2017 English Open (snooker)

The 2017 English Open (officially the 2017 Dafabet English Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 16 to 22 October 2017 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. It was the seventh ranking event of the 2017/2018 season and a part of the Home Nations Series.

Liang Wenbo was the defending champion, having beaten Judd Trump 9–6 in the 2016 final. Liang made a maximum break in his second round match against Tom Ford, but lost in the third round to Yan Bingtao. His maximum won him the "rolling 147 prize" of £40,000.

Ronnie O'Sullivan captured his 29th ranking title by beating Kyren Wilson 9–2 in the final. With his win O'Sullivan tied John Higgins for 2nd place on the all-time list of ranking event wins, only behind Stephen Hendry.

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


 * Highest break: £2,000
 * Total: £366,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £40,000

Century breaks
Total: 83


 * 147, 107, 105 – Liang Wenbo
 * 144, 132, 130, 128 – Jack Lisowski
 * 143, 128, 114, 105 – Judd Trump
 * 141, 127, 112, 104, 104 – Stuart Bingham
 * 140, 124, 118, 109, 109, 106, 103 – Kyren Wilson
 * 140, 104 – Liam Highfield
 * 139, 136, 134, 133, 132, 131, 129, 127, 127, 126, 125, 115 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * 139 – Thor Chuan Leong
 * 138, 131 – John Higgins
 * 136, 135, 134 – Shaun Murphy
 * 136 – Mitchell Mann
 * 135 – Marco Fu
 * 134, 132 – Neil Robertson
 * 132, 115, 105 – Matthew Stevens
 * 131 – Ian Preece
 * 131 – David Gilbert
 * 128, 100 – Michael White
 * 127 – Ali Carter
 * 126 – Tian Pengfei
 * 124 – Mark Selby
 * 123, 104, 104 – Yuan Sijun
 * 123 – Barry Hawkins
 * 123 – Alexander Ursenbacher
 * 121 – Scott Donaldson
 * 120 – Stuart Carrington
 * 116 – Aditya Mehta
 * 113 – Ding Junhui
 * 112 – Sunny Akani
 * 111 – Yan Bingtao
 * 110, 105 – Tom Ford
 * 110 – Ross Muir
 * 110 – Xiao Guodong
 * 108 – James Wattana
 * 107, 101 – Jimmy Robertson
 * 107 – Fang Xiongman
 * 106 – Robin Hull
 * 104 – Hamza Akbar
 * 104 – Jamie Jones
 * 102 – Chen Zifan
 * 101 – Craig Steadman
 * 100 – Mark Joyce
 * 100 – Anthony McGill