2017 English Open (snooker)

The 2017 English Open (officially the 2017 Dafabet English Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 16 to 22 October 2017 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. It was the seventh ranking event of the 2017/2018 season and a part of the Home Nations Series.

Liang Wenbo was the defending champion, having beaten Judd Trump 9–6 in the 2016 final. Liang made a maximum break in his second round match against Tom Ford, but lost in the third round to Yan Bingtao. His maximum won him the "rolling 147 prize" of £40,000.

Ronnie O'Sullivan captured his 29th ranking title by beating Kyren Wilson 9–2 in the final. With his win O'Sullivan tied John Higgins for 2nd place on the all-time list of ranking event wins, only behind Stephen Hendry.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £40,000

Main draw

Qualifying round

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Finals

Final

Century breaks

Total: 83

• 147, 107, 105 – Liang Wenbo
• 144, 132, 130, 128 – Jack Lisowski
• 143, 128, 114, 105 – Judd Trump
• 141, 127, 112, 104, 104 – Stuart Bingham
• 140, 124, 118, 109, 109, 106, 103 – Kyren Wilson
• 140, 104 – Liam Highfield
• 139, 136, 134, 133, 132, 131, 129, 127, 127, 126, 125, 115 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 139 – Thor Chuan Leong
• 138, 131 – John Higgins
• 136, 135, 134 – Shaun Murphy
• 136 – Mitchell Mann
• 135 – Marco Fu
• 134, 132 – Neil Robertson
• 132, 115, 105 – Matthew Stevens
• 131 – Ian Preece
• 131 – David Gilbert
• 128, 100 – Michael White
• 127 – Ali Carter
• 126 – Tian Pengfei
• 124 – Mark Selby
• 123, 104, 104 – Yuan Sijun
• 123 – Barry Hawkins
• 123 – Alexander Ursenbacher
• 121 – Scott Donaldson
• 120 – Stuart Carrington
• 116 – Aditya Mehta
• 113 – Ding Junhui
• 112 – Sunny Akani
• 111 – Yan Bingtao
• 110, 105 – Tom Ford
• 110 – Ross Muir
• 110 – Xiao Guodong
• 108 – James Wattana
• 107, 101 – Jimmy Robertson
• 107 – Fang Xiongman
• 106 – Robin Hull
• 104 – Hamza Akbar
• 104 – Jamie Jones
• 102 – Chen Zifan
• 101 – Craig Steadman
• 100 – Mark Joyce
• 100 – Anthony McGill