2023 British Open

Prize fund

The winner of the event received £100,000 from a total prize fund of £478,000. The breakdown of prize money for this event is shown below:^[1]

• Total: £478,000

Qualifying round

Qualifying for the tournament took place from 14 to 19 August 2023 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England, although qualifiers featuring the defending champion and the top 15 players in the snooker world rankings were held over and played in Cheltenham.^[14] The highest break made during the Leicester qualifiers was a 136 by Daniel Wells.^[15]

Early rounds

The reigning world champion Luca Brecel lost 3–4 to Ding Junhui in their held-over qualifying match. This meant that Brecel was unable to overtake Ronnie O'Sullivan as the world number one.^[16] Mark Allen, who defeated Anthony McGill 4–1, would have overtaken O'Sullivan had he won the tournament,^[17] but he was whitewashed 0–4 by Kyren Wilson in his first-round match.^[18]

Also in the first round, world number four Judd Trump lost 3–4 to world number 113 Hammad Miah,^[19][20][21] while world number six Neil Robertson lost 1–4 to world number 30 Si Jiahui.^[22] World number nine John Higgins was beaten 1–4 by world number 47 Robbie Williams,^[23] and world number 22 Stuart Bingham was defeated 2–4 by world number 105 Ishpreet Singh Chadha.^[18]

Later rounds

In the last 16, Mark Selby defeated David Gilbert 4–3 in a match that ended just before 00:45 BST. Gilbert lost the decider when he went in-off on the final black ball. Williams defeated Ding 4–2.^[24][25]

In the quarter-finals, Williams defeated Fan Zhengyi 5–1, making two centuries. Hossein Vafaei lost the first two frames against He Guoqiang but went on to win five consecutive frames, making two centuries, for a 5–2 win. Selby defeated Jack Lisowski 5–4. Xiao Guodong defeated Tom Ford 5–3, making the tournament's highest break of 140 in the final frame.^{[26][27][28][29]}

In the semi-finals, Williams defeated Vafaei 6–3 and Selby whitewashed Xiao 6–0, making a 123 break in the fourth frame.^[30][31][32]

Round 1

The random draw for the last 64 was made on 24 August.^[11][34]
Matches were best of seven frames.

Round 2

The random draw for the last 32 was made on 26 September.^[34]
Matches were best of seven frames.

Round 3

The random draw for the last 16 was made on 27 September.^[34][35]
Matches were best of seven frames.

Quarter-finals

The random draw for the quarter-finals was made on 28 September.^[34][36]
Matches were best of nine frames.

Semi-finals

The random draw for the semi-finals was made on 28 September.^[37]
Matches were best of eleven frames.

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Tatiana Woollaston The Centaur, Cheltenham, England, 1 October 2023
Mark Williams  Wales	10–7	Mark Selby  England
Afternoon: 66–59, 131–4 (110), 100–5, 30–102, 74–39, 133–0 (133), 6–121, 0–79 Evening: 6–112 (112), 66–1, 30–73, 97–51, 91–0, 36–82, 0–81, 69–56, 59–54
(frame 6) 133	Highest break	112 (frame 9)
2	Century breaks	1

Cheltenham

The results of the held over matches played in Cheltenham on 25 September were as follows:^{[14][38][39][40][34]}

Leicester

The results of the qualifying matches played in Leicester were as follows:^[14][38][39]

Main stage centuries

A total of 51 century breaks were made during the main stage of the tournament in Cheltenham.^[2][9]

Qualifying stage centuries

A total of 11 century breaks were made during the qualifying stage in Leicester.^[14][8]