2025 World Open (snooker)

2025 World Open

Tournament information
Dates	23 February – 1 March 2025 (2025-02-23 – 2025-03-01)
Venue	Yushan Sport Centre
City	Yushan
Country	China
Organisation	World Snooker Tour
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£825,000
Winner's share	£175,000
Defending champion	Judd Trump  (ENG)
← 2024

The 2025 World Open (officially the 2025 Weide Cup World Open) is an upcoming professional snooker tournament that will take place from 23 February to 1 March 2025 at the Yushan Sport Centre in Yushan, China. Qualifiers took place from 20 to 22 December 2024 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England. The 14th ranking event of the 2024‍–‍25 season, it follows the 2025 Welsh Open and precedes the 2025 World Grand Prix. The winner will receive £175,000 from a total prize fund of £825,000.

Judd Trump is the defending champion, having defeating Ding Junhui 10‍–‍4 in the final of the 2024 event.

Overview

The tournament will take place from 23 February to 1 March 2025 at the Yushan Sport Centre in Yushan, China. ^[1] The fourteenth ranking event of the 2024‍–‍25 season (following the 2025 Welsh Open and preceding the 2025 World Grand Prix), and the fifth and last major tournament of the season to be held in mainland China, the tournament is the sixth edition of the World Open since 2016. Originally created in 1982 as the Professional Players Tournament, the tournament was held in the UK as the Grand Prix and LG Cup from 1984 to 2009, and was renamed the World Open in 2010. ^{[2] [3]} China hosted the event from 2012 to 2014 in Haikou, and in Yushan since 2016. ^{[4] [5]}

Judd Trump is the two‑time defending champion, having won the event in 2019 and again, after a five‑year hiatus due to the COVID‑19 pandemic, in 2024, defeating 2017 World Open champion Ding Junhui 10‍–‍4 in the final. ^{[6] [7]}

Format

Qualification for the tournament took place from 20 to 22 December 2024 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England. Qualifying matches involving defending champion Judd Trump, reigning World Champion Kyren Wilson, the two highest‑ranked Chinese players (Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda), four Chinese wildcards (Zhou Jinhao, Cao Jin, Wang Yuhang, and Zou Pengfei); and Daniel Womersley ^[a] are held over to be played at the main venue in Yushan. ^[9]

All matches are played as the best of nine frames up to and including the quarter‑finals. The semi‑finals are the best of 11 frames and the final is a best of 19 frames match played over two sessions . ^{[1] [10]}

Broadcasters

The qualifying matches were broadcast domestically by Migu and Huya in China; by Discovery+ in Europe (including the United Kingdom and Ireland); and Matchroom.live in all other territories.

The main stage of the event will be broadcast domestically by CCTV‑5, Migu, and Huya in China; by Eurosport in Europe (this includes Discovery+ in Germany, Italy and Poland, and MAX in all other European territories); Now TV in Hong Kong; True Sports in Thailand; Sportcast in Taiwan; and WST Play in all other territories.

As a result of the previously announced closure of Eurosport in the UK and Ireland on 28 February 2025, some linear channel sessions of the tournament in the region, including the semi‑final and final, will require a subscription for £31 per month for TNT Sports: the snooker will be provided by TNT Sports 3. Although Discovery+ can be accessed in the same locations, the video on‑demand service is also accessible only through a £31 per month subscription, if no access is provided free of charge to Discovery+ by a Pay TV service provider. ^{[11] [12]}

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below: ^[5]

• Winner: £175,000
• Runner-up: £75,000
• Semi-final: £33,000
• Quarter-final: £22,000
• Last 16: £14,000
• Last 32: £9,000
• Last 64: £5,000
• Highest break: £5,000

• Total: £825,000

Summary

Qualifying

On 20 December 2024 Barry Hawkins beat Cheung Ka Wai 5‍–‍1, Zak Surety whitewashed fourteenth seed Si Jiahui, and Chris Totten defeated Stuart Bingham 5‍–‍1. ^[13] In the second frame Bingham made a 72 break before Totten replied with a 73 clearance to win on the final black . ^[10]

On 21 December 2024 John Higgins beat Wang Yuchen 5‍–‍4, Lei Peifan recovered from 0‍–‍4 down to defeat Anthony Hamilton 5‍–‍4, and Jak Jones whitewashed Allan Taylor. ^[14]

On 22 December 2024 Luca Brecel beat amateur Iulian Boiko 5‍–‍3, Sunny Akani defeated sixth seed Mark Williams 5‍–‍2, and Amir Sarkhosh beat David Gilbert 5‍–‍3, winning the eighth frame on the final black. Mark Selby made a 142 break in the deciding frame to beat Artemijs Žižins 5‍–‍4, and Mark Allen won the last two frames to beat Rory Thor 5‍–‍4. ^[15]

Early rounds

Before the start of the tournament, it was announced that Ronnie O'Sullivan, Luca Brecel, Ricky Walden, Chris Totten, and Jak Jones had withdrawn. O'Sullivan was replaced by amateur player Daniel Womersley; and the other four players' opponents (Tian Pengfei, Ryan Day, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, and Robbie Williams respectively) were given walkovers to the last‑32. ^[8]

Held over matches

The held‑over qualifying matches will be played on 23 February 2025 as the best of nine frames . ^{[10] [16]}

Last 64

The last‑64 matches will be played on 23 and 24 February 2025 as the best of nine frames. ^{[1] [16]}

Main draw

The draw for the tournament is shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32 seeded players, an "a" indicates amateur players who were not on the main World Snooker Tour, and players in bold denote match winners. ^{[16] [1] [17]}

Top half

Last 64 Best of 9 frames

Last 32 Best of 9 frames

Last 16 Best of 9 frames

Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames

Semi-finals Best of 11 frames

Judd Trump  (ENG)(1)OR   Xing Zihao  (CHN)

Long Zehuang  (CHN)

Alfie Burden  (ENG)

Joe O'Connor  (ENG)

Antoni Kowalski  (POL)

Matthew Stevens  (WAL)

Michael Holt  (ENG)

Martin O'Donnell  (ENG)

Yuan Sijun  (CHN)

Hossein Vafaei  (IRN)(24)

Joe Perry  (ENG)

Ding Junhui  (CHN)(9)OR   Jiang Jun  (CHN)

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh  (THA)

w/o

Chris Totten  (SCO) [b]

w/d

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh

Sanderson Lam  (ENG)OR  Zhou Jinhao (CHN)(a)

Shaun Murphy  (ENG)(8)

Mark Allen  (NIR)(5)

David Lilley  (ENG)OR  Cao Jin (CHN)(a)

Wu Yize  (CHN)(28)

Jackson Page  (WAL)

Ali Carter  (ENG)(12)

He Guoqiang  (CHN)

Jack Lisowski  (ENG)(21)

Scott Donaldson  (SCO)OR  Wang Yuhang (CHN)(a)

Ben Woollaston  (ENG)

Amir Sarkhosh  (IRN)

Jamie Jones  (WAL)

Barry Hawkins  (ENG)(13)

Ricky Walden  (ENG) [c]

w/d

Ryan Day  (WAL)(29)

w/o

Ryan Day (29)

Louis Heathcote  (ENG)

Daniel Womersley (ENG)(a) [a] OR   Stuart Carrington  (ENG)

Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walkover

Bottom half

Last 64 Best of 9 frames

Last 32 Best of 9 frames

Last 16 Best of 9 frames

Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames

Semi-finals Best of 11 frames

Mark Selby  (ENG)(3)

Liu Hongyu  (CHN)

Elliot Slessor  (ENG)(30)

Lyu Haotian  (CHN)

Zak Surety  (ENG)

Jordan Brown  (NIR)

Xiao Guodong  (CHN)(19)

Duane Jones  (WAL)

Ishpreet Singh Chadha  (IND)

Tom Ford  (ENG)(22)

Daniel Wells  (WAL)

Gary Wilson  (ENG)(11)

Jimmy Robertson  (ENG)

Noppon Saengkham  (THA)(27)

Aaron Hill  (IRL)

Sunny Akani  (THA)

Luca Brecel  (BEL)(7) [d]

w/d

Tian Pengfei  (CHN)

w/o

Tian Pengfei

Pang Junxu  (CHN)(26)

Anthony McGill  (SCO)

Zhang Anda  (CHN)(10)OR   Stan Moody  (ENG)

Graeme Dott  (SCO)

Robert Milkins  (ENG)(23)

Xu Si  (CHN)OR  Zou Pengfei (CHN)(a)

Robbie Williams  (ENG)

w/o

Jak Jones  (WAL)(18) [e]

w/d

Robbie Williams

Mark Davis  (ENG)

John Higgins  (SCO)(15)

Manasawin Phetmalaikul  (THA)

Zhou Yuelong  (CHN)(31)

Lei Peifan  (CHN)

Kyren Wilson  (ENG)(2)OR   Hammad Miah  (ENG)

Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walkover

Qualifying

Qualification for the tournament took place from 20 to 22 December 2024 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England. Matches involving defending champion Judd Trump, reigning World Champion Kyren Wilson, the two highest‑ranked Chinese players (Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda), four Chinese wildcards (Zhou Jinhao, Cao Jin, Wang Yuhang, and Zou Pengfei); and Daniel Womersley ^[a] have been held over to be played at the final venue. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32 seeded players, an "a" indicates amateur players who were not on the main World Snooker Tour, and players in bold denote match winners. ^[10]

Yushan

The held‑over matches to be played in Yushan on 23 February 2025 are as follows: ^[10]

•   Judd Trump  (ENG)(1) –   Xing Zihao  (CHN)
•   Ding Junhui  (CHN)(9) –   Jiang Jun  (CHN)
•   Sanderson Lam  (ENG) –  Zhou Jinhao (CHN)(a)
•   David Lilley  (ENG) –  Cao Jin (CHN)(a)
•   Scott Donaldson  (SCO) –  Wang Yuhang (CHN)(a)
•   Stuart Carrington  (ENG) –  Daniel Womersley (ENG)(a) ^[a]
•   Zhang Anda  (CHN)(10) –   Stan Moody  (ENG)
•   Xu Si  (CHN) –  Zou Pengfei (CHN)(a)
•   Kyren Wilson  (ENG)(2) –   Hammad Miah  (ENG)

Sheffield

The results of the qualifying matches played in Sheffield are as follows: ^{[18] [10]}

20 December 2024

•   Barry Hawkins  (ENG)(13)5–1   Cheung Ka Wai  (HKG)
•   Aaron Hill  (IRL)5–0   Mink Nutcharut  (THA)
•   Wu Yize  (CHN)(28)5–0   Robbie McGuigan  (NIR)
•   Yuan Sijun  (CHN)5–0   Haydon Pinhey  (ENG)
•   Thepchaiya Un-Nooh  (THA)5–3   Andrew Higginson  (ENG)
•   Si Jiahui  (CHN)(14) 0–5  Zak Surety  (ENG)
•   Long Zehuang  (CHN)5–2   Mitchell Mann  (ENG)
•   Tom Ford  (ENG)(22)5–1   Ahmed Aly Elsayed  (USA)
•   Joe Perry  (ENG)5–0   Kreishh Gurbaxani  (IND)
•   Gary Wilson  (ENG)(11)5–1   Gong Chenzhi  (CHN)
•   Jordan Brown  (NIR)5–1   Liam Graham  (SCO)
•   Hossein Vafaei  (IRN)(24)5–3   Ben Mertens  (BEL)
•   Stephen Maguire  (SCO)(32) 4–5  Alfie Burden  (ENG)
•   Joe O'Connor  (ENG)5–3   Alexander Ursenbacher  (SUI)
•   Jamie Clarke  (WAL) 1–5  Louis Heathcote  (ENG)
•   Jackson Page  (WAL)5–1   Ashley Carty  (ENG)
•   Stuart Bingham  (ENG)(25) 1–5  Chris Totten  (SCO)
•   Jimmy Robertson  (ENG)5–3   Haris Tahir  (PAK)
•   Elliot Slessor  (ENG)(30)5–1   Jonas Luz  (BRA)
•   Matthew Stevens  (WAL)5–2   David Grace  (ENG)
•   Mark Davis  (ENG)5–4   Liam Davies  (WAL)

21 December 2024

•   Noppon Saengkham  (THA)(27)5–1   Dean Young  (SCO)
•   Zhou Yuelong  (CHN)(31)5–1   Ma Hailong  (CHN)
•   He Guoqiang  (CHN)5–0   Huang Jiahao  (CHN)
•   Tian Pengfei  (CHN)5–1   Bai Yulu  (CHN)
•   Ryan Day  (WAL)(29)5–2   Marco Fu  (HKG)
•   Jamie Jones  (WAL)5–3   Liam Pullen  (ENG)
•   John Higgins  (SCO)(15)5–4   Wang Yuchen  (HKG)
•   Robert Milkins  (ENG)(23)5–2   Farakh Ajaib  (PAK)
•   Anthony McGill  (SCO)5–0   Reanne Evans  (ENG)
•   Antoni Kowalski  (POL)5–1  Paul Deaville (ENG)(a) ^[f]
•   Ben Woollaston  (ENG)5–2  Simon Blackwell (ENG)(a)
•   Ali Carter  (ENG)(12)5–4  Joshua Thomond (ENG)(a) ^[g]
•   Dominic Dale  (WAL) 4–5  Ishpreet Singh Chadha  (IND)
•   Anthony Hamilton  (ENG) 4–5  Lei Peifan  (CHN)
•   Neil Robertson  (AUS)(17) n/s–w/o  Michael Holt  (ENG) ^[h]
•   Jak Jones  (WAL)(18)5–0   Allan Taylor  (ENG)
•   Ricky Walden  (ENG)5–0   Hatem Yassen  (EGY)
•   Jack Lisowski  (ENG)(21)5–3   Julien Leclercq  (BEL)
•   Martin O'Donnell  (ENG)5–4   Bulcsú Révész  (HUN)
•   Robbie Williams  (ENG)5–4   Ian Burns  (ENG)
•   Daniel Wells  (WAL)5–2   Ross Muir  (SCO)

Note: n/s=no-show; w/o=walkover

22 December 2024

•   Liu Hongyu  (CHN)5–0   Baipat Siripaporn  (THA)
•   Xiao Guodong  (CHN)(19)5–0   Dylan Emery  (WAL)(a)
•   David Gilbert  (ENG)(20) 3–5  Amir Sarkhosh  (IRN)
•   Matthew Selt  (ENG) 2–5  Manasawin Phetmalaikul  (THA)
•   Lyu Haotian  (CHN)5–2   Oliver Lines  (ENG)
•   Fan Zhengyi  (CHN) 3–5  Duane Jones  (WAL)
•   Graeme Dott  (SCO)5–1   Jimmy White  (ENG)
•   Luca Brecel  (BEL)(7)5–3   Iulian Boiko  (UKR)(a)
•   Pang Junxu  (CHN)(26)5–2   Ken Doherty  (IRL)
•   Mark Williams  (WAL)(6) 2–5  Sunny Akani  (THA)
•   Shaun Murphy  (ENG)(8)5–3   Mostafa Dorgham  (EGY)
•   Mark Selby  (ENG)(3)5–4   Artemijs Žižins  (LAT)
•   Mark Allen  (NIR)(5)5–4   Rory Thor  (MAS)

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

A total of 39 century breaks were made during the qualifying stage of the tournament in Sheffield. ^[20]

• 145 – Yuan Sijun
• 142 – Mark Selby
• 141 – Mark Williams
• 140, 119 – Gary Wilson
• 139 – Tian Pengfei
• 137 – Mark Allen
• 137 – He Guoqiang
• 135, 108 – Jack Lisowski
• 135 – Lyu Haotian
• 133 – Barry Hawkins
• 132 – Jordan Brown
• 131 – Long Zehuang
• 129 – Jamie Jones
• 127 – Jimmy Robertson
• 120 – Hossein Vafaei
• 117 – Ryan Day
• 116 – Xiao Guodong
• 113, 101, 100 – Pang Junxu
• 110, 100 – Mark Davis
• 109 – Sunny Akani
• 108 – Jackson Page
• 107, 102 – Jak Jones
• 105 – Aaron Hill
• 104 – Dominic Dale
• 104 – Matthew Stevens
• 103, 102 – Chris Totten
• 103 – Fan Zhengyi
• 102 – Julien Leclercq
• 101 – Matthew Selt
• 100 – Ishpreet Singh Chadha
• 100 – Joe Perry
• 100 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh

Notes

1. Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrew and was replaced by Daniel Womersley. ^[8]
2. Chris Totten withdrew and so Thepchaiya Un-Nooh was given a walkover to the last 32. ^[8]
3. Ricky Walden withdrew and so Ryan Day was given a walkover to the last 32. ^[8]
4. Luca Brecel withdrew and so Tian Pengfei was given a walkover to the last 32. ^[8]
5. Jak Jones withdrew and so Robbie Williams was given a walkover to the last 32. ^[8]
6. Chris Wakelin withdrew and was replaced by Paul Deaville. ^[10]
7. Andrew Pagett withdrew and was replaced by Joshua Thomond. ^[10]
8. Neil Robertson did not show up for his match with Michael Holt and so Holt was given a walkover to the last 64. ^{[10] [19]}

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External links

• Official website