English Open 2021: Dates, schedule, draw and odds as Judd Trump and Ronnie O'Sullivan eye Home Nations title

ByEurosport

Updated 29/10/2021 at 16:30 GMT

A guide to the schedule of the English Open, available on Eurosport and discovery+ as Judd Trump returns as defending champion. Ronnie O'Sullivan is eyeing up a second title having won the event in 2017. Watch the English Open and the snooker Home Nations series live on Eurosport, eurosport.co.uk, the Eurosport app and discovery+. Play commences on Monday 1st November.

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When is the English Open?

The 2021 English Open takes place from November 1–7, 2021 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes.

The sixth edition of the tournament returns to Milton Keynes with world No. 1 Judd Trump looking to defend the title he won last year when he beat Neil Robertson 9-8 in the final.

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How to watch?

The event is live on Eurosport every day. Coverage on the television begins at 12:45, and the earlier matches can be watched on the Eurosport App and discovery+.

Check here for TV listings, or alternatively here for details on how to stream the event live on eurosport.co.uk and the app or discovery+. In addition to the live streaming, daily reports and highlights will be published online on the Eurosport website.

What is the format?

The first, second and third rounds will all be played over best of seven frames, until the quarter finals which will see an increase to best of nine frames.

The semi-finals will be played over best of 11 frames and the best-of-17-frame final on Sunday 7 November.

Who is playing?

Qualifiers for the event took place from September 17-22 at the Barnsley Metrodome, with the Ali Carter and Graeme Dott among those confirming a first-round place. However, the qualifiers involving the top 16 players and two wildcard nominations have been held over and will take place on Monday 1 November at the final venue.

Trump, winner of the 2020 tournament, starts his defence against Matthew Salt, while Ronnie O’Sullivan faces David Lilley who replaces Igor Figueiredo after the Brazilian was forced to withdraw due to travel restrictions.

Mark Selby kicks off his campaign against Sanderson Lam and Mark Allen, fresh off his victory at the Northern Ireland Open, will take on Belgium’s Luca Brecel.

Draw

Round 1

Mon 1 Nov 10am

Anthony McGill [16] v Gao Yang [80]
Stephen Maguire [9] v Mark King [59]
Kyren Wilson [5] v Noppon Saengkham [38]
Ding Junhui [10] v Andrew Pagett [96]

Mon 1 Nov 1pm

Judd Trump [1] v Matthew Selt [33]
Barry Hawkins [12] v Reanne Evans (f) [115]
Shaun Murphy [6] v Duane Jones [92]
Yan Bingtao [15] v Aaron Hill [82]

Est. Mon 1 Nov 3pm

Stuart Bingham [13] v Ng On Yee (f) [120]
Jack Lisowski [14] v Mark Joyce [63]
Oliver Sykes (a) v Allan Taylor [75]
Mark Selby [2] v Sanderson Lam (a)

Round 2

Mon 1 Nov 7pm

Alexander Ursenbacher [42] v Tom Ford [24]

Round 1

Mon 1 Nov 7pm

Mark Lloyd (a) v Paul Deaville (a)
Ronnie O'Sullivan [3] v David Lilley (a)
John Higgins [7] v Zhao Jianbo [74]

Round 2

Est. Mon 1 Nov 8pm

Gary Wilson [28] v Ben Woollaston [52]

Round 1

Est. Mon 1 Nov 8pm

Neil Robertson [4] v Andy Hicks [104]
Mark Allen [11] v Luca Brecel [44]

Round 2

Tue 2 Nov 10am

Xiao Guodong [32] v Steven Hallworth [70]

Tue 2 Nov 1pm

Ross Muir (a) v Wu Yize [107]
Xu Si [98] v Zhao Xintong [25]

Est. Tue 2 Nov 3pm

Soheil Vahedi (a) v Robbie Williams [68]
Mark Davis [49] v Graeme Dott [20]

Tue 2 Nov 7pm

Akani Songsermsawad [57] v Ricky Walden [29]

Est. Tue 2 Nov 8pm

Stephen Hendry [89] v Chris Wakelin [61]

Wed 3 Nov 10am

Rory McLeod [78] v Anthony Hamilton [47]
Li Hang [39] v Allister Carter [22]
Fraser Patrick [117] v Hossein Vafaei [40]

Wed 3 Nov 1pm

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [19] v Peter Devlin [84]

Est. Wed 3 Nov 3pm

Martin Gould [23] v Scott Donaldson [35]
Martin O'Donnell [46] v David B Gilbert [18]

Tournament history

The tournament was established in 2016 as part of the Home Nations Series. Judd Trump is the defending champion and aiming to become a first two-time winner this year.

YEAR	WINNER	RUNNER UP	SCORE	HOST CITY
2016	Liang Wenbo	Judd Trump	9–6	Manchester
2017	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Kyren Wilson	9–2	Barnsley
2018	Stuart Bingham	Mark Davies	9–7	Crawley
2019	Mark Selby	David Gilbert	9–1	Crawley
2020	Judd Trump	Neil Robertson	9–0	Milton Keynes