The reigning champion was Dutchman Niels Feijen who defeated Shane Van Boening of the United States in the previous year's final to win the title for the second time in his career.

The event was played as a single elimination tournament, with players competing in a preliminary round based on rankings.

[12] Eklent Kaçi defeated the 1997 champion Earl Strickland 7–2; the latter commenting on the room temperature, and crowd reactions for his loss,[13] "It is too cold in here for me ...

[16] Both Alcaide and Ruiz had competed at the 2019 Gibraltar Open snooker event earlier in March, having won two qualifying matches.

Ruiz reached the last 64, defeating professional Martin O'Donnell in the first round 4–3, whilst Alcaide lost 4–1 to David Gilbert.

[19] Two-time winner Shane Van Boening won 7–6 over ladies number 1 Han Yu.

[19][21] In the final match of the first session, WPA world number 1 Alexander Kazakis defeated Justin Sajich 7–3.

[23] In the other first round matches, Skyler Woodward overcame Fedor Gorst, and Eklent Kaçi defeated Jayson Shaw.

[28] The final quarter-final saw Skyler Woodwards defeat Albin Ouschan 7–3, with both players having been previous winners of the MVP at the Mosconi Cup.

[29] The final of the event was contested between David Alcaide and Alexander Kazakis, and played as a race to 9 racks match.

After Alcaide failed a swerve shot, Kazakis took charge of the table, clearing down to the final ball, where he had left himself in a poor position for the pot.

Kazakis decided to play a safety shot over attempting to double the ball to win the match.