UK Open 2026, London, May 26-31

Bob Jewett

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The UK Open is in Brentwood, near London. The player list of 256 players has just been announced. I can't find a text version, but here are the top 64.

The entry fee this year is $350. There are some celebrity entrants, including Barry Hearn OBE, a cricketer? (Shane Thompson), and a darts player (Gerwyn Price). Andy Goldstein, who has announced for Matchroom in the past and plays pretty good pool, is also entered.


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... Disappointed there is no SVB, Sky and Bergman.
SVB is now ranked 17th and Styer is ranked 27th on the WNT ranking list. Those are the only Americans (other than Fedor) in the top 30. If Lukas and Thorsten can get themselves there, you might think those three could figure out a way to play.

I haven't been able to find any printed list of players. Here is an image-to-text result that is likely to contain errors. Each group/column of 32 is numbered separately.

  1. FEDOR GORST
  2. ALOYSIUS YAPP
  3. EKLENT KACI
  4. MORITZ NEUHAUSEN
  5. FRANCISCO SANCHEZ RUIZ
  6. JOSHUA FILLER
  7. PIJUS LABUTIS
  8. JONAS SOUTO
  9. DAVID ALCAIDE
  10. KLEDIO KACI
  11. WIKTOR ZIELINSKI
  12. ROBBIE CAPITO
  13. BERNIE REGALARIO
  14. JAYSON SHAW
  15. JEFREY RODA
  16. NAOYUKI OI
  17. DUONG QUOC HOANG
  18. NIELS FEIJEN
  19. WOJCIECH SZEWCZYK
  20. TYLER STYER
  21. MARIO HE
  22. MAX LECHNER
  23. ALEKSA PECELJ
  24. MICHAEL BAOANAN
  25. LUKAS FRACASSO-VERNER
  26. THORSTEN HOHMANN
  27. SANJIN PEHLIVANOVIC
  28. JAMES ARANAS
  29. ALEXANDROS KAZAKIS
  30. GEORGI GEORGIEV
  31. MARC BIJSTERBOSCH
  32. PATRIC GONZALES

  1. DENIS GRABE
  2. OLIVER SZOLNOKI
  3. MIESZKO FORTUŃSKI
  4. PETRI MAKKONEN
  5. MARVIN ASIS
  6. MOHAMMAD SOUFI
  7. KONRAD JUSZCZYSZYN
  8. HARRY VERGARA
  9. LO HO SUM
  10. DIMITRIS LOUKATOS
  11. LUONG DUC THIEN
  12. ALEXIS GARLIT FERRER
  13. RALF SOUQUET
  14. EMIL GANGFLOT
  15. ALBERT JAMES MANAS
  16. ARSENI SEVASTYANOV
  17. DANIEL MACIOL
  18. ALBERT JANUARTA
  19. ELLIOTT SANDERSON
  20. CASPER MATIKAINEN
  21. CHRIS MELLING
  22. TOBIAS BONGERS
  23. NGUYEN ANH TUAN
  24. YANNICK PONGERS
  25. FRANCESCO CANDELA
  26. RONEL NALAUNAN
  27. PHAM PHUONG NAM
  28. MUSTAFA ALNAR
  29. SULLIVAN CLARK
  30. JAN VAN LIEROP
  31. FITIM HARADINAJ
  32. FRASER PATRICK

  1. IMRAN MAJID
  2. KARL GNADEBERG
  3. FELIX VOGEL
  4. NATHAN CHILDRESS
  5. HUNTER LOMBARDO
  6. SZYMON KURAL
  7. TAN GUO EN NICHOLAS
  8. MIKA VAN BERKEL
  9. DARREN APPLETON
  10. MATEUSZ ŚNIEGOCKI
  11. SAM HENDERSON
  12. JEREMY SOSSEI
  13. CAN SALIM
  14. SHAUN WILKIE
  15. HUBERT LOPOTKO
  16. DEAN SHIELDS
  17. BESAR SPAHIU
  18. MOHAMMED BAABAD
  19. KHALID ALGHAMDI
  20. CRISTIAN SURDEA
  21. GEORGE ANTONAKIS
  22. WALTER LAIKRE
  23. NIKLAS DOHR
  24. ANTONIOS KAKARIS
  25. DANIEL GUTTENBERGER
  26. SALVADOR GARCÍA FERNÁNDEZ
  27. JJ FAUL
  28. NIKOLAOS MALAI
  29. GARY WILSON
  30. PAUL SONG
  31. RADOSLAW BABICA
  32. BORIS IVANOVSKI

  1. MARCEL PRICE
  2. DAMIAN MASSEY
  3. TOMMY TOKOPH
  4. HERMANN HOYH
  5. PIERFRANCESCO GARZIA
  6. STUART BINGHAM
  7. NGUYEN BAYLATRY
  8. HAI LONG LE
  9. RAYMOND LINARES
  10. ADAM STANKIEWICZ
  11. HOLGER VIER
  12. QUINTEN PONGERS
  13. JANI SIEKKINEN
  14. BENJI BUCKLEY
  15. CARLO BLASI
  16. MATTHEW RIGLEY
  17. TOM STAVELEY
  18. IOANNIS CHARLAFTIS
  19. PIUS BAIER
  20. SERGIO LAGUNAS
  21. PHILLIP WILDMAN
  22. ANDY FINNIGAN
  23. GABRIEL VASILACHE
  24. RUSLAN OSTROVSKYI
  25. DANNY KING
  26. ANTHONY BRABIN
  27. TONY DRAGO
  28. FRANKLIN HERNANDEZ
  29. FU HUAN
  30. FLAVIAN GLONT
  31. MARK FOSTER
  32. ABDULRAHMAN KHALID ALGHANAM

  1. KIM SOO GARMARK
  2. JOKUBAS SILANTJEVAS
  3. ADRIAN POLLARD
  4. REVO MAIMRE
  5. SONNY HAEGMANS
  6. JOHN CHAPMAN
  7. LEO HSIEH
  8. I PENG LIAO
  9. RICHARD LACEY
  10. STEVE DELLA PIETRA
  11. DAT HOANG TRAN
  12. SCOTT HUNTER
  13. MAKS BENKO
  14. MINH DUC PHAM
  15. JOE PRINCE
  16. WIKTOR FORTUŃSKI
  17. ANDREW OLIVERO
  18. JON BALLARD
  19. HARRIET HAYNES
  20. DIMITRIOS SIAMPANIS
  21. JAMES DEVLIN
  22. DARIA SIRANCHUK
  23. OLIVER LAWRENCE
  24. GABRIEL ASPHOLM
  25. FABIO RIZZI
  26. CHRIS STRIPPLE
  27. BENJAMIN BELHASSEN
  28. DAVID NICHOLS
  29. KARL WILLIAMS
  30. KASHYAP CHOUDHARY
  31. RAINER BIERMANN
  32. JASPAL SINGH BAMOTRA

  1. JAKE DYLAN NEWLOVE
  2. MAHMUDUR RAHMAN
  3. NEIL BARRACLOUGH
  4. GJ OYANGOREN
  5. KEVIN GROESBECK
  6. ASHIK NATHWANI
  7. CRAIG LAURIE
  8. SHAWN REILLY
  9. JAMES JACK
  10. RICARDO GUTJAHR
  11. PATRICK MUNGIURI
  12. ANTHONY GINN
  13. DARRYL HILL
  14. JAMES OYANGOREN
  15. WALLACE MIAO
  16. JASON SYMONDS
  17. DAVID BLACK
  18. DMITRIJUS TERIAJEVAS
  19. ANDREW BETTS
  20. MARK OWENS
  21. ROBERT HART
  22. JUNAID SUNIL PARVEZ
  23. HASAN SHAHID
  24. DAN SUH
  25. DEAN SPORTON
  26. RAMESH GOKHUL
  27. GLENN MURPHY
  28. MARK CAPITO
  29. DAVE HOPKIN
  30. LYNDSEY DAVIES
  31. KOSTIANTYN IVANOV
  32. LIAM MONK

  1. PAUL WILLIAMS
  2. MICHAEL HOPE
  3. GRAEME HAMILTON
  4. SILVIJE KRISTIC
  5. CHRIS WAKELIN
  6. ABDULRAHMAN ALBISHI
  7. MAZEN ALSUWAIDI
  8. AIMAN ABDULLAH ALMEDARA
  9. SALEM RASHED ALKHALDI
  10. TEDDY FLEWERS
  11. PAUL TAYLOR
  12. IVICA PUTNIK
  13. KEVIN MAY
  14. EDVIN RADOVOVIC
  15. ALIASGAR MERCHANT
  16. JUSTUS ÖSTREICH
  17. WAYNE ROOKE
  18. RUBEN OMAR DOCAMPO
  19. KHADER ABU-HELAIEL
  20. CHRISTOPHER BRISTOW
  21. RICHARD FULWELL
  22. RAMMY RESUMADERO
  23. SAMAN GHOLAMI
  24. MEHEDI HASSAN
  25. SAMIR ALWAN
  26. ALAN LLORENTE
  27. SO SHAW
  28. JOHN GONZALES
  29. RIC ACOPIO
  30. ANATOLI PETROV
  31. ABDULAZIZ AL-AMOUDI
  32. AIDAN FINCH

  1. GERHARD KUIK
  2. TONY BURTON
  3. JAMIE MOCOCK
  4. JOEL MARCO
  5. MARIUSZ GNITECKI
  6. PIOTR LIKOWSKI
  7. ARJUN HATTI
  8. SUNESH GARIB
  9. CALLUM O'DONNELL
  10. KĘSTUTIS ŽADEIKIS
  11. GUĞLIELMO MENNILLO
  12. ZIGA KOVAC
  13. MATEJ KOVAC
  14. DANIEL SMITH
  15. SIMON AYERS
  16. TIBERIUS IORGULESCU
  17. MARTINHO D FIGUEIRA CORREIA
  18. CLEMENS EBERT
  19. VALENTINO CORDELLI
  20. ROMAN HYBLER
  21. HARRY HARRISON
  22. DAINIUS ZVIRBLYS
  23. FABIO PETRONI
  24. DANIELE CORRIERI
  25. GRANIT BEKA
  26. NIKOLAOS CHATOUPIS
  27. JUUSO NUUTINEN
  28. ANDY GOLDSTEIN
  29. GERWYN PRICE
  30. BARRY HEARN OBE
  31. HAMZA AL AWAIDI
  32. SHANE THOMPSON
 
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Strong field overall. About 60 or so who I'd call top players.

A surprising number of Asian players listed. Some will be no-shows.

AJ Manas, Regalario, Roda, Baoanan, Aranas, Patric Gonzeles, Marvin Assis, Harry Vegara, Alexis Ferrer, Albert Januarta, Nguyen Anh Tuan, Rondel Nalaunun and Pham Phuong Nam are listed.

Surprised to see Aranas listed but not Chua. When Aranas travels, Chua usually does too.
 
For those who are interested in attending, the venue is easy to get to for international travelers. Brentwood is on one end of the Elizabeth Line (underground) and Heathrow Airport is on the other end, with London in between.
 
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