The winner received the Stephen Hendry trophy and £80,000 from a total prize fund of £427,000.

Qualification for the tournament took place from 30 October to 2 November at the Morningside Arena in Leicester.

Qualifying matches involving the top 16 players in the world rankings and two Scottish wildcards were held over to be played at the main venue in Edinburgh.

[3] World number one Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrew from the tournament before his held-over qualifying match against Liam Graham.

[4] Gary Wilson was the defending champion, having defeated Joe O'Connor 9‍–‍2 in the final of the 2022 tournament.

Stuart Bingham made the tournament's highest break, a 145 in his last-64 match against Manasawin Phetmalaikul.

[2] The qualifying matches were broadcast by Discovery+ in Europe (including the UK); Migu [zh], Youku, and Huya in China; and Matchroom.live in all other territories.

[6] The main stage of the event was broadcast by Eurosport, Discovery+, and DMAX in Europe (including the UK and Ireland); Liaoning TV, Migu, and Huya in Mainland China; Now TV in Hong Kong; Astro SuperSport in Malaysia and Brunei; TrueVisions in Thailand; Sportcast in Taiwan; Premier Sports Network in the Philippines; Fastsports in Pakistan; and Matchroom.live in all other territories.

[4] His opponent, Liam Graham, received a walkover, but criticised O'Sullivan for his late withdrawal, calling it "disrespectful.

Reigning World Champion Luca Brecel whitewashed Iulian Boiko 4‍–‍0 despite arriving at the venue just before the match, due to a delayed flight.

The 14th seed Barry Hawkins made century breaks of 127 and 100, but lost 3‍–‍4 to Pang Junxu.

Judd Trump, Jack Lisowski, and John Higgins also whitewashed their respective opponents Sydney Wilson, Mohamed Ibrahim, and Oliver Brown.

[15]Jamie Jones defeated fifth seed Mark Allen 4‍–‍2 with century breaks of 141 and 103.

Martin Gould withdrew from the tournament, and his opponent Zhou Yuelong received a walkover.

Liu Hongyu and Lyu Haotian whitewashed their respective opponents Zak Surety and Jackson Page 4‍–‍0.

"[19] Mark Selby made a century break of 115 in the second frame and led Matthew Stevens 3‍–‍2.

The 20th seed Stuart Bingham whitewashed Manasawin Phetmalaikul 4‍–‍0, making breaks of 135 and 145 in the first two frames.

[1] Noppon Saengkham defeated 11th seed Ali Carter 4‍–‍2, and Brecel was beaten 2‍–‍4 by Martin O'Donnell.

Matthew Selt trailed Selby 1‍–‍3, but won three consecutive frames to clinch a 4‍–‍3 victory.

Anthony McGill made a century break of 100 to level the scores at 2‍–‍2 against Pang, and also took the next two frames for a 4‍–‍2 win.

[1] In the afternoon session, Zhou made a century break of 100 in the first frame and went on to lead Bingham 4‍–‍1.

"[22][23] Saengkham was level at 2‍–‍2 with Lam at the mid-session interval, but won three of the next four frames to win the match 5‍–‍3.

Zhou made a break of 69 in the deciding frame and celebrated after potting the green ball to lead by 31 points with just 22 remaining.

However, Wilson obtained foul points from three snookers, and then won the frame on a re-spotted black for a 6‍–‍5 victory.

"[26][27] The best-of-17-frame final was played over two sessions on 17 December between defending champion Gary Wilson and first-time ranking finalist Saengkham.

Qualification for the tournament took place from 30 October to 2 November at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, although matches involving the top 16 players in the world rankings and two Scottish wildcards (Jack Borwick and Amaan Iqbal) were held over to be played at the final venue.

[3] The results of the held-over matches played in Edinburgh on 11 December were as follows:[1] The results of the qualifying matches played in Leicester were as follows:[3] A total of 59 century breaks were made during the main stage of the tournament in Edinburgh.