Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, having defeated Barry Hawkins 11–9 in the 2018 final, and also having won the tournament in 2017.

O'Sullivan successfully defended his title for a second consecutive year, defeating Shaun Murphy 11–9 in the final.

The event was broadcast by Great Sports Channel, Superstars Online, Youku and Zhibo.tv in China, as well as NowTV in Hong Kong and Eurosport in Europe.

[3] The defending champion was Ronnie O'Sullivan who won the 2018 event by beating Barry Hawkins 11–9 in the final.

[6] Six of the eight seeded players progressed, with David Gilbert completing a whitewash of Cao Jin.

[11] Two former world champions, Shaun Murphy and Mark Williams played all 11 frames in their second round match.

[3] O'Sullivan defeated Robertson 10–6 in the semi-final, despite his cue tip breaking in frame six.

[14] Shaun Murphy defeated Jack Lisowski 6–1 in the quarter-final,[15] before playing Mark Allen in the semi-final.

Barry Hawkins completed the tournament's highest break of 142 in the fourth frame of his second round match against John Higgins.