The 2025 Xi'an Grand Prix is an upcoming professional snooker tournament that will take place from 7 to 13 October 2025 at the Qujiang Sports Complex in Xi'an, China. Qualifying took place from 1 to 3 September at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England. The second consecutive edition of the tournament since its inaugural staging in 2024, it will be the sixth ranking event of the 2025–26 snooker season, following the 2025 British Open and preceding the 2025 Northern Ireland Open.
Zhou Yuelong made the third maximum break of his professional career in his qualifying match against Julien Leclercq. It was the eighth maximum of the season and the 225th in professional snooker history.[1]
All matches up to and including the quarter‑finals are the best of nine frames . The semi‑finals will be the best of 11 frames, and the final will be the best of 19 frames, held over two sessions .[6]
Broadcasters
The qualifying round was broadcast in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Austria by Discovery+ and in other European territories by HBO Max. It was broadcast in mainland China by the CBSA‑WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel, the CBSA‑WPBSA Academy Douyin, Huya Live and Migu [zh]. In all other territories, it was broadcast by WST Play.[7]
Summary
Qualifying
Zhou Yuelong(pictured in 2016) made the third maximum break of his career during qualifying in Leicester.
In the qualifiers held in Leicester from 1 to 3 September, Zhou Yuelong made the third maximum break of his professional career in the fourth frame of his 5–2 victory over Julien Leclercq. It was the eighth maximum of the season and the 225th in professional snooker history.[1] Having missed the season's opening tournaments—including failing to appear for his 2025 Wuhan Open qualifier—the 2023 World Champion Luca Brecel faced Sunny Akani in his first professional appearance since losing in the quarter-finals of the 2025 World Snooker Championship over four months earlier.[8] Playing with a new cue, Brecel scored just six points across the first two frames. While trailing 1–40 in the third frame, he conceded the match, meaning that Akani won 5–0 by default.[9][10][11] The world number 111 Liam Pullen took a 4–1 lead over four-time World Champion John Higgins and went on to win the match 5–3.[11]Stan Moody, who had recently reached his first ranking quarter-final at the 2025 Wuhan Open, recovered from 2–4 behind to defeat Amir Sarkhosh in a deciding frame.[11]Farakh Ajaib came from 54 points behind in his decider against Zhang Anda to win the match on the last black. Xu Yichen, who had recently turned professional, made four consecutive half-century breaks as he came from 1–4 behind to beat Jack Lisowski in a deciding frame.[11]
The draw for the tournament is shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32 seeded players, whilst players in bold denote match winners.
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Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (147)
Kyren Wilson (ENG)
