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= 2021 English Open (snooker) draft. =

The 2021 English Open (also known as the BetVictor English Open, for the purposes of sponsorship ), is an upcoming ranking snooker tournament that will take place from 1-7 November 2021 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England. It will be the possible 7th ranking event of the 2021–22 season, and the 2nd event in the Home Nations Series. The event will be broadcast on Eurosport and across the United Kingdom and Europe.

Judd Trump will be the defending champion, having defeated Neil Robertson in the previous year's final 9-8, from 4-7 down.

Qualifying
The qualifying stage will take place from 19 to 24 September 2021 at the Metrodome in Barnsley, England. Qualifying matches which involve top 16 players will be held over and played at the Marshall Arena.

Prize Fund
The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:

Qualifying
The qualifying stage will take place in 2022 and will consist of one round of best-of-9-frame matches. The venue for qualifying has also not been announced.

Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:


 * 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: £3,500
 * Highest Break: £5,000
 * Total: £405,000

Qualifying
Qualification for the tournament will take place from 24 to 29 September 2021 at the Metrodome, in Barnsley, but the matches which involve top 16 players and the two wild card players will be played at Venue Cymru.


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Selby (ENG) (1) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sean Maddocks (ENG)
 * Gerard Greene – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Oliver Lines (ENG)
 * 🇨🇳 Xiao Guodong (CHN) (32) – Fraser Patrick
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Duane Jones (WAL) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian Burns (ENG)
 * Anthony McGill (16) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jamie Wilson (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Wakelin (ENG) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Joyce (ENG)
 * 🇨🇳 Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (17) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Lee Walker (WAL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jamie O'Neill (ENG) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Robertson (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Davis (ENG) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Michael White (WAL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Ford (ENG) (24) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Lines (ENG)
 * 🇹🇭 Sunny Akani (THA) – 🇩🇪 Lukas Kleckers (GER)
 * Stephen Maguire (9) – 🇨🇳 Yuan Sijun (CHN)
 * 🇮🇷 Soheil Vahedi (IRN) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robbie Williams (ENG)
 * 🇨🇳 Zhao Xintong (CHN) (25) – 🇨🇳 Lei Peifan (CHN)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sanderson Lam (ENG) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jamie Clarke (WAL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mark Williams (WAL) (8) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Woollaston (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kyren Wilson (ENG) (5) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Hicks (ENG)
 * 🇮🇪 Fergal O'Brien (IRL) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Grace (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary Wilson (ENG) (28) – 🇨🇳 Cao Yupeng (CHN)
 * 🇨🇳 Tian Pengfei (CHN) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Anthony Hamilton (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Hawkins (ENG) (12) – 🇨🇳 Pang Junxu (CHN)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Louis Heathcote (ENG) – 🇺🇦 Iulian Boiko (UKR)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Perry (ENG) (21) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Andrew Pagett (WAL)
 * 🇧🇪 Luca Brecel (BEL) – Alexander Ursenbacher
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jackson Page (WAL) – 🇮🇪 Aaron Hill (IRL)
 * Graeme Dott (20) – 🇮🇪 Michael Judge (IRL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ashley Hugill (ENG) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matthew Selt (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Bingham (ENG) (13) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andrew Higginson (ENG)
 * Scott Donaldson – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jak Jones (WAL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ricky Walden (ENG) (29) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steven Hallworth (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Matthew Stevens (WAL) – 🇨🇳 Si Jiahui (CHN)
 * 🇦🇺 Neil Robertson (AUS) (4) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Hancorn (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (3) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Dominic Dale (WAL)
 * 🇵🇰 Farakh Ajaib (PAK) – 🇨🇾 Michael Georgiou (CYP)
 * 🇨🇳 Liang Wenbo (CHN) (30) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Elliot Slessor (ENG)
 * Stephen Hendry – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Allan Taylor (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Lisowski (ENG) (14) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Carrington (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe O'Connor (ENG) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jamie Jones (WAL)
 * 🇹🇭 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (19) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sam Craigie (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liam Highfield (ENG) – 🇨🇳 Zhao Jianbo (CHN)
 * 🇨🇳 Lu Ning (CHN) – 🇨🇳 Xu Si (CHN)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ali Carter (ENG) (22) – 🇮🇪 Ken Doherty (IRL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark King (ENG) – 🇯🇲 Rory McLeod (JAM)
 * Mark Allen (11) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin O'Donnell (ENG)
 * 🇮🇷 Hossein Vafaei (IRN) – 🇨🇳 Fan Zhengyi (CHN)
 * 🇳🇴 Kurt Maflin (NOR) (27) – 🇨🇳 Wu Yize (CHN)
 * 🇨🇳 Li Hang (CHN) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nigel Bond (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Shaun Murphy (ENG) (6) – 🇭🇰 Ng On-yee (HKG)
 * John Higgins (7) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alfie Burden (ENG)
 * Amman Iqbal – 🇹🇭 Noppon Saengkham (THA)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ryan Day (WAL) (26) – 🇨🇳 Lyu Haotian (CHN)
 * 🇨🇳 Gao Yang (CHN) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Devlin (ENG)
 * 🇨🇳 Ding Junhui (CHN) (10) – 🇨🇳 Zhang Anda (CHN)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mitchell Mann (ENG) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Reanne Evans (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin Gould (ENG) (23) – 🇨🇳 Zhang Jiankang (CHN)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Pinches (ENG) – Jordan Brown
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy White (ENG) – 🇨🇳 Chang Bingyu (CHN)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Gilbert (ENG) (18) – 🇩🇪 Simon Lichtenberg (GER)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ashley Carty (ENG) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Hammad Miah (ENG)
 * 🇨🇳 Yan Bingtao (CHN) (15) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Zak Surety (ENG)
 * 🇧🇷 Igor Figueiredo (BRA) – Dean Young
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Holt (ENG) (31) – Liam Graham
 * 🇨🇳 Chen Zifan (CHN) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Craig Steadman (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Judd Trump (ENG) (2) – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robert Milkins (ENG)

Seeding List
The seedings for the tournament are based on the one-year ranking list up to and including the 2022 German Masters.

Century breaks
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Group 1
Group 1 will be played on 20 and 21 December 2021.

Group 2
Group 2 will be played on 22 and 23 December 2021.

Group 3
Group 3 will be played on 3 and 4 January 2022.

Group 4
Group 4 will be played on 5 and 6 January 2022.

Group 5
Group 5 will be played on 7 and 8 January 2022.

Group 6
Group 6 will be played on 17 and 18 January 2022.

Group 7
Group 7 will be played on 17 and 18 January 2022.

Main Draw
Below are the results for the main draw. Seedings are shown in the leftmost boxes, and match winners are denoted in bold.