2024 Tour Championship
The 2024 Tour Championship (officially the 2024 Johnstone's Paint Tour Championship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 1 to 7 April 2024 at the Manchester Central in Manchester, England. The 16th and penultimate ranking event of the 2023–24 season before the World Championship, it was the last of three events in the Players Series, following the World Grand Prix and the Players Championship. Organised by the World Snooker Tour and sponsored by Johnstone's Paint, the event was broadcast by ITV Sport domestically and by other broadcasters worldwide. The winner received £150,000 from a total prize fund of £500,000.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 1–7 April 2024 |
| Venue | Manchester Central |
| City | Manchester |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £500,000 |
| Winner's share | £150,000 |
| Highest break | Mark Allen (NIR) (142) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Mark Williams (WAL) |
| Runner-up | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) |
| Score | 10–5 |
← 2023 | |
The event featured the top 12 players on the one-year ranking list as it stood after the World Open; this represented an increase over previous editions of the tournament, which had featured eight competitors. Shaun Murphy won the 2023 event, defeating Kyren Wilson 10–7 in the final, but he failed to qualify for the 2024 edition.
Mark Williams defeated world number two and number three players Judd Trump and Mark Allen in the quarter-final and semi-final, and world number one, Ronnie O'Sullivan, 10–5 in the final to win his first Tour Championship title, the 26th ranking title of his career, and the second of the season since he won the 2023 British Open. Aged 49, Williams became the second oldest ranking event winner after Ray Reardon. Along with O'Sullivan (48) it was the highest combined age for any two finalists of a ranking event.
The tournament produced 27 century breaks. Williams, O'Sullivan, and Allen each compiled six century breaks, with Allen making the tournament highest break of 142 in the quarter-finals.