Elsewhere, world champion Kyren Wilson has impressed so far this season, as have Chinese duo Ding and Xiao Guodong.

Wherever you look, you’ll find stars and past winners, all competing for the top prize of £250,000.

And you can follow all the latest scores and results from the 2024 British Championship below.

The UK Championship begins on Saturday November 23 and ends on Sunday December 1 when the winner will be crowned.

The Barbican in York, which has become the headquarters of the tournament, will welcome the best players in the world for the 19th time.

You can watch the 2024 UK Championship live on Eurosport and stream all the action from every match live on Discovery+.

Matches at the 2024 UK Championship will be played to the best of 11 frames until the final, which will be played over 19 frames and two sessions.

The 16 best in the world have automatically reserved their place for the main draw and will be joined by 16 qualifiers. Here’s a look at the 16 players who automatically reserved their spots and the 16 who qualified:

• Judd Trump
• Kyren Wilson
• Marc Allen
• Marc Selby
• Ronnie O’Sullivan
• Marc Williams
• Luca Brécel
• Ding Junhui
• Shaun Murphy
• Gary Wilson
• Zhang Anda
• Ali Carter
• Si Jiahui
• John Higgins
• Chris Wakelin
• Xiao Guo Dong

• Stephen Maguire
• Jack Jones
• PageJackson
• Stuart Bingham
• Ryan Day
• Barry Hawkins
• Jack Lisowski
• Wu Yize

• Ronnie O’Sullivan vs. Barry Hawkins
• Shaun Murphy vs. Zhao Xintong

• Ding Junhui vs. Robert Milkins
• Xiao Guodong vs. David Gilbert

• Mark Allen vs. Jackson Page
• Ali Carter vs. Ryan Day

• Si Jiahui vs. Wu Yize
• Mark Selby vs. Jack Lisowski

• Chris Wakelin vs. Matthew Selt
• Kyren Wilson vs. Stephen Maguire

• Luca Brecel vs. Jak Jones
• Gary Wilson vs. Michael Holt

• John Higgins vs. He Guoqiang
• Judd Trump vs. Neil Robertson

• Mark Williams vs. Stuart Bingham
• Zhang Anda vs. Lei Peifan