SNOOKER · 2026-03-01 · LLANDUDNO, WALES
2026 BetVictor Welsh Open snooker prize money
The 2026 BetVictor Welsh Open paid £550,400 to 96 players. Barry Hawkins won £100,000. Jack Lisowski took £45,000 as runner-up.
TOTAL PAID£550k
WINNER£100k
PLAYERS PAID96
PAYOUT BANDS9
Every cheque
96 players paid, in finishing order
| PLACE | PLAYER | NATION | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Barry Hawkins | England | £100,000£100k |
| Runner-up | Jack Lisowski | England | £45,000£45k |
| Semi-final | John Higgins | Scotland | £21,000£21k |
| Semi-final | Wu Yize | China | £21,000£21k |
| Quarter-final | Jiang Jun | China | £13,200£13k |
| Quarter-final | Neil Robertson | Australia | £13,200£13k |
| Quarter-final | Stuart Bingham | England | £13,200£13k |
| Quarter-final | Zhou Yuelong | China | £13,200£13k |
| Last 16 | David Grace | England | £9,000£9k |
| Last 16 | Jackson Page | Wales | £9,000£9k |
| Last 16 | Jak Jones | Wales | £9,000£9k |
| Last 16 | Mark Williams | Wales | £9,000£9k |
| Last 16 | Robbie Williams | England | £9,000£9k |
| Last 16 | Sam Craigie | England | £9,000£9k |
| Last 16 | Zhang Anda | China | £9,000£9k |
| Last 16 | Zhao Xintong | China | £9,000£9k |
| Last 32 | Anthony McGill | Scotland | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | Bulcsú Révész | Hungary | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | Chang Bingyu | China | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | David Gilbert | England | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | Dylan Emery | Wales | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | Gary Wilson | England | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | Hossein Vafaei | Iran | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | Joe O'Connor | England | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | Kyren Wilson | England | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | Liam Pullen | England | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | Martin O'Donnell | England | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | Pang Junxu | China | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | Stan Moody | England | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | Stephen Maguire | Scotland | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | Xiao Guodong | China | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | Yuan Sijun | China | £5,400£5k |
| Last 64 | Aaron Hill | Ireland | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Alexander Ursenbacher | Switzerland | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Ali Carter | England | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Amir Sarkhosh | Iran | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Antoni Kowalski | Poland | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Artemijs Zizins | Latvia | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Ben Mertens | Belgium | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Chris Wakelin | England | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | David Lilley | England | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Elliot Slessor | England | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Fan Zhengyi | China | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Gao Yang | China | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Jimmy Robertson | England | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Julien Leclercq | Belgium | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Liam Highfield | England | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Liu Hongyu | China | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Liu Wenwei | China | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Long Zehuang | China | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Louis Heathcote | England | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Luca Brecel | Belgium | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Mark Allen | Northern Ireland | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Mark Selby | England | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Michael Holt | England | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Michal Szubarczyk | Poland | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Mitchell Mann | England | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Peifan Lei | China | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Ricky Walden | England | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Robbie Mcguigan | Northern Ireland | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Ryan Day | Wales | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Shaun Murphy | England | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Si Jiahui | China | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Tom Ford | England | £3,600£4k |
| Last 96 | Allan Taylor | England | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Ben Woollaston | England | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Cheung Ka Wai | Hong Kong | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Daniel Wells | Wales | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Duane Jones | Wales | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Farakh Ajaib | England | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Haris Tahir | Pakistan | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | He Guoqiang | China | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Huang Jiahao | China | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Ian Burns | England | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Ishpreet Singh Chadha | India | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Iulian Boiko | Ukraine | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Jamie Jones | Wales | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Jimmy White | England | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Jordan Brown | Northern Ireland | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Liam Davies | Wales | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Lyu Haotian | China | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Marco Fu | Hong Kong | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Mark Davis | England | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Matthew Selt | England | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Matthew Stevens | Wales | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Mohammed Shehab | United Arab Emirates | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Noppon Saengkham | Thailand | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Oliver Lines | England | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Robert Milkins | England | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Sahil Nayyar | India | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Sanderson Lam | England | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Scott Donaldson | Scotland | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | Thailand | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Wang Yuchen | China | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Xu Si | China | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Zak Surety | England | £1,000£1k |
| High break | John Higgins | Scotland | £5,000£5k |
How the money splits
Each finishing band, what it paid each player, and what it paid in all
| 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 | £21,000£21k | £42,000£42k |
| Quarter-final | 4 | £13,200£13k | £52,800£53k |
| Last 16 | 8 | £9,000£9k | £72,000£72k |
| Last 32 | 16 | £5,400£5k | £86,400£86k |
| Last 64 | 32 | £3,600£4k | £115,200£115k |
| Last 96 | 32 | £1,000£1k | £32,000£32k |
| High break | 1 | £5,000£5k | £5,000£5k |
Where the money went, band by band
The rest of 2026
Every other snooker tournament we hold from 2026
| TOURNAMENT | WINNER | PAID |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 BetVictor English Open | Ali Carter | £538,600£539k |
| 2026 Unibet British Open | Jak Jones | £502,000£502k |
| 2026 Wuhan Open | Chang Bingyu | £715,500£716k |
| 2026 SATUO Window Cleaning Robot China Open | Mark Selby | £1,182,500£1.2m |
| 2026 Shanghai Masters | Judd Trump | £825,000£825k |
| 2026 BetVictor Championship League | Jak Jones | £328,000£328k |
| 2026 Halo World Championship | Wu Yize | £2,380,000£2.4m |
| 2026 Sportsbet.io Tour Championship | Zhao Xintong | £490,000£490k |
| 2026 World Open | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | £787,500£788k |
| 2026 Sportsbet.io Players Championship | Zhao Xintong | £500,000£500k |
| 2026 BetVictor Championship League | Mark Selby | £182,201£182k |
| 2026 World Grand Prix | Zhao Xintong | £690,000£690k |
| 2026 Machineseeker German Masters | Judd Trump | £538,200£538k |
| 2026 Johnstone's Paint Masters | Kyren Wilson | £1,015,000£1.0m |
Frequently asked questions
How much did the winner of the 2026 BetVictor Welsh Open get?
Barry Hawkins took £100,000.
How much did the runner-up get?
Jack Lisowski took £45,000, 45% of the winner's cheque.
What was the total prize money at the 2026 BetVictor Welsh Open?
£550,400, paid to 96 players.
How does it compare with other years?
The 2025 BetVictor Welsh Open paid £546,800.
Where to next
Every edition is on the Welsh Open prize money page, and the whole year on snooker prize money in 2026. The edition before was the 2025 BetVictor Welsh Open.