[1] Judd Trump was the defending champion,[2][3] but he lost 5–6 against Alan McManus in the last 64.

Ding Junhui won his ninth ranking title by defeating Marco Fu 10–9 in the final.

Ding became the first player to win three consecutive ranking titles since Stephen Hendry in 1993.

[4] This was also the third consecutive all-Asian ranking final, after Ding defeating Xiao Guodong at the Shanghai Masters and Aditya Mehta at the Indian Open.

[5] The total prize money of the event was raised to £625,000 from the previous year's £600,000.