2024 Riyadh Season Snooker Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 18–20 December 2024 |
| Venue | Global Theatre |
| City | Boulevard City, Riyadh |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £785,000 |
| Winner's share | £250,000 |
| Highest break | Ding Junhui (CHN) (143) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Mark Allen (NIR) |
| Runner-up | Luca Brecel (BEL) |
| Score | 5–1 |
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The 2024 Riyadh Season Snooker Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from 18 to 20 December 2024 at the Global Theatre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Organised by the World Snooker Tour, the tournament was part of the Riyadh Season festival in the city's entertainment district, Boulevard City. The event was broadcast worldwide by DAZN as well as other local broadcasters. The winner received £250,000 from a total prize fund of £785,000.
The event comprised 12 players: the top ten players in the snooker world rankings and two local wildcard players, Abdulraouf Saigh and Ahmed Aseeri. It featured a non-standard 20-point gold ball, the "Riyadh Season ball", that could be potted only after a player had completed a maximum break. The first player to pot the gold ball and extend a 147 break to 167 would win a special prize of USD$1,000,000.
Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, having defeated Luca Brecel 5–2 in the previous final, but he lost 2–4 to Mark Allen in the semi‑finals. Allen went on to win the tournament, defeating Brecel 5–1 in the final. No player achieved the 167 break; Zhang Anda came closest in his first-round match when he potted 12 reds with 12 blacks. The tournament produced 14 century breaks, the highest being a 143 by Ding Junhui in the second round.