Snooker results: English Open draw, schedule, results and how to watch on TV

Last year, Neil Robertson beat John Higgins 9-8 in a thrilling final in Milton Keynes, coming from 8-6 behind to claim the title.

Robertson kicks off his title defence with a held over match against Andrew Pagett, while Ronnie O'Sullivan starts against Ben Mertens.

• Format: Best of 7 frames through to quarter-finals, which are best of 9; semi-finals best of 11; final best of 17
• TV: Live coverage via Eurosport and the Eurosport Player
• Defending champion: Neil Robertson
• Prize fund: Winner: £80,000; Runner-up: £35,000; Semi-final: £17,500; Quarter-final: £11,000; Last 16: £7,500; Last 32: £4,500; Last 64: £3,000; Highest break: £5,000

Schedule: Saturday December 17 (Final)

Sunday December 18
Afternoon session (1300 GMT)
TV coverage: Eurosport

• Mark Selby 4-4 Luca Brecel

Evening session (1900 GMT)

• Mark Selby 9-6 Luca Brecel

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English Open: Full round-by-round draw and results

ROUND ONE (HELD OVER)

• Marco Fu 4-0 Lewis Ullah
• Callum Beresford 4-1 Ryan Thomerson
• Neil Robertson 4-0 Andrew Pagett
• Ryan Day 4-2 Asjad Iqbal
• Jimmy Robertson 2-4 Marco Fu
• Barry Hawkins 4-1 Rod Lawler
• Matthew Selt v Callum Beresford
• Mark Williams 4-3 Matthew Stevens
• John Higgins 4-0 Gerard Greene
• Jack Lisowski 4-2 Sean O'Sullivan
• Shaun Murphy 4-2 Anthony Hamilton
• Mark Selby 4-3 Noppon Saengkham
• Judd Trump 4-3 Jackson Page
• Stuart Bingham 1-4 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
• Luca Brecel 4-3 Mark Joyce
• Kyren Wilson 4-0 Reanne Evans
• Zhao Xintong 4-2 Allan Taylor
• Mark Allen 4-1 Mitchell Mann
• Yan Bingtao v w/o Ashley Hugill
• Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-3 Ben Mertens

ROUND TWO

• Neil Robertson 4-3 Lei Peifan
• Elliot Slessor w/o v Chang Bingyu
• Ryan Day 4-3 Hammad Miah
• Ricky Walden 4-0 Liam Highfield
• Peter Lines 1-4 Marco Fu
• Muhammad Asif 2-4 Barry Hawkins
• Louis Heathcote 3-4 Matthew Selt
• Dominic Dale 2-4 Mark Williams
• John Higgins 4-1 Mark King
• Robert Milkins 4-1 Julien Leclercq
• Jack Lisowski 4-0 Stuart Carrington
• Ali Carter 4-0 Chen Zifan
• Michael White 1-4 Anthony McGill
• Sam Craigie 1-4 Shaun Murphy
• Wu Yize 4-3 Cao Yupeng
• Joe O'Connor 2-4 Mark Selby
• Judd Trump 4-1 Craig Steadman
• Lu Ning v w/o Fraser Patrick
• Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-1 Tian Pengfei
• David Gilbert 1-4 Yuan SiJun
• Mark Davis 2-4 Scott Donaldson
• Oliver Lines 2-4 Luca Brecel
• Ken Doherty 2-4 Jamie Jones
• Ben Woollaston 0-4 Kyren Wilson
• Zhao Xintong 4-0 Andres Petrov
• Zhang Anda 1-4 John J Astley
• Mark Allen 4-1 Dylan Emery
• Xu Si 1-4 Ding Junhui
• Pang Junxu 4-2 Hossein Vafaei
• Fan Zhengyi 3-4 Ashley Hugill
• Martin Gould 4-2 Gary Wilson
• Dechawat Poomjaeng 2-4 Ronnie O'Sullivan

ROUND THREE

• Neil Robertson 4-0 Elliot Slessor
• Ryan Day 4-3 Ricky Walden
• Marco Fu 2-4 Barry Hawkins
• Matthew Selt 0-4 Mark Williams
• John Higgins 4-3 Robert Milkins
• Jack Lisowski 2-4 Ali Carter
• Anthony McGill 2-4 Shaun Murphy
• Wu Yize 1-4 Mark Selby
• Judd Trump 4-0 Fraser Patrick
• Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-1 Yuan SiJun
• Scott Donaldson 1-4 Luca Brecel
• Jamie Jones 4-1 Kyren Wilson
• Zhao Xintong 0-4 John J Astley
• Mark Allen 4-3 Ding Junhui
• Pang Junxu 2-4 Ashley Hugill
• Martin Gould 4-1 Ronnie O'Sullivan

ROUND FOUR

• Neil Robertson 4-2 Ryan Day
• Barry Hawkins 2-4 Mark Williams
• John Higgins 2-4 Ali Carter
• Shaun Murphy 3-4 Mark Selby
• Judd Trump 4-2 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
• Luca Brecel 4-2 Jamie Jones
• John J Astley 1-4 Mark Allen
• Ashley Hugill 4-1 Martin Gould

QUARTER-FINALS

• Neil Robertson 5-3 Mark Williams
• Ali Carter 3-5 Mark Selby
• Judd Trump 1-5 Luca Brecel
• Mark Allen 5-0 Ashley Hugill

SEMI-FINALS

• Neil Robertson 4-6 Mark Selby
• Luca Brecel 6-2 Mark Allen

FINAL

• Mark Selby 9-6 Luca Brecel