Shaun Murphy had won the 2023 event where he defeated Kyren Wilson 10‍–‍7 in the final, but he failed to qualify for the 2024 edition.

The top twelve players on the one‑year ranking list as it stood after the World Open participated in the event, whereas previous editions had featured eight competitors.

[2] English player Shaun Murphy won the previous year's event, defeating compatriot Kyren Wilson 10‍–‍7 in the final.

[4] The event was broadcast in the United Kingdom by ITV4 and ITV3; Liaoning TV, Migu, and Huya in mainland China; DAZN in the United States, Brazil, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and Spain; Nova Sport in Czech Republic and Slovakia; Viaplay and Go3 Sport in Poland, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Iceland, Netherlands, and Norway; Now TV in Hong Kong; Astro SuperSport in Malaysia and Brunei; True Sports in Thailand; Sportcast in Taiwan; Premier Sports Network in the Philippines; Fastsports in Pakistan; and Matchroom.live in all other territories.

[5] The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:[6] Unlike other events where the defending champion is seeded first, the reigning World Champion second, and the rest based on the world rankings, the qualification and seedings in the Players Series tournaments are determined by the one‑year ranking list.

The below list shows the top 12 players with the most ranking points acquired during the 2023‍–‍24 season, as of after the World Open who qualified for the event.

[10] But Higgins claimed victory twice in February, winning 5‍–‍2 both times at the 2024 German Masters and the 2024 Welsh Open.

Allen responded with a century break of 123, and won two more frames to even the match at 4‍–‍4 at the end of the session.

He attributed the win to working with psychologist Paul Gaffney, saying: "It has focussed my mind on just playing the next shot and the next frame as well as I can.

"[11] Higgins praised Allen's performance, while criticising his own: "I missed two or three unforgivable balls tonight.

"[11] He hinted towards retiring, adding: "I just need to dust myself down a couple of weeks before the [World Championship], try to get some good practice in and go there and give it a final go maybe.

[12] Play resumed the next day, and Wilson maintained the two-frame advantage at 8‍–‍6 after both players shared the first six frames.

"[19] The former world number one Selby called his performance "pathetic from start to finish" and "probably one of the worst games I've played as a professional.

Ford had the first chance in the decider, but missed a pot on a red at 54‍–‍0 ahead, and Williams secured the frame with a break of 66 to win 10‍–‍9 on the last pink.

He added: "Tom [Ford] was by far the better player, he made four centuries and didn't win, he must have thought he had me.

Carter responded with breaks of 80, 51, and 83 to lead 3‍–‍1 at the mid-session interval, with Hawkins scoring only two points in those three frames.

Carter moved ahead to 6‍–‍1, helped by a total clearance of 135 in the fifth frame and a 94 break in the sixth.

[2] World number one Ronnie O'Sullivan, the 2019 champion[26] and runner-up in 2021,[27] played Carter in the first quarter-final.

[32][33] O'Sullivan, who had withdrawn from the Welsh Open in February citing mental health reasons, commented on the difficulties he had faced that prompted him to work with Steve Peters, his psychiatrist, saying: "It's been a hard year, drove myself pretty much insane really.

Zhang had the first chance in the 18th frame, but only scored 34 before missing a red, and Wilson made a break of 50 before running out of position.

[43] Allen made a break of 100 in the opening frame, but Ding took the next three to lead 3‍–‍1 at the mid-session interval.

[32][34] Play resumed the next day, and Ding took the ninth frame with a 70 break to extend his lead to 6‍–‍3.

"[45][46] The fourth quarter-final was contested between world number two and the top seed Judd Trump and Williams.

[51] O'Sullivan had previously defeated Wilson 5‍–‍1 in the quarter-final of the World Grand Prix earlier in the season.

The referee Paul Collier called foul on Wilson, believing that the cue ball had contacted the pink first.

[53] Wilson accepted the decision after a brief discussion, but slow motion replay later showed that the cue ball had actually hit the red first, and was not a foul shot.

However, O'Sullivan made breaks of 97 and 129 to win three consecutive frames in only 33 minutes, and capture a 10‍–‍7 victory to reach his 64th career ranking final.

"[55] He also revealed that he's been suffering from "the yips" and has tried to change his mindset: "That's not a nice place to be, so I've got nothing left to do other than to try to get myself mentally out of it and hopefully my game will start to flow again, maybe.

Despite missing four consecutive pots, Williams won frame four with two breaks of 66 and 67 to lead 3‍–‍1 at the mid-session interval.

[70][71] After play resumed, Williams won the opening frame as he potted the last red with a swerve shot and cleared the colours.