English Open 2016: Draw, schedule, results & odds

The inaugural English Open was snooker's seventh ranking event of the 2016 season - and the first of the new Home Nations series - and took place at Event City in Manchester and runs from October 10-16.

Star names including Ronnie O'Sullivan, Mark Selby, John Higgins, Ding Junhui and newly-crowned European Masters champion Judd Trump were among the star names in the 32-man tournament but it in the end it was Liang Wenbo who triumphed for the first ranking title of his career.

Here, you can look back at how the event unfolded with all the tournament results and links to final report.

You can also click here for the latest Sky Bet odds on all snooker events.  

English Open Draw & Tournament Bracket

Mark Selby 4-0 Gary Wilson (Match 1)
Sam Craigie v Liam Highfield w/o (Match 2)
Gareth Allen 3-4 Stephen Maguire (Match 3)
Ryan Day 4-1 Kurt Maflin (Match 4)
Barry Hawkins 4-3 Jack Lisowski (Match 5)
Mark Davis 4-1 Tian Pengfei (Match 6)
Dominic Dale 2-4 David Grace (Match 7)
Andrew Higginson 4-1 Nigel Bond (Match 8)
Michael White 4-0 Jason Weston (Match 9)
Boonyarit Keattikun 3-4 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn (Match 10)
Alex Borg 0-4 Li Hang (Match 11)
Ricky Walden 4-1 Robin Hull (Match 12)
Dechawat Poomjaeng 2-4 John J Astley (Match 13)
Yan Bingtao 4-2 Sanderson Lam (Match 14)
Sean O'Sullivan 2-4 Scott Donaldson (Match 15)
Mark Allen 4-1 Jamie Curtis-Barrett (Match 16)
John Higgins 4-2 Michael Wild (Match 17)
Mark King 4-3 Thor Chuan Leong (Match 18)
Fraser Patrick 4-1 Zak Surety (Match 19)
Eden Sharav 1-4 James Wattana (Match 20)
Marco Fu 4-3 Martin O'Donnell (Match 21)
Rory McLeod 2-4 Tom Ford (Match 22)
Itaro Santos 1-4 Joe Swail (Match 23)
James Cahill 4-3 Adam Stefanow (Match 24)
Oliver Lines 1-4 Ian Preece (Match 25)
Mark Joyce 3-4 Craig Steadman (Match 26)
Ian Burns 4-2 Christopher Keogan (Match 27)
Mark Williams 4-2 David John (Match 28)
Martin Gould 4-1 Sydney Wilson (Match 29)
Zhou Yuelong 4-3 Jimmy White (Match 30)
Matthew Stevens 1-4 Jamie Bodle (Match 31)
Judd Trump 4-1 Ken Doherty (Match 32)
Shaun Murphy 4-0 Chen Zhe (Match 33)
Liang Wenbo 4-0 Graeme Dott (Match 34)
Robbie Williams 0-4 Fergal O'Brien (Match 35)
Ross Muir 4-3 Zhang Yong (Match 36)
Ali Carter 4-3 Luca Brecel (Match 37)
Akani Songsermsawad 4-0 Kurt Dunham (Match 38)
Ben Woollaston 4-1 Cao Yupeng (Match 39)
Josh Boileau 2-4 Zhang Anda (Match 40)
Yu De Lu 1-4 Rod Lawler (Match 41)
Peter Ebdon 1-4 Stuart Carrington (Match 42)
Adam Duffy 1-4 Anthony Hamilton (Match 43)
Joe Perry 2-4 Matthew Selt (Match 44)
Sam Baird 3-4 Elliot Slessor (Match 45)
Jak Jones 4-0 Brandon Sargeant (Match 46)
Darryl Hill 1-4 Mei Xi Wen (Match 47)
Ding Junhui 4-0 Mitchell Mann (Match 48)
Neil Robertson 4-1 Hamza Akbar (Match 49)
Mike Dunn 0-4 Duane Jones (Match 50)
Noppon Saengkham 4-1 Michael Georgiou (Match 51)
Michael Holt 1-4 Xiao Guodong (Match 52)
Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-0 Jimmy Robertson (Match 53)
Zhao Xintong 4-0 Wang Yuchen (Match 54)
Anthony McGill 4-2 Jamie Cope (Match 55)
Chris Wakelin 4-3 Allan Taylor (Match 56)
Aditya Mehta 3-4 Lee Walker (Match 57)
Jamie Jones v Rhys Clark w/o (Match 58)
Alfie Burden 3-4 Daniel Wells (Match 59)
Kyren Wilson 4-0 Wayne Townsend (Match 60)
Hammad Miah 1-4 David Gilbert (Match 61)
Peter Lines 4-1 Paul S Davison (Match 62)
Alan McManus 4-1 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (Match 63)
Stuart Bingham 4-3 Robert Milkins (Match 64)  

English Open 2016: Daily Results

Monday October 10
Morning Session (1000 BST onwards)
First Round (Best of 7 frames)
Sam Craigie v Liam Highfield w/o (Match 2)
Gareth Allen 3-4 Stephen Maguire (Match 3)
Boonyarit Keattikun 3-4 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn (Match 10)
Alex Borg 0-4 Li Hang (Match 11)
Dechawat Poomjaeng 2-4 John J Astley (Match 13)
Eden Sharav 1-4 James Wattana (Match 20)
James Cahill 4-3 Adam Stefanow (Match 24)
Ian Burns 4-2 Christopher Keogan (Match 27)

Afternoon Session (1300 BST onwards)
First Round (Best of 7 frames)
Ryan Day 4-1 Kurt Maflin (Match 4)
Michael White 4-0 Jason Weston (Match 9)
Mark King 4-3 Thor Chuan Leong (Match 18)
Itaro Santos 1-4 Joe Swail (Match 23)
Oliver Lines 1-4 Ian Preece (Match 25)
Mark Joyce 3-4 Craig Steadman (Match 26)
Mark Williams 4-2 David John (Match 28)
Zhou Yuelong 4-3 Jimmy White (Match 30)
Ross Muir 4-3 Zhang Yong (Match 36)
Akani Songsermsawad 4-0 Kurt Dunham (Match 38)
Josh Boileau 2-4 Zhang Anda (Match 40)
Adam Duffy 1-4 Anthony Hamilton (Match 43)
Sam Baird 3-4 Elliot Slessor (Match 45)
Jak Jones 4-0 Brandon Sargeant (Match 46)
Ding Junhui 4-0 Mitchell Mann (Match 48)

Evening Session (1900 BST onwards)
First Round (Best of 7 frames)
Martin Gould 4-1 Sydney Wilson (Match 29)
Matthew Stevens 1-4 Jamie Bodle (Match 31)
Peter Ebdon 1-4 Stuart Carrington (Match 42)
Joe Perry 2-4 Matthew Selt (Match 44)
Chris Wakelin 4-3 Allan Taylor (Match 56)
Aditya Mehta 3-4 Lee Walker (Match 57)
Alan McManus 4-1 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (Match 63)
Stuart Bingham 4-3 Robert Milkins (Match 64)

Tuesday October 11
Morning Session (1000 BST onwards)
First Round (Best of 7 frames)
Andrew Higginson 4-1 Nigel Bond (Match 8)
Sean O'Sullivan 2-4 Scott Donaldson (Match 15)
Marco Fu 4-3 Martin O'Donnell (Match 21)
Darryl Hill 1-4 Mei Xi Wen (Match 47)
Noppon Saengkham 4-1 Michael Georgiou (Match 51)
Michael Holt 1-4 Xiao Guodong (Match 52)
Zhao Xintong 4-0 Wang Yuchen (Match 54)
Jamie Jones v Rhys Clark w/o (Match 58)

Afternoon Session (1300 BST onwards)
First Round (Best of 7 frames)
Fraser Patrick 4-1 Zak Surety (Match 19)
Rory McLeod 2-4 Tom Ford (Match 22)
Judd Trump 4-1 Ken Doherty (Match 32)
Liang Wenbo 4-0 Graeme Dott (Match 34)
Robbie Williams 0-4 Fergal O'Brien (Match 35)
Yu De Lu 1-4 Rod Lawler (Match 41)
Mike Dunn 0-4 Duane Jones (Match 50)
Peter Lines 4-1 Paul S Davison (Match 62)
Mark Selby 4-0 Gary Wilson (Match 1)
Mark Davis 4-1 Tian Pengfei (Match 6)
Yan Bingtao 4-2 Sanderson Lam (Match 14)
Mark Allen 4-1 Jamie Curtis-Barrett (Match 16)
John Higgins 4-2 Michael Wild (Match 17)
Ben Woollaston 4-1 Cao Yupeng (Match 39)
Neil Robertson 4-1 Hamza Akbar (Match 49)
Anthony McGill 4-2 Jamie Cope (Match 55)

Evening Session (1900 BST onwards)
First Round (Best of 7 frames)
Barry Hawkins 4-3 Jack Lisowski (Match 5)
Dominic Dale 2-4 David Grace (Match 7)
Ricky Walden 4-1 Robin Hull (Match 12)
Shaun Murphy 4-0 Chen Zhe (Match 33)
Ali Carter 4-3 Luca Brecel (Match 37)
Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-0 Jimmy Robertson (Match 53)
Alfie Burden 3-4 Daniel Wells (Match 59)
Hammad Miah 1-4 David Gilbert (Match 61)

Wednesday October 12
Morning Session (1000 BST onwards)
Second Round (Best of 7 frames)
Michael White 1-4 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn (Match 69)
Fraser Patrick 4-2 James Wattana (Match 74)
Joe Swail 4-1 James Cahill (Match 76)
Ian Preece 4-1 Craig Steadman (Match 77)
Ian Burns 1-4 Mark Williams (Match 78)
Fergal O'Brien 4-2 Ross Muir (Match 82)
Rod Lawler 3-4 Stuart Carrington (Match 85)
Elliot Slessor 3-4 Jak Jones (Match 87)

Afternoon Session (1300 BST onwards)
Second Round (Best of 7 frames)
Mark Selby 3-4 Liam Highfield (Match 65)
Stephen Maguire 3-4 Ryan Day (Match 66)
John J Astley 0-4 Yan Bingtao (Match 71)
Scott Donaldson 1-4 Mark Allen (Match 72)
John Higgins 4-1 Mark King (Match 73)
Marco Fu 2-4 Tom Ford (Match 75)
Martin Gould 4-2 Zhou Yuelong (Match 79)
Ben Woollaston 4-3 Zhang Anda (Match 84)
Noppon Saengkham 0-4 Xiao Guodong (Match 90)
Lee Walker 2-4 Rhys Clark (Match 93)
Daniel Wells 1-4 Kyren Wilson (Match 94)
David Gilbert 4-0 Peter Lines (Match 95)
Li Hang 3-4 Ricky Walden (Match 70)
Shaun Murphy 3-4 Liang Wenbo (Match 81)
Anthony Hamilton 4-2 Matthew Selt (Match 86)
Mei Xi Wen 0-4 Ding Junhui (Match 88)

Evening Session (1900 BST onwards)
Second Round (Best of 7 frames)
Barry Hawkins 4-2 Mark Davis (Match 67)
David Grace 4-3 Andrew Higginson (Match 68)
Jamie Bodle 3-4 Judd Trump (Match 80)
Ali Carter 4-3 Akani Songsermsawad (Match 83)
Neil Robertson 4-1 Duane Jones (Match 89)
Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-3 Zhao Xintong (Match 91)
Anthony McGill 1-4 Chris Wakelin (Match 92)
Alan McManus 2-4 Stuart Bingham (Match 96)

Thursday October 13
Afternoon Session (1200 BST onwards)
Third Round (Best of 7 frames)
Liam Highfield 1-4 Ryan Day (Match 97)
Barry Hawkins 4-1 Andrew Higginson (Match 98)
Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn 3-4 Ricky Walden (Match 99)
Yan Bingtao 4-3 Mark Allen (Match 100)
John Higgins 4-3 Fraser Patrick (Match 101)
Tom Ford 4-2 Joe Swail (Match 102)
Ian Preece 1-4 Mark Williams (Match 103)
Martin Gould 1-4 Judd Trump (Match 104)
Liang Wenbo 4-2 Fergal O'Brien (Match 105)
Ali Carter 2-4 Ben Woollaston (Match 106)
Stuart Carrington 1-4 Anthony Hamilton (Match 107)
Jak Jones 4-2 Ding Junhui (Match 108)
Neil Robertson 3-4 Xiao Guodong (Match 109)
Ronnie O'Sullivan 3-4 Chris Wakelin (Match 110)
Rhys Clark 4-3 Kyren Wilson (Match 111)
David Gilbert 0-4 Stuart Bingham (Match 112)

Evening Session (1900 BST onwards)
Fourth Round (Best of 7 frames)
Ryan Day 1-4 Barry Hawkins (Match 113)
Ricky Walden 4-1 Yan Bingtao (Match 114)
John Higgins 4-1 Tom Ford (Match 115)
Mark Williams 0-4 Judd Trump  (Match 116)
Liang Wenbo 4-3 Ben Woollaston  (Match 117)
Anthony Hamilton 4-3 Jak Jones (Match 118)
Xiao Guodong 3-4 Chris Wakelin  (Match 119)
Rhys Clark 1-4 Stuart Bingham  (Match 120)

Friday October 14
Afternoon Session (1200 BST onwards)
Quarter-Finals (Best of 9 frames)
Barry Hawkins 5-2 Ricky Walden (QF1)
John Higgins 1-5 Judd Trump (QF2)

Evening Session (1900 BST onwards)
Quarter-Finals (Best of 9 frames)
Liang Wenbo 5-2 Anthony Hamilton (QF3)
Chris Wakelin  0-5 Stuart Bingham (QF4)

Saturday October 15
​​​​​​Afternoon Session (1300 BST onwards)
Semi-Finals (Best of 11 frames)
Barry Hawkins 2-6 Judd Trump (SF1)

Evening Session (1900 BST onwards)
Semi-Finals (Best of 11 frames)
Liang Wenbo 6-5 Stuart Bingham (SF2)

Sunday October 16
Afternoon Session (1400 BST onwards)
Final (Best of 17 frames)
Judd Trump 3-5 Liang Wenbo

Evening Session (1930 BST onwards)
Final (Best of 17 frames)
Judd Trump 6-9 Liang Wenbo
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English Open Prize Fund

Winner: £70,000
Runner-up: £30,000
Semi-final: £20,000
Quarter-finals: £10,000
Last-16: £6,000
Last 32: £3,500
Last 64: £2,500

Highest break: £2,000
Rolling 147 break prize: £10,000
Total: £366,000