2022 Cazoo British Open Snooker Prize Money

Q: How much did the runner-up get?

Mark Allen took £45,000, 45% of the winner's cheque.

Q: How does it compare with other years?

The 2021 Matchroom.live British Open paid £470,000, and the 2023 Cazoo British Open paid £478,000.

Every cheque

64 players paid, in finishing order

Prize money won by each player at the 2022 Cazoo British Open.
PLACE	PLAYER	NATION	PRIZE MONEY
Winner	Ryan Day	Wales	£100,000£100k
Runner-up	Mark Allen	Northern Ireland	£45,000£45k
Semi-final	Noppon Saengkham	Thailand	£20,000£20k
Semi-final	Robbie Williams	England	£20,000£20k
Quarter-final	Jamie Jones	Wales	£12,000£12k
Quarter-final	Lyu Haotian	China	£12,000£12k
Quarter-final	Mark Selby	England	£12,000£12k
Quarter-final	Yuan Sijun	China	£12,000£12k
Last 16	Anthony Hamilton	England	£8,000£8k
Last 16	Ben Woollaston	England	£8,000£8k
Last 16	Graeme Dott	Scotland	£8,000£8k
Last 16	Jack Lisowski	England	£8,000£8k
Last 16	Jordan Brown	Northern Ireland	£8,000£8k
Last 16	Judd Trump	England	£8,000£8k
Last 16	Matthew Stevens	Wales	£8,000£8k
Last 16	Steven Hallworth	England	£8,000£8k
Last 32	Barry Hawkins	England	£5,000£5k
Last 32	Cao Yupeng	China	£5,000£5k
Last 32	Chang Bingyu	China	£5,000£5k
Last 32	Craig Steadman	England	£5,000£5k
Last 32	Ding Junhui	China	£5,000£5k
Last 32	Gary Wilson	England	£5,000£5k
Last 32	Jak Jones	Wales	£5,000£5k
Last 32	Jianbo Zhao	China	£5,000£5k
Last 32	Jimmy Robertson	England	£5,000£5k
Last 32	Joe O'Connor	England	£5,000£5k
Last 32	Lu Ning	China	£5,000£5k
Last 32	Ross Muir	Scotland	£5,000£5k
Last 32	Xiao Guodong	China	£5,000£5k
Last 32	Xu Si	China	£5,000£5k
Last 32	Yan Bingtao	China	£5,000£5k
Last 32	Zhao Xintong	China	£5,000£5k
Last 64	Alexander Ursenbacher	Switzerland	£3,000£3k
Last 64	Andy Lee	England	£3,000£3k
Last 64	Anthony McGill	Scotland	£3,000£3k
Last 64	Ben Mertens	Belgium	£3,000£3k
Last 64	Chen Zifan	China	£3,000£3k
Last 64	David Gilbert	England	£3,000£3k
Last 64	David Grace	England	£3,000£3k
Last 64	Dean Young	Scotland	£3,000£3k
Last 64	Dylan Emery	Wales	£3,000£3k
Last 64	Elliot Slessor	England	£3,000£3k
Last 64	Fraser Patrick	Scotland	£3,000£3k
Last 64	Gerard Greene	Northern Ireland	£3,000£3k
Last 64	Hammad Miah	England	£3,000£3k
Last 64	Ian Burns	England	£3,000£3k
Last 64	Jamie Clarke	Wales	£3,000£3k
Last 64	Joe Perry	England	£3,000£3k
Last 64	John Higgins	Scotland	£3,000£3k
Last 64	Kyren Wilson	England	£3,000£3k
Last 64	Li Hang	China	£3,000£3k
Last 64	Lukas Kleckers	Germany	£3,000£3k
Last 64	Mark Joyce	England	£3,000£3k
Last 64	Mark Williams	Wales	£3,000£3k
Last 64	Mitchell Mann	England	£3,000£3k
Last 64	Ng On Yee	Hong Kong	£3,000£3k
Last 64	Peter Lines	England	£3,000£3k
Last 64	Stuart Bingham	England	£3,000£3k
Last 64	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	Thailand	£3,000£3k
Last 64	Tian Pengfei	China	£3,000£3k
Last 64	Zhang Anda	China	£3,000£3k
Last 64	Zhang Jiankang	China	£3,000£3k
Last 64	Zhou Yuelong	China	£3,000£3k
Withdrew	John Astley	England	£3,000£3k
High break	Mark Selby	England	£5,000£5k

How the money splits

Each finishing band, what it paid each player, and what it paid in all

Prize money bands at the 2022 Cazoo British Open.
PLACE	PLAYERS	EACH	BAND TOTAL
Winner	1	£100,000£100k	£100,000£100k
Runner-up	1	£45,000£45k	£45,000£45k
Semi-final	2	£20,000£20k	£40,000£40k
Quarter-final	4	£12,000£12k	£48,000£48k
Last 16	8	£8,000£8k	£64,000£64k
Last 32	16	£5,000£5k	£80,000£80k
Last 64	31	£3,000£3k	£93,000£93k
Withdrew	1	£3,000£3k	£3,000£3k
High break	1	£5,000£5k	£5,000£5k

Where the money went, band by band

Winner £100k

Runner-up £45k

Semi-final £40k

Quarter-final £48k

Last 16 £64k

Last 32 £80k

Last 64 £93k

Withdrew £3,000

High break £5,000

The rest of 2022

Every other snooker tournament we hold from 2022

Other snooker tournaments in 2022.
TOURNAMENT	WINNER	PAID
2022 BetVictor English Open	Mark Selby	£424,000£424k
2022 BetVictor Scottish Open	Gary Wilson	£424,000£424k
2022 Cazoo UK Championship	Mark Allen	£1,200,000£1.2m
2022 Cazoo Champion Of Champions	Ronnie O'Sullivan	£440,000£440k
2022 BetVictor Northern Ireland Open	Mark Allen	£428,500£429k
2022 Hong Kong Jockey Club Hong Kong Masters	Ronnie O'Sullivan	£314,000£314k
2022 BetVictor European Masters	Kyren Wilson	£427,000£427k
2022 BetVictor Championship League	Luca Brecel	£328,000£328k
2022 Betfred World Championship	Ronnie O'Sullivan	£2,435,000£2.4m
2022 Cazoo Tour Championship	Neil Robertson	£380,000£380k
2022 BetVictor Gibraltar Open	Robert Milkins	£251,000£251k
2022 Nirvana Turkish Masters	Judd Trump	£500,000£500k
2022 BetVictor Welsh Open	Joe Perry	£405,000£405k
2022 BetVictor European Masters	Fan Zhengyi	£407,000£407k
2022 Cazoo Players Championship	Neil Robertson	£385,000£385k
2022 Championship League	John Higgins	£184,400£184k
2022 BetVictor German Masters	Zhao Xintong	£400,000£400k
2022 BetVictor Snooker Shoot Out	Hossein Vafaei	£171,000£171k
2022 Cazoo Masters	Neil Robertson	£725,000£725k

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner of the 2022 Cazoo British Open get?

Ryan Day took £100,000.

How much did the runner-up get?

Mark Allen took £45,000, 45% of the winner's cheque.

What was the total prize money at the 2022 Cazoo British Open?

£478,000, paid to 64 players.

How does it compare with other years?

The 2021 Matchroom.live British Open paid £470,000, and the 2023 Cazoo British Open paid £478,000.

Where to next

Every edition is on the British Open prize money page, and the whole year on snooker prize money in 2022. The edition before was the 2021 Matchroom.live British Open. The one after was the 2023 Cazoo British Open.

2022 Cazoo British Open snooker prize money