The 2026 Shenzhen Open was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 28 September to 4 October 2026 at the Bao'an Sports Centre in Shenzhen, China. Formerly staged in Xi'an as the Xi'an Grand Prix, the tournament was relocated and rebranded as the Shenzhen Open for the 2026 edition. Qualifying took place from 19 to 22 July at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England. The third consecutive edition of the tournament since its inaugural staging in 2024, it was the sixth ranking event of the 2026–27 snooker season, following the 2026 English Open and preceding the 2026 Northern Ireland Open. The winner received £177,000 from a total prize fund of £850,000.
Mark Williams was the defending champion, having defeated Shaun Murphy 10–3 in the 2025 final, but he was beaten by Fan Zhengyi in the last 64.
Wu Yize won the tournament, beating Yuan Sijun 10–5 in the final.
Overview The Shenzhen Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament held in China. The first two editions, in 2024 and 2025, were staged in Xi'an as the Xi'an Grand Prix. Kyren Wilson won the inaugural edition, defeating Judd Trump 10–8 in the final. The 2026 edition—for which the tournament was relocated to Shenzhen and rebranded as the Shenzhen Open—took place from 28 September to 4 October. Qualifying took place from 19 to 22 July at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England. The tournament was the sixth ranking event of the 2026–27 snooker season, following the 2026 English Open and preceding the 2026 Northern Ireland Open.
All were the best of nine up to the semi-finals, which were the best of eleven frames. The final was a best of 19 frame match, played over two .
There was a river cruise on 27 September after the opening ceremony.
Mark Williams was the defending champion, having defeated Shaun Murphy 10–3 in the 2025 final, but he was beaten 4–5 by Fan Zhengyi in the last 64.
Wu Yize won the tournament, beating Yuan Sijun 10–5 in the final.
There were 112 century breaks made during the event, with 56 mage during qualifying and 56 at the main venue. The highest was a 147 made by Chang Bingyu during qualifying.
Prize fund The prize fund for the tournament is detailed below.
Winner: £177,000 Runner-up: £76,000 Semi-final: £34,500 Quarter-final: £22,350 Last 16: £12,500 Last 32: £8,250 Last 64: £4,700 Last 96: £1,600
Highest break: £5,000 Total: £850,000
Summary Qualifying Qualifying round 2 Chang Bingyu made the third maximum break of his professional career in the fourth of his 5–0 victory over Chatchapong Nasa, along with three other century breaks of 109, 134, and 135. It was the 244th official maximum.
Qualifying round 3 Mark Allen withdrew and so Ben Mertens received a walkover to the last 32.
Later rounds Last 64 The defending champion Mark Williams was defeated 4–5 by Fan Zhengyi, Neil Robertson beat Liu Hongyu 5–2, and Judd Trump whitewashed Huang Jiahao. Scott Donaldson defeated the world number one Zhao Xintong 5–4, Jiang Jun beat Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–2, Chris Wakelin beat Liam Davies 5–3, and Si Jiahui beat Oliver Lines 5–1.
Kyren Wilson beat Sam Craigie 5–1, Shaun Murphy beat Marco Fu, also by 5–1, David Grace defeated John Higgins 5–4, and Barry Hawkins beat Liam Highfield 5–3. Wu Yize defeated Jamie Clarke 5–4, Mark Selby beat Andrew Higginson 5–3, Michael Holt defeated Xiao Guodong 5–4, and Ricky Walden beat Ding Junhui, also by 5–4.
Last 32 Anthony McGill withdrew and so Judd Trump received a walkover to the last 16.
Jimmy Robertson beat Mertens 5–1, Zak Surety beat Jiang 5–3, Neil Robertson beat Lei Peifan 5–1, and Donaldson defeated Pang Junxu 5–4, in a match decided on the final . In the second frame, Pang became the 93rd player to reach 100 career century breaks. Stephen Maguire beat Grace 5–1, Kyren Wilson beat David Gilbert 5–2, and Murphy beat Hossein Vafaei 5–1. Wakelin beat Stuart Bingham and Holt beat Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, both by whitewashes.
Selby beat Jackson Page 5–1, making three century breaks of 132, 135 and 138, and Si beat Gary Wilson 5–3, making two century breaks of 127 and 119. Yuan Sijun beat Fan 5–1, Elliot Slessor beat Hawkins 5–2, Wu beat Xu Si 5–3 and Walden defeated Ali Carter 5–4.
Last 16 The last 16 matches were played on 1 October as the best of nine frames.
Jimmy Robertson whitewashed Donaldson, Holt beat Kyren Wilson 5–2, Wakelin beat Neil Robertson, also by 5–2, and Selby beat Maguire 5–3.
Murphy beat Slessor 5–1, Yuan beat Surety 5–2, Trump beat Si, also by 5–2, and Wu beat Walden 5–3.
Quarter-finals The quarter-finals were played on 2 October as the best of nine frames.
Trump whitewashed Selby, and Jimmy Robertson beat Wakelin 5–3.
Yuan beat Holt 5–2, and Wu defeated Murphy 5–4.
Semi-finals The semi-finals were played on 3 October as the best of 11 frames.
In the afternoon , Yuan beat Robertson 6–5 to reach his first ranking final. After the match Yuan said: "The pressure was huge throughout the whole match, right from the moment I came out to play. I could feel that I was playing completely differently compared with the previous few matches. Although I kept telling myself not to think about it, sometimes your brain just instinctively and subconsciously goes back to those thoughts. There were so many different feelings mixed together. There is happiness, but also the sense of how difficult it has been and all the struggles over the years. I suppose, in a way, this is a little bit of an answer to myself after all these years. So many emotions came together, and in the end, I probably just couldn't quite control them. Of course, the crowd were very supportive of me throughout the match today. Whether I was behind or had made a break to go beyond my opponent's total, they gave me very warm applause. So I'd also like to thank them very much."
In the evening session, Wu beat Trump 6–1. After the match Wu said: "This was the best performance of my professional career. It would have been nice if I could have been a little more fluent in scoring. This match was also very important for my career. To be able to perform at this level in terms of safety play is very satisfying. Playing Judd is always very straightforward in one sense. Even though I won six frames in a row, he put me under a huge amount of pressure in every frame. I needed to perform well in every aspect because it's very difficult to get easy chances from him. When I was preparing for the evening match, I saw that Yuan had shed some tears. I believe it is his first ranking final. Hopefully we can put on a great match for everyone. Of course, I hope I can take the trophy home, but we will both give it everything we have. Even when there isn't a tournament here in Shenzhen, I come here quite often, so having the chance to play here for the first time made me even more excited. I've felt very energetic this time, and I hope I can finish the tournament on a high and give it everything I have."
Final The final was played on 4 October as the best of 19 frames, played over two sessions. Yuan faced Wu.
At the end of the afternoon session, Wu led Yuan 5–4. Wu went on to win the match, and the tournament, 10–5. After the match, Wu said: "This time I was able to be a little more composed than I was in winning my previous two titles, I've grown both physically and mentally compared with before. I just hope I can continue to get better from here and keep pushing myself to break through. Maybe the pressure at the World Championship had become so great that I forgot how to enjoy it, I was completely immersed in the competition. Perhaps the happiness was still there, but I had already buried it somewhere deep inside. I wanted to prove myself again. There have definitely been a lot of voices around me recently, and I felt that I needed to keep improving, win another title and keep pushing myself towards my peak. So this is another breakthrough for me. Today Yuan put me under a lot of pressure in the first session. The turning point was probably the eighth frame, I had already prepared myself for being 5–3 behind. In the second session, he was probably under a little bit of pressure as well. I'm so happy to be in Shenzhen. I really enjoy playing in front of a big crowd. I love that feeling of being able to completely immerse myself in the atmosphere of the arena. That's why I really like this city, and I hope there will be even more tournaments held here in the future." Yuan said: "Overall, I think it was a pretty good performance. I played quite well in the first half of the tournament, but over the final two days I didn’t perform at the level I know I'm capable of, so hopefully I can do better next time. I just didn't play very well tonight and I wasn't able to put him under enough pressure. I really wasn't nervous at all today. I just felt like my whole body was completely out of sorts. I felt really uncomfortable, and no matter how I tried to aim or strike the ball, it just didn't feel right. So the whole day was actually quite frustrating for me. Hopefully, this run will give me a little more confidence for my future matches going forward, so that I can play my own game better."
As a result of the win, Wu moved from fourth to second in the world rankings, while Yuan moved from 33rd to 26th.
Main draw The draw for the tournament is shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the players' seeding and players in bold denote match winners.
Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walkover
Final: frame scores Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Liu YangBao'an Sports Centre, Shenzhen, China, 4 October 2026 Yuan Sijun 510 Wu Yize Afternoon: 4123 (117), 1280, 1121, 1487, 5644, 6035, 984, 7174, 2775Evening: 0100, 607, 2982, 4183, 18100, 4577 (frame 8) 71 Highest break 117 (frame 1) 0 Century breaks 1
Qualifying draw The results of the qualifying matches are shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the players' seeding, an "a" indicates amateur players who were not on the main World Snooker Tour, and players in bold denote match winners.
Pre-qualifying round Two pre-qualifying matches were played in Leicester to determine the opponents of Gao Yang and Alexander Ursenbacher in the qualifying draw respectively. 1–5 5–2
Rounds one to three The results of the main qualifying draw are shown below. Matches involving the top 16 seeds, the three Chinese wildcards (Chen Qi'en, Dong Zihao, and Wang Xinzhong), and one wildcard from Hong Kong (Su Jinxiong) were held over to be played in Shenzhen.
Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walkover Note: Match held-over to the main venue in Shenzhen
Century breaks Main stage centuries A total of 56 century breaks were made during the main stage of the tournament in Shenzhen.
143, 132, 126, 123, 121, 117, 117, 110 Wu Yize 139, 132, 112, 111, 104 Shaun Murphy 139, 116 Yuan Sijun 138, 135, 132 Mark Selby 136, 105 Xu Si 133, 130, 125, 120 Chris Wakelin 133, 115 Ricky Walden 133 Marco Fu 131 Lei Peifan 129, 107 Liam Highfield 128, 108 Jiang Jun 127, 119 Si Jiahui 126 Michael Holt 126 Pang Junxu 122, 100 Kyren Wilson 122 Barry Hawkins 121, 117, 102, 100, 100 Jimmy Robertson 120 Neil Robertson 119 Stephen Maguire 118 Zak Surety 118 Mark Williams 116, 101 John Higgins 111 Ding Junhui 108 Judd Trump 105, 104 Scott Donaldson 103 Ali Carter 101 Liam Davies
Qualifying stage centuries A total of 56 century breaks were made during the qualifying stage of the tournament in Leicester.
147, 142, 135, 134, 131, 130, 109 Chang Bingyu 140 Liam Davies 137, 122, 108 Noppon Saengkham 135, 108 Wang Xinbo 134, 100 Hossein Vafaei 132 Luo Zetao 131, 118 Jimmy Robertson 131 Liam Highfield 130 Zak Surety 129, 114, 114 Luca Brecel 124, 117 Marco Fu 124 Ishpreet Singh Chadha 124 Dylan Emery 121 Antoni Kowalski 120 Ben Mertens 119 Fan Zhengyi 119 Huang Jiahao 119 Lan Yuhao 116, 115, 101, 100 Ashley Hugill 115, 106 Jordan Brown 115 Yuan Sijun