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The elite Hong Kong Masters could return to the snooker calendar for the 2023/24 campaign after Ronnie O'Sullivan's momentous victory before a world-record crowd in October. The seven-time world champion claimed the £100,000 first prize with a narrow 6-4 win over home favourite Marco Fu as over 9,000 fans watched the action at the vast Hong Kong Coliseum.
The provisional 2023/24 snooker calendar sees the sport return to mainland China for the first time since 2019 with the staging of three tournaments worth over £2m in prize money. The elite non-ranking Shanghai Masters (September), and Wuhan Open (October) and International Championship (November) – both enjoying full ranking status – will be the first events to be held in the country since the global pandemic decimated the sporting calendar three years ago.
Ronnie O'Sullivan is the 4/1 favourite with bookmakers to land a record eighth world snooker title, but the defending champion does not pay attention to any of the pre-tournament hype swirling around Sheffield at this time of year. O'Sullivan has lifted the elite invitational Hong Kong Masters (6-4 against Marco Fu) and Champion of Champions (10-6 against Judd Trump) this season, but has toiled to make an impact in the ranking events with his best returns coming via quarter-final appearances at the UK Championship and Welsh Open.
Stephen Hendry and Jimmy White headline an intriguing qualifying draw for the World Snooker Championship, while Ken Doherty, Barry Hawkins, Stephen Maguire, Hossein Vafaei, Anthony McGill, Marco Fu and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh also feature in the field. Hendry has been drawn against James Cahill, giant-killer of Ronnie O'Sullivan at the Crucible in 2019, in the first round, while White could meet Marco Fu in the second round.
Jimmy White faces a potential showdown against Marco Fu in the second qualifying round of the World Snooker Championship. The draw for the four qualifying rounds, which take place from April 3 to April 12 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, will see the field of 128 players whittled down to the final 32 for the Crucible showpiece event.
Ken Doherty will begin his latest World Championship quest against 12-time women's world champion Reanne Evans in the opening qualifying round.
Defending champion Neil Robertson reached the last 32 of the English Open after beating Lei Peifan.
The World Snooker Tour rolled into Belfast last week off the back of the biggest ever crowd at a live match, culminating in Mark Allen's victory last night.