The English Open was first played in 2016 as a world ranking tournament and a part of the Home Nations Series.

[6] Chinese sports prediction website 19.com sponsored the event,[7] which was broadcast by Quest in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland; in Europe by Eurosport; NowTV in Hong Kong; Superstars Online, Youku and Zhibo.tv in China; DAZN in Canada; Truesport in Thailand and Sky Sport in New Zealand.

The breakdown of prize money for the tournament is shown below:[9] Rounds one to four were played between 14 and 17 October as the best of seven frames.

[6] Tian Pengfei defeated Gerard Greene, Alan McManus and Dominic Dale to reach the last 16 round.

[6] Tom Ford, seeded 24, completed 4–0 wins over Peter Lines and Lu Ning before defeating Kyren Wilson 4–2.

[6] In the last 16, Ford played Shaun Murphy, and made a maximum break in the final frame to win the match 4–3.

[10] Twelfth seed David Gilbert defeated Stuart Carrington, amateur Ryan Davies, Kurt Maflin to meet Zhao Xintong in the last 16, which he won 4–3.

[6] Chinese player Mei Xiwen defeated Yan Bingtao, Li Hang and Elliot Slessor.

He met five-time World Snooker Championship winner Ronnie O'Sullivan, defeating him 4–3.

[6] Mark Allen completed two whitewashes over Andy Lee and tenth seed Barry Hawkins to progress to the quarter-finals.

[11] Trump did not pot a ball in the opening two frames as Walker won the match 4–2, and defeated Gary Wilson to reach the quarter-finals.