The qualifiers for the first ever Turkish Masters begin on Wednesday in Leicester, with five days of action as players look to join the party in Antalya next month.
The top four ranked players are seeing their first round matches held over to the main venue in Turkey, so Judd Trump v Michael Georgiou, Mark Selby v Wu Yize, Kyren Wilson v Rory McLeod and Neil Robertson v Iulian Boiko will not be played this week.
Neither will Hossein Vafaei v Enes Bakirci and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Ismail Türker, with the two Turkish wildcards heading straight to Antalya, where they have got tough draws.
Almost all the top players are involved, with only Ronnie O’Sullivan opting not to play.
How to watch the Turkish Masters qualifiers
The Eurosport Player is the place to watch the qualifiers for the Turkish Masters this week in the UK.
Matchroom.live will be showing the matches elsewhere outside China, with Chinese broadcasters available here.
Turkish Masters qualifiers draw and schedule
Wednesday 2 February
10am
Pang Junxu v Aaron Hill
Lu Ning v Lei Peifan
Mark King v Zak Surety
Martin O’Donnell v Michael Judge
2.30pm
Liam Highfield v Ashley Hugill
Matthew Selt v Zhang Anda
Xiao Guodong v Xu Si
Anthony Hamilton v Ken Doherty
7pm
David Grace v Peter Lines
Jordan Brown v Bai Langning
Stephen Maguire v Zhao Jianbo
Jack Lisowski v David Lilley
Thursday 3 February
10am
Robert Milkins v Nigel Bond
Andrew Higginson v Jamie O’Neill
Jak Jones v Gerard Greene
Jimmy Robertson v Dean Young
2.30pm
Alexander Ursenbacher v James Cahill
Dylan Emery v Alfie Burden
Joe O’Connor v Mitchell Mann
Sam Craigie v Sanderson Lam
7pm
Akani Songsermsawad v Michael White
Michael Holt v John Astley
Anthony McGill v Jamie Clarke
David Gilbert v Andy Hicks
Friday 4 February
10am
Tian Pengfei v Allan Taylor
Jamie Jones v Jamie Wilson
Mark Davis v Ross Muir
Li Hang v Fan Zhengyi
2.30pm
Mark Joyce v Simon Lichtenberg
Ryan Day v Cao Yupeng
Ricky Walden v Ashley Carty
Zhou Yuelong v Soheil Vahedi
7pm
Mark Williams v Reanne Evans
Matthew Stevens v Farakh Ajaib
Stuart Carrington v Fraser Patrick
Luca Brecel v Peter Devlin
Saturday 5 February
10am
Martin Gould v Craig Steadman
Graeme Dott v Sean Maddocks
Scott Donaldson v Chen Zifan
Noppon Saengkham v Oliver Lines
2.30pm
Zhao Xintong v Louis Heathcote
Stuart Bingham v Jackson Page
Dominic Dale v Si Jiahui
Barry Hawkins v Yuan Sijun
7pm
John Higgins v Barry Pinches
Chris Wakelin v Gao Yang
Mark Allen v Chang Bingyu
Shaun Murphy v Jimmy White
Sunday 6 February
10am
Gary Wilson v Lukas Kleckers
Yan Bingtao v Steven Hallworth
Elliot Slessor v Duane Jones
2.30pm
Tom Ford v Hammad Miah
Ding Junhui v Andrew Pagett
Lyu Haotian v Fergal O’Brien
Joe Perry v Lee Walker
7pm
Liang Wenbo v Zhang Jiankang
Ben Woollaston v Ian Burns
Ali Carter v Ben Hancorn
Held over to the venue stages starting on 7 March
Judd Trump v Michael Georgiou
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Ismail Türker
Mark Selby v Wu Yize
Kyren Wilson v Rory McLeod
Neil Robertson v Iulian Boiko
Hossein Vafaei v Enes Bakirci
Turkish Masters prize money
Winner: £100,000
Runner-up: £45,000
Semi-finals: £20,000
Quarter-finals: £12,500
Last 16: £7,500
Last 32: £5,500
Last 64: £3,500
High break: £5,000
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