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| Tournament information | |
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| Venue | Brentwood Centre |
| Location | Brentwood |
| Country | England |
| Established | 2016 |
| Organisation(s) | World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £427,000 |
| Recent edition | 2023 |
| Current champion |  Judd Trump (ENG) |
The English Open is a professional ranking snooker tournament. The reigning champion is Judd Trump.
On 29 April 2015 World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn announced that the event called the "English Open" would be held for the first time in 2016 in Manchester, England, as part of a new Home Nations Series with the existing Welsh Open and new Northern Ireland Open and Scottish Open tournaments. [1] [2] The winner of the event is awarded the Steve Davis Trophy, named in honour of the English six-time world champion. [3]
The inaugural event took place between 10 and 16 October 2016, [4] and was won by Liang Wenbo. [5]
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Final score | Venue | City | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 [6] |  Liang Wenbo (CHN) | Judd Trump (ENG) | 9–6 | EventCity | Manchester, England | 2016/17 |
| 2017 [7] | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | Kyren Wilson (ENG) | 9–2 | Barnsley Metrodome | Barnsley, England | 2017/18 |
| 2018 [8] | Stuart Bingham (ENG) | Mark Davis (ENG) | 9–7 | K2 Leisure Centre | Crawley, England | 2018/19 |
| 2019 [9] | Mark Selby (ENG) | David Gilbert (ENG) | 9–1 | 2019/20 | ||
| 2020 [10] | Judd Trump (ENG) |  Neil Robertson (AUS) | 9–8 | Marshall Arena | Milton Keynes, England | 2020/21 |
| 2021 [11] | Neil Robertson (AUS) |  John Higgins (SCO) | 9–8 | 2021/22 | ||
| 2022 [12] | Mark Selby (ENG) |  Luca Brecel (BEL) | 9–6 | Brentwood Centre | Brentwood, England | 2022/23 |
| 2023 [13] | Judd Trump (ENG) | Zhang Anda (CHN) | 9–7 | 2023/24 |
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