The Northern Ireland Open will run from October 9-17, 2021 at Waterfront Hall in Belfast – we have the full draw and daily schedule here.
The event features some of the world's leading players battling for the Alex Higgins Trophy. Judd Trump is the reigning champion having won the last three renewals following victories over Ronnie O'Sullivan in all three finals.
Televised by Eurosport and Quest, the Northern Ireland Open is the first of the season’s Home Nations events, to be followed by the English, Scottish and Welsh Opens.
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Full tournament draw & results in bracket order
- Final best-of-17 frames
FINAL
- Mark Allen 9-8 John Higgins
Daily schedule
Sunday October 17
Afternoon session (1300)
- Mark Allen 4-4 John Higgins
Evening session (1900)
- Mark Allen 9-8 John Higgins
ROUND-BY-ROUND RESULTS
HELD OVER MATCHES
- Judd Trump 4-1 Andrew Pagett
- Christopher Clifford 0-4 Gao Yang
- Zhou Yuelong 2-4 Jimmy Robertson
- Mark Allen 4-1 Si Jiahui
- Stephen Maguire 4-2 Steven Hallworth
- Shaun Murphy 4-2 Bai Langning
- Stuart Bingham 4-1 Ben Hancorn
- Robert McCullough 1-4 Sam Craigie
- Jack Lisowski 4-3 Ashley Hugill
- Neil Robertson 4-0 Barry Pinches
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-0 Stuart Carrington
- Yan Bingtao 4-0 Hossein Vafaei
- Barry Hawkins 4-1 Iulian Boiko
- Kyren Wilson 4-0 Jamie Clarke
- John Higgins 4-2 Joe O'Connor
- Mark Williams 4-1 Mark Joyce
- Anthony McGill 3-4 Lee Walker
- Gary Wilson 4-0 Jordan Brown
- Mark Selby 4-1 Mark Lloyd
ROUND ONE
- Judd Trump 4-0 Gao Yang
- Lu Ning W/O v Jamie O'Neill
- Jimmy Robertson 4-3 Sunny Akani
- James Cahill 4-0 Fergal O'Brien
- Simon Lichtenberg 3-4 Matthew Stevens
- Peter Devlin 2-4 Mark Allen
- Liam Highfield 4-1 Ryan Day
- Hammad Miah 3-4 Stephen Maguire
- Shaun Murphy 4-3 Allan Taylor
- Chris Wakelin 2-4 Tian Pengfei
- Stuart Bingham 4-2 Sam Craigie
- Tom Ford v W/O Ashley Carty
- Jackson Page 4-3 Noppon Saengkham
- Fan Zhengyi 2-4 Jack Lisowski
- Martin O'Donnell 3-4 Ricky Walden
- Xu Si 0-4 Neil Robertson
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-1 Andy Hicks
- Yuan SiJun 2-4 Alfie Burden
- Yan Bingtao 4-3 Duane Jones
- Oliver Lines 4-0 Ben Woollaston
- Lyu Haotian 4-2 Ali Carter
- Mark King 4-0 Barry Hawkins
- Mitchell Mann 4-2 Xiao Guodong
- Robert Milkins 1-4 Kyren Wilson
- John Higgins 4-2 Farakh Ajaib
- Liang Wenbo 2-4 Luca Brecel
- Mark Williams 4-3 Elliot Slessor
- Martin Gould 2-4 Jak Jones
- David Grace 0-4 David Gilbert
- Louis Heathcote 4-3 Lee Walker
- Rory McLeod 0-4 Gary Wilson
- Cao Yupeng 3-4 Mark Selby
ROUND TWO
- Judd Trump 4-2 Lu Ning
- Jimmy Robertson 4-0 James Cahill
- Matthew Stevens 1-4 Mark Allen
- Liam Highfield 2-4 Stephen Maguire
- Shaun Murphy 4-3 Tian Pengfei
- Stuart Bingham 4-3 Ashley Carty
- Jackson Page 4-0 Jack Lisowski
- Ricky Walden 4-1 Neil Robertson
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-1 Alfie Burden
- Yan Bingtao 4-0 Oliver Lines
- Lyu Haotian 4-1 Mark King
- Mitchell Mann 4-2 Kyren Wilson
- John Higgins 4-2 Luca Brecel
- Mark Williams 4-2 Jak Jones
- David Gilbert 4-2 Louis Heathcote
- Gary Wilson 1-4 Mark Selby
ROUND THREE
- Judd Trump 4-3 Jimmy Robertson
- Mark Allen 4-3 Stephen Maguire
- Shaun Murphy 4-1 Stuart Bingham
- Jackson Page 3-4 Ricky Walden
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 3-4 Yan Bingtao
- Lyu Haotian 1-4 Mitchell Mann
- John Higgins 4-3 Mark Williams
- David Gilbert 4-2 Mark Selby
QUARTER-FINALS
- Judd Trump 3-5 Mark Allen
- Shaun Murphy 4-5 Ricky Walden
- Yan Bingtao 5-0 Mitchell Mann
- John Higgins 5-3 David Gilbert
SEMI-FINALS
- Mark Allen 6-3 Ricky Walden
- Yan Bingtao 2-6 John Higgins
