Neil Robertson and John Higgins played out an engrossing final
Neil Robertson and John Higgins before the 2021 English Open final

Snooker results: English Open draw, schedule, results and how to watch on TV


The English Open will run from December 12-18 in Brentwood – we have the draw, schedule and results in full.

Last year, Neil Robertson beat John Higgins 9-8 in a thrilling final in Milton Keynes, coming from 8-6 behind to claim the title.

Robertson kicks off his title defence with a held over match against Andrew Pagett, while Ronnie O'Sullivan starts against Ben Mertens.


  • Format: Best of 7 frames through to quarter-finals, which are best of 9; semi-finals best of 11; final best of 17
  • TV: Live coverage via Eurosport and the Eurosport Player
  • Defending champion: Neil Robertson
  • Prize fund: 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

Schedule: Saturday December 17 (Final)

Sunday December 18
Afternoon session (1300 GMT)
TV coverage: Eurosport

  • Mark Selby 4-4 Luca Brecel

Evening session (1900 GMT)

  • Mark Selby 9-6 Luca Brecel

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English Open: Full round-by-round draw and results

ROUND ONE (HELD OVER)

  • Marco Fu 4-0 Lewis Ullah
  • Callum Beresford 4-1 Ryan Thomerson
  • Neil Robertson 4-0 Andrew Pagett
  • Ryan Day 4-2 Asjad Iqbal
  • Jimmy Robertson 2-4 Marco Fu
  • Barry Hawkins 4-1 Rod Lawler
  • Matthew Selt v Callum Beresford
  • Mark Williams 4-3 Matthew Stevens
  • John Higgins 4-0 Gerard Greene
  • Jack Lisowski 4-2 Sean O'Sullivan
  • Shaun Murphy 4-2 Anthony Hamilton
  • Mark Selby 4-3 Noppon Saengkham
  • Judd Trump 4-3 Jackson Page
  • Stuart Bingham 1-4 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
  • Luca Brecel 4-3 Mark Joyce
  • Kyren Wilson 4-0 Reanne Evans
  • Zhao Xintong 4-2 Allan Taylor
  • Mark Allen 4-1 Mitchell Mann
  • Yan Bingtao v w/o Ashley Hugill
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-3 Ben Mertens

ROUND TWO

  • Neil Robertson 4-3 Lei Peifan
  • Elliot Slessor w/o v Chang Bingyu
  • Ryan Day 4-3 Hammad Miah
  • Ricky Walden 4-0 Liam Highfield
  • Peter Lines 1-4 Marco Fu
  • Muhammad Asif 2-4 Barry Hawkins
  • Louis Heathcote 3-4 Matthew Selt
  • Dominic Dale 2-4 Mark Williams
  • John Higgins 4-1 Mark King
  • Robert Milkins 4-1 Julien Leclercq
  • Jack Lisowski 4-0 Stuart Carrington
  • Ali Carter 4-0 Chen Zifan
  • Michael White 1-4 Anthony McGill
  • Sam Craigie 1-4 Shaun Murphy
  • Wu Yize 4-3 Cao Yupeng
  • Joe O'Connor 2-4 Mark Selby
  • Judd Trump 4-1 Craig Steadman
  • Lu Ning v w/o Fraser Patrick
  • Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-1 Tian Pengfei
  • David Gilbert 1-4 Yuan SiJun
  • Mark Davis 2-4 Scott Donaldson
  • Oliver Lines 2-4 Luca Brecel
  • Ken Doherty 2-4 Jamie Jones
  • Ben Woollaston 0-4 Kyren Wilson
  • Zhao Xintong 4-0 Andres Petrov
  • Zhang Anda 1-4 John J Astley
  • Mark Allen 4-1 Dylan Emery
  • Xu Si 1-4 Ding Junhui
  • Pang Junxu 4-2 Hossein Vafaei
  • Fan Zhengyi 3-4 Ashley Hugill
  • Martin Gould 4-2 Gary Wilson
  • Dechawat Poomjaeng 2-4 Ronnie O'Sullivan

ROUND THREE

  • Neil Robertson 4-0 Elliot Slessor
  • Ryan Day 4-3 Ricky Walden
  • Marco Fu 2-4 Barry Hawkins
  • Matthew Selt 0-4 Mark Williams
  • John Higgins 4-3 Robert Milkins
  • Jack Lisowski 2-4 Ali Carter
  • Anthony McGill 2-4 Shaun Murphy
  • Wu Yize 1-4 Mark Selby
  • Judd Trump 4-0 Fraser Patrick
  • Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-1 Yuan SiJun
  • Scott Donaldson 1-4 Luca Brecel
  • Jamie Jones 4-1 Kyren Wilson
  • Zhao Xintong 0-4 John J Astley
  • Mark Allen 4-3 Ding Junhui
  • Pang Junxu 2-4 Ashley Hugill
  • Martin Gould 4-1 Ronnie O'Sullivan

ROUND FOUR

  • Neil Robertson 4-2 Ryan Day
  • Barry Hawkins 2-4 Mark Williams
  • John Higgins 2-4 Ali Carter
  • Shaun Murphy 3-4 Mark Selby
  • Judd Trump 4-2 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
  • Luca Brecel 4-2 Jamie Jones
  • John J Astley 1-4 Mark Allen
  • Ashley Hugill 4-1 Martin Gould

QUARTER-FINALS

  • Neil Robertson 5-3 Mark Williams
  • Ali Carter 3-5 Mark Selby
  • Judd Trump 1-5 Luca Brecel
  • Mark Allen 5-0 Ashley Hugill

SEMI-FINALS

  • Neil Robertson 4-6 Mark Selby
  • Luca Brecel 6-2 Mark Allen

FINAL

  • Mark Selby 9-6 Luca Brecel