British Open Snooker 2021: draw, results, schedule, expected finalists - how to watch on TV and live stream

The British Open has returned, 17 years since it last featured on the British snooker schedule in 2004.

The British Open is the second ranking event of the calendar year, following on from the Championship League.

The tournament will take place at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, where last year’s World Championship finalists Mark Selby and Shaun Murphy will go head-to-head on 17 August.

Here is everything you need to know about the format of the tournament, the schedule and how to watch it.

When is the British Open 2021?

The snooker tournament will run across six days, from 16 - 22 August.

The schedule for the first round has already been published and the first four rounds will be played on a best-of-five format.  A random draw will be made prior to each round.

The schedule includes morning, afternoon and evening sessions.

Where can I watch the British open?

ITV4 will be covering each day’s events, kicking off with coverage of the afternoon session from 12.45pm.

The morning session matches will be available to be streamed on betting websites, such as bet365, from 9am and on matchroom.live.

Day one results - 16 August

Robbie Williams 3-1 Sunny Akani

Steven Hallworth 2-3 Joe O’Connor

Xu Si 3-2 Fan Zhengyi

Zhang Anda 1-3 John J Astley

Liang Wenbo 3-1 Simon Lichtenberg

Andrew Higginson 2-3 Jordan Brown

Dylan Emery 3-2 Gao Yang

Jak Jones 3-2 Lyu Haotian

Alexander Ursenbacher 1-3 John Higgins

Yuan SiJun 2-3 Louis Heathcote

Ben Woollaston 2-3 Hammad Miah

Chen Zifan 3-0 Farakh Ajaib

Zak Surety 0-3 Ken Doherty

Gerard Greene 2-3 Martin O’Donnell

Mark Williams 3-0 Tian Pengfei

Aaron Hill 0-3 Jimmy White

Matthew Selt 3-2 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh

Mitchell Mann 2-3 Judd Trump

Ashley Carty 0-3 Bai Langning

David Lilley 3-1 Craig Steadman

Ian Burns 3-1 Michael White

Stuart Carrington 0-3 Liam Highfield

Mark Allen 3-2 Reanne Evans

Zhou Yuelong 3-2 Tom Ford

Day two results - Tuesday 17 August

Lu Ning 3-1 Igor Figueiredo

Lee Walker 3-1 Sanderson Lam

Dominic Dale 3-0 Xiao Guodong

Wu Yize 3-0 Fraser Patrick

Anthony McGill 1-3 Zhao Jianbo

Andy Hicks 3-1 Chang Bingyu

David Grace 3-2 Mark Lloyd

Zhang Jiankang 3-1 Peter Lines

Ashley Hugill 3-2 Kyren Wilson

Joe Perry 2-3 Ben Hancorn

Elliot Slessor 3-1 Peter Devlin

Jimmy Robertson 3-0 Mark Joyce

Iulian Boiko 2-3 Anthony Hamilton

Dean Young 0-3 Scott Donaldson

Stephen Maguire 3-0 Jackson Page

Jack Lisowski 2-3 Barry Pinches

James Cahill 2-3 Ricky Walden

Michael Holt 2-3 Mark Davis

Michael Judge 1-3 Andrew Pagett

Mark Selby 3-2 Shaun Murphy

Jamie Jones 1-3 Hossein Vafaei

Ross Muir 3-2 Ryan Day

Chris Wakelin 2-3 Stephen Hendry

David Gilbert 3-0 Matthew Stevens

Day three - Wednesday 18 August

Zhao Xintong 2-3 Cao Yupeng

Michael Georgiou 3-0 Soheil Vahedi

Rory McLeod w/o Kurt Maflin

Si Jiahui 0-3 Oliver Lines

Li Hang 3-0 Sam Craigie

Duane Jones 3-1 Nigel Bond

Jamie Clarke 0-3 Pang Junxu

Ali Carter 3-2 Lei Peifan

Barry Hawkins 2-3 Luca Brecel

Lukas Kleckers 3-2 Yan Bingtao

Jamie Wilson 1-3 Mark King

Sean Maddocks 0-3 Noppon Saengkham

Fergal O’Brien 0-3 Gary Wilson

Stuart Bingham 3-1 Robert Milkins

Alfie Burden 1-3 Allan Taylor

Graeme Dott 1-3 Martin Gould

Draw Two schedule - Thursday 19 August

Xu Si 3-0 Barry Pinches

Ian Burns 0-3 Duane Jones

Noppon Saengkham 2-3 Jimmy Robertson

Liang Wenbo 1-3 Hammad Miah

Ricky Walden v Robbie Williams

Rory McLeod v Ross Muir

Mark Davis v Jak Jones

Luca Brecel v Zhao Jianbo

Cao Yupeng v John Higgins

David B Gilbert v John Astley

Matthew Selt v Michael Georgiou

Elliot Slessor v Wu Yize

Gary Wilson v Stephen Hendry

Lee Walker v Mark King

Oliver Lines v David Grace

Allan Taylor v Jimmy White

Mark Selby v Allister Carter

Martin Gould v Lu Ning

Lukas Kleckers v Louis Heathcote

Li Hang v Zhang Jiankang

Stuart Bingham v Judd Trump

Pang Junxu v Bai Langning

Dylan Emery v Andrew Pagett

Joe O’Connor v Ken Doherty

Who are the expected finalists in the British Open?

According to betting odds from Coral, as of 19 August the most likely finalists who could go head-to-head on 22 August are Mark Selby and Judd Trump.

World Champion defender Selby has increased his likeability to win, since the open began on August 16.

Coral now have odds on Selby winning at 6/1, with Higgins closing in at 13/2.

However, it is dark horse Judd Trump  who has had an impressive year so far and is the predicted winner, with odds of 4/1.

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