Gary Wilson’s victory at the BetVictor Scottish Open saw him come from a lowly 61st place on the one-year ranking list to jump to tenth and earn a place at next month’s World Grand Prix in Leicester.

Wilson went into the tournament in Edinburgh knowing he had to at least reach the semi-finals to climb into the top 32, and he went two steps further by winning his second ranking title and £80,000.

The field of 32 players is now confirmed for the World Grand Prix to run from January 15 to 21 at the Morningside Arena, the first event in the 2024 Players Series. The first round draw is below and the format will be announced soon so make sure you are ready to buy tickets!

Judd Trump v Jamie Jones
Lyu Hoatian v Chris Wakelin
Mark Selby v Yuan Sijun
Ali Carter v Wu Yize
Barry Hawkins v Cao Yupeng
John Higgins v Shaun Murphy
Hossein Vafaei v Matthew Selt
Mark Williams v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Zhang Anda v Dominic Dale
Mark Allen v Jack Lisowski
Noppon Saengkham v Xiao Guodong
Ding Junhui v Ricky Walden
Tom Ford v Jordan Brown
Gary Wilson v David Gilbert
Zhou Yuelong v Stephen Maguire
Ronnie O’Sullivan v Pang Junxu

Saengkham’s run to the final earned him £35,000, boosting him from 20th to 11th. After the World Grand Prix, there will be just two ranking events before the line-up of 16 players is confirmed for the Players Championship in Telford in February.

Big names to miss out on Leicester include Kyren Wilson and Luca Brecel, who both needed just one more win in Edinburgh, but fell at the last 16 and last 32 stage respectively.

Wilson moves up to third place in the BetVictor Series rankings, albeit still £114,000 behind runaway leader Judd Trump. There are just two counting events to go: the BetVictor German Masters and BetVictor Welsh Open, so Trump could wrap up the £150,000 bonus if no one gets within £80,000 of him by the end of the tournament in Berlin.

On the official two-year list, Wilson jumps from 20th to 17th while Saengkham is up from 26th to 22nd. Ronnie O’Sullivan will go into 2024 as the world number one with a lead of £113,500 over Trump. This list will now be used for seeding for the 2024 BetVictor Welsh Open and the 2024 World Open.

It’s early days in the Race to the Crucible, with six ranking events still to go, but Wilson has boosted his hopes of a place at the Theatre of Dreams, climbing to 13th, while Saengkham is among the chasing pack in 20th. Robert Milkins is in 16th spot, with Barry Hawkins just behind him, while former champion Neil Robertson is in 30th place, £116,000 behind Milkins.

Tickets for all of these tournaments are on sale now – for details click here.