The third ranking tournament of the 2023–24 snooker season, it followed the 2023 European Masters and preceded the 2023 English Open.

The defending champion was Ryan Day, who defeated Mark Allen 10–7 in the 2022 final,[3] but he lost 2–4 to Ali Carter in the last 32.

Xiao Guodong made the tournament's highest break, a 140 in his quarter-final match against Tom Ford.

[11] The event was broadcast by ITV Sport in the United Kingdom, by Eurosport and Discovery+ in Europe; by Liaoning TV, Migu, Youku, and Huya Live in China; by Now TV in Hong Kong; by Astro SuperSport in Malaysia and Brunei; by TrueVision in Thailand; by Premier Sports Network in the Philippines; and by Fastsports in Pakistan.

The breakdown of prize money for this event is shown below:[1] World number one Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrew from the tournament for medical reasons and was replaced in the draw by Steven Hallworth.

[15] The reigning world champion Luca Brecel lost 3–4 to Ding Junhui in their held-over qualifying match.

[16] Mark Allen, who defeated Anthony McGill 4–1, would have overtaken O'Sullivan had he won the tournament,[17] but he was whitewashed 0–4 by Kyren Wilson in his first-round match.

Xiao Guodong defeated Tom Ford 5–3, making the tournament's highest break of 140 in the final frame.

[26][27][28][29] In the semi-finals, Williams defeated Vafaei 6–3 and Selby whitewashed Xiao 6–0, making a 123 break in the fourth frame.

Selby led by 56 points in the 16th frame, but Williams, who had not potted a ball for 39 minutes, made a 69 clearance to move one from victory at 9–7.

Aged 48 years and 194 days, he surpassed 2022 Welsh Open champion Joe Perry to become the second-oldest winner of a ranking title.

Ray Reardon remained the oldest ranking winner, having won the 1982 Professional Players Tournament at age 50.