Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters 2024 schedule: Dates, latest results, TV channel and live stream as O’Sullivan reaches QF

THE inaugural Saudi Arabia Masters is HERE and we are now at the quarter-final stage 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.

Ronnie O’Sullivan is in action in Riyadh and has reached the quarter-final stageGETTY

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.

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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 0-5 Jimmy Robertson
98. Ashley Carty 2-5 Liu Hongyu
99. Anthony Hamilton 3-5 Stuart Bingham
100. Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5-4 Chris Wakelin
101. Hossein Vafaei 3-5 Ben Woollaston
102. Joe O’Connor 2-5 Lei Peifan
103. Matthew Selt 3-5 Pang Junxu
104. Graeme Dott 0-5 Si Jiahui

105. Jack Lisowski 5-2 Martin O’Donnell
106. Stephen Maguire 4-5 Wu Yize
107. Gong Chenzhi 1-5 Neil Robertson
108. Jordan Brown 3-5 David Gilbert
109. Zhou Yuelong 2-5 Elliot Slessor
110. Noppon Saengkham 4-5 Yuan Sijun
111. Xiao Guodong 5-2 Lyu Haotian
112. Scott Donaldson 5-2 Ryan Day

September 3: Round 5 – round four winners vs seeds 1-16 in the last 32

Kyren Wilson 5-3 Liu Hyongyu
John Higgins 2-5 Jimmy Robertson
Mark Williams 5-4 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Ding Junhui 4-5 Stuart Bingham

Ronnie O’Sullivan 5-1 Lei Peifan
Zhang Anda 5-0 Ben Woollaston
Tom Ford 2-5 Si Jiahui
Luca Brecel 2-5 Pang Junxu

Judd Trump 5-4 Wu Yize
Jak Jones 3-5 Jack Lisowski
Gary Wilson 5-2 David Gilbert
Mark Selby 3-5 Neil Robertson

Shaun Murphy 5-2 Yuan Sijun
Ali Carter 3-5 Elliot Slessor
Barry Hawkins 1-5 Scott Donaldson
Mark Allen 1-5 Xiao Guodong

September 4: Last 16

Judd Trump 6-1 Jack Lisowski
Gary Wilson 1-6 Neil Robertson
Shaun Murphy 6-3 Elliot Slessor
Scott Donaldson 5-6 Xiao Guodong

Kyren Wilson 4-6 Jimmy Robertson
Mark Williams 6-2 Stuart Bingham
Ronnie O’Sullivan 6-5 Zhang Anda
Si Jiahui 6-5 Pang Junxu

September 5: Quarter-finals

Shaun Murphy 6-2 Xiao Guodong
Judd Trump 6-3 Neil Robertson
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Si Jiahui
Jimmy Robertson vs Mark Williams

September 6: Semi-finals

Shaun Murphy vs Judd Trump

September 7: Final