The 2024 Xi’an Grand Prix commences on Monday with the likes of Ronnie O’Sullivan, Judd Trump, Kyren Wilson, and Mark Allen within the draw.
China’s latest occasion gives a good-looking first prize and a chance for gamers to seize rating silverware for less than the second time this season.
The match is being staged on the Qujiang E-Sports activities Centre in Xi’an, which is positioned within the Shaanxi Province in central China.
Prize cash
Champion: £177,000
Runner-up: £76,000
Semi-final: £34,500
Quarter-Closing: £22,350
R16: £14,000
R32: £9,400
R64: £5,350
Highest break: £5,000
Whole: £850,000
Who’s within the 2024 Xi’an Grand Prix draw?
A preliminary part of the competitors was held a couple of weeks in the past, with nearly all of the first-round fixtures accomplished on the Mattioli Area in Leicester.
Many of the lineup for the final 64 is already recognized, though some high-profile qualifying matches have been held over to the venue levels subsequent week.
These embrace the matches involving world champion Kyren Wilson, world primary Mark Allen, and fan favorite Ronnie O’Sullivan.
Nationwide hero Ding Junhui’s match and the 4 video games involving Chinese language wildcards are among the many different ties to have been deferred.
Judd Trump and Shaun Murphy, who contested the ultimate of the final match held in China on the Shanghai Masters in July, each emerged comfortably from their round-of-128 video games in Leicester.
Jak Jones, hoping to construct on his run to the ultimate of the World Championship in Could, can be by way of to the final 64 along with heavyweights John Higgins, Mark Williams, and Neil Robertson.
The complete lineup for the 2024 Xi’an Grand Prix is under, and the draw can be commonly up to date throughout the week’s motion with the newest outcomes.
2024 Xi’an Grand Prix draw
Spherical of 128 (bo9)
Prime Half
Kyren Wilson vs Haris Tahir (Aug 19)
He Guoqiang 5-4 Ashley Carty
Anthony McGill 5-0 Xing Zihao
Ricky Walden 5-3 Liam Davies
John Higgins 5-2 Alexander Ursenbacher
Sunny Akani 5-2 Fan Zhengyi
Dean Younger 5-3 Robert Milkins
Jimmy Robertson 5-1 Huang Jiahao
Elliot Slessor 5-0 Manasawin Phetmalaikul
Chris Wakelin 5-4 Rory Thor
Mark Davis 5-3 Ishpreet Singh Chadha
Mark Williams 5-0 Liam Graham
Jamie Jones 5-2 Mostafa Dorgham
Stuart Bingham vs Zhou Jinhao (Aug 19)
Xu Si 5-4 Jiang Jun
Ding Junhui vs Alfie Burden (Aug 19)
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Wang Yuchen (Aug 19)
Révész Bulcsú 5-0 David Grace
Neil Robertson 5-2 Allan Taylor
Yuan Sijun 5-1 Bai Yulu
Zhang Anda vs Oliver Strains (Aug 19)
Graeme Dott vs Ma Shaojun(Aug 19)
Hossein Vafaei 5-1 Ahmed Aly Elsayed
Dylan Emery 5-2 Jackson Web page
Amir Sarkhosh 5-3 Joshua Thomond
Si Jiahui 5-4 Jimmy White
Gong Chenzhi 5-4 Anthony Hamilton
Tom Ford 5-3 Stan Moody
Matthew Selt 5-2 Ian Burns
Joe O’Connor 5-3 Duane Jones
Zak Surety 5-2 Sanderson Lam
Hammad Miah w/o Luca Brecel
Backside Half
Judd Trump 5-2 Antony Kowalski
Ma Hailong 5-3 Martin O’Donnell
Lyu Haotian 5-2 Baipat Siripaporn
Artemijs Zizins 5-3 Robbie Williams
Jak Jones 5-4 Robbie McGuigan
Tian Pengfei 5-0 Farakh Ajaib
Jack Lisowski 5-1 Ross Muir
Joe Perry 5-0 Mink Nutcharut
Jordan Brown 5-2 Liam Pullen
David Gilbert 5-1 Reanne Evans
Ben Mertens 5-4 Simon Blackwell
Gary Wilson 5-4 Lengthy Zehuang
Paul Deaville 5-3 Wu Yize
Pang Junxu 5-2 Michael Holt
Aaron Hill 5-2 Chris Totten
Mark Selby vs Wang Xinbo (Aug 19)
Shaun Murphy 5-1 Mitchell Mann
Jamie Clarke vs Cao Jin (Aug 19)
Noppon Saengkham 5-3 Andrew Pagett
Dominic Dale 5-4 Mohammed Shehab
Daniel Wells 5-4 Ali Carter
Julien Leclercq 5-4 Ben Woollaston
Zhou Yuelong 5-1 Haydon Pinhey
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5-3 Lei Peifan
Matthew Stevens 5-0 Andrew Higginson
Ryan Day 5-4 Cheung Ka Wai
Scott Donaldson w/o Lim Kok Leong
Barry Hawkins 5-1 Kreishh Gurbaxani
Xiao Guodong 5-2 Iulian Boiko
Stephen Maguire 5-1 Ken Doherty
David Lilley 5-3 Louis Heathcote
Mark Allen vs Liu Hongyu (Aug 19)
Spherical of 64 (bo9)
Matches to be performed on Monday, August nineteenth and Tuesday, August twentieth
Prime Half
Ok. Wilson/Tahir vs He Guoqiang
Anthony McGill vs Ricky Walden
John Higgins vs Sunny Akani
Dean Younger vs Jimmy Robertson
Elliot Slessor vs Chris Wakelin
Mark Davis vs Mark Williams
Jamie Jones vs Bingham/Zhou J.
Xu Si vs Ding/Burden
O’Sullivan/Wang Y. vs Bulcsú Révész
Neil Robertson vs Yuan Sijun
Zhang/O. Strains vs Dott/Ma S.
Hossein Vafaei vs Dylan Emery
Amir Sarkhosh vs Si Jiahui
Gong Chenzhi vs Tom Ford
Matthew Selt vs Joe O’Connor
Zak Surety vs Hammad Miah
Backside Half
Judd Trump vs Ma Hailong
Lyu Haotian vs Artemijs Zizins
Jak Jones vs Tian Pengfei
Jack Lisowski vs Joe Perry
Jordan Brown vs David Gilbert
Ben Mertens vs Gary Wilson
Paul Deaville vs Pang Junxu
Aaron Hill vs Selby/Wang X.
Shaun Murphy vs Clarke/Cao
Noppon Saengkham vs Dominic Dale
Daniel Wells vs Julien Leclercq
Zhou Yuelong vs Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Matthew Stevens vs Ryan Day
Barry Hawkins w/o Scott Donaldson
Xiao Guodong vs Stephen Maguire
David Lilley vs Allen/Liu
Spherical of 32 (bo9)
Matches to be performed on Wednesday, August twenty first
Prime Half
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
Backside Half
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs Barry Hawkins
TBC vs TBC
Spherical of 16 (bo9)
Matches to be performed on Thursday, August twenty second
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
Quarter-Finals (bo9)
Matches to be performed on Friday, August twenty third
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
Semi-Finals (bo11)
Matches to be performed on Saturday, August twenty fourth
TBC vs TBC
TBC vs TBC
Closing (bo19)
Match to be performed on Sunday, August twenty fifth
TBC vs TBC
How can I watch the Xi’an Grand Prix?
The 2024 Xi’an Grand Prix can be accessible to look at dwell and without cost on the Matchroom.Dwell streaming service.
Viewers can register without cost to avail of every day protection of the rating occasion on its platform.
This selection is on provide for followers all over the world, excluding these residing in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
Supporters in China can watch on CCTV5 and Huya, Hong Kong protection is on Now TV, whereas followers in Taiwan can benefit from the motion on Sportcast.
Who’s the betting favorite?
Ronnie O’Sullivan is the pre-tournament betting favorite for the 2024 Xi’an Grand Prix with odds of round 11/4.
The Rocket’s final rating title was the World Grand Prix in January, however he hasn’t gained an occasion of such stature in China since 2017.
Judd Trump, the winner of the latest non-ranking Shanghai Masters, boasts odds of round 4/1 with most main on-line bookies.
World champion Kyren Wilson is priced at 12/1, simply behind world primary Mark Allen who has odds of about 11/1.
Ali Carter, in the meantime, was the season-opening champion at Championship League Snooker and is 25/1 to triumph at back-to-back rating occasions.
Full protection of the match – together with stories and previews – can be supplied right here on SnookerHQ.com all through the week’s play.
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