2025 English Open (snooker)

2025 BetVictor English Open

Part of the Home Nations Series
Tournament information
Dates	11–21 September 2025 (2025-09-11 – 2025-09-21)
Venue	Brentwood Centre
City	Brentwood
Country	England
Organisation	World Snooker Tour
Format	Ranking event
Defending champion	Neil Robertson  (AUS)
← 2024

The 2025 English Open (officially the 2025 BetVictor English Open) is an upcoming professional snooker tournament that will take place from 11 to 21 September 2025 at the Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England. The 10th consecutive edition of the tournament since it was first staged in 2016, it will be the fourth ranking event of the 2025–26 snooker season, following the 2025 Wuhan Open and preceding the 2025 British Open. It will be the first of four tournaments in the season's Home Nations Series, preceding the 2025 Northern Ireland Open, the 2025 Scottish Open, and the 2026 Welsh Open.

Neil Robertson is the defending champion, having defeated Wu Yize 9‍–‍7 in the 2024 final.

Overview

The 10th consecutive edition of the English Open since it was first staged in 2016, the tournament will take place from 11 to 21 September 2025 at the Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England. ^{[1] [2]} It will be the fourth ranking event of the 2025–26 snooker season, following the 2025 Wuhan Open and preceding the 2025 British Open. ^[3] Neil Robertson is the defending champion, having defeated Wu Yize 9‍–‍7 in the 2024 final. ^[4]

Format

The tournament will use a tiered format first implemented for the Home Nations Series in the 2024–25 snooker season. In round one, players seeded 65‍–‍96 face those seeded 97‍–‍128. In round two, the 32 winners from round one will face players seeded 33‍–‍64. In round three, the 32 winners from round two will face the top 32 seeds. ^[5] All matches will be played as best of seven frames until the quarter‑finals, which will be the best of nine. The semi‑finals will be the best of 11, and the final will be a best‑of‑17-frame match played over two sessions .

References

1. "English Open Tickets 2025". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
2. "Tournaments 2025–26". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
3. "Calendar 2025/2026 - snooker.org". www.snooker.org. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
4. "English Open final: Neil Robertson holds off Wu Yize comeback to win English Open". BBC Sport . 22 September 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
5. "Tiered format for Home Nations and German Masters in 2024/25". World Snooker Tour . 5 April 2024. Archived from the original on 5 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.