It would also be the last professional snooker tournament held in mainland China for almost four years, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mark Williams was the defending champion, having won the 2018 event, defeating David Gilbert 10–9 in the final.
[6] The event featured 64 participants from the World Snooker Tour with a single qualifying round.
[1] It would be the last professional snooker tournament held in mainland China for almost four years, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
[11] Neil Robertson failed to show up for his qualifying match, as he accidentally drove to Barnsley, Gloucestershire.
[11][12][13] World Snooker later made fun of him for mistaking the location of the qualifiers by sending him a map to the site of the next event—the English Open.
He played Welsh player Dominic Dale, who had failed to defeat O'Sullivan after ten attempts, and lost 3–5.
[17] Another qualifying upset was Elliot Slessor recovering from 2–4 behind to defeat two-time ranking event winner Ryan Day 5–4.
[6][19] The runner-up at the English Open, David Gilbert defeated Zhao Xintong 5–4, before a whitewash of Anthony McGill 5–0 and a 5–3 win over Mark Allen.
[19][21][22] Reigning World Champion Judd Trump was tied at 4–4 with Sam Craigie in his first round match despite leading at 3–0 but won the deciding frame.
[19] The fourth and final semi-finalist was two-time ranking winner Kyren Wilson, who defeated, Robbie Williams 5–2, Hossein Vafaei 5–4, Jack Lisowski 5–1, and Zhou Yuelong 5–3.
Higgins missed a pink ball into the middle pocket allowing Trump to clear the table and win the match 6–5.
Frame seven was awarded to Trump, after Un-Nooh failed to hit the red ball on three consecutive attempts.
The victory put Trump level with Ding Junhui into eighth for the most ranking event titles won.
Matches involving Judd Trump, Yan Bingtao, Luca Brecel, Ding Junhui, Lu Ning, Scott Donaldson, Ken Doherty and Ronnie O'Sullivan, were held over and played in Yushan on the opening day of the tournament main stage.