It was organised by the World Snooker Tour and sponsored by online gambling platform Unibet.

[9] Judd Trump made his 1,000th century break in professional competition during his quarter-final match against Allen, becoming the third player to reach that milestone, after Ronnie O'Sullivan and John Higgins.

[10] The qualifying matches were broadcast by the WST Facebook page, by Discovery+ in Europe, and by Matchroom Sport in all other territories.

[11] The main stage of the event was broadcast by ITV and ITVX in the United Kingdom; by Eurosport and Discovery+ in Europe (excluding the United Kingdom and Ireland); by the CBSA-WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel, CBSA-WPBSA Academy Douyin and Huya Live in China; by Now TV in Hong Kong; by Astro SuperSport in Malaysia and Brunei; by TrueVision in Thailand; by TAP in the Philippines; and by Sportcast in Taiwan.

The breakdown of prize money for this event is shown below:[1] Qualifying for the tournament took place from 31 July to 3 August 2024 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England, although qualifiers featuring the top 18[a] players in the snooker world rankings were held over to be played in Cheltenham.

[13] Thepchaiya Un-Nooh beat Alexander Ursenbacher 4‍–‍1 in a match that lasted less than an hour, and David Grace defeated Jack Lisowski 4‍–‍2.

[14] Neil Robertson beat Andrew Pagett 4‍–‍1, and Chris Totten whitewashed Jimmy White.

Amateur players Mark Joyce[b] and Anton Kazakov[c] won their matches over Xing Zihao and Ahmed Aly Elsayed respectively.

[16] Oliver Lines defeated Lei Peifan 4‍–‍3, and amateur player Simon Blackwell beat the 2024 world women's champion Bai Yulu 4‍–‍2.

[17] On 23 September there were some issues with playing conditions in Cheltenham, and Mark Allen said that "It's some of the worst weather outside and they've left the massive transport doors open.

"[18] In the held‑over qualifying matches played in Cheltenham, Rory Thor beat the defending champion Mark Williams 4‍–‍1.

Bulcsú Révész defeated Ali Carter 4‍–‍3, and Liam Davies beat Barry Hawkins 4‍–‍1.

[22] Liam Davies whitewashed Anton Kazakov, and Zhang Anda beat Hossein Vafaei 4‍–‍1.

[26] Mark Allen made his 4th professional maximum break in his match against Ben Mertens, which he went on to win 4‍–‍1.

[9][27] Thepchaiya Un-Nooh beat Ricky Walden 4‍–‍3, and Kyren Wilson whitewashed Marco Fu.

[2][31] Before the matches started there was a one minute silence in honour of Clive Everton who had died at the age of 87, and after whom the tournament trophy is named.

After the match Higgins said: "I have not won silverware for a few years and I just love the feeling of being the last man standing, that's why I keep going.

I am going to have a monumental game tomorrow, they [Selby and Allen] are both immovable objects who are so tough to compete against.