2023 Scottish Open (snooker)

The 2023 Scottish Open (officially the 2023 BetVictor Scottish Open) is an upcoming professional snooker tournament that will take place from 11 to 17 December 2023 at the Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland.[1][2]

2023 BetVictor Scottish Open
Tournament information
Dates11–17 December 2023 (2023-12-11 – 2023-12-17)
VenueMeadowbank Sports Centre
CityEdinburgh
CountryScotland
OrganisationWorld Snooker Tour
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£427,000
Winner's share£80,000
Defending champion Gary Wilson (ENG)
← 2022

Qualifiers will be held from 30 October to 2 November at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England, although matches involving the top 16 players in the world rankings and two Scottish wildcards will be held over and played at the main venue.[3]

Sponsored by BetVictor, the tournament will be broadcast by Eurosport and Discovery+ in the UK and Europe. The winner will receive £80,000 from a total prize fund of £427,000, the Stephen Hendry trophy, and a place in the 2023 Champion of Champions invitational event.

Gary Wilson is the defending champion, having defeated Joe O'Connor 9–2 in the 2022 final.

Format

The event will take place from 11 to 17 December 2023 at the Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland.[1]

All matches will be played as the best of seven frames until the quarter-finals, which are best of nine. The semi-finals are best of 11, and the final is a best-of-17-frame match played over two sessions.[2]

The event will be broadcast by Eurosport and Discovery+ in Europe (including the UK).

Prize fund

The tournament winner will receive the Stephen Hendry trophy. The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:

  • Winner: £80,000
  • Runner-up: £35,000
  • Semi-final: £17,500
  • Quarter-final: £11,000
  • Last 16: £7,500
  • Last 32: £4,500
  • Last 64: £3,000
  • Highest break: £5,000
  • Total: £427,000

Main draw

Superscripted numbers in parentheses are the top 32 players' seedings, whilst players in bold denote match winners.[4]

Top half
 
Last 64
Best of 7 frames		Last 32
Best of 7 frames		Last 16
Best of 7 frames		Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
 
                  
 
 
 
 
 Gary Wilson (ENG)(1) OR
 Elliot Slessor (ENG)
 
 
 
 Fergal O'Brien (IRL) OR
 Xing Zihao (CHN)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Joe O'Connor (ENG)(32) OR
 Andy Lee (HKG)
 
 
 
 Scott Donaldson (SCO) OR
 Ashley Hugill (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hossein Vafaei (IRN)(16) OR
 Daniel Wells (WAL)
 
 
 
 Rory Thor (MAS) OR
 Graeme Dott (SCO)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ryan Day (WAL)(17) OR
 Jiang Jun (CHN)
 
 
 
 Ashley Carty (ENG) OR
 Andres Petrov (EST)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ma Hailong (CHN) OR
 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)
 
 
 
 Chris Wakelin (ENG)(24) OR
 Mark Joyce (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Yuan Sijun (CHN) OR
 Muhammad Asif (PAK)
 
 
 
 Mark Williams (WAL)(9) OR
 Sam Craigie (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Rod Lawler (ENG) OR
 Robbie Williams (ENG)
 
 
 
 David Gilbert (ENG)(25) OR
 Jak Jones (WAL)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jordan Brown (NIR) OR
 Adam Duffy (ENG)
 
 
 
 Kyren Wilson (ENG)(8) OR
 Mostafa Dorgham (EGY)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mark Allen (NIR)(5) OR
 Jamie Jones (WAL)
 
 
 
 Ross Muir (SCO) OR
 Dominic Dale (WAL)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jimmy Robertson (ENG)(28) OR
 Amaan Iqbal (SCO)
 
 
 
 Marco Fu (HKG) OR
 Jimmy White (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Robert Milkins (ENG)(12) OR
 Mark Davis (ENG)
 
 
 
 Andrew Higginson (ENG) OR
 Allan Taylor (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Zhou Yuelong (CHN)(21) OR
 Anthony Hamilton (ENG)
 
 
 
 Reanne Evans (ENG) OR
 Martin Gould (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ben Woollaston (ENG) OR
 M. Phetmalaikul (THA)
 
 
 
 Stuart Bingham (ENG)(20) OR
 Michael White (WAL)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ken Doherty (IRL) OR
 Aaron Hill (IRL)
 
 
 
 Jack Lisowski (ENG)(13) OR
 Mohamed Ibrahim (EGY)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Baipat Siripaporn (THA) OR
 Julien Leclercq (BEL)
 
 
 
 Si Jiahui (CHN)(29) OR
 Tian Pengfei (CHN)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Andy Hicks (ENG) OR
 Zhang Anda (CHN)
 
 
 Judd Trump (ENG)(4) OR
 Sydney Wilson (ENG)
 

Bottom half
 
Last 64
Best of 7 frames		Last 32
Best of 7 frames		Last 16
Best of 7 frames		Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
 
                  
 
 
 
 
 Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)(3) OR
 Liam Graham (SCO)
 
 
 
 Ahmed Aly Elsayed (USA) OR
 Ben Mertens (BEL)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Fan Zhengyi (CHN)(30) OR
 Sanderson Lam (ENG)
 
 
 
 Cao Yupeng (CHN) OR
 David Lilley (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Barry Hawkins (ENG)(14) OR
 Pang Junxu (CHN)
 
 
 
 Mink Nutcharut (THA) OR
 Xu Si (CHN)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anthony McGill (SCO)(19) OR
 Ryan Thomerson (AUS)
 
 
 
 Oliver Lines (ENG) OR
 John Astley (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Stuart Carrington (ENG) OR
 Lukas Kleckers (GER)
 
 
 
 Noppon Saengkham (THA)(22) OR
 Rebecca Kenna (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jack Borwick (SCO) OR
 Ishpreet Singh Chadha (IND)
 
 
 
 Ali Carter (ENG)(11) OR
 Long Zehuang (CHN)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ian Burns (ENG) OR
 Alfie Burden (ENG)
 
 
 
 Matthew Selt (ENG)(27) OR
 Dylan Emery (WAL)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Matthew Stevens (WAL) OR
 Victor Sarkis (BRA)
 
 
 
 Mark Selby (ENG)(6) OR
 Sean O'Sullivan (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Shaun Murphy (ENG)(7) OR
 Liu Hongyu (CHN)
 
 
 
 Liam Pullen (ENG) OR
 Zak Surety (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Joe Perry (ENG)(26) OR
 Lyu Haotian (CHN)
 
 
 
 Jackson Page (WAL) OR
 Himanshu Jain (IND)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 John Higgins (SCO)(10) OR
 Oliver Brown (ENG)
 
 
 
 Peng Yisong (CHN) OR
 He Guoqiang (CHN)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ricky Walden (ENG)(23) OR
 Hammad Miah (ENG)
 
 
 
 Wu Yize (CHN) OR
 Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Liam Highfield (ENG) OR
 Dean Young (SCO)
 
 
 
 Tom Ford (ENG)(18) OR
 Louis Heathcote (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anton Kazakov (UKR) OR
 Jenson Kendrick (ENG)
 
 
 
 Ding Junhui (CHN)(15) OR
 David Grace (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Martin O'Donnell (ENG) OR
 Andrew Pagett (WAL)
 
 
 
 Xiao Guodong (CHN)(31) OR
 Jamie Clarke (WAL)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 James Cahill (ENG) OR
 Stan Moody (ENG)
 
 
 Luca Brecel (BEL)(2) OR
 Iulian Boiko (UKR)
 

Qualifying

Qualification for the tournament will take place from 30 October to 2 November at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, although matches involving the top 16 players in the world rankings and two Scottish wildcards (Jack Borwick and Amaan Iqbal) will be held over to be played at the final venue. Superscripted numbers in parentheses are the top 32 players' seedings, whilst players in bold denote match winners.[3]

Edinburgh

30 October

31 October

1 November

2 November

References
  1. "BetVictor Scottish Open". snooker.org. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  2. "BetVictor Scottish Open draw". World Snooker Tour. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  3. "Scottish Open Qualifiers". snooker.org. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  4. "Scottish Open (2023) bracket". snooker.org. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
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