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The world ranking tournament is set to feature the sport’s top stars, including Ronnie O’Sullivan, Mark Selby, Scottish legend Stephen Hendry and Betfred.com World Champion Neil Robertson.
The pioneering format includes:
- Scope for 32 amateur players to join the 96 professionals in the qualifying phase. These amateurs will include junior, international and women players, as well as winners from tournaments staged at Rileys and other independent snooker clubs. Matches involving some of the top players will be held over to the venue.
- A completely random FA Cup – style draw for all rounds, raising the possibility of top seeds going head-to-head early in the tournament.
- The action promises to be fast and furious, with all matches best-of-five frames, up until the final which will be best-of-nine.
World Snooker Chairman Barry Hearn said: “We wanted to come up with something really special to replace the Grand Prix event, and we believe we’ve done just that with the World Open.
“It will be fascinating to see how the best amateurs fare against the professionals. We could get a rags-to-riches story of an unknown player getting to the business end or giving one of the top stars a shock. The random draw has worked well in the past and the best-of-five matches will provide virtually non-stop action for the fans.
“I’d recommend anyone who loves snooker to get their tickets booked straight away because THIS EVENT CANNOT BE MISSED!
The tournaments we’ve staged in Glasgow in recent years have been well supported but we want to see a full house this time! I can’t wait to see all the fans cheering their heroes on.”
Terms and Conditions
| World Open 2010 Format & Ticket Prices |
| Date |
Time |
Match |
Players |
Price |
Frames |
| Adult |
All Day |
| Sat 18 Sept |
2.30pm |
4
2
6 |
Neil Robertson v Graeme Dott
Al Carter v Un-Nooh
Stephen Maguire v Stuart Pettman
|
£15.00
|
£25.00 |
All matches best of 5 frames
|
| 7.00pm (not before) |
3
1 x L64 |
Davis v Ebdon
Murphy v Harold |
£15.00 |
| Sun 19 Sept |
2.00pm |
5
1 x L64
1 |
Stephen Hendry v Haneveer
Williams v Figueiredo
Ding Junhul v Gunnell |
£15.00 |
£25.00 |
| 7.00pm |
8
1 x L64 |
Mark Selby v Barry Hawkins
Jimmy White v Paul Davidson |
£15.00 |
| Mon 20 Sept |
12.30pm |
7
1 x L32
1 x L32 |
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Mark King |
£10.00 |
£20.00 |
| 7.00pm |
2 x L32 |
|
£15.00 |
| Tues 21 Sept |
1.00pm |
3 x L32 |
Student Offer reselect date band and type in promo code in promotional box on the next page |
£10.00 |
£20.00 |
| 7.00pm |
2 x L32 |
Student Offer reselect date band and type in promo code in promotional box on the next page |
£15.00 |
| Weds 22 Sept |
12.30pm |
3 x L32 |
|
£10.00 |
£20.00 |
| 2.00pm (not before) |
2 x L32 |
|
£15.00 |
| Thurs 23 Sept |
12.30pm |
2 x L32
1 x L16 |
|
£10.00 |
£20.00 |
| 7.00pm |
2 x L16 |
|
£15.00 |
| Fri 24 Sept |
12.30pm |
3 x L16 |
|
£10.00 |
£20.00 |
| 7.00pm |
2 x L16 |
|
£15.00 |
| Sat 25 Sept |
1.00pm |
2 x QF |
|
£15.00 |
£25.00 |
| 7.00pm |
2 x QF |
|
£20.00 |
| Sun 26 Sept |
2.00pm |
2 x SF |
|
£25.00 |
£45.00 |
| 8.00pm |
FINAL |
|
£30.00 |
Best of 9 frames |
Matches will be played on a roll on/roll off basis with a maximum of 15 mins between each match.
1 table in play
Unreserved seating for duration
All matches will be best of 5 frames and the final best of 9 frames.
Terms and Conditions