The 2023 WST Classic is an upcoming professional snooker tournament taking place from 16 to 22 March 2023 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England. It will be the 13th ranking event of the 2022–23 season. The tournament was organised by the World Snooker Tour after the cancellation of the 2023 Turkish Masters due to a lack of funding. The winner of the event will receive £80,000 from a total prize fund of £427,000. Format Open to 128 participants, the top 64 ranked players will be seeded in the draw, based on the seeding cut off after the Players Championship, with all other players drawn at random. Matches at the event will be played as the best of seven up to and including the quarter-finals, the semi-finals will be played over the best of nine frames. The final will be played over the best-of an 11-frames match. Prize fund The event featured a prize fund of £427,000, with the winner receiving £80,000. The breakdown of prize money for this event is shown below: Winner: £80,000 Runner-up: £35,000 Semi-final: £17,500 Quarter-final: £11,000 Last 16: £7,500 Last 32: £4,500 Last 64: £3,000 Highest break: £5,000 Total: £427,000 Tournament draw Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 Finals Final Century breaks Total: References WST Classic WST Classic WST Classic Snooker competitions in England Sport in Leicester