The first game day of the Northern Ireland Open 2016

Snooker’s top stars will converge on Belfast next week for the new Coral Northern Ireland Open, the second tournament in the Coral Home Nations Series.

Ronnie O’Sullivan, John Higgins, Shaun Murphy and Ding Junhui will be among the star names competing for the title, alongside local favourites Mark Allen, Joe Swail, Patrick Wallace and Jordan Brown.

The event will run from November 14 to 20 at the Titanic Exhibition Centre in Belfast.

Overall ticket sales for Northern Ireland are already at 93% of the total sold at the Coral English Open which took place earlier in October so the tournament is well on course to set the bar higher.

With 128 players in the field and eight tables in the arena in the early stages, it’s an incredible chance for fans to see live sport at the highest level.

First round:

Barry Hawkins (4-0) Martin O'Donnell
61-43, 121(80)-0, 95(74)-0, 65-30

Zhang Yong (2-4) Kurt Maflin
34-62, 63-59, 1-(57)78, 23-65, 73(73)-(57)57, 16-(64)70

Robert Milkins (1-4) Scott Donaldson
64(61)-67, 7-(62)69, 91(91)-1, 20-73, 60-78

Allan Taylor (4-2) Li Hang
54-40, 45-(65)82, 4-(75)98, 76-32, 77(77)-0, 60-51

Michael Wild (2-4) Adam Duffy
59-6, 64(57)-57, 55(55)-77, 30-(53)71, 46-66, 27-(86)87

Curt Dunham (4-2) Christopher Keogan
77(72)-0, 93(93)-34, 49-60, 85-31, 0-63, 73-44

Mike Dunn (3-4) Josh Boileau
26-(72)73, 77-0, 65-49, 39-76, 20-79, 74(56)-49, 47-55

Sam Craigie (4-0) Jamie Jones
89(87)-6, 77(77)-1, 104(104)-0, 47-11

Joe Perry (4-0) Itaro Santos
57-28, 95-10, 72-25, 76(54)-35

Adam Stefanov (2-4) Jamie Cope
70-1, 63-16, 58(58)-(59)65, 9-84, 12-(51)87, 4-71

Alex Borg (4-2) Dechawat Poomjaeng
57-16, 45-62, 20-(82)82, 88-6, 75(66)-35, 85(54)-12

Chen Zhe (4-1) Ross Muir
131(131)-0, 79(53)-19, 8-100, 90(90)-8, 72(56)-57

Zhou Yuelong (4-3) Matthew Stevens
36-(83)83, 97(54)-0, 66-32, 76(76)-0, 31-(63)68, 53-66, 86(67)-4

Fergal O'Brien (4-2) Tian Pengfei
26-(74)112, 76-49, 69-(59)59, 16-62, 90(64)-6, 71-17

Elliot Slessor (2-4) Jimmy Robertson
56-59, 47-64, 72-39, 43-(75)84, 60-52, 23-77

Shaun Murphy (0-4) Luca Brecel
0-(83)83, 2-(83)83, 0-(117)118, 6-(55)73

Wang Yuchen (1-4) Sanderson Lam
36-84, 58-70, 45-72, 82(75)-2, 1-(79)79

Zak Surety (4-3) Darryl Hill
22-85, 58-59, 75-52, 23-62, 54-53, 81(50)-0, 78(60)-7

John Higgins (4-0) Paul Davison
80(71)-0, 70(70)-22, 112(107)-1, 78-39

Thor Chuan Leong (1-4) Mitchell Mann
24-79, 62-0, 4-(80)86, 24-(51)97, 35-88

Stuart Carrington (3-4) Michael Holt
16-66, 97(97)-5, 66-42, 100(70)-5, 8-74, 6-(75)75, 28-(61)68

Hossein Vafaei Ayouri (4-3) Rod Lawler
87(55)-43, 34-72, 66-30, 53-66, 0-(86)124, 97(52)-0, 67-1

Jordan Brown (4-2) Ben Woollaston
81(51)-8, 134(102)-0, 37-78, 2-(76)84, 57-56, 72-15

Graeme Dott (0-4) Michael White
5-(86)105, 51-(53)72, 0-(92)92, 15-(92)96

Ronnie O'Sullivan (4-1) David John
131(131)-1, 93(86)-35, 94-4, 54-63, 133(133)-0

Zhang Anda (4-0) Ian Preece
63(53)-14, 71-49, 79(54)-4, 81(62)-25

Chris Wakelin (4-1) James Wattana
71-6, 62-53, 107(51,54)-7, 47-(65)80, 63(61)-21

Mark Davis (4-0) Jason Weston
69-29, 81-40, 68-44, 66-50

Cao Yupeng (1-4) Akani Songsermsawad
59-(54)63, 0-(90)94, 51-75, 80(79)-16, 46-74

Gareth Allen (2-4) Jimmy White
57-66, 59-71, 78(65)-44, 50-60, 69-(51)51, 33-68

All results, the tournament table and statistics Northern Ireland Open 2016 available here.