The Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters is fast approaching the business end, with a champion crowned on Saturday and a £500,000 top prize handed out.
Judd Trump won that huge prize last year but will not be doing so this time round after his shock loss in the last 32 to Oliver Lines on Tuesday.
The likes of John Higgins, Mark Selby and Shaun Murphy have also fallen by the wayside in their quest for the whopping cheque, which equals the World Championship top prize.
The tournament in Jeddah has moved from Riyadh, where it was held last season, but that has yet to see the crowds boosted, with most games played in front of a handful or no people at all.
The arrival of Ronnie O’Sullivan on Tuesday did improve things a bit as he started his campaign with a 5-0 whitewash of Joe O’Connor to the delight of those in attendance.
The 49-year-old is looking to land his first ranking title since January 2024 when he won the World Grand Prix.
There are some big names trying to stop him, though, including the current world champion Zhao Xintong and the previous Crucible king Kyren Wilson.
When is the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters?
The event runs from August 8-16 at the Green Halls in Jeddah.
It is an unusual run from a Friday to a Saturday in Saudi Arabia.
How to watch the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters
In the UK the tournament will be shown on TNT Sports and Discovery+.
For how to watch the event elsewhere, click here.
Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters prize money
Winner: £500,000
Runner-up: £200,000
Semi-final: £100,000
Quarter-final: £50,000
Last 16: £30,000
Last 32: £20,000
Last 48: £11,000
Last 80: £7,000
Last 112: £4,000
Last 144: £2,000
147 break: £50,000
Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters schedule
Wednesday August 13
5.30pm
Kyren Wilson vs Si Jiahui
Chang Bingyu vs Ronnie O’Sullivan
Ding Junhui vs Barry Hawkins
Chris Wakelin vs Zhao Xintong
Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters results
Last 16
Oliver Lines 3-6 Ali Carter
Neil Robertson 6-5 Mark Selby
Elliot Slessor 6-5 Stuart Bingham
Shaun Murphy 1-6 Mark Williams
Round Five
Neil Robertson 5-2 Ben Woollaston
Zhang Anda 2-5 Stuart Bingham
Mark Selby 5-3 Long Zehuang
Judd Trump 3-5 Oliver Lines
Mark Williams 5-3 Yuan Sijun
Ali Carter 5-4 Gary Wilson
John Higgins vs Elliot Slessor
Shaun Murphy 5-1 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Ding Junhui 5-2 Stephen Maguire
Mark Allen 4-5 Chang Bingyu
Zhao Xintong 5-0 Steven Hallworth
Kyren Wilson 5-4 Iulian Boiko
Chris Wakelin 5-1 Farakh Ajaib
Ronnie O’Sullivan 5-0 Joe O’Connor
Si Jiahui 5-3 Wu Yize
Barry Hawkins 5-3 Martin O’Donnell
Round Four
Ben Woollaston 5-4 Jack Lisowski
Gary Wilson 5-2 Aaron Hill
Long Zehuang vs Pang Junxu
Stan Moody 0-5 Yuan Sijun
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5-1 Jak Jones
Noppon Saengkham 2-5 Oliver Lines
Stuart Bingham 5-4 Sam Craigie
Elliot Slessor 5-4 Lan Yuhao
Steven Hallworth 5-3 Zhou Yuelong
Chang Bingyu 5-3 David Gilbert
Stephen Maguire 5-0 Anthony McGill
Hossein Vafaei 3-5 Martin O’Donnell
Louis Heathcote 4-5 Iulian Boiko
Sanderson Lam 0-5 Joe O’Connor
Wu Yize 5-1 Matthew Stevens
Jamie Jones 2-5 Farakh Ajaib
Round Three
Rob Milkins 3-4 Aaron Hill
Xu Si 0-4 Long Zehuang
Gary Wilson 4-3 Gao Yang
Jimmy Robertson 3-4 Steven Hallworth
Pang Junxu 4-2 Amir Sarkhosh
Noppon Saengkham 4-3 Gong Chenzhi
Matt Selt 3-4 Oliver Lines
Jack Lisowski 4-0 Reanne Evans
Lyu Haotian 0-4 Lan Yuhao
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-0 Jordan Brown
He Guoqiang 1-4 Sam Craigie
Ryan Day 2-4 Stan Moody
Elliot Slessor 4-1 Ben Mertens
Yuan Sijun 4-1 Antoni Kowalski
Jak Jones 4-1 Huang Jiahao
Stuart Bingham 4-1 Michal Szubarczyk
Jackson Page 2-4 Iulian Boiko
Daniel Wells 3-4 Chang Bingyu
David Gilbert 4-2 Artemijs Zizins
Lei Peifan 0-4 Louis Heathcote
Robbie Williams 1-4 Matthew Stevens
Wu Yize 4-1 Ashley Hugill
Ben Woollaston 4-1 Chatchapong Nasa
Hossein Vafaei 4-1 Julien Leclercq
Tom Ford 2-4 Farakh Ajaib
Stephen Maguire 4-3 Allan Taylor
Ricky Walden 2-4 Anthony McGill
Fan Zhengyi 3-4 Jamie Jones
Joe O’Connor 4-3 Wang Yuchen
Martin O’Donnell 4-3 Liu Hongyu
Zhou Yuelong 4-1 Duane Jones
Round Two
Mark Davis 0-4 Sam Craigie
Ben Mertens 4-3 Ross Muir
Stan Moody 4-3 Liam Highfield
Bulcsu Revesz 3-4 Michal Szubarczyk
Ishpreet Singh Chadha 1-4 Lan Yuhao
Antoni Kowalski 4-2 Hesham Abdelaziz
Jordan Brown 4-1 Sahil Nayyar
Cheung Ka Wai 1-4 Huang Jiahao
Chris Totten 0-4 Gao Yang
Aaron Hill 4-1 Leone Crowley
Oliver Lines 4-1 Liam Pullen
Gong Chenzhi 4-2 Dylan Emery
Long Zehuang 4-3 Zhao Hanyang
Amir Sarkhosh 4-0 Jonas Luz
Liam Davies 2-4 Reanne Evans
Michael Holt 3-4 Steven Hallworth
Duane Jones 4-0 Liam Graham
Allan Taylor 4-3 Mohamed Shehab
Haris Tahir 0-4 Farakh Ajaib
Anthony McGill 4-1 Oliver Brown
Liu Hongyu 4-1 Alexander Ursenbacher
Julien Leclercq 4-1 Umit Dikme
David Lilley 3-4 Chatchapong Nasa
Jamie Jones 4-2 Fergal Quinn
Sunny Akani 0-4 Louis Heathcote
Artemijs Zizins 4-3 Ken Doherty
Sanderson Lam 4-0 Connor Benzey
Zak Surety 1-4 Iulian Boiko
Scott Donaldson 3-4 Chang Bingyu
Wang Yuchen 4-0 Hatem Yassen
Haydon Pinhey 0-4 Ashley Hugill
Matthew Stevens 4-1 David Grace
Round One
Florian Nuessle 3-4 Dylan Emery
Liam Pullen 4-1 Ahmed Aseeri
Robbie McGuigan 1-4 Gao Yang
Kreishh Gurbaxani 2-4 Reanne Evans
Ross Muir 4-0 Abdulraouf Saigh
Sahil Nayyar 4-1 Habib Subah
Huang Jiahao 4-1 Abdullah AlShammari
Steven Hallworth 4-0 Omar Alajlani
Zhao Hanyang 4-0 Musab Sayegh
Jiang Jun 2-4 Hesham Abdelaziz
Leone Crowley 4-2 Ziyad Alqabbani
Jonas Luz 4-3 Musaad Almisfir
Mateusz Baranowski 1-4 Lan Yuhao
Michal Szubarczyk 4-2 Ryan Davies
Sam Craigie 4-2 Xu Yichen
Liam Highfield 4-0 Mohammed Al Joker
Iulian Boiko 4-2 Liu Wenwei
Ian Burns 2-4 David Grace
Chang Bingyu 4-3 Marco Fu
Ken Doherty 4-1 Jimmy White
Chatchapong Nasa 4-0 Fahad Alghamdi
Mink Nutcharut 1-4 Umut Dikme
Mitchell Mann 1-4 Ashley Hugill
Connor Benzey 4-0 Adeel Aqdus
Farakh Ajaib 4-0 Saud Albaker
Louis Heathcote 4-0 Ayman Alamri
Liam Graham 4-0 Asif Mukhtar
Yao Pengcheng 3-4 Alexander Ursenbacher
Oliver Brown 4-2 Patrick Whelan
Fergal Quinn 4-2 Mahmoud El Hareedy
Hatem Yassen 4-3 On Yee Ng
Mohamed Shehab 4-2 Abdullah Alotayyani
