Jones Beats Selby 10-6 for British Open Title

Jak Jones defeated four-time world champion Mark Selby 10-6 at The Centaur in Cheltenham to win the 2026 British Open, claiming the second ranking title of his career and a £100,000 winner's cheque.

A stalemate shattered on the colours

The afternoon session could not separate them. Jones edged ahead four times, only for Selby to respond each time and square the session at 4-4.

Selby launched the highest break of the final, a 139, in frame two. Jones replied with a counter-clearance of 64 to the pink in frame seven after Selby had posted a 60.

From qualifier to multiple-time winner

The deadlock returned at 5-5 when Selby compiled a century. Jones then pulled clear, pinching frame twelve by clearing from green to black after Selby missed a red on 66.

Selby narrowed the gap to 7-6, but breaks of 53 and 62 from Jones built a 9-6 lead. The match was settled on the colours when Selby missed a green.

The win makes Jones the 46th multiple-time ranking event winner in professional snooker history. It follows his maiden title at the Championship League barely two months earlier.

"I can't believe it to be honest," Jones told reporters afterwards. "I never thought I'd be able to grind Mark Selby down but I've done it today."

The Welshman first reached a World Championship final as a qualifier in 2024. Now he has traded a reputation for near-misses for the quiet certainty of a title winner.