Northern Ireland Open: Draw, schedule, results, dates, who is still left to qualify? Judd Trump and Ronnie O'Sullivan
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ByEurosport
Updated 08/10/2021 at 15:06 GMT
All you need to know ahead of the 2021 Northern Ireland Open with Judd Trump having triumphed for the third year on the bounce in the last edition when overcoming Ronnie O'Sullivan. Watch the Northern Ireland Open and the snooker Home Nations series live on Eurosport, eurosport.co.uk and the Eurosport app.
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Judd Trump beat Ronnie O'Sullivan 9-7 in the Northern Ireland Open final for a third successive year to claim the Alex Higgins trophy at the Marshall Arena in November 2020.
Both are set to compete at the Waterfront Hall for the Alex Higgins trophy in 2021. Trump, O’Sullivan, the rest of the top 16 and three Northern Irish players - Christopher Clifford, Robbie McGuigan and Jordan Brown - have had their first-round matches held over and will contest those from October 9-11 with the rest of the first-round matches having already been played. Second-round matches begin on Monday 11 with Luca Brecel and Ali Carter the picks of the bunch.
When are O'Sullivan and Judd Trump playing at the Northern Ireland Open?
Both O'Sullican and Trump get their tournaments underway in the evening session on Sunday October 10.
When is the Northern Ireland Open and how to watch?
The Northern Ireland Open runs from October 9 to October 17 at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast.
Check here for TV listings, or alternatively here for details on how to stream the event live on eurosport.co.uk and the app. In addition to the live streaming, daily reports and highlights will be published online on the Eurosport website.
SCHEDULE
Round 1
Sat 9 Oct 19:00
- Christopher Clifford (a) v Gao Yang [74]
- Zhou Yuelong [16] v Jimmy Robertson [58]
- Anthony McGill [15] v Lee Walker [84]
Sun 10 Oct 10:00
- Stephen Maguire [8] v Steven Hallworth [68]
- Stuart Bingham [12] v Ben Hancorn [82]
- Yan Bingtao [14] v Hossein Vafaei [41]
Sun 10 Oct 13:00
- Jack Lisowski [13] v Ashley Hugill [77]
- John Higgins [7] v Joe O'Connor [61]
- Mark Selby [2] v Mark Lloyd (a)
Sun 10 Oct estimated 15:00
- Mark Allen [9] v Si Jiahui (a)
- Robbie McGuigan (a) v Sam Craigie [49]
- Neil Robertson [4] v Barry Pinches [97]
Sun 10 Oct 19:00
- Judd Trump [1] v Andrew Pagett [105]
- Kyren Wilson [6] v Jamie Clarke [65]
- Gary Wilson [31] v Jordan Brown [36]
Sun 10 Oct estimated 20:00
- Ronnie O'Sullivan [3] v Stuart Carrington [46]
- Barry Hawkins [11] v Iulian Boiko [92]
- Mark J Williams [10] v Mark Joyce [60]
Mon 11 Oct 13:00
- Shaun Murphy [5] vBai Langning (a)
ROUND 2
Mon 11 Oct 10:00
- Yuan Sijun [94] v Alfie Burden [112]
- Lü Haotian [56] v Allister Carter [22]
- Mitchell Mann [93] v Xiao Guodong [27]
Mon 11 Oct 13:00
- Liang Wenbo [26] v Luca Brecel [37]
Mon 11 Oct estimated 15:00
- James Cahill (a) v Fergal O'Brien [73]
Mon 11 Oct 19:00
- Tom Ford [21] v Ashley Carty [69]
Mon 11 Oct estimated 20:00
- Oliver Lines [67] v Ben Woollaston [43]
Tue 12 Oct 10:00
- Lu Ning [34] v Jamie O'Neill [113]
- David Grace [53] v David B Gilbert [18]
Tue 12 Oct 13:00
- Jackson Page [95] v Noppon Saengkham [38]
Tue 12 Oct estimated 15:00
- Martin O'Donnell [45] v Ricky Walden [29]
Tue 12 Oct 19:00
- Simon Lichtenberg [70] v Matthew Stevens [33]
Tue 12 Oct estimated 20:00
- Martin Gould [23] v Jak Jones [63]
Wed 13 Oct 10:00
- Liam Highfield [42] v Ryan Day [25]
- Chris Wakelin [57] v Tian Pengfei [54]
What is the format?
All matches are played over best-of-seven frames until the quarter-finals, which increases to best-of-nine.
The semi-finals are contested over the best-of-11 frames, with the best-of-17 frames final on Sunday 17 October.
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What is the prize money on offer?
| Stage | Prize money |
| Winner | £70,000 |
| Runner-up | £30,000 |
| Semi-final | £20,000 |
| Quarter-final | £10,000 |
| Last 16 | £7,500 |
| Last 32 | £4,000 |
| Last 64 | £3,000 |
Context
The Northern Ireland Open is the first of the 2021/22 season’s Home Nations events and will be followed by the subsequent tournaments in England, Scotland and Wales.
Judd Trump won the tournament for a third successive year in 2020 as the Bristolian overcame Ronnie O’Sullivan 9-7 in the showpiece final.
Trump also beat The Rocket in the final in Belfast in both 2018 and 2019 and is now seeking a fourth crown on the bounce.
Prior to that, Mark Williams was the victor in 2017 and Mark King claimed a famous win back in 2016.
The tournament features 128 of the world’s top players, battling for the famous Alex Higgins Trophy and hoping to make a fast start to the Home Nations series.
Tickets
For full details on tickets for the Northern Ireland Open, check out the official World Snooker website.
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