Mark Allen will play his fellow Northern Irishman Jordan Brown in the first round of the UK Championship.
Allen was paired with his close friend Brown who came through qualifying today.
It will be their first meeting on the tour.
Jimmy White, who made history yesterday by qualifying for the tournament at the age of 60, has been handed a favourable draw against 16th seed Ryan Day.
That game will take place this Saturday on the opening night of the tournament
Seven-times winner Ronnie O'Sullivan will face another former winner in Matthew Stevens.
Last year's winner Zhao Xintong will take on Sam Cragie or Ian Burns with the last set of qualifying matches tonight.
UK Championship first round draw:
- John Higgins v Tom Ford
- Ronnie O'Sullivan v Matthew Stevens
- Mark Selby v Hossein Vafaei
- Shaun Murphy v David Gilbert
- Mark Williams v Jamie Clarke
- Judd Trump v Xiao Guodong / Andres Petrov
- Barry Hawkins v Ding Junhui
- Yan Bingtao v Zhou Yuelong
- Mark Allen v Jordan Brown
- Luca Brucel v Lyu Haotian
- Neil Robertson v Joe Perry
- Ryan Day v Jimmy White
- Jack Lisowski v Xu Si
- Stuart Bingham v Ally Carter / Liam Highfield
- Zhao Xintong v Sam Cragie / Ian Burns
- Kyren Wilson v Matthew Selt / Anthony Hamilton
