where is the snooker world open currently held
Hainan International Exhibition Center Haikou
title: World Open (snooker) text: was reformatted and renamed to World Open. The event gave a chance for amateurs to play alongside professionals. The amateurs had to win 3 matches to qualify for the main draw. On 9 January 2012 it was announced, that the World Open would be held in the next five years in Haikou on the Hainan Island. In November 2014, it was announced that the tournament would not be held in the 2014/2015 season after the contract with the promoter was not renewed and a new venue was not found in time. The event returned in the 2016/2017 season. The 1985 title: 2018 World Open (snooker) text: The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £15,000 These matches were held between 6 and 9 July 2018 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were the best of 9 frames. Total: 49 Total: 14 2018 World Open (snooker) The 2018 HongRuiMa Yushan World Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 6 and 12 August 2018 in Yushan, China. It was the second ranking event of the 2018/19 season. Qualifying took place between 6–9 July in Preston. Ding Junhui title: 2018 World Open (snooker) text: 2018 World Open (snooker) The 2018 HongRuiMa Yushan World Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 6 and 12 August 2018 in Yushan, China. It was the second ranking event of the 2018/19 season. Qualifying took place between 6–9 July in Preston. Ding Junhui was the defending champion, who defeated Kyren Wilson 10–3 in the 2017 World Open final, but lost 5–4 to Robert Milkins in the last 32 of the 2018 event. Mark Williams won his 22nd ranking title, defeating David Gilbert 10–9 in the final. Williams trailed 5–9 but won the last 5 frames. title: World Open (snooker) text: World Open (snooker) The World Open is a professional ranking snooker tournament. It had previously been known as the "Professional Players Tournament", the "LG Cup" and the "Grand Prix". During 2006 and 2007, it was played in a unique round-robin format, more similar to association football and rugby tournaments than the knock-out systems usually played in snooker. The knock-out format returned in 2008 with an FA Cup-style draw. The random draw was abandoned after the 2010 edition. Mark Williams is the defending champion. The tournament was created in 1982 as the Professional Players Tournament by the World Professional Billiards and title: 2018 World Snooker Championship text: The tournament was the last of twenty ranking events in the 2017/2018 season on the World Snooker Tour. It featured a 32-player main draw, as well as a 128-player qualifying draw. Qualifying took place at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield from 11 to 18 April 2018, finishing a few days prior to the start of the main draw at the Crucible. The top 16 players in the latest world rankings automatically qualified for the main draw as seeded players. Defending champion Mark Selby was automatically seeded 1st overall. The remaining seeds were allocated based on the latest world