Qualifiers took place from 6 to 8 September at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, although matches involving the top 16 players in the world rankings were held over and played at the final venue.

Mark Selby was the defending champion, having defeated Luca Brecel 9–6 in the 2022 final, but he lost 2–4 to Martin O'Donnell in the last 64.

Judd Trump won the event, coming from 1–5 and 3–7 behind in the final to defeat first-time ranking finalist Zhang Anda 9–7.

[6] The event was broadcast by Eurosport and Discovery+ in Europe (including the UK); 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.

Top-32 players Stuart Bingham, Noppon Saengkham, and Joe Perry were beaten by Jenson Kendrick, Dylan Emery, and Mark Davis respectively.

Eighteen-year-old Liam Pullen defeated the USA's Ahmed Aly Elsayed 4–0 to win his first match at a ranking event.

[10] The reigning women's world champion Baipat Siripaporn led Pakistani player Muhammad Asif 3–1.

Iranian player Hossein Vafaei made breaks of 99, 81, 84, and 79 as he whitewashed Scotland's Liam Graham 4–0.

[12] James Cahill made the highest break in the Leicester qualifiers, a 140 in his match against Thai player Manasawin Phetmalaikul.

[14] Former world champions Stephen Hendry and Ken Doherty were whitewashed by Fergal O’Brien and Jackson Page respectively.

Allan Taylor came from 52 points behind in the deciding frame to defeat 2023 World Championship quarter-finalist Jak Jones 4–3.

[15] After winning the invitational 2023 Shanghai Masters two weeks previously,[16] world number one Ronnie O'Sullivan competed in his first ranking tournament of the season.

He defeated Andrew Pagett 4–0, but stated that he was suffering from tennis elbow and had to take painkillers to play shots requiring cue power.

[17] John Higgins defeated Marco Fu 4–3, clinching the deciding frame on the colours after a safety battle on the green.

[17] Mark Allen made breaks of 104, 127, 114, and 104 as he whitewashed Mostafa Dorgham 4–0, becoming the second player, following Neil Robertson at the 2013 Ruhr Open, to win a best-of-seven-frame match with four consecutive centuries.

His friend purchased the required attire from a nearby Marks & Spencer, but Ding forfeited the opening frame after missing the match's scheduled start time.

He had an opportunity to win the match in the sixth frame but missed a red while on a break of 30, and Brecel tied the scores at 3–3.

[22] Liu Hongyu, also playing his first season on the tour, came from 1–3 behind to defeat seventh seed Shaun Murphy 4–3, despite having trailed by 57 points in the decider.

[24] The defending champion Selby, playing his ninth match in nine days, lost 2–4 to world number 104 Martin O’Donnell.

[23] The 13th seed Barry Hawkins made a 134 break while playing Graeme Dott, but lost the match 2–4.

[27] Trailing Adam Duffy 2–3, Robert Milkins made a 129 break in the sixth frame and a 64 in the decider to win 4–3.

[36] Disturbed by people moving in the crowd, O'Sullivan complained to referee Ben Williams that it felt as if a sponsored walk was taking place at the venue.

Williams complained on social media about the match's late start time, calling it "crazy" and asking how players could be expected to perform well at that hour.

In the seventh frame, Ding had a 56-point lead, but twice missed pots that would have left Liu requiring snookers.

Trump won the sixth after fluking the brown while escaping from a snooker, but Higgins went 5–2 ahead with a 77 break.

Higgins had a chance to clinch the match in frame eight, but missed the yellow to a baulk pocket and Trump cleared to the pink.

Trump miscued in the sixth frame while attempting a pot on a red, and Zhang extended his lead to 5–1.

[46][47] Between sessions, Trump had tournament director Paul Collier replace his cue tip and remained at the venue practicing with it rather than returning to his hotel.

Zhang played well until 7–3 and put me under a lot of pressure, it was only when he missed a couple that I started to turn it round".

Qualification for the tournament took place from 6 to 8 September at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, although matches involving the top 16 players in the world rankings were held over to be played at the final venue.