2024 Scottish Open (snooker)

The 2024 Scottish Open (officially the 2024 BetVictor Scottish Open) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 9 to 15 December 2024 at the Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was the 11th ranking event of the 202425 season (following the 2024 Shoot Out and preceding the 2025 German Masters) and the third of four tournaments in the season's Home Nations Series (following the 2024 English Open and the 2024 Northern Ireland Open and preceding the 2025 Welsh Open). The event was broadcast by Eurosport and Discovery+ in Europe (including the United Kingdom and Ireland) and by other broadcasters internationally. The winner received £100,000 from a total prize fund of £550,400, the Stephen Hendry trophy, and a place in the 2025 Champion of Champions invitational event.

Gary Wilson was the twotime defending champion, having successfully defended his 2022 title by defeating Noppon Saengkham 95 in the 2023 final. Wilson was beaten 24 by Long Zehuang in the first round. Lei Peifan, ranked 84th in the world, defeated Wu Yize 95 in the final to win his first ranking event. A total of 60 century breaks were made in the event, with 12 made during the qualifying stage, and 48 at the main stage, the highest being a 139 compiled by Xu Si in qualifying.

Format

The event took place from 9 to 15 December 2024 at the Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland. Qualifying took place from 28 to 30 October 2024 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England.

The WST implemented a new format for the four Home Nations events this season. In qualifying round one, players seeded 6596 face those seeded 97128. In qualifying round two, the 32 round one winners play those seeded 3364. The 32 round two winners then play the top 32 seeds.

All matches were played as best of seven until the quarterfinals, which were best of nine. The semifinals were best of 11, and the final was a bestof17frame match played over two .

The qualifying rounds were broadcast by Discovery+ in Europe (including the United Kingdom and Ireland) and by the CBSAWPBSA Academy WeChat Channel and Huya Live in China. They were available from Matchroom Sport in all other territories.

The main event was broadcast by Eurosport, Discovery+ and DMAX in Europe (including the United Kingdom and Ireland); by the CBSAWPBSA Academy WeChat Channel, the CBSAWPBSA Academy Douyin and Huya Live in China; by Now TV in Hong Kong; by Astro SuperSport in Malaysia and Brunei; by True Sports in Thailand; by TAP in the Philippines; and by Sportcast in Taiwan. It was available from Matchroom Sport in all other territories.

Prize fund

The tournament winner received the Stephen Hendry trophy. The breakdown of prize money for the event, an increase of £123,400 from the previous event, is shown below:

* Winner: £100,000
* Runner-up: £45,000
* Semi-final: £21,000
* Quarter-final: £13,200
* Last 16: £9,000
* Last 32: £5,400
* Last 64: £3,600
* Last 96: £1,000

* Highest break: £5,000
* Total: £550,400

Summary

Qualifying rounds

Round 1

On 28 October Stan Moody beat Iulian Boiko 42, Louis Heathcote whitewashed Joshua Thomond, and Dean Young beat Daniel Womersley 42. On 29 October Jimmy White defeated Hatem Yassen 41.

Round 2

On 29 October Young beat Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 43, Anthony McGill beat Allan Taylor 42, He Guoqiang whitewashed Heathcote, Ishpreet Singh Chadha beat Sanderson Lam 42, Julien Leclercq defeated Jamie Clarke 43, and Lyu Haotian recovered from 03 down to beat Wang Yuchen 43. On 30 October Graeme Dott beat Jiang Jun 42, Alexander Ursenbacher recovered from 02 down to beat Ben Woollaston 43, making a 137 in the third , and Lei Peifan beat Dominic Dale 41. Jackson Page defeated White 41, Farakh Ajaib beat Elliot Slessor also by 41, and Moody beat Tian Pengfei 42. Daniel Wells whitewashed Rory Thor making a 112 break in the second frame, his 100th professional career century, and Jamie Jones came from 23 down to defeat Oliver Lines 43.

Main stages

Before the start of the tournament Judd Trump and Mark Williams withdrew, and so Chadha and David Lilley were given walkovers to the last 32. David Gilbert also withdrew and so Robbie Williams was given a walkover to the last 32. Ronnie O'Sullivan also withdrew and so Xing Zihao was given a walkover to the last 32.

Last 64

The last 64 matches were played on 9 and 10 December as the best of 7 .

On 9 December Long Zehuang defeated defending champion Gary Wilson 42, and John Higgins beat Ian Burns, also by 42. Barry Hawkins beat Ursenbacher 42, and Mark Allen defeated He 41. On 10 December Luca Brecel beat Leclercq 43, Stephen Maguire whitewashed Matthew Selt, and Kyren Wilson whitewashed David Grace. Young, ranked 98, defeated Pang Junxu 42, and Shaun Murphy whitewashed Wells.

Last 32

The last 32 matches were played on 11 December as the best of 7 frames.

Maguire defeated Wilson 42, Hawkins beat Higgins 43, and Allen beat Ryan Day 42. In the final frame of the evening, Noppon Saengkham missed out on his 4th career 147 after missing the . However, the 134 break was enough to see him defeat Mark Selby 42.

Last 16

The last 16 matches were played on 12 December as the best of 7 frames.

Brecel recovered from 13 down to beat Ding Junhui 43, Allen defeated Jack Lisowski also by 43, and Chris Wakelin beat Xing 41. Wu Yize beat Hawkins 43, Lei defeated Stuart Bingham also by 43, and Tom Ford beat Long 41.

Quarter-finals

The quarterfinals were played on 13 December as the best of 9 frames.

In the afternoon session Wu beat Wakelin 54 although Wakelin made two century breaks, and Xiao Guodong defeated Brecel 51. In the evening session Allen beat Saengkham 52 with Allen making three century breaks, and Lei beat Ford 54 although Ford made two century breaks.

Semi-finals

The semifinals were played on 14 December as the best of 11 frames.

In the afternoon session, Wu recovered from 24 down to beat Xiao 64 making a 115 break in the 9th frame. After the match, Wu commented: "I really enjoyed the atmosphere today. In the past, I might have felt a lot of pressure in situations like this, but now I just find it enjoyable."

In the evening session Lei recovered from 25 down to beat Allen 65. After the match, Lei commented: "It is very exciting to win. Today I didn't play very well in the first session. I was telling myself not to give up, just to focus on the table and play. It was my first time in a semifinal so I just wanted to enjoy the moment." Allen said: "I probably got what I deserved for not winning 62. I missed the when I was 52 up and then everything started to go against me. I just didn't close the match out well enough. I've got no regrets. He potted some good balls in the last, so credit to him."

Final

The final was played on 15 December as the best of 17 frames, played over two .

In the afternoon session, Lei took the first four frames but Wu fought back to reduce the deficit to 35 going into the last session. Lei went on to win the match 95. After the match, Lei commented: "Honestly, it feels so unexpected to win the title. I initially just wanted to better my previous best result, which was the last 16. Reaching that stage already felt satisfying, so I played with no pressure and didn't overthink things." Wu said: "This week I think I performed well overall, but not in this final match. I don't know what happened. It felt like I was playing without any touch or rhythm. I didn't really put much pressure on myself, but maybe I was a bit nervous in the first four frames. I tried to adjust later on, but it still didn't feel right." The win moved Lei up from 84th to 43rd in the world rankings, and he became the lowestranked winner of a ranking event since Dave Harold (then ranked 93) beat Darren Morgan in the final of the 1993 Asian Open.

Main draw

The results of the main draw are shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32 seeds, and players in bold denote match winners.

Top half

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Bottom half

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Final

Qualifying rounds

The results of the qualifying rounds are shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the players' seeding, an "a" indicates amateur players who were not on the main World Snooker Tour, and players in bold denote match winners.

:Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walkover

Century breaks

Main stage centuries

A total of 48 century breaks were made during the main stage of the tournament in Edinburgh.

* 138 Xing Zihao
* 137, 126, 125 Ding Junhui
* 136, 134, 120 Noppon Saengkham
* 136, 125 Tom Ford
* 136, 124, 122 Ryan Day
* 136 Mark Selby
* 135, 115, 102 Wu Yize
* 134 Lei Peifan
* 133 Jackson Page
* 133 Dean Young
* 130, 107 Barry Hawkins
* 130 Ian Burns
* 128 Stephen Maguire
* 127, 127, 120, 112, 105, 104, 104, 103 Mark Allen
* 124 Julien Leclercq
* 123, 113 Joe O'Connor
* 120, 116, 100 Shaun Murphy
* 115 Zhou Yuelong
* 114, 106 Xiao Guodong
* 108 Kyren Wilson
* 107, 103 Luca Brecel
* 107, 103 Chris Wakelin
* 106, 101 Jack Lisowski
* 101 Jak Jones

Qualifying stage centuries

A total of 12 century breaks were made during the qualifying stage of the tournament in Sheffield.

* 139 Xu Si
* 137 Alexander Ursenbacher
* 132 Stuart Carrington
* 127 Antoni Kowalski
* 123 Oliver Lines
* 116 He Guoqiang
* 112 Daniel Wells
* 108 David Grace
* 107 Hammad Miah
* 105 Zak Surety
* 105 Allan Taylor
* 100 Ricky Walden

Notes

References

External links

World Snooker Tour – Home

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