[2] Thepchaiya Un-Nooh was the defending champion, but he lost 2–6 in the last 16 round to Stephen Maguire.

Ding Junhui won the title by beating Stuart Bingham 8–7 in the final.

Ding later led 7-5 but did not pot any balls in the next two frames as Bingham levelled the match at 7-7.

In the last frame, Ding made a clearance of 29 to win the match on the final black.

[2] The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: The top four players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage.