2026 Welsh Open (snooker)

The 2026 Welsh Open (officially the 2026 BetVictor Welsh Open) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 23 February to 1 March 2026 at Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales. Qualifying took place from 9 to 10 January at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England. The 35th consecutive edition of the Welsh Open since it was first staged in 1992, the tournament was the 15th ranking event of the 2025‍–‍26 snooker season, following the 2026 Players Championship and preceding the 2026 World Open. It was the fourth and final tournament in the season's Home Nations Series, following the 2025 English Open, the 2025 Northern Ireland Open, and the 2025 Scottish Open. The winner received £100,000 from a total prize fund of £550,400.

Mark Selby was the defending champion, having defeated Stephen Maguire 9‍–‍6 in the 2025 final, but he lost 3‍–‍4 to Jiang Jun in the last 64. By reaching the final of the event, Jack Lisowski, who had won the 2025 Northern Ireland Open earlier in the season, secured the £150,000 Home Nations Series bonus for earning the most cumulative prize money across the four events. Barry Hawkins defeated Lisowski 9‍–‍5 in the final to win his first Welsh Open title and fifth ranking title. It was Hawkins's first ranking title since the 2023 European Masters, and he advanced from 14th to ninth in the snooker world rankings after the tournament.

The tournament produced 85 century breaks, 33 in the Sheffield qualifiers and 52 at the main stage in Llandudno, of which the highest was a 144 by John Higgins in his last-16 match against Zhang Anda. In the last 64, Chang Bingyu defeated Shaun Murphy 4‍–‍0 with consecutive centuries of 130, 136, 119, and 130. Chang became the ninth player to make four consecutive centuries in professional competition and the third player to do so in a best-of-seven encounter.