2016 English Open (snooker)

The 2016 English Open (officially the 2016 BetVictor English Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 10 and 16 October 2016 at the EventCity in Manchester, England. It was the seventh ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.

This was the inaugural English Open event, being held as part of a new Home Nations Series introduced in the 2016/2017 season with the existing Welsh Open and new Northern Ireland Open and Scottish Open tournaments. The winner of the English Open is awarded the Davis Trophy which is named in honour of six-time world champion Steve Davis.

Liang Wenbo captured his only ranking title by beating Judd Trump 9–6 in the final. As a result, he qualified for the Champion of Champions in November.

Alfie Burden made the 122nd official maximum break in the sixth frame of his first round match against Daniel Wells. It was Burden's first professional maximum break.

Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


 * Winner: £70,000
 * Runner-up: £30,000
 * Semi-final: £20,000
 * Quarter-final: £10,000
 * Last 16: £6,000
 * Last 32: £3,500
 * Last 64: £2,500

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £10,000.
 * Highest break: £2,000
 * Total: £366,000

Century breaks

 * 147 – Alfie Burden
 * 140 – Li Hang
 * 139, 125, 121, 102 – Neil Robertson
 * 138, 136, 136, 134, 106 – Liang Wenbo
 * 138 – Ali Carter
 * 138 – Mark Williams
 * 136 – Tian Pengfei
 * 135, 106, 102 – Xiao Guodong
 * 134, 132, 120 – Judd Trump
 * 134 – Joe Perry
 * 132 – Mark Allen
 * 130, 107 – Zhao Xintong
 * 130, 106 – Chris Wakelin
 * 130 – Zhang Anda
 * 126, 117, 110 – Stephen Maguire
 * 126 – Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn
 * 125 – Mark Joyce
 * 122 – Anthony McGill
 * 121 – Ian Preece
 * 118, 103 – Kyren Wilson
 * 116, 116 – Stuart Bingham


 * 116, 115 – Ricky Walden
 * 115 – Martin Gould
 * 114, 103 – John Higgins
 * 114 – Barry Hawkins
 * 113 – Zhou Yuelong
 * 112 – Scott Donaldson
 * 111, 102 – David Gilbert
 * 111 – Duane Jones
 * 110 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * 108, 106 – Ding Junhui
 * 108 – Shaun Murphy
 * 107 – Ben Woollaston
 * 107 – Tom Ford
 * 105 – Michael Holt
 * 105 – Ross Muir
 * 104 – Allan Taylor
 * 103, 100 – Marco Fu
 * 101 – Rory McLeod
 * 100 – Ryan Day
 * 100 – Rod Lawler