Joyce 4-1 Mateusz Baranowsk
Zhao Xintong 4-1 Oliver Brown
Mark Williams 0-4 David Gilbert
Shaun Murphy 4-0 Reanne Evans
Judd Trump 4-2 Dylan Emery
Mark Selby 4-3 David Lilley
Wu Yize 4-3 Liu Hongyu
Florian Nuessle 1-4 Kyren Wilson
Chris Wakelin 4-3 Luca Brecel
Ashley Carty 4-3 Si Jiahui

Round 2
Iulian Boiko 4-2 Xu Yichen