Davis and Hendry qualify

The evergreen Davis, now 54, beat world number 18 Ricky Walden 4-3 to make the line-up for the event, which starts on Monday at the Newport Centre.

Hendry will also take part in the event after he thrashed Kurt Maflin 4-0, while another former world chmapion, Ireland's Ken Doherty, is also through after beating Jamie Cope 4-2.

Up and coming Chinese star Liang Wenbo is also through after a 4-1 win over Rory McLeod.

Sam Baird 4-3 Nigel Bond (Baird plays Dominic Dale at the venue)

Liang Wenbo 4-1 Rory McLeod (Wenbo to play John Higgins at the venue)

Mark Davis 4-2 Jamie Burnett (Davis to play Ding Junhui at the venue)

Tom Ford 4-3 Ian McCulloch (Ford to play Graeme Dott at the venue)

Mark Joyce 4-3 Andrew Higginson (Joyce to play Shaun Murphy at the venue)

Steve Davis 4-2 Ricky Walden (Davis to play Ali Carter at the venue)

Ken Doherty 4-2 Jamie Cope (Doherty to play Mark Allen at the venue)

Stephen Hendry 4-0 Kurt Maflin (Hendry to play Neil Robertson at the venue)

Andy Hicks 4-2 Joe Perry (Hicks to play Mark Williams at the venue)

Marco Fu 4-2 Matthew Selt (Fu to play Ronnie O'Sullivan at the venue)

Mark King 4-1 Dave Harold (King to play Stuart Bingham at the venue)

Barry Hawkins 4-2 Gerard Greene (Hawkins to play Matthew Stevens at the venue)

Peter Ebdon 4-0 Adam Duffy (Ebdon to play Martin Gould at the venue)

Fergal O'Brien 4-3 Mike Dunn (O'Brien to play Judd Trump at the venue)

Adam Wicheard 4-2 Marcus Campbell (Wicheard to play Stephen Maguire at the venue)