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

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]

Qualifiers were 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 2024 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); Migu, Youku, and Huya Live in China; and streamed by Matchroom.live in all other territories. The qualification matches were broadcast on Discovery+.[4]

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

Summary

Qualifying round

Qualifying for the event took place from 30 October to 2 November 2023 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England. All qualifying matches are the best of seven frames.[3]

The qualifying match between Chris Wakelin and Mark Joyce was due to be played on 30 October but was rescheduled to 31 October since Wakelin had been playing in the final of the Northern Ireland Open on 29 October. Wakelin defeated Joyce 4–2. Jimmy White scored his first win of the season with a 4–3 defeat of Duane Jones, who had replaced Marco Fu in the draw.[3][5] Scott Donaldson came from 3–1 down to beat Ashley Hugill 4–3.[6] James Cahill defeated Stan Moody 4–3.[7]

Main draw

The draw for the tournament is shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32 seeded players, whilst players in bold denote match winners.[8]

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)
 
 
 
 Xing Zihao (CHN)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Joe O'Connor (ENG) (32)
 
 
 
 Scott Donaldson (SCO)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hossein Vafaei (IRN) (16) OR
 Daniel Wells (WAL)
 
 
 
 Thor Chuan Leong (MAS)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ryan Day (WAL) (17)
 
 
 
 Ashley Carty (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)
 
 
 
 Chris Wakelin (ENG) (24)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Yuan Sijun (CHN)
 
 
 
 Mark Williams (WAL) (9) OR
 Sam Craigie (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Robbie Williams (ENG)
 
 
 
 David Gilbert (ENG) (25)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jordan Brown (NIR)
 
 
 
 Kyren Wilson (ENG) (8) OR
 Mostafa Dorgham (EGY)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mark Allen (NIR) (5) OR
 Jamie Jones (WAL)
 
 
 
 Dominic Dale (WAL)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jimmy Robertson (ENG) (28) OR
 Amaan Iqbal (SCO)
 
 
 
 Jimmy White (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Robert Milkins (ENG) (12) OR
 Mark Davis (ENG)
 
 
 
 Andrew Higginson (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (21)
 
 
 
 Martin Gould (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 M. Phetmalaikul (THA)
 
 
 
 Stuart Bingham (ENG) (20)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Aaron Hill (IRL)
 
 
 
 Jack Lisowski (ENG) (13) OR
 Mohamed Ibrahim (EGY)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Julien Leclercq (BEL)
 
 
 
 Si Jiahui (CHN) (29)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 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)
 
 
 
 Ben Mertens (BEL)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Sanderson Lam (ENG)
 
 
 
 Cao Yupeng (CHN)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Barry Hawkins (ENG) (14) OR
 Pang Junxu (CHN)
 
 
 
 Xu Si (CHN)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anthony McGill (SCO) (19)
 
 
 
 Oliver Lines (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Lukas Kleckers (GER)
 
 
 
 Noppon Saengkham (THA) (22)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jack Borwick (SCO) OR
 Ishpreet Singh Chadha (IND)
 
 
 
 Ali Carter (ENG) (11) OR
 Long Zehuang (CHN)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Alfie Burden (ENG)
 
 
 
 Matthew Selt (ENG) (27)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Matthew Stevens (WAL)
 
 
 
 Mark Selby (ENG) (6) OR
 Sean O'Sullivan (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Shaun Murphy (ENG) (7) OR
 Liu Hongyu (CHN)
 
 
 
 Zak Surety (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Lyu Haotian (CHN)
 
 
 
 Jackson Page (WAL)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 John Higgins (SCO) (10) OR
 Oliver Brown (ENG)
 
 
 
 He Guoqiang (CHN)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ricky Walden (ENG) (23)
 
 
 
 Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Liam Highfield (ENG)
 
 
 
 Tom Ford (ENG) (18)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jenson Kendrick (ENG)
 
 
 
 Ding Junhui (CHN) (15) OR
 David Grace (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Martin O'Donnell (ENG)
 
 
 
 Jamie Clarke (WAL)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 James Cahill (ENG)
 
 
 Luca Brecel (BEL) (2) OR
 Iulian Boiko (UKR)
 

Qualifying

Qualification for the tournament took 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) were held over to be played at the final venue. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32 seeded players, whilst players in bold denote match winners.[3]

Edinburgh

The held-over matches to be played in Edinburgh on 11 December are as follows:[9][1]

Morning session

Afternoon session

Evening session

Leicester

The results of the qualifying matches played in Leicester were as follows:[9]

30 October

31 October

1 November

2 November

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

A total of 19 century breaks were made during the qualifying stage of the tournament in Leicester.[9]

Notes

  1. ↑ Duane Jones replaced Marco Fu who withdrew.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "BetVictor Scottish Open". snooker.org. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  2. 1 2 "BetVictor Scottish Open draw". World Snooker Tour. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Scottish Open Qualifiers". snooker.org. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "How to watch the BetVictor Scottish Open qualifiers". World Snooker Tour. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Whirlwind set for Edinburgh". World Snooker Tour. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "Donaldson earns spot in home event". World Snooker Tour. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Cahill comes through Moody test". World Snooker Tour. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "Scottish Open (2023) bracket". snooker.org. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  9. 1 2 3 "World Snooker – Live Scores". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
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