Xiao Guodong will be the defending champion at the Wuhan Open this year
There is precious little time off on the snooker calendar these days, with the new season getting underway in less than two weeks.
Qualifiers for the Wuhan Open are followed by British Open qualifying, with those matches taking place in Leicester this month before the main events later in the year.
While it is a low-key start to the season, they are vital matches for a lot of players on tour as early defeats in the opening two ranking events of the season would represent a bit of a nightmare start to the season.
Not all the big names are in action in qualifying, with eight matches held over for the main stages of the Wuhan Open and 16 matches held over to Cheltenham for the British Open.
Ronnie O’Sullivan will not be playing in qualifying, but he is in the draw for both events, taking on Allan Taylor in Wuhan and Sanderson Lam in Cheltenham.
New world champion Zhao Xintong also has his matches held over, playing Iulian Boiko in Wuhan and a yet-to-be confirmed top-up player in Cheltenham.
The British Open has an open, FA Cup-style draw, so there are some heavyweight matches from the first round, including Mark Williams taking on Si Jiahui and Kyren Wilson facing Chris Wakelin.
Mark Selby beat John Higgins to win the British Open last season
Details on how to watch the Wuhan Open and British Open qualifiers are expected to be announced next week.
Following the two sets of qualifiers the Championship League begins on Monday June 30 and runs all the way until a champion is crowned on July 23.
Ronnie O’Sullivan’s name is in the draw for both the Wuhan Open and British Open
Wuhan Open held over matches
The main stages of the Wuhan Open run from August 24-30 and the following first round games are held over to the tournament venue.
Xiao Guodong v Mink Nutcharut
Ding Junhui v wild card
Judd Trump v Farakh Ajaib
Ronnie O’Sullivan v Allan Taylor
Mark Allen v wild card
Hossein Vafaei v wild card
Robbie Williams v wild card
Zhao Xintong v Iulian Boiko
Wuhan Open qualifiers
Sunday June 22
10am
Joe O’Connor vs Jiang Jun
Zhou Yuelong vs Yuhao Lan
Noppon Saengkham vs Robbie McGuigan
Jamie Jones vs Liu Wenwei
Matt Selt vs Sunny Akani
Wu Yize vs Louis Heathcote
Ishpreet Singh Chadha vs Yao Pengcheng
2.30pm
Elliot Slessor vs Oliver Lines
Luca Brecel vs Haris Tahis
John Higgins vs Hiang Jiahao
Fan Zhengyi vs Ben Mertens
Si Jiahui vs Bulcsu Revesz
Ricky Walden vs David Grace
Long Zehuang vs Dylan Emery
7pm
Jordan Brown vs Duane Jones
David Lilley vs Reanne Evans
Mark Williams vs Chatchapong Nasa
Michael Holt vs Liam Graham
Sanderson Lam vs Zhao Hanyang
Mark Davis vs Liam Davies
Martin O’Donnell vs Haydon Pinhey
Mark Williams returns after his run to the Crucible final
Monday June 23
10am
Gary Wilson vs Gao Yang
Lyu Haotian vs Bai Yulu
Liu Hongyu vs Ian Burns
Dan Wells vs Chang Bingyu
Yuan Sijun vs Xu Yichen
Zhang Anda vs Steven Hallworth
He Guoqiang vs Artemijs Zizins
2.30pm
Shaun Murphy vs Michal Szubarczyk
Aaron Hill vs Sam Craigie
Neil Robertson vs Leone Crowley
Stephen Maguire vs Kreishh Gurbaxani
Zak Surety vs Gong Chenzhi
Pang Junxu vs Hatem Yassen
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh vs Fergal Quinn
7pm
Tom Ford vs Mateusz Baranowski
Ali Carter vs Florian Nuessle
Scott Donaldson vs Mitchell Mann
Matthew Stevens vs Sahil Nayyar
Mark Selby vs Alexander Ursenbacher
Stan Moody vs Antoni Kowalski
Jack Lisowski vs Amir Sarkhosh
Tuesday June 24
10am
Jackson Page vs Ross Muir
Lei Peifan vs Ng On Yee
Robert Milkins vs Wang Yuchen
Xu Si vs Chris Totten
Ryan Day vs Jonas Luz
Chris Wakelin vs Marco Fu
Dave Gilbert vs Ka Wai Cheung
2.30pm
Barry Hawkins vs Julien Leclercq
Ben Woollaston vs Jen Doherty
Stuart Bingham vs Liam Highfield
Jak Jones vs Oliver Brown
Jimmy Robertson vs Liam Pullen
Kyren Wilson vs Connor Benzey
Anthony McGill vs Jimmy White
British Open held over matches
The main stages of the British Open run from September 22-28 in Cheltenham. The following matches are held over for the main venue.
Mark Selby v David Grace
Judd Trump v Aaron Hill
Mark Williams v Si Jiahui
Zhao Xintong v Top-up player
Ronnie O’Sullivan v Sanderson Lam
Kyren Wilson v Chris Wakelin
John Higgins v Mark Davis
Shaun Murphy v Ross Muir
Neil Robertson v Tom Ford
Mark Allen v Jiang Jun
Barry Hawkins v Daniel Wells
Xiao Guodong v Haydon Pinhey
Zhang Anda v Duane Jones
Wu Yize v Pang Junxu
Ali Carter v Top-up player
Gary Wilson v Hossein Vafaei
Zhao Xintong is preparing for his first year as world champion
British Open qualifiers
Wednesday June 25
10am
Jonas Luz vs Ka Wai Cheung
Yuan Sijun vs Jamie Jones
Marco Fu vs Stephen Maguire
1pm
Elliot Slessor vs Jackson Page
Jimmy Robertson vs TBC
Haris Tahir vs Ken Doherty
4pm
Jimmy White vs Liam Davies
Luca Brecel vs Alexander Ursenbacher
Louis Heathcote vs Jordan Brown
7pm
Jack Lisowski vs Liam Highfield
Ishpreet Singh Chadha vs Scott Donaldson
Wang Yuchen vs Mitchell Mann
Thursday June 26
10am
Kreishh Gurbaxani vs Chang Bingyu
Liu Hongyu vs Ng On Yee
Xu Si vs Florian Nuessle
1pm
Steven Hallworth vs Sunny Akani
Fergal Quinn vs Gao Yang
He Guoqiang vs Farakh Ajaib
4pm
Liam Pullen vs Ben Mertens
Michal Szubarczyk vs TBC
Ryan Day vs Stuart Bingham
7pm
David Lilley vs Liam Graham
Gong Chenzhi vs Jak Jones
Chris Totten vs Antoni Kowalski
Friday June 27
10am
Noppon Saengkham vs Liu Wenwei
Huang Jiahao vs Matthew Stevens
Robbie McGuigan vs Lyu Haotian
1pm
Stan Moody vs Zhou Yuelong
Bai Yulu vs Artemijs Zizins
Yao Pengcheng vs Sam Craigie
4pm
Martin O’Donnell vs Sahil Nayyar
Ricky Walden vs Joe O’Connor
Oliver Lines vs TBC
7pm
Leone Crowley vs Hatem Yassen
Connor Benzey vs Iulian Boiko
Matt Selt vs Dave Gilbert
Saturday June 28
10am
Lei Peifan vs Mateusz Baranowski
Long Zehuang vs Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Mink Nutcharut vs Amir Sarkhosh
1pm
Oliver Brown vs Xu Yichen
Lan Yuhao vs Reanne Evans
Fan Zhengyi vs Robert Milkins
4pm
Zak Surety vs Zhao Hanyang
Robbie Williams vs Bulcsu Revesz
Anthony McGill vs Dylan Emery
7pm
Ian Burns vs Michael Holt
Julien Leclercq vs Ben Woollaston
Allan Taylor vs Chatchapong Nasa
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