Ryan Day was the champion 12 months ago.
The random draw for the last 64 of the Cazoo British Open has been made. The tournament runs from September 25th to October 1st in the Centaur Arena at Cheltenham Racecourse.
Tickets are still available from just £15, incredible value for the chance to see the biggest stars of the baize. For details CLICK HERE
If Ronnie O’Sullivan can come through his opening round clash with Jimmy Robertson he will face talented Chinese teenager Wu Yize , while top 16 stars Shaun Murphy and Jack Lisowski will collide if they beat Rebecca Kenna and Joe O’Connor respectively.
The second round draw is below:
Joe O’Connor or Jack Lisowski vs Shaun Murphy or Rebecca Kenna
Gary Wilson or Ahmed Elsayed vs Chris Wakelin
Ryan Day or Sean O’Sullivan vs Thor Chuan Leong
Lyu Haotian vs David Gilbert
John Higgins or Zehuang Long vs Robbie Williams
Stephen Maguire vs Peng Yisong or Mark Williams
Fan Zhengyi vs Ross Muir
He Guoqiang vs Muhammad Asif
Scott Donaldson vs Liam Graham
Judd Trump or Anton Kazakov vs Hammad Miah
Jamie Jones vs Julien Leclercq
Xu Si vs Ali Carter or Allan Taylor
Noppon Saengkham vs Fergal O’Brien
David Grace vs Sanderson Lam
Daniel Wells vs Ashley Carty
Tom Ford vs Ashley Hugill
Ken Doherty vs Matthew Stevens
Hailong Ma vs Mohamed Ibrahim
Tian Pengfei vs Mark Selby or Ben Woollaston
Jun Jiang or Robert Milkins vs Stan Moody or Barry Hawkins
Kyren Wilson or Martin O’Donnell vs Mark Allen or Anthony McGill
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh vs Oliver Lines
Oliver Brown vs Hossein Vafaei
Ding Junhui or Luca Brecel vs Liu Hongyu
Anthony Hamilton vs Xiao Guodong
Andy Hicks vs Graeme Dott
Rod Lawler vs Dominic Dale
Si Jiahui vs Neil Robertson or Jamie Clarke
Yuan Sijun vs Ben Mertens
Matthew Selt vs Zak Surety
Ronnie O’Sullivan or Jimmy Robertson vs Wu Yize
Ishpreet Singh Chadha vs Stuart Bingham
Click here for the full draw
Click here for the provisional format (the full second round format will be released in due course)
The draws for the third round onwards will be made in Cheltenham during the event.
