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The '''Grand Prix''' is a professional [[snooker]] tournament. It is the first of eight [[Snooker world rankings|ranking tournaments]]. It has previously been known as the ''LG Cup'' and the ''Professional Players Tournament''.

|tournament_name = World Open

|image = [[File:World Open snooker logo.png|300px]]

|venue = Yushan Sport Centre

|___location = [[Yushan County|Yushan]], [[Jiangxi|Jiangxi Province]]

|country = China

|establishment = [[1982 Professional Players Tournament|1982]]

|organisation = [[World Snooker Tour]]<br>CBSA

|format = [[Snooker world rankings|Ranking]] event

|prizefund = £825,000

|winnershare = £175,000

|final year =

|Current Champion = {{flagathlete|[[John Higgins]]|SCO}}

|Recent edition = [[2025 World Open (snooker)|2025]]

|Final Champion =

}}

The '''World Open''' is a professional [[Snooker world rankings|ranking]] [[snooker]] tournament. Throughout its history, the tournament has undergone numerous format revamps and name changes, with it better known as the '''Grand Prix''' during most of the 1980s to 2000s. It is now held in [[Yushan County|Yushan]], China, after relocations to [[Scotland]] and [[Hainan]], where it replaces the [[China Open (snooker)|China Open]] as the last ranking Chinese event before the [[World Snooker Championship|World Championships]] every year.

The tournament was created in [[1982]] as the ''Professional Players Tournament'' by the [[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|WPBSA]], in order to provide another ranking event. [[Ray Reardon]] beat [[Jimmy White]] by 10 frames to 5 in the final to win the first prize of £5000.

[[John Higgins]] is the reigning champion, having won his fifth title at the tournament.

In [[1984]] Rothmans started sponsoring the tournament, changed its name to the ''Rothmans Grand Prix'', and moved its venue to the [[Hexagon Theatre]], [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]]. The tournament has had various sponsors and venues since. Previous sponsors include [[LG Electronics]], who took over in [[2001]] and changed the tournament's name to the ''LG Cup''. After LG withdrew their sponsorship, the Grand Prix name was revived for [[2004]] and was sponsored by [[totesport]]. For [[2006]], the event is sponsored by [[Royal London Watches]].

==History==

The tournament was played at the [[Preston]] [[Guild Hall]] in October, at the start of the snooker season until 2005. In 2006 the venue was changed to the [[Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre]]. Prize money for [[2005]] totalled £400,000, with the winner receiving £60,000.

The tournament was created in [[1982 Professional Players Tournament|1982]] as the '''Professional Players Tournament''' by the [[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]], in order to provide another ranking event along with the [[Scottish Open (snooker)|International Open]]. Previously, only the World Championship carried ranking points. [[Ray Reardon]] beat [[Jimmy White]] 10–5 in the final to win the first prize of £5,000. Reardon became the oldest winner of a ranking event at the age of 50 years and 14 days. This still remains the record.

In [[1984 Grand Prix (snooker)|1984]] Rothmans started sponsoring the tournament, changing its name to the '''Grand Prix''', and moved its venue to the [[The Hexagon|Hexagon Theatre]] in [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]]. The tournament has had various sponsors and venues since. Previous sponsors include [[LG Electronics]], who took over in [[2001 LG Cup (snooker)|2001]] and changed the tournament's name to the '''LG Cup'''. After LG withdrew their sponsorship, the Grand Prix name was revived for [[2004 Grand Prix (snooker)|2004]] and was sponsored by [[The Tote|totesport]], then by Royal London Watches between [[2006 Grand Prix (snooker)|2006]] and [[2008 Grand Prix (snooker)|2008]].

The tournament has a flatter structure than most tournaments, with the top 32 players all coming in at the last 64 stage (in other tournaments there are only 16 players left when the players ranked 17-32 come in, and then the 16 winners of those matches face the top 16). It has usually been the season opener under its various guises. From the [[Grand Prix 2006 (snooker)|2006 tournament]] onwards, a round-robin stage was introduced for the top 32 and 16 qualifiers [http://www.worldsnooker.com/news_editorial-18129.htm].

The tournament was played at the start of the snooker season at the [[Preston Guild Hall]] from 1998 to 2004, except moving once to [[Telford]] in [[2000 Grand Prix (snooker)|2000]]; the event was then moved to [[Aberdeen]] and [[Glasgow]] in Scotland during 2005 to 2010. On 9 January 2012, it was announced that the '''World Open''' would be held in the next five years in [[Haikou]], [[Hainan|Hainan Island]] in China.<ref>{{cite web |title=Haikou To Stage World Open |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2570703,00.html |access-date=9 January 2012 |work=worldsnooker.com |publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]]}}</ref>

These two facts have made it more common to see surprise results than in most other tournaments, with players such as [[Dominic Dale]], [[Euan Henderson]] and [[Dave Harold]] all surprise finalists at the time. A player from outside the top 16 has reached the final roughly half the times the contest has been played, and few of those have become consistent stars. Until his victory in 2004 it was the only major title [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]] had not won.

In November 2014, it was announced that the tournament would not be held that season after the contract with the promoter was not renewed and a new venue was not found in time.<ref>{{cite web |date=7 November 2014 |title=World Open Removed From Calendar |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~4281931,00.html |access-date=12 November 2014 |work=worldsnooker.com |publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]]}}</ref> The event returned in [[Snooker season 2016/2017|2016]] and is now held in [[Yushan County|Yushan]].<ref>[http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Click-Here-For-The-Calendar.pdf Calendar 2016/2017]</ref> Between 2020 and 2023, the event was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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==Winners==

The 2024 season marked the return of the tournament after its closure during the Covid pandemic. In the final match, [[Judd Trump]] from England emerged victorious over the home player [[Ding Junhui]] with a score of 10–4, securing his reigning championship title.<ref>{{cite news |title=WORLD OPEN |url=https://www.wst.tv/worldopen/ |access-date=3 April 2024 |work=WST |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Morris |first=Ben |date=26 March 2024 |title=2024 Snooker World Championship Odds and Breakdown |url=https://www.gamblingsites.org/blog/2024-snooker-world-championship-odds-and-breakdown/ |access-date=3 April 2024 |work=Gambling Sites |language=en}}</ref>

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=== Format changes ===

In its original form, the tournament had a flatter structure than most tournaments, with the top 32 players all coming in at the last 64 stage. In other tournaments there used to be only 16 players left when the players ranked 17–32 come in, and then the 16 winners of those matches face the top 16; this structure is now only used for the [[Snooker world championships|World Championships]].

These facts made it more common to see surprise results than in most other tournaments, with players such as [[Dominic Dale]], [[Marco Fu]], [[Euan Henderson (snooker player)|Euan Henderson]] and [[Dave Harold]] all surprise finalists at the time. A player from outside the top 16 has reached the final roughly half the times the contest has been played. Few of those have become consistent stars, although [[Stephen Hendry]] and [[John Higgins]] took their first ranking titles in the event. In addition, over the years, many top 16 players were eliminated in the early stages of the contest. Taking the [[1996 Grand Prix (snooker)|1996]] event as an extreme case, thirteen of the top sixteen seeds failed to reach the quarter final stages, and the semi-finals featured one match between two top 16 players ([[Mark Williams (snooker player)|Mark Williams]] and [[John Parrott]]) and another between two unseeded players ([[Euan Henderson (snooker player)|Euan Henderson]] and [[Mark Bennett (snooker player)|Mark Bennett]]); with Bennett and Henderson respectively winning the first two quarter final matches, a surprise finalist was guaranteed before the quarter finals had been completed.

==== Round-robin era ====

The event was played in a brand new [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] format in 2006, more similar to [[FIFA World Cup|association football]] and [[Rugby World Cup|rugby]] tournaments than the knock-out systems usually played in snooker. Players were split into groups (8 groups of 8 in qualifying, 8 groups of 6 in the final stages) and played every other player in their group once. The top 2 players progressed; the last 16 and onwards were played as a straight knock-out.

This resulted in several surprise results. Little-known players such as [[Ben Woollaston]], [[Jamie Jones (snooker player)|Jamie Jones]] and [[Issara Kachaiwong]] made it through qualifying, while stars such as [[Graeme Dott]], [[Stephen Hendry]] and [[Shaun Murphy]] failed to clear their groups.

The format was slightly tweaked for [[2007 Grand Prix (snooker)|2007]], after complaints (notably from [[Dennis Taylor]]) that the system was too random. Matches increased in length from best-of-5 to best-of-7, to give the better player more chance to win. The main tie-breaker for players level on wins was changed, with frame difference now taking precedence over results between the players who are level on points. Notably, under the 2007 format, 2006 runner-up [[Jamie Cope]] would have been eliminated in the groups, as he defeated third-placed [[Michael Holt (snooker player)|Michael Holt]] but had an inferior frame-difference.

The 2007 event saw fewer surprises, although 2006 World Champion [[Graeme Dott]], 1997 World Champion [[Ken Doherty]], defending champion [[Neil Robertson]], seven-time World Champion [[Stephen Hendry]], six-time World Champion [[Steve Davis]], twice World Champion [[Mark Williams (snooker player)|Mark Williams]] and 2007 World Championship finalist [[Mark Selby]] were all eliminated in the groups. The format was not continued for 2008, due to dwindling ticket sales in the early rounds.

==== FA Cup-style draw and reversal ====

The [[2008 Grand Prix (snooker)|2008]] event went back to a knock-out format with no round-robin, however the last 16 and beyond was played using an [[FA Cup]]-style draw, rather than automatically pitching higher ranked players (or their conquerors) against lower-ranked players. Following [[Barry Hearn]]'s takeover of the [[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|WPBSA]], it was reformatted again to give a chance for amateurs to play alongside professionals,<ref>{{cite news |date=2 April 2010 |title=Hearn reveals future plans |url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12243_6063077,00.html |access-date=3 May 2010 |publisher=Sky Sports}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Amateurs to take on pros in World Open snooker |url=http://www.sports-city.org/news_details.php?news_id=11546&idCategory=130 |access-date=3 May 2010 |publisher=Sports City}}</ref> where amateurs had to win 3 matches to qualify for the main draw.<ref>{{cite news |date=21 April 2010 |title=Reanne Evans invited to play in snooker World Open |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/8636204.stm |access-date=3 May 2010 |publisher=[[BBC Sport]]}}</ref>

==Winners==

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! style="text-align: = "center"; bgcolorbackground-color: = "#00AF0000af00" | Year

! align style= "left"text-align: bgcolorcenter; =background-color: "#00AF0000af00" | Winner

! style="text-align: center; background-color: #00af00" | Runner-up

! align = "left" bgcolor = "#00AF00" | Opponent

! align style= "left"text-align: bgcolorcenter; =background-color: "#00AF0000af00" | Final score

! style="text-align: center; background-color: #00af00" | Venue

! align = "left" bgcolor = "#00AF00" | Season

! style="text-align: center; background-color: #00af00" | City

! style="text-align: center; background-color: #00af00" | Season

|-

!| colspan=7 style= "5"text-align: bgcolorcenter; =background-color: "#C0FFC0" align = "centerc0ffc0" | '''Professional Players Tournament''' (ranking, 1982–1983)

|-

| [[1982 Professional Players Tournament 1982|1982]]

| {{flagathlete|[[Ray Reardon]]|WAL}}

| {{flagathlete|[[Jimmy White]]|ENG}}

| style="text-align: = "center" | 10 - 510–5

| La Reserve &<br/>International Snooker Club

| 1982/83

| [[Birmingham]], England

| [[Snooker season 1982/1983|1982/83]]

|-

| [[1983 Professional Players Tournament 1983|1983]]

| {{flagathlete|[[Tony Knowles (snooker player)|Tony Knowles]]|ENG}}

| {{flagathlete|[[Joe Johnson (snooker player)|Joe Johnson]]|ENG}}

| style="text-align: = "center" | 9 - 89–8

| Redwood Lodge

| 1983/84

| [[Bristol]], England

| [[Snooker season 1983/1984|1983/84]]

|-

!| colspan=7 style= "5"text-align: bgcolorcenter; =background-color: "#C0FFC0" align = "centerc0ffc0" | Rothmans '''Grand Prix''' (ranking, 1984–2000)

|-

| [[1984 Grand Prix 1984 (snooker)|1984]]

| {{flagathlete|[[Dennis Taylor]]|NIR}}

| {{flagathlete|[[Cliff Thorburn]]|CAN}}

| style="text-align: = "center" | 10 - 210–2

| rowspan=10 | [[The Hexagon|Hexagon Theatre]]

| 1984/85

| rowspan=10 | [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]], England

| [[Snooker season 1984/1985|1984/85]]

|-

| [[1985 Grand Prix 1985 (snooker)|1985]]

| {{flagathlete|[[Steve Davis]]|ENG}}

| {{flagathlete|[[Dennis Taylor]]|NIR}}

| style="text-align: = "center" | 10 - 910–9

| [[Snooker season 1985/1986|1985/86]]

|-

| [[1986 Grand Prix 1986 (snooker)|1986]]

| {{flagathlete|[[Jimmy White]]|ENG}}

| {{flagathlete|[[Rex Williams]]|ENG}}

| style="text-align: = "center" | 10 - 610–6

| [[Snooker season 1986/1987|1986/87]]

|-

| [[1987 Grand Prix 1987 (snooker)|1987]]

| {{flagathlete|[[Stephen Hendry]]|SCO}}

| {{flagathlete|[[Dennis Taylor]]|NIR}}

| style="text-align: = "center" | 10 - 710–7

| [[Snooker season 1987/1988|1987/88]]

|-

| [[1988 Grand Prix 1988 (snooker)|1988]]

| {{flagathlete|[[Steve Davis]]|ENG}}

| {{flagathlete|[[Alex Higgins]]|NIR}}

| style="text-align: = "center" | 10 - 610–6

| [[Snooker season 1988/1989|1988/89]]

|-

| [[1989 Grand Prix 1989 (snooker)|1989]]

| {{flagathlete|[[Steve Davis]]|ENG}}

| {{flagathlete|[[Dean Reynolds]]|ENG}}

| style="text-align: = "center" | 10 - 010–0

| [[Snooker season 1989/1990|1989/90]]

|-

| [[1990 Grand Prix 1990 (snooker)|1990]]

| {{flagathlete|[[Stephen Hendry]]|SCO}}

| {{flagathlete|[[Nigel Bond]]|ENG}}

| style="text-align: = "center" | 10 - 510–5

| [[Snooker season 1990/1991|1990/91]]

|-

| [[1991 Grand Prix 1991 (snooker)|1991]]

| {{flagathlete|[[Stephen Hendry]]|SCO}}

| {{flagathlete|[[Steve Davis]]|ENG}}

| style="text-align: = "center" | 10 - 610–6

| [[Snooker season 1991/1992|1991/92]]

|-

| [[1992 Grand Prix 1992 (snooker)|1992]]

| {{flagathlete|[[Jimmy White]]|ENG}}

| {{flagathlete|[[Ken Doherty]]|IRL}}

| style="text-align: = "center" | 10 - 910–9

| [[Snooker season 1992/1993|1992/93]]

|-

| [[1993 Grand Prix (snooker)|1993]]

! colspan = "5" bgcolor = "#C0FFC0" align = "center" | Skoda Grand Prix

| {{flagathlete|[[Peter Ebdon]]|ENG}}

| {{flagathlete|[[Ken Doherty]]|IRL}}

| style="text-align: center" | 9–6

| [[Snooker season 1993/1994|1993/94]]

|-

| [[1994 Grand Prix 1993 (snooker)|19931994]]

| {{flagathlete|[[John Higgins]]|SCO}}

| [[Peter Ebdon]]

| {{flagathlete|[[Dave Harold]]|ENG}}

| [[Ken Doherty]]

| style="text-align: = "center" | 9 - 69–6

| [[Derby Assembly Rooms|Assembly Rooms]]

| 1993/94

| [[Derby]], England

| [[Snooker season 1994/1995|1994/95]]

|-

| [[1995 Grand Prix 1994 (snooker)|19941995]]

| {{flagathlete|[[Stephen Hendry]]|SCO}}

| [[John Higgins]]

| {{flagathlete|[[John Higgins]]|SCO}}

| [[Dave Harold]]

| style="text-align: = "center" | 9 - 69–5

| Crowtree Centre

| 1994/95

| [[City of Sunderland|Sunderland]], England

| [[Snooker season 1995/1996|1995/96]]

|-

| [[1996 Grand Prix 1995 (snooker)|19951996]]

| {{flagathlete|[[Mark Williams (snooker player)|Mark Williams]]|WAL}}

| [[Stephen Hendry]]

| {{flagathlete|[[Euan Henderson (snooker player)|Euan Henderson]]|SCO}}

| [[John Higgins]]

| style="text-align: = "center" | 9 - 59–5

| rowspan=2 | [[Bournemouth International Centre]]

| 1995/96

| rowspan=2 | [[Bournemouth]], England

| [[Snooker season 1996/1997|1996/97]]

|-

| [[1997 Grand Prix (snooker)|1997]]

! colspan = "5" bgcolor = "#C0FFC0" align = "center" | Grand Prix

| {{flagathlete|[[Dominic Dale]]|WAL}}

| {{flagathlete|[[John Higgins]]|SCO}}

| style="text-align: center" | 9–6

| [[Snooker season 1997/1998|1997/98]]

|-

| [[1998 Grand Prix 1996 (snooker)|19961998]]

| {{flagathlete|[[MarkStephen WilliamsLee (snooker player)|MarkStephen WilliamsLee]]|ENG}}

| {{flagathlete|[[Marco Fu]]|HKG}}

| [[Euan Henderson]]

| style="text-align: = "center" | 9 - 59–2

| rowspan=2 | [[Preston Guild Hall|Guild Hall]]

| 1996/97

| rowspan=2 | [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]], England

| [[Snooker season 1998/1999|1998/99]]

|-

| [[1999 Grand Prix 1997 (snooker)|19971999]]

| {{flagathlete|[[John Higgins]]|SCO}}

| [[Dominic Dale]]

| {{flagathlete|[[Mark Williams (snooker player)|Mark Williams]]|WAL}}

| [[John Higgins]]

| style="text-align: = "center" | 9 - 69–8

| [[Snooker season 1999/2000|1999/00]]

| 1997/98

|-

| [[2000 Grand Prix 1998 (snooker)|19982000]]

| {{flagathlete|[[Mark Williams (snooker player)|Mark Williams]]|WAL}}

| [[Stephen Lee]]

| {{flagathlete|[[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]|ENG}}

| [[Marco Fu]]

| style="text-align: = "center" | 9 - 29–5

| Telford International Centre

| 1998/99

| [[Telford]], England

| [[Snooker season 2000/2001|2000/01]]

|-

| colspan=7 style="text-align: center; background-color: #c0ffc0" | '''LG Cup''' (ranking, 2001–2003)

| [[Grand Prix 1999 (snooker)|1999]]

| [[John Higgins]]

| [[Mark Williams (snooker)|Mark Williams]]

| align = "center" | 9 - 8

| 1999/00

|-

| [[Grand2001 PrixLG 2000Cup (snooker)|20002001]]

| {{flagathlete|[[MarkStephen WilliamsLee (snooker player)|MarkStephen WilliamsLee]]|ENG}}

| {{flagathlete|[[Peter Ebdon]]|ENG}}

| [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]

| style="text-align: = "center" | 9 - 59–4

| rowspan=3 | [[Preston Guild Hall|Guild Hall]]

| 2000/01

| rowspan=3 | [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]], England

| [[Snooker season 2001/2002|2001/02]]

|-

| [[2002 LG Cup (snooker)|2002]]

! colspan = "5" bgcolor = "#C0FFC0" align = "center" | LG Cup

| {{flagathlete|[[Chris Small]]|SCO}}

| {{flagathlete|[[Alan McManus]]|SCO}}

| style="text-align: center" | 9–5

| [[Snooker season 2002/2003|2002/03]]

|-

| [[2003 LG Cup 2001 (snooker)|20012003]]

| {{flagathlete|[[Mark Williams (snooker player)|Mark Williams]]|WAL}}

| [[Stephen Lee]]

| {{flagathlete|[[John Higgins]]|SCO}}

| [[Peter Ebdon]]

| style="text-align: = "center" | 9 - 49–5

| [[Snooker season 2003/2004|2003/04]]

| 2001/02

|-

| colspan=7 style="text-align: center; background-color: #c0ffc0" | '''Grand Prix''' (ranking, 2004–2009)

| [[LG Cup 2002 (snooker)|2002]]

| [[Chris Small]]

| [[Alan McManus]]

| align = "center" | 9 - 5

| 2002/03

|-

| [[LG2004 CupGrand 2003Prix (snooker)|20032004]]

| {{flagathlete|[[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]|ENG}}

| [[Mark Williams (snooker)|Mark Williams]]

| {{flagathlete|[[Ian McCulloch (snooker player)|Ian McCulloch]]|ENG}}

| [[John Higgins]]

| style="text-align: = "center" | 9 - 59–5

| [[Preston Guild Hall|Guild Hall]]

| 2003/04

| [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]], England

| [[Snooker season 2004/2005|2004/05]]

|-

| [[2005 Grand Prix (snooker)|2005]]

! colspan = "5" bgcolor = "#C0FFC0" align = "center" | totesport Grand Prix

| {{flagathlete|[[John Higgins]]|SCO}}

| {{flagathlete|[[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]|ENG}}

| style="text-align: center" | 9–2

| rowspan=3 | [[Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre]]

| rowspan=3 | [[Aberdeen]], Scotland

| [[Snooker season 2005/2006|2005/06]]

|-

| [[2006 Grand Prix 2004 (snooker)|20042006]]

| {{flagathlete|[[Neil Robertson]]|AUS}}

| [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]

| {{flagathlete|[[Jamie Cope]]|ENG}}

| [[Ian McCulloch (snooker player)|Ian McCulloch]]

| style="text-align: = "center" | 9 - 59–5

| [[Snooker season 2006/2007|2006/07]]

| 2004/05

|-

| [[2007 Grand Prix (snooker)|2007]]

! colspan = "5" bgcolor = "#C0FFC0" align = "center" | Grand Prix

| {{flagathlete|[[Marco Fu]]|HKG}}

| {{flagathlete|[[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]|ENG}}

| style="text-align: center" | 9–6

| [[Snooker season 2007/2008|2007/08]]

|-

| [[2008 Grand Prix 2005 (snooker)|20052008]]

| {{flagathlete|[[John Higgins]]|SCO}}

| {{flagathlete|[[Ryan Day (snooker player)|Ryan Day]]|WAL}}

| [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]

| style="text-align: = "center" | 9 - 29–7

| [[SEC Centre|Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre]]

| 2005/06

| rowspan=2 | [[Glasgow]], Scotland

| [[Snooker season 2008/2009|2008/09]]

|-

| [[2009 Grand Prix 2006 (snooker)|20062009]]

| {{flagathlete|[[Neil Robertson]]|AUS}}

| {{flagathlete|[[Ding Junhui]]|CHN}}

| [[Jamie Cope]]

| style="text-align: = "center" | 9 - 59–4

| [[Kelvin Hall]]

| 2006/07

| [[Snooker season 2009/2010|2009/10]]

|-

| colspan=7 style="text-align: center; background-color: #c0ffc0" | '''World Open''' (ranking, 2010)

|-

| [[2010 World Open (snooker)|2010]]

| {{flagathlete|[[Neil Robertson]]|AUS}}

| {{flagathlete|[[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]|ENG}}

| style="text-align: center" | 5–1

| [[SEC Centre|Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre]]

| [[Glasgow]], Scotland

| [[Snooker season 2010/2011|2010/11]]

|-

| colspan=7 style="text-align: center; background-color: #c0ffc0" | '''Haikou World Open''' (ranking, 2012–2014)

|-

| [[2012 World Open (snooker)|2012]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Haikou World Open (2012)|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=105&season=2011|website=snooker.org|access-date=4 March 2012}}</ref>

| {{flagathlete|[[Mark Allen (snooker player)|Mark Allen]]|NIR}}

| {{flagathlete|[[Stephen Lee (snooker player)|Stephen Lee]]|ENG}}

| style="text-align: center" | 10–1

| [[Haikou City Stadium|Haikou Stadium]]

| rowspan=3 | [[Haikou]], China

| [[Snooker season 2011/2012|2011/12]]

|-

| [[2013 World Open (snooker)|2013]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Yearly Yuan-jiang Gujinggong Liquor Haikou World Open (2013)|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=204|website=snooker.org|access-date=11 December 2012}}</ref>

| {{flagathlete|[[Mark Allen (snooker player)|Mark Allen]]|NIR}}

| {{flagathlete|[[Matthew Stevens]]|WAL}}

| style="text-align: center" | 10–4

| rowspan=2 | [[Hainan International Convention And Exhibition Center]]

| [[Snooker season 2012/2013|2012/13]]

|-

| [[2014 World Open (snooker)|2014]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Gujinggong Liquor Haikou World Open (2014)|url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=285|website=snooker.org|access-date=9 April 2013}}</ref>

| {{flagathlete|[[Shaun Murphy]]|ENG}}

| {{flagathlete|[[Mark Selby]]|ENG}}

| style="text-align: center" | 10–6

| [[Snooker season 2013/2014|2013/14]]

|-

| colspan=7 style="text-align: center; background-color: #c0ffc0" | '''World Open''' (ranking, 2016–''present'')

|-

| [[2016 World Open (snooker)|2016]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Hanteng Autos World Open (2016)|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=537|website=snooker.org|access-date=1 August 2016}}</ref>

| {{flagathlete|[[Ali Carter]]|ENG}}

| {{flagathlete|[[Joe Perry (snooker player)|Joe Perry]]|ENG}}

| style="text-align: center" | 10–8

| rowspan=3 | Yushan No.1 Middle School

| rowspan=4 | [[Yushan County|Yushan]], China

| [[Snooker season 2016/2017|2016/17]]

|-

| [[2017 World Open (snooker)|2017]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Yushan World Open (2017)|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=638|website=snooker.org|access-date=25 September 2017}}</ref>

| {{flagathlete|[[Ding Junhui]]|CHN}}

| {{flagathlete|[[Kyren Wilson]]|ENG}}

| style="text-align: center" | 10–3

| [[Snooker season 2017/2018|2017/18]]

|-

| [[2018 World Open (snooker)|2018]]<ref>{{cite web|title=HongRuiMa Yushan World Open (2018)|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=708|website=snooker.org|access-date=12 August 2018}}</ref>

| {{flagathlete|[[Mark Williams (snooker player)|Mark Williams]]|WAL}}

| {{flagathlete|[[David Gilbert (snooker player)|David Gilbert]]|ENG}}

| style="text-align: center" | 10–9

| [[Snooker season 2018/2019|2018/19]]

|-

| [[2019 World Open (snooker)|2019]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Zhiyuan Huanbao Yushan World Open (2019)|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=874|website=snooker.org|access-date=3 November 2019}}</ref>

| {{flagathlete|[[Judd Trump]]|ENG}}

| {{flagathlete|[[Thepchaiya Un-Nooh]]|THA}}

| style="text-align: center" | 10–5

| Yushan Sport Centre

| [[Snooker season 2019/2020|2019/20]]

|-style="background-color: #ebebeb"

| 2020–2023

| colspan=6 style="text-align: center" | ''Cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]''

|-

| [[2024 World Open (snooker)|2024]]<ref>{{cite web |title=World Open (2024) |url=https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=1560 |website=snooker.org |access-date=16 October 2023}}</ref>

| {{flagathlete|[[Judd Trump]]|ENG}}

| {{flagathlete|[[Ding Junhui]]|CHN}}

| style="text-align: center" | 10–4

| rowspan=2 | Yushan Sport Centre

| rowspan=2 | [[Yushan County|Yushan]], China

| [[2023–24 snooker season|2023/24]]

|-

| [[2025 World Open (snooker)|2025]]<ref>{{cite web |title=World Open (2025) |url=https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=1842 |website=snooker.org |access-date=23 December 2024}}</ref>

| {{flagathlete|[[John Higgins]]|SCO}}

| {{flagathlete|[[Joe O'Connor (snooker player)|Joe O'Connor]]|ENG}}

| style="text-align: center" | 10–6

| [[2024–25 snooker season|2024/25]]

|-

|}

==Records set in the 2005 final==

The [[1985 Grand Prix (snooker)|1985]] final between [[Steve Davis]] and [[Dennis Taylor]] is the longest one-day final in snooker history. It lasted 10 hours and 21 minutes.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/snooker/3004553/Snooker-Ebdon-quick-to-sit-on-fence.html| title = Ebdon quick to sit on fence| publisher = [[The Sunday Telegraph]]| access-date = 29 August 2009| date = 1 May 2001| ___location=London| first=John| last=Dee}}</ref>

In the [[2005]] final, [[John Higgins]] set two records:

In the [[2005 Grand Prix (snooker)|2005]] final, [[John Higgins]] set two records:

* His [[century break]]s in the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth frames marked the first time a player had ever recorded centuries in four consecutive frames in a match during a ranking tournament.<ref>{{cite web|title=John Higgins: 'The Wizard of Wishaw'|url=http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-central/174618-john-higgins-the-wizard-of-wishaw/|publisher=[[stv.tv]]|access-date=14 September 2010|archive-date=7 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100507155954/http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-central/174618-john-higgins-the-wizard-of-wishaw/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* He scored 494 points without reply,<ref>{{cite news|title=Reborn Higgins joins the greats|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6633779.stm|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|access-date=14 September 2010|first=Saj|last=Chowdhury|date=8 May 2007}}</ref> the greatest number in any professional snooker tournament at that time.<ref>{{cite web|last=Everton|first=Clive|title=Century-maker Higgins overwhelms O'Sullivan|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2005/oct/17/snooker.cliveeverton|publisher=[[theguardian.com]]|access-date=17 January 2014}}</ref> Currently [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]] holds the record with 556 points without reply against [[Ricky Walden]] in the [[2014 Masters (snooker)|2014 Masters]].<ref>{{cite web|last=McGovern|first=Thomas|title=Awesome O'Sullivan Smashes Record|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~3625518,00.html|work=worldsnooker.com|publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]]|access-date=17 January 2014|date=17 January 2014}}</ref> [[Stuart Bingham]] now owns the unanswered points record in a ranking tournament, scoring 547 points without reply at the 2016 China Open against [[Sam Baird]].

John Higgins is the only player to have won this tournament on five separate occasions. Stephen Hendry and Mark Williams are 2nd, with 4 wins apiece.

Until Mark Williams in the [[2025 World Snooker Championship|2025 World Championship]], this event had the unique distinction of having the two oldest ranking finalists in snooker history; the aforementioned [[Ray Reardon]] in his 1982 victory and 53 year old [[Rex Williams]] in his only ranking final in 1986, both times against [[Jimmy White]].

==Media coverage==

* His century breaks in the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth frames marked the first time a player had ever recorded centuries in four consecutive frames in a match during a ranking tournament.

The World Open is currently shown live on [[Eurosport]]. Prior to the event moving to China, it had been aired extensively on the BBC, which had first covered the tournament in 1984. [[ITV4]] televised the event in [[2013 World Open (snooker)|2013]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sport-onthebox.com/2013/02/19/snooker-haikou-world-open-live-on-itv4/ |title = SNOOKER: ITV4 to screen 2013 Haikou World Open – Sport On The Box}}</ref>

* He scored 494 points without reply, the greatest number in any professional snooker tournament.

==External linksReferences==

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*{{cite web|last=Turner|first=Chris|title=Professional Players Tournament, Grand Prix, LG Cup|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/GP.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155938/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/GP.html|archive-date=16 February 2012|work=cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|access-date=10 July 2012}}

*{{cite web|last=Turner|first=Chris|title=World Open|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/worldopen.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313150027/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/worldopen.html|archive-date=13 March 2012|work=cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|access-date=10 July 2012}}

*{{cite web|title=Hall of Fame (1982–2010)|url=http://snooker.org/trn/hof.asp?pEvent=GP|publisher=Snooker.org|access-date=22 June 2013}}

*{{cite web|title=Hall of Fame (2012–2014)|url=http://snooker.org/trn/hof.asp?pEvent=Haikou|publisher=Snooker.org|access-date=22 June 2013}}

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*World Snooker coverage: [http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournament_home-39.htm 2005], [http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournament_home-3.htm 2004]

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*[http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res05_6/2005GrandPrixInfo.htm Information from the Global Snooker Centre]

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