The European Open is a professional snooker tournament. It is one of the eight ranking tournaments.

Prior to the 1988/89 season, there were no events outside the United Kingdom, so the WPBSA decided to set up a tournament to be played in Europe. Under various sponsors, the tournament was played as a ranking tournament until the 1995/96 season. The tournament then lost ranking status, and was discontinued after 1996/97. The German Open, Irish Open and Malta Grand Prix were the ranking tournaments in Europe for the next few years, before the European Open was revived for 2001/02.

Winners

Year	Winner	Opponent	Final score	Season
ranking
1989	John Parrott	Terry Griffiths	9 - 8	1988/89
1990	John Parrott	Stephen Hendry	10 - 6	1989/90
1991	Tony Jones	Mark Johnston-Allen	9 - 7	1990/91
1992	Jimmy White	Mark Johnston-Allen	9 - 3	1991/92
1993	Steve Davis	Stephen Hendry	10 - 4	1992/93
1994	Stephen Hendry	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9 - 5	1993/94
1995	Stephen Hendry	John Parrott	9 - 3	1994/95
1996	John Parrott	Peter Ebdon	9 - 7	1995/96
non-ranking
1997	John Higgins	John Parrott	9 - 5	1996/97
ranking
2001	Stephen Hendry	Joe Perry	9 - 2	2001/02
2003	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Stephen Hendry	9 - 6	2002/03
2004	Stephen Maguire	Jimmy White	9 - 3	2003/04