THE inaugural Saudi Arabia Masters is HERE with the biggest names in snooker fighting over a massive wedge of prize money.
128 tour players will be joined by 16 wild cards selected by the Saudi Arabian Billard and Snooker Federation.
The top 16 seeds will enter the competition in round five and face the eventual winners of the remaining 128 players.
A huge star-studded field will feature the likes of Ronnie O’Sullivan, Judd Trump, Mark Allen and reigning world champion Kyren Wilson.
The world ranking event in Riyadh boasts a huge prize pool of £2,302,000 – only the World Championship possesses a bigger pot.
And despite O’Sullivan already tasting success in Saudi’s first-ever tournament – the Riyadh Season World Masters – the Rocket will be out to make amends for what happened at the Xi’an Grand Prix last week.
When is the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters?
- The Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters begins on Friday, August 30.
- The tournament will run until Saturday, September 7.
- Green Halls, Riyadh, will host.
What TV channel is the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters on and can it be live streamed?
- The Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters will be broadcast live on Eurosport.
- Customers can live stream the event via the discovery+ app/website.
- Alternatively, you can keep up to date with all the action by following SunSport’s live blog.
Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters schedule
Here is the full schedule for the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters:
August 30: Round 1 – seeds 81-112 v seeds 113-144
1. Rory Thor 4-0 Omar Alajlani
2. Baipat Siripaporn 3-4 Mohamed Elkhayat
3. Chris Totten 4-2 Haris Tahir
4. Michael Holt 4-0 Ahmad Abul
5. Mink Nutcharut 4-1 Kusai Hamed
6. Reanne Evans 0-4 Simon Blackwell
7. Artemijs Zizins 4-0 Lim Kok Leong
8. Robbie McGuigan 4-3 Abdulraouf Saigh
9. Liam Graham 4-0 Ali Hussain Ali
10. Oliver Lines 4-0 Faisal Bahashwan
11. Cheung Ka Wait 4-1 Joshua Thomond
12. Lei Peifan 4-2 Bai Yulu
13. Allan Taylor 4-2 Adeel Aqdus
14. Farakh Ajaib 4-0 Haitham Al Mahri
15. Julien Leclercq 4-2 Dylan Emery
16. Jimmy White 4-2 Mohamed Shehab
17. Andrew Pagett 4-2 Wang Yuchen
18. Huang Jiahao 4-0 Ahmed Elsayed
19. Ben Mertens 4-0 Abdullah Alotayyani
20. Antoni Kowalski 4-1 Habib Sabah
21. Gong Chenzhi 4-0 Ali Jalil Ali
22. Mitchell Mann 3-4 Paul Deaville
23. Bulcsú Révész 4-2 Iulian Boiko
24. Dean Young 4-0 Saleh Alamoudi
25. Mostafa Dorgham 1-4 Jonas Luz
26. Haydon Pinhey 4-0 Ayman Alamri
27. Manasawin Phetmalaikul 0-4 Amir Sarkhosh
28. Zak Surety 4-0 Ali Alobaidli
29. Duane Jones 4-1 Khalid Alkamali
30. Liam Davies 4-3 Ken Doherty
31. Kreishh Gurbaxani 0-4 Sunny Akani
32. Stan Moody 4-0 Ziyad Alqabbani
August 31: Round 2 – round one winners vs seeds 49-80
33. Hammad Miah 1-4 Rory Thor
34. Jimmy Robertson 4-2 Mohamed Elkhayat
35. Ashley Carty 4-0 Chris Totten
36. Liu Hongyu 4-2 Michael Holt
37. Anthony Hamilton 4-2 Mink Nutcharut
38. Xing Zihao 4-2 Simon Blackwell
39. Xu Si 3-4 Artemijs Zizins
40. Ma Hailong 3-4 Robbie McGuigan
41. Ishpreet Singh Chadha 4-1 Liam Graham
42. Ben Woollaston 4-2 Oliver Lines
43. Louis Heathcote 4-2 Cheung Ka Wait
44. Jamie Clarke 3-4 Lei Peifan
45. Aaron Hill 2-4 Allan Taylor
46. Stuart Carrington 4-2 Farakh Ajaib
47. Graeme Dott 4-3 Julien Leclerq
48. Andrew Higginson 4-1 Jimmy White
49. Alexander Ursenbacher 3-4 Andrew Pagett
50. Martin O’Donnell 4-0 Huang Jiahao
51. Long Zehuang 0-4 Ben Mertens
52. He Guoqiang 0-4 Antoni Kowalski
53. David Grace 2-4 Gong Chenzhi
54. Ian Burns 0-4 Paul Deaville
55. Mark Davis 3-4 Bulcsú Révész
56. Alfie Burden 4-3 Dean Young
57. Jiang Jun 4-1 Jonas Luz
58. David Lilley 2-4 Haydon Pinhey
59. Ross Muir 3-4 Amir Sarkhosh
60. Sanderson Lam 4-3 Zak Surety
61. Daniel Wells 2-4 Duane Jones
62. Marco Fu 4-0 Liam Davies
63. Tian Pengfei 4-2 Sunny Akani
64. Liam Pullen 1-4 Stan Moody
September 1: Round 3 – round two winners vs seeds 17-48
65. Robert Milkins 3-4 Rory Thor
66. Fan Zhengyi 3-4 Jimmy Robertson
67. Anthony McGill 1-4 Ashley Carty
68. Ricky Walden 1-4 Liu Hongyu
69. Jamie Jones 2-4 Anthony Hamilton
70. Stuart Bingham 4-2 Xing Zihao
71. Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-1 Artemijs Zizins
72. Chris Wakelin 4-2 Robbie McGuigan
73. Hossein Vafaei 4-1 Ishpreet Singh Chadha
74. Joe Perry 0-4 Ben Woollaston
75. Joe O’Connor 4-3 Louis Heathcote
76. Robbie Williams 3-4 Lei Peifan
77. Matthew Selt 4-3 Allan Taylor
78. Pang Junxu 4-3 Stuart Carrington
79. Sam Craigie vs Graeme Dott (walkover)
80. Si Jiahui 4-2 Jimmy White
81. Jack Lisowski 4-3 Andrew Pagett
82. Matthew Stevens 3-4 Martin O’Donnell
83. Stephen Maguire 4-0 Ben Mertens
84. Wu Yize 4-0 Antoni Kowalski
85. Jackson Page 2-4 Gong Chenzhi
86. Neil Robertson 4-1 Paul Deaville
87. Jordan Brown 4-3 Bulcsú Révész
88. David Gilbert 4-0 Alfie Burden
89. Zhou Yuelong 4-2 Jiang Jun
90. Elliot Slessor 4-2 Haydon Pinhey
91. Noppon Saengkham 4-1 Amir Sarkhosh
92. Yuan Sijun 4-1 Sanderson Lam
93. Xiao Guodong 4-3 Duane Jones
94. Lyu Haotian 4-3 Marco Fu
95. Scott Donaldson 4-2 Tian Pengfei
96. Ryan Day 4-2 Stan Moody
September 2: Round 4 – round three winners play each other
97. Rory Thor vs Jimmy Robertson
98. Ashley Carty vs Liu Hongyu
99. Anthony Hamilton vs Stuart Bingham
100. Thepchaiya Un-Nooh vs Chris Wakelin
101. Hossein Vafaei vs Ben Woollaston
102. Joe O’Connor vs Lei Peifan
103. Matthew Selt vs Pang Junxu
104. Graeme Dott 0-5 Si Jiahui
105. Jack Lisowski vs Martin O’Donnell
106. Stephen Maguire vs Wu Yize
107. Gong Chenzhi vs Neil Robertson
108. Jordan Brown vs David Gilbert
109. Zhou Yuelong vs Elliot Slessor
110. Noppon Saengkham vs Yuan Sijun
111. Xiao Guodong vs Lyu Haotian
112. Scott Donaldson vs Ryan Day
September 3: Round 5 – round four winners vs seeds 1-16 in the last 32
Kyren Wilson vs Winner of match 97
John Higgins vs Winner of match 98
Mark Williams vs Winner of match 99
Ding Junhui vs Winner of match 100
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Winner of match 101
Zhang Anda vs Winner of match 102
Tom Ford vs Winner of match 103
Luca Brecel vs Si Jiahui
Judd Trump vs Winner of match 105
Jak Jones vs Winner of match 106
Gary Wilson vs Winner of match 107
Mark Selby vs Winner of match 108
Shaun Murphy vs Winner of match 109
Ali Carter vs Winner of match 110
Barry Hawkins vs Winner of match 111
Mark Allen vs Winner of match 112
September 4: Last 16
September 5: Quarter-finals
September 6: Semi-finals
September 7: Final
