A four-player invitational Masters event, featuring 2009 open singles champion Billy Jackson, and BBC commentator David Corkhill, was added to the schedule as a replacement.

[10][11] Ian Bond became the inaugural Masters champion with a win over Billy Jackson in the final, after the pair had beaten Graham Robertson and David Corkhill respectively in the semi-finals.

[12] Jason Banks won the open singles title for the first time, defeating 2020 champion Robert Paxton in the final.

Initially, the WBT announced the exclusion of Israeli players, citing security concerns following protests at previous events.

[16] The organisers banned Israeli players Daniel Alomin, Amnon Amar and Itai Rigbi from competing, citing "significant escalation in related political concerns".