He had lost the 2021 Northern Ireland Open final to Mark Allen under similar circumstances the previous month.

[9] The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Qualification for the tournament took place from 17 to 22 September 2021 at the Metrodome in Barnsley, England.

[10] Matches which involved the top 16 players and two wildcard nominations were held over and played at the Marshall Arena.

Zhou Yuelong and Zhang Jiankang were withdrawn from the event due to being identified as a close contact of a positive COVID-19 case; they were replaced by Ross Muir and Bai Langning respectively.

[13] Teenage amateurs Paul Deaville and Oliver Sykes played in their first professional events after receiving an invite from WST.