Race to the World Grand Prix 2023: English Open Updates
The race to qualify for next month’s World Grand Prix will be decided at the BetVictor English Open next week in Brentwood.
The top 32 players on the one-year ranking list following the event will qualify for the World Grand Prix which is set to run from 16-22 January 2023 in Cheltenham.
Read more about the state of play heading to the English Open via the WST website.
As well as the qualifiers themselves, the draw for the World Grand Prix will also be determined by the finishing positions on the one-year ranking list as set out below.
Provisional WGP Draw (18/12):
Please note that this is strictly provisional and subject to event entries:
Mark Allen (1) v David Gilbert (32)
Lyu Haotian (17) v Joe O’Connor (16)
Zhou Yuelong (9) v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (24)
Robert Milkins (25) v Jack Lisowski (8)
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Noppon Saengkham (28) v Mark Selby (5)
Ronnie O’Sullivan (21) v Barry Hawkins (12)
Mark Williams (13) v Jamie Jones (20)
Ding Junhui (4) v Stuart Bingham (29)
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Kyren Wilson (3) v Robbie Williams (30)
Shaun Murphy (14) v Ali Carter (19)
Sam Craigie (22) v Tom Ford (11)
Gary Wilson (6) v Anthony McGill (27)
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Luca Brecel (7) v Joe Perry (26)
Hossein Vafaei (23) v Judd Trump (10)
Xiao Guodong (18) v Neil Robertson (15)
Ricky Walden (31) v Ryan Day (2)
Players are marked in bold once their position can no longer change.
Latest Standings (16/12):
28th – Noppon Saengkham – £35,500 (R128)
29th – Stuart Bingham – £34,500 (R128)
30th – Robbie Williams – £32,500 (R128)
31st – Ricky Walden – £31,000 (R32)
32nd – David Gilbert – £31,000 (R64)
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39th – Zhao Xintong – £26,000 (R32)
40th – Wu Yize – £25,000 (R32)
44th – Ashley Hugill – £23,000 (QF)
45th – John Astley – £22,500 (R16)
49th – Zhang Anda – £21,000 (R32)
53rd – Pang Junxu – £20,000 (R32)
54th – John Higgins – £19,500 (R16)
56th – Matthew Selt – £18,500 (R32)
59th – Scott Donaldson – £17,500 (R32)
73rd – Elliott Slessor – £14,500 (R32)
75th – Marco Fu – £14,000 (R32)
76th – Martin Gould – £13,500 (R16)
Players knocked out of the English Open have been struck out and players level on prize money have been sorted on countback.
