2017 World Open Snooker Prize Money and Payouts

Q: How much did the runner-up get?

Kyren Wilson took £75,000, 50% of the winner's cheque.

Q: How does it compare with other years?

The 2016 World Open paid £528,000, and the 2018 World Open paid £735,000.

Every cheque

64 players paid, in finishing order

Prize money won by each player at the 2017 World Open.
PLACE	PLAYER	NATION	PRIZE MONEY
Winner	Ding Junhui	China	£150,000£150k
Runner-up	Kyren Wilson	England	£75,000£75k
Semi-final	Luca Brecel	Belgium	£32,000£32k
Semi-final	Mark Allen	Northern Ireland	£32,000£32k
Quarter-final	Anthony McGill	Scotland	£18,000£18k
Quarter-final	David Gilbert	England	£18,000£18k
Quarter-final	Li Hang	China	£18,000£18k
Quarter-final	Mark Williams	Wales	£18,000£18k
Last 16	Cao Yupeng	China	£12,000£12k
Last 16	Jimmy Robertson	England	£12,000£12k
Last 16	Joe Perry	England	£12,000£12k
Last 16	John Higgins	Scotland	£12,000£12k
Last 16	Lee Walker	Wales	£12,000£12k
Last 16	Neil Robertson	Australia	£12,000£12k
Last 16	Peter Ebdon	England	£12,000£12k
Last 16	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	Thailand	£12,000£12k
Last 32	Allan Taylor	England	£7,000£7k
Last 32	Ben Woollaston	England	£7,000£7k
Last 32	Chen Zhe	China	£7,000£7k
Last 32	Chris Wakelin	England	£7,000£7k
Last 32	Daniel Wells	Wales	£7,000£7k
Last 32	John Astley	England	£7,000£7k
Last 32	Marco Fu	Hong Kong	£7,000£7k
Last 32	Martin Gould	England	£7,000£7k
Last 32	Matthew Selt	England	£7,000£7k
Last 32	Michael Holt	England	£7,000£7k
Last 32	Ricky Walden	England	£7,000£7k
Last 32	Robert Milkins	England	£7,000£7k
Last 32	Ryan Day	Wales	£7,000£7k
Last 32	Stephen Maguire	Scotland	£7,000£7k
Last 32	Stuart Bingham	England	£7,000£7k
Last 32	Xiao Guodong	China	£7,000£7k
Last 64	Alexander Ursenbacher	Switzerland	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Alfie Burden	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Andrew Higginson	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Barry Hawkins	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Dominic Dale	Wales	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Duane Jones	Wales	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Eden Sharav	Israel	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Elliot Slessor	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Gary Wilson	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Graeme Dott	Scotland	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Hu Hao	China	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Ian Burns	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Jack Lisowski	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Jamie Jones	Wales	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Ken Doherty	Ireland	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Liang Wenbo	China	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Ma Chunmao	China	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Mark Joyce	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Mark King	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Mark Selby	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Matthew Stevens	Wales	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Michael Georgiou	Cyprus	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Mike Dunn	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Noppon Saengkham	Thailand	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Oliver Lines	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Sam Craigie	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Shaun Murphy	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Tian Pengfei	China	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Tom Ford	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Yu Delu	China	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Zhang Anda	China	£4,000£4k
Withdrew	Hossein Vafaei	Iran	£4,000£4k
High break	Li Hang	China	£3,000£3k

How the money splits

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

Prize money bands at the 2017 World Open.
PLACE	PLAYERS	EACH	BAND TOTAL
Winner	1	£150,000£150k	£150,000£150k
Runner-up	1	£75,000£75k	£75,000£75k
Semi-final	2	£32,000£32k	£64,000£64k
Quarter-final	4	£18,000£18k	£72,000£72k
Last 16	8	£12,000£12k	£96,000£96k
Last 32	16	£7,000£7k	£112,000£112k
Last 64	31	£4,000£4k	£124,000£124k
Withdrew	1	£4,000£4k	£4,000£4k
High break	1	£3,000£3k	£3,000£3k

Where the money went, band by band

Winner £150k

Runner-up £75k

Semi-final £64k

Quarter-final £72k

Last 16 £96k

Last 32 £112k

Last 64 £124k

Withdrew £4,000

High break £3,000

The rest of 2017

Every other snooker tournament we hold from 2017

Other snooker tournaments in 2017.
TOURNAMENT	WINNER	PAID
2017 Scottish Open	Neil Robertson	£387,250£387k
2017 Betway UK Championship	Ronnie O'Sullivan	£850,000£850k
2017 Northern Ireland Open	Mark Williams	£366,000£366k
2017 Shanghai Masters	Ronnie O'Sullivan	£704,000£704k
2017 Champion Of Champions	Shaun Murphy	£370,000£370k
2017 OPPO International Championship	Mark Selby	£755,000£755k
2017 English Open	Ronnie O'Sullivan	£408,500£409k
2017 European Masters	Judd Trump	£366,500£367k
2017 Indian Open	John Higgins	£323,000£323k
2017 Sangsom 6-Reds World Championship	Mark Williams	£230,000£230k
2017 Paul Hunter Classic	Michael White	£100,000£100k
2017 Evergrande China Championship	Luca Brecel	£700,000£700k
2017 Hong Kong Masters	Neil Robertson	£315,000£315k
2017 Kaspersky Riga Masters	Ryan Day	£227,000£227k
2017 Betfred World Championship	Mark Selby	£1,751,000£1.8m
2017 China Open	Mark Selby	£548,000£548k
2017 Ladbrokes Players Championship	Judd Trump	£380,000£380k
2017 Gibraltar Open	Shaun Murphy	£93,750£94k
2017 Championship League	John Higgins	£181,800£182k
2017 Coral Snooker Shoot Out	Anthony McGill	£146,000£146k
2017 Coral Welsh Open	Stuart Bingham	£366,000£366k
2017 World Grand Prix	Barry Hawkins	£375,000£375k
2017 F66.com German Masters	Anthony Hamilton	£286,250£286k
2017 Dafabet Masters	Ronnie O'Sullivan	£600,000£600k

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner of the 2017 World Open get?

Ding Junhui took £150,000.

How much did the runner-up get?

Kyren Wilson took £75,000, 50% of the winner's cheque.

What was the total prize money at the 2017 World Open?

£700,000, paid to 64 players.

How does it compare with other years?

The 2016 World Open paid £528,000, and the 2018 World Open paid £735,000.

Where to next

Every edition is on the World Open prize money page, and the whole year on snooker prize money in 2017. The edition before was the 2016 World Open. The one after was the 2018 World Open.

2017 World Open snooker prize money