Qualifying matches featuring the top two players in the world rankings (Ronnie O'Sullivan and Luca Brecel), the two highest ranked Chinese players (Ding Junhui and Zhou Yuelong), and four Chinese wildcards were held over to be played in Wuhan.

The reigning world champion Brecel withdrew in advance of the tournament's main stage, as did Mark Williams, Graeme Dott, and David Gilbert.

Judd Trump won the tournament, defeating Ali Carter 10–7 in the final to secure the 25th ranking title of his career, which put him level with Williams in joint fifth place on the all-time list.

Having claimed the English Open title the previous week, Trump won back-to-back ranking events for the fourth time in his career.

He became the third player in snooker history to win back-to-back ranking tournaments in different countries, after Stephen Hendry in 1990 and Williams in 2002.

[5] it was the second professional snooker tournament, following the invitational 2023 Shanghai Masters, and the first ranking event held in mainland China since the 2019 World Open, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

[9] The event was broadcast domestically in China by CCTV-5, Migu, Youku, and Huya Live and in Europe (including the UK) by Eurosport and Discovery+.

He Guoqiang trailed by 62 points in the deciding frame against eighth seed Kyren Wilson, but made a 64 clearance to win 5–4.

[12] The 24th seed Joe Perry was whitewashed 0–5 by Aaron Hill, who made a 145 break in the fifth frame, the joint highest of the tournament.

[13][14] The 19th seed Anthony McGill lost 4–5 to Ishpreet Singh Chadha, who won the deciding frame on the final black ball.

[15] Other top 32 seeds who lost out during qualifying were Shaun Murphy(7), Hossein Vafaei(17), Gary Wilson(18), Ricky Walden(20), Jimmy Robertson(28), and Fan Zhengyi(31) who were beaten by Ben Mertens, Marco Fu, Ashley Carty, Ian Burns, Rod Lawler, and Stuart Carrington respectively.

[16][17] Neil Robertson made his 900th century break in professional competition (a 137) in his match against fellow Australian Ryan Thomerson.

He became the fourth player in professional snooker history (after Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Higgins, and Judd Trump) to reach the 900-century milestone.

[12] The reigning world champion Luca Brecel withdrew prior to the main stage in Wuhan, as did tenth seed Mark Williams, Graeme Dott, and David Gilbert.

[20][21] Si Jiahui, a 2023 World Championship semi-finalist, made one half-century break as he defeated amateur player Wang Xinzhong by the same score.

[24] Following his exit from the event, Robertson revealed that he would miss some tournaments at the end of the year while spending time in his native Australia.

In the final frame, O'Sullivan trailed by 58 points and required blacks with all reds, which were in difficult positions on the table.

Lisowski won the sixth with a 79 break, but Allen took the seventh after a lengthy safety battle for a 5–2 win, reaching his first quarter-final of the season.

[34] Playing professionally in China for the first time, 21-year-old Irish player Aaron Hill reached the first quarter-final of his career with a 5–3 victory over He Guoqiang.

The 16th frame was decided on the pink, on which both players missed shots before Carter potted it on his second attempt to narrow Trump's lead to 9–7.

However, Trump made a 105 century in the 17th frame to secure a 10–7 victory and claim the 25th ranking title of his career, which put him level with Williams at joint fifth on the all-time list.

"I gave it my best go and it has been a successful week", commented Carter, remarking the Wuhan Open was such a big-money event that his £63,000 runner-up prize was "almost like a tournament win" in terms of its impact on the world rankings.

[47][48] Qualifying matches featuring the top two players in the world rankings (Ronnie O'Sullivan and Luca Brecel), the two highest ranked Chinese players (Ding Junhui and Zhou Yuelong), and four Chinese wildcards (Gong Chenzhi, Bai Yulu, Wang Xinbo, and Wang Xinzhong) were held over to be played in Wuhan.