Northern Ireland Open snooker 2020: Draw, TV schedule, Who do Ronnie O'Sullivan and Judd Trump face?

ByEurosport

Updated 16/11/2020 at 09:09 GMT

World champion Ronnie O'Sullivan and defending champion Judd Trump are both in action on the opening day of the Northern Ireland Open LIVE on Eurosport between 16-22 November in Milton Keynes. Trump is bidding for a third straight victory at the tournament, having narrowly defeated O'Sullivan 9-7 in the final in 2018 and 2019 at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast.

Ronnie O'Sullivan

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Ronnie O'Sullivan gets his campaign for a first Northern Ireland title underway against world number 82 Jamie O'Neill in the first round on Monday 16 November at 7pm LIVE on Eurosport.

The world champion has lost the past two finals at the event 9-7, on both occasions to world number one Judd Trump, who is hoping to lift the Alex Higgins trophy for a third straight year.

Trump – winner of the English Open last month – begins his bid against Ireland's world number 74 Gerard Greene at 1pm on Monday with that encounter live on Eurosport.

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The best of the first-round action sees 2005 world champion Shaun Murphy meet two-times ranking event winner Ryan Day at 7pm on Monday.

Both men have hit two of the three 147s made so far this season with four-times world champion John Higgins celebrating the other maximum at the recent Championship League.

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The 2017 champion Mark Williams faces fellow Welshman Jamie Jones on the opening afternoon.

Champion of Champions winner Mark Allen meets Anthony Hamilton in his tournament opener on Tuesday evening as the Antrim man bids to claim his home tournament for the first time, while European Masters winner Mark Selby takes on Andrew Higginson.

All matches are played over the best-of-seven frames until the quarter-finals, which increases to the best-of-nine.

The semi-finals are contested over the best-of-11 frames, with the best-of-17 frames final on Sunday 22 November.

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Due to the global health pandemic, all remaining World Snooker Tour events in 2020 – including the German Masters qualifiers, UK Championship, Scottish Open and World Grand Prix – will continue to be staged behind closed doors at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes.

PRIZE MONEY

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: £3,000
High break: £5,000

Total prize fund: £405,000

PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS

2019 Judd Trump (Eng)
2018 Judd Trump (Eng)
2017 Mark Williams (Wal)
2016 Mark King (Eng)

TOURNAMENT ODDS

Judd Trump - 7/2
Ronnie O'Sullivan 7/2
Neil Robertson 6/1
Mark Selby 8/1
Kyren Wilson 14/1
Mark Allen 16/1

2020 Northern Ireland Open full draw

First section

Judd Trump v Gerard Greene
Mitchell Mann v Gao Yang
Luca Brecel v Kacper Filipiak
Simon Lichtenberg v Rod Lawler
Jack Lisowski v Ashley Carty
Paul S Davison v Andy Hicks
Gary Wilson v Rory McLeod
Martin Gould v Jamie Clarke
Tian Pengfei v Noppon Saengkham
Zhou Yuelong v Jimmy White
Alexander Ursenbacher v Lei Peifan
Stephen Maguire v Alex Borg
Chen Zifan v Xu Si
Scott Donaldson v Sean Maddocks
Fan Zhengyi v Robert Milkins
Mark Allen v Anthony Hamilton

Second section

Kyren Wilson v David Lilley
Ken Doherty v Chris Wakelin
Michael Holt v Soheil Vahedi
Brandon Sargeant v Louis Heathcote
David Gilbert v David Grace
Sam Craigie v Amine Amiri
Barry Hawkins v Alan McManus
Iulian Boiko v Michael White
Barry Pinches v Liam Highfield
Anthony McGill v Riley Parsons
Jamie Wilson v Nigel Bond
Yan Bingtao v Peter Lines
Mark King v Zak Surety
Zhao Xintong v Si Jiahui
Lukas Kleckers v Chang Bingyu
Mark Selby v Andrew Higginson

Third section

Neil Robertson v Declan Lavery
Ben Woollaston v Ricky Walden
Liang Wenbo v Steven Hallworth
Pang Junxu v Jak Jones
Mark Williams v Jamie Jones
Mark Joyce v Dominic Dale
Ali Carter v Ben Hancorn
Xiao Guodong x Duane Jones
Sunny Akani v Jordan Brown
Graeme Dott v Igor Figueiredo
Zhao Jianbo v Brian Ochoiski
Stuart Bingham v Oliver Lines
Aaron Hill v Jackson Page
Kurt Maflin v Fraser Patrick
James Cahill v Lyu Haotian
Shaun Murphy v Ryan Day

Fourth section

John Higgins v Daniel Wells
Patrick Wallace v Farakh Ajaib
Matthew Selt v Joe O'Connor
Stuart Carrington v Billy Joe Castle
Ding Junhui v Eden Sharav
Martin O'Donnell v Lu Ning
Tom Ford v Lee Walker
Yuan SiJun v Luo Honghao
Allan Taylor v Hossein Vafaei
Joe Perry v Robbie Williams
Fergal O'Brien v Ashley Hugill
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Peter Devlin
Mark Davis v Ian Burns
Matthew Stevens v Jimmy Robertson
Elliot Slessor v Li Hang
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Jamie O'Neill

Full Schedule (all times GMT)

Monday 16 November

10am

Mitchell Mann v Gao Yang
Simon Lichtenberg v Rod Lawler
Paul S Davison v Andy Hicks
Gary Wilson v Rory McLeod
Tian Pengfei v Noppon Saengkham
David Gilbert v David Grace
Yan Bingtao v Peter Lines
Martin O'Donnell v Lu Ning
Scott Donaldson v Sean Maddocks
Michael Holt v Soheil Vahedi

Monday 16 November

1pm

Judd Trump v Gerard Greene
Alexander Ursenbacher v Lei Peifan
Chen Zifan v Xu Si
Mark Williams v Jamie Jones
Martin Gould v Jamie Clarke
Kyren Wilson v David Lilley
Sam Craigie v Amine Amiri
Anthony McGill v Riley Parsons
Xiao Guodong v Duane Jones
Luca Brecel v Kacper Filipiak
Zhou Yuelong v Jimmy White
Fan Zhengyi v Robert Milkins
Ken Doherty v Chris Wakelin

Monday 16 November

7pm

Jack Lisowski v Ashley Carty
Brandon Sargeant v Louis Heathcote
Aaron Hill v Jackson Page
Kurt Maflin v Fraser Patrick
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Jamie O'Neill
Stephen Maguire v Alex Borg
Shaun Murphy v Ryan Day
Matthew Selt v Joe O'Connor
Mark Davis v Ian Burns

Tuesday 17 November

10am

Barry Pinches v Liam Highfield
Jamie Wilson v Nigel Bond
Mark King v Zak Surety
Zhao Xintong v Si Jiahui
Lukas Kleckers v Chang Bingyu
Stuart Carrington v Billy Joe Castle
Tom Ford v Lee Walker
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Peter Devlin
Liang Wenbo v Steven Hallworth
Graeme Dott v Igor Figueiredo

Tuesday 17 November

1pm

Neil Robertson v Declan Lavery
Pang Junxu v Jak Jones
Mark Joyce v Dominic Dale
Ding Junhui v Eden Sharav
Barry Hawkins v Alan McManus
Mark Selby v Andrew Higginson
Ali Carter v Ben Hancorn
Sunny Akani v Jordan Brown
Yuan SiJun v Luo Honghao
Zhao Jianbo v Brian Ochoiski
James Cahill v Lyu Haotian
Fergal O'Brien v Ashley Hugill
Matthew Stevens v Jimmy Robertson

Tuesday 17 November

7pm

Iulian Boiko v Michael White
Ben Woollaston v Ricky Walden
Stuart Bingham v Oliver Lines
John Higgins v Daniel Wells
Patrick Wallace v Farakh Ajaib
Mark Allen v Anthony Hamilton
Allan Taylor v Hossein Vafaei
Joe Perry v Robbie Williams
Elliot Slessor v Li Hang

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