2010 World Open (snooker)

Format

32 amateurs including Reanne Evans will take part in the event, but will need to win two rounds in order to make the televised stages. World snooker chief Barry Hearn said: "I want to open the door to the talent that's not out there on the main tour."

Evans, 24, will also be able to play on next season's new Pro Tour and said the decision was "a great chance".

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/8636204.stm.

Round 1 in EISS 32 amateurs vs players 96-65 random draw Round 2 in EISS 32 winners of R1 vs players 64-33 random draw

Rounds 1, 2 and 3 will be played at the Academy in Sheffield, FA Cup random draw throughout No limitation on age or sex of players.

18-26th September 2010.

The tournament proper will see the 32 winners of R2 joined by players ranked 1-32 in a random draw through all rounds. Four selected matches from Round 3 and Round 4 onwards will be televised on a single table format.

All matches will be best of five frames up to the semi-finals

Draw

===Round 1=== (Best of 5)32 Ameatures drawn randomly agaisnt players ranked 96 to 64.

John Parrott, Simon Bedford, Jin Long, James Wattana, Matthew Couch, Patrick Wallace, Zhang Anda, Joe Jogia, Michael White, Ben Woollaston, Xiao Guodong, Sam Baird, Craig Steadman, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, David Gray, Lee Spick, Li Hang, Liu Song, Daniel Wells, Noppadol Sangnil, David Hogan, Atthasit Mahitthi, Brendan O'Donoghue, Mark Boyle, Mei Xiwen, Jordan Brown, Stephen Rowlings, Chris Norbury, David Roe, Lee Page, Ian Preece, Andrew Norman

===Round 2=== Winners of Round 1 randomly drawn against players ranked 64-33:

Mike Dunn, Rory McLeod, Stuart Pettman, Robert Milkins, Jamie Burnett, Nigel Bond, Joe Swail, Marcus Campbell, Tom Ford, Anthony Hamilton, Martin Gould, Adrian Gunnell, Dominic Dale, Alan McManus, Fergal O'Brien, Ian McCulloch, Rod Lawler, Peter Lines, Matthew Selt, Michael Judge, Andy Hicks, Tony Drago, David Gilbert, Jimmy Michie, Barry Pinches, Mark Joyce, David Morris, Jimmy White, Joe Delaney, Bjorn Haneveer, Jimmy Robertson, Paul Davies

===Round 3=== Winners of round randomly drawn against players ranked 32-1:

John Higgins, Neil Robertson, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Ali Carter, Ding Junhui, Stephen Maguire, Shaun Murphy, Mark Williams, Mark Selby, Mark Allen, Stephen Hendry, Ryan Day, Graeme Dott, Marco Fu, Mark King, Liang Wenbo, Jamie Cope, Peter Ebdon, Joe Perry, Ricky Walden, Barry Hawkins, Steve Davis, Stephen Lee, Michael Holt, Matthew Stevens, Mark Davis, Judd Trump, Gerard Greene, Stuart Bingham, Ken Doherty, Dave Harold, Andrew Higginson

Prize money

A total prize fund of £500,000 is available.

Round 1 losers (x 32)

Round 2 losers (x 32) x 1500 48,000

Round 3 losers (x 32) x 2500 80,000

Round 4 losers (x 16) x 5000 80,000

Round 5 losers (x 8) x 7500 60,000

Quarter final losers (x 4) x 12,000 48,000

Semi final losers (x 2) x 20,000 40,000

Runner Up (x 1) x 40,000 40,000

Winner (x 1) x 100,000 100,000

496,000

Highest break prize on TV 4,000

£ 500,000

No 147 break prize.