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The 2025 Welsh Open (officially the 2025 BetVictor Welsh Open) was a professional
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tournament that took place from 10 to 16 February 2025 at
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in
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, Wales. It was the 34th consecutive edition of the Welsh Open since it was first staged in
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; the tournament was held at Venue Cymru in Llandudno for a third consecutive year. Qualifying rounds took place from 4 to 6 February 2025 at the
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in
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, England. The 13th
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of the 202425 season, following the
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and preceding the 2025 World Open, it was the fourth and final tournament in the season's
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, following the 2024 English Open, the
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, and the 2024 Scottish Open. Organised by the
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, the event was broadcast by
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, and
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domestically, by
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in Europe, and by other broadcasters worldwide. The winner received £100,000 from a total prize fund of £550,400, the
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trophy, and a place in the 2025
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invitational event. Gary Wilson was the defending champion, having defeated
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94 in the 2024 final, but he lost 34 to
Ishpreet Singh Chadha Ishpreet Singh Chadha (, born 30 May 1996) is an Indian snooker player. He has earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour starting with 2023–24 snooker season. Career From Mumbai, Maharashtra, he and fellow-Mumbai native Kreishh Gurb ...
in the first round.
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won the tournament, beating
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96 in the final to claim his second Welsh Open title and 24th ranking title.
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secured the £150,000 BetVictor Bonus for winning the most prize money across the season's four Home Nations Series events. The tournament produced 72
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s, 26 in the qualifying rounds and 46 at the main stage, of which the highest was a
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by
Xu Si Xu Si (; born 24 January 1998) is a Chinese professional snooker player. Career Xu Si first started playing snooker aged 12 at his local club in Jieyang during the school holidays. After a few weeks he became determined to become a snooker pla ...
in the second round of qualifying. It was Xu's third maximum break in professional competition.


Format

The event was the 34th consecutive edition of the Welsh Open since it was first played in
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, making it snooker's third longest running ranking tournament after the
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. The fourth and final event in the season's
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(following the 2024 Scottish Open), and the 13th ranking tournament of the 202425 season (following the
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and preceding the 2025 World Open), it took place from 10 to 16 February 2025 at
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, Wales. Qualifying took place from 4 to 6 February 2025 at the
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, England. The WST implemented a new format for the four Home Nations events and the German Masters this season. In qualifying round one, players seeded 6596 face those seeded 97128. In qualifying round two, the 32 round one winners play those seeded 3364. The 32 round two winners then play the top 32 seeds in the first round of the main stage. All matches were played as the best of seven until the quarterfinals, which were the best of nine. The semifinals were the best of 11, and the final was a best of 17 frames match played over two . The defending champion was Gary Wilson, who defeated
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94 in the 2024 final in what was O'Donnell's first ranking final, but he lost 34 to
Ishpreet Singh Chadha Ishpreet Singh Chadha (, born 30 May 1996) is an Indian snooker player. He has earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour starting with 2023–24 snooker season. Career From Mumbai, Maharashtra, he and fellow-Mumbai native Kreishh Gurb ...
in the first round. World number one
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chose to withdraw from the tournament prior to the seeding, citing a focus on other events.


Broadcasters

The qualifying rounds were broadcast by
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in Europe (including the United Kingdom and Ireland) and by the CBSAWPBSA Academy
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Channel, the CBSAWPBSA Academy
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and in China. They were available from WST Play in all other territories. The main stage of the event was broadcast by
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in the United Kingdom;
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and
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in Europe (including the UK and Ireland); CCTV5, Huya Live, Migu, the CBSAWPBSA Academy WeChat Channel and the CBSAWPBSA Academy Douyin in mainland China;
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in Hong Kong; Astro SuperSport in Malaysia and Brunei;
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in Thailand; Sportcast in Taiwan; and TAP in the Philippines. It was available from WST Play in all other territories.


Prize fund

The tournament winner received the
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trophy. The breakdown of prize money for the event, an increase of £123,400 from the previous event, is shown below: * Winner: £100,000 * Runner-up: £45,000 * Semi-final: £21,000 * Quarter-final: £13,200 * Last 16: £9,000 * Last 32: £5,400 * Last 64: £3,600 * Last 96: £1,000 * Highest break: £5,000 * Total: £550,400


Summary


Qualifying rounds


Round 1

The first qualifying round was played on 4 and 5 February. 12time Women's World champion
Reanne Evans Reanne Evans (born 25 October 1985) is an English professional snooker player and regular pundit on televised snooker broadcasts. Widely recognised as the most successful female player in the sport's history, she has won the World Women's Sno ...
defeated Belgium's Julien Leclercq 41, despite her highest in the match being a 40 break in the third frame to lead 30. Welsh player Liam Davies beat Antoni Kowalski 41, making a high break of 134, while Liam Pullen overcame Kreishh Gurbaxani 43, with the deciding frame being won on the final . Liam Graham defeated
Iulian Boiko Iulian Serhiyovych Boiko (; born 22 September 2005 in Kyiv, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian professional snooker player. Career In May 2019, Boiko registered his first official century break in a 4–3 defeat against Billy Joe Castle in the second eve ...
43 while
Ishpreet Singh Chadha Ishpreet Singh Chadha (, born 30 May 1996) is an Indian snooker player. He has earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour starting with 2023–24 snooker season. Career From Mumbai, Maharashtra, he and fellow-Mumbai native Kreishh Gurb ...
former Women's World champion
Baipat Siripaporn Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (, born 24 May 1999), better known as Baipat Siripaporn, is a Thai snooker player. She won the 2023 World Women's Snooker Championship, which earned her a two-year tour card to the main professional World Snooker Tour ...
. In an allWelsh contest,
Dylan Emery Dylan Emery (born 31 March 2001) is a Welsh professional snooker player. Career The winner of the 2021 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships, he defeated Julien Leclercq in the final, 5–2. As a result of this win, he earned a place o ...
overcame
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42. In three whitewash victories,
Jimmy White James Warren White (born 2 May 1962) is an English professional snooker player who has won ten ranking events. Nicknamed "The Whirlwind" because of his swift and attacking style of play, White has reached six World Snooker Championship finals ...
beat amateur player Joshua Thomond,
Oliver Lines Oliver Lines (born 16 June 1995) is an English professional snooker player who practices at Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds. He is the son of former professional snooker player Peter Lines. Career Amateur Lines switched sports from football ...
made a high break of 136 in defeating former PanAmerican champion Ahmed Aly Elsayed 40 and Stan Moody beat Chris Totten without dropping a frame. Amateur Austrian player
Florian Nüßle Florian Nüßle (born 18 December 2001) is an Austrian professional snooker player from Graz. In 2017, aged 16, he became his country's youngest national snooker champion. In March 2025, he won his Q Tour Playoff to gain a two-year professional ...
made the highest break of the round, a 143, in defeating
Jiang Jun Jiang Jun (; born 28 April 2005) is a Chinese professional snooker player. In 2019 he became the IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Champion. In 2023 he earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour. Career Junior career Jiang Jun won the 2019 ...
43.


Round 2

The second qualifying round was played on 5 and 6 February. Amateur Welsh player Dylan Emery defeated reigning Scottish Open champion
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43, while Ishpreet Singh Chadha whitewashed
Ashley Carty Ashley Carty (born 17 July 1995) is an English professional snooker player. Career At age 17, he reached the final of the 2013 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championship, losing 0–6 to James Cahill. He won the 2014 English Under-21 Champi ...
, making breaks of above 80 in every frame including a 104 century in the fourth. Welshman
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, playing in his final season as a professional, defeated
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43 and Jimmy Robertson came from 03 down to defeat Allan Taylor 43. Reanne Evans was whitewashed by Joe O'Connor while
Andrew Higginson Andrew Higginson (born 13 December 1977) is an English professional snooker player from Widnes, Cheshire. He is best known for being the surprise finalist of the 2007 Welsh Open (snooker), 2007 Welsh Open. Career Early years After some succ ...
overturned a 23 deficit to defeat
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43.
Xu Si Xu Si (; born 24 January 1998) is a Chinese professional snooker player. Career Xu Si first started playing snooker aged 12 at his local club in Jieyang during the school holidays. After a few weeks he became determined to become a snooker pla ...
made the third
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of his career in the fourth frame of his 42 victory over Bulcsú Révész. Xu made the three 147s within 15 months as he made his first at the
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in November 2023. No other player has had three maximums over that period. Welshman Liam Davies qualified for the main stages by overcoming a 13 deficit to
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to defeat the Scotsman 43, making 2 century breaks in the last 3 frames.
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, having recently been forced to withdraw from the
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midtournament due to pancreatitis, beat Artemijs Žižins 42 while
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was defeated 24 by
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.
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, who was runnerup in the previous year's edition of the event, was whitewashed by Hong Kong's Wang Yuchen.
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defeated Amir Sarkhosh 40 and Jimmy White was narrowly beaten 34 by
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. Welshman Jamie Clarke defeated
Louis Heathcote Louis Heathcote (born 3 July 1997) is an English people, English professional snooker player. Career In May 2019, Heathcote came through Q School 2019 - Event 2, Q-School - Event 2 by winning six matches to earn a two-year card on the World Snoo ...
42 while Stan Moody overcame Anthony Hamilton by the same 42 scoreline, making a top break of 134. Hong Kong's
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whitewashed David Grace while amateur player Florian Nüßle beat
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43 and
Matthew Stevens Matthew John Stevens (born 11 September 1977) is a Welsh professional snooker player. He has won two of the game's Triple Crown events, the Masters in 2000 and the UK Championship in 2003. He has also been a two-time runner-up in the other t ...
defeated
Hammad Miah Hammad Miah (born 6 July 1993) is an English former professional snooker player. In May 2013, Miah qualified for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 professional Main Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the first 2013 Q School event. Hammad Mi ...
41.


Main stages


Last 64

The last 64 matches were played on 10 and 11 February as the best of 7 . Ishpreet Singh Chadha defeated defending champion Gary Wilson 43, Mark Williams made three
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s in his 41 win over Florian Nüßle, and
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beat
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42.
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recovered from 02 down to beat Stan Moody 43, and
John Higgins John Higgins (born 18 May 1975) is a Scottish professional snooker player from Wishaw in North Lanarkshire. Since turning professional in 1992, he has won 33 ranking titles, placing him in third position on the List of snooker players by num ...
Graeme Dott Graeme Dott (born 12 May 1977) is a Scottish professional snooker player and snooker coach from Larkhall. He turned professional in 1994 and first entered the top 16 in 2001. He has won two ranking titles, the 2006 World Snooker Championship ...
.
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withdrew and so Jamie Clarke was given a
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to the last 32.
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defeated
Shaun Murphy Shaun Peter Murphy (born 10 August 1982) is an English professional snooker player who won the 2005 World Snooker Championship, 2005 World Championship and has completed the Triple Crown (snooker), Triple Crown. Nicknamed "The Magician", Murp ...
43,
Sanderson Lam Sanderson Lam () (born 28 January 1994) is an English professional snooker player. Early life Lam was born to Chinese parents in Leeds, England. His parents moved to England in the 1980s. Career In 2011, Lam started to take part in the Players ...
beat
Barry Hawkins Barry Hawkins (born 23 April 1979) is an English professional snooker player from Ditton, Kent. He turned professional in 1996, but only rose to prominence in the 2004–05 snooker season when he reached the last 16 of the 2004 UK Championship, ...
41, and
Matthew Selt Matthew Selt (born 7 March 1985) is an English professional snooker player. He qualified for the professional tour by finishing seventh in the Pontin's International Open Series in 2006/2007. Selt played in his first professional final in 2014 ...
whitewashed Ricky Walden.
Hossein Vafaei Hossein Vafaei (; born 15 October 1994) is an Iranian professional snooker player. He is the first professional player from Iran. He won his first ranking title at the 2022 Snooker Shoot Out, beating Mark Williams 1–0 (71–0) in the final. ...
beat
Fan Zhengyi Fan Zhengyi (; born 27 January 2001) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He won the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship in 2017, and turned professional in 2018. He had a breakthrough season in 2021–22 when he reached his first ra ...
42,
Luca Brecel Luca Brecel (; born 8 March 1995) is a Belgian professional snooker player. A four-time snooker world rankings, ranking event winner, Brecel is a former World Snooker Championship, World Snooker Champion, having won the 2023 World Snooker Champ ...
recovered from 02 down to defeat
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42, and
Chris Wakelin Chris Wakelin (born 16 March 1992) is an English professional snooker player from Rugby, Warwickshire. He turned professional in 2013 and won his first ranking title at the 2023 Snooker Shoot Out. Career Early career Wakelin started playing s ...
beat Michael Holt 43.


Last 32

The last 32 matches were played on 12 February as the best of 7 frames.
Stephen Maguire Stephen Maguire (born 13 March 1981) is a Scottish professional snooker player. He has won six major ranking tournaments, including the 2004 UK Championship, and has twice since reached the finals of that event. Maguire turned professional in ...
defeated Mark Williams 42,
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beat
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43, Yuan Sijun beat Mark Allen, also by 43, and John Higgins whitewashed
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. Joe O'Connor beat
Kyren Wilson Kyren James Wilson (; born 23 December 1991) is an English professional snooker player from Kettering. He has won 10 ranking titles. Wilson made his professional tour debut in the 2010–11 snooker season, 2010–11 season after finishing fif ...
43, Luca Brecel defeated
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42, and
Jack Lisowski Jack Lisowski (born 25 June 1991) is an English professional snooker player from Churchdown, Gloucestershire. He turned professional in 2010 by finishing first in the 2009/2010 International Open Series, PIOS rankings. A left-handed player, he ...
beat Chris Wakelin 41.


Last 16

The last 16 matches were played on 13 February as the best of 7 frames.
Jackson Page Jackson Page (born 8 August 2001) is a Welsh professional snooker player. He was born in Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, and is a former European U-21 champion and the former Under-18 World Snooker Champion and in 2017 also became the Under-18 Europ ...
whitewashed Tom Ford, and John Higgins whitewashed Yuan Sijun. Stephen Maguire beat Sanderson Lam 42, and Joe O'Connor defeated Matthew Stevens 41. Luca Brecel beat Pang Junxu 41, Mark Selby whitewashed Jamie Jones,
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beat Ryan Day 41, and Jack Lisowski defeated Matthew Selt 42.


Quarter finals

The quarterfinals were played on 14 February as the best of 9 frames. In the afternoon session, in a match that lasted five hours, Mark Selby beat John Higgins 54. After the match, Selby said: "We both struggled and brought each other down, there were a lot of scrappy frames, if one of us had played better, the other might have raised his game. The only positive for me is that I got over the line and I can only improve tomorrow. If I had lost I would have been gutted, but now I can put that behind me." Higgins commented: "It was a mammoth game, I gave it everything. I know the shots but I've got deficiencies in my game. I just can't bring myself to play the right shot, that's the disappointing thing." Luca Brecel defeated Jackson Page 52. Brecel commented: "I enjoyed the game and took my chances." In the evening session Stephen Maguire beat Jack Lisowski 53. After the match Maguire said: "Jack looked brilliant early on, I thought he was going to make a
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in the fourth frame, I managed to nick that one and it changed the match. My was a lot better tonight, though I still threw in a few stupid shots and I'm a long way off my best." Ali Carter beat Joe O'Connor 53. After the match Carter said: "I came here feeling very rough with a
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, I just had to get through the early rounds to give myself a chance, At the interval I said to my coach Chris Henry that I still felt I could play well and I was just going to go for it. I have played some turgid stuff this week, but that was by far my best tonight from 31 down."


Semi finals

The semifinals were played on 15 February as the best of 11 frames. In the afternoon session Mark Selby came back from 23 down to take four frames in a row and beat Luca Brecel 63. After the match Selby said: "I got stronger as it went on, from 32 down that was the most composed I have felt all week. I lost my way a bit after the interval. The match turned on the Luca went for at 33, it was probably a one in ten shot and perhaps he shouldn't have gone for it. ... Winning the
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gave me confidence. I have lacked consistency at times this season so it has been great this week to put a run together. I'll enjoy the final tomorrow but I will be trying my hardest and determined to win." Brecel commented: "I didn't play well enough, I missed too many chances. I felt I was playing well enough to win the tournament, but Mark was a very tough opponent today." In the evening session Stephen Maguire beat Ali Carter 64. After the match Maguire said: "It was a scrap from start to finish and I'm very happy to come out on the right end. I have done well in the scrappy frames this week because I have not been scoring well, I haven't even made a century. Working with Chris (Small) has definitely helped me. A few months ago I was losing to players who I didn't feel should be beating me. I made the call to Chris and he stripped my game back to basics. Maybe this is the reward. It's nice to be in the World Grand Prix now but for me it's all about trying to win the title. I'll only enjoy it tomorrow if I win."


Final

The final was played on 16 February as the best of 17 frames, played over two . Mark Selby, contesting his 36th ranking final, faced Stephen Maguire, who was contesting his 14th. At the end of the afternoon session the score was level at 44. Selby was never behind at any stage in the match and won 96 to claim his second Welsh Open title having previously been champion in
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. It was also his 24th ranking event title. After the match Selby said: "At 65 I missed an easy and the Stephen made was ridiculous. That could have been a turning point but I managed to get ahead again in the next frame. I had run of the ball at key moments, that can be the difference at this level. It's great to see Stephen playing well and back in a final because he is a class act." Maguire commented: "I want to say thanks to the crowd, it was unreal to have that much support. When I made the clearance for 66 I wanted to carry on, the interval came at the wrong time for me. From 66 I hardly had a chance so all credit to Mark ."


Main draw

The results of the main draw are shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32
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, an "a" indicates amateur players who were not on the main
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, and players in bold denote match winners.


Top half


Bottom half

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Final


Qualifying rounds

The results of the qualifying rounds are shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the players'
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, an "a" indicates amateur players who were not on the main
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, and players in bold denote match winners.
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walkover John Baxter Taylor and William Robbins (athlete)">William Robbins to refuse to race in protest. A walkover, also W.O. or w/o (originally two words: "walk over"), is awarded to the opposing team/player, etc., if there are no other players avail ...


Century breaks


Main stage centuries

A total of 46 century breaks were made during the main stage of the tournament in
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. * 141, 131, 128, 116
Mark Selby Mark Anthony Selby (born 19 June 1983) is an English professional snooker player. Ranked List of world number one snooker players, world number one on multiple occasions, he has won a total of 24 ranking titles, placing him eighth on the all ...
* 139
Marco Fu Marco Fu Ka-chun (; born 8 January 1978) is a Hong Kong professional snooker player. He is a three-time snooker world rankings, ranking event winner, having won the 2007 Grand Prix (snooker), 2007 Grand Prix, the 2013 Australian Goldfie ...
* 138, 105
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* 137, 123
Jak Jones Jak Jones (born 29 July 1993) is a Welsh professional snooker player. He is from Cwmbran, Torfaen, in South Wales. He became a professional in 2010 at the age of 16 after winning the 2010 European Under-19 Snooker Championship in Malta. As a ...
* 131, 123, 112, 111, 106, 105, 100
Jack Lisowski Jack Lisowski (born 25 June 1991) is an English professional snooker player from Churchdown, Gloucestershire. He turned professional in 2010 by finishing first in the 2009/2010 International Open Series, PIOS rankings. A left-handed player, he ...
* 131, 113, 107
John Higgins John Higgins (born 18 May 1975) is a Scottish professional snooker player from Wishaw in North Lanarkshire. Since turning professional in 1992, he has won 33 ranking titles, placing him in third position on the List of snooker players by num ...
* 131
Tom Ford Thomas Carlyle Ford (born August 27, 1961) is an American fashion designer and filmmaker. He launched Tom Ford (brand), his eponymous brand in 2005, having previously been the creative director at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent (brand), Yves Sai ...
* 130, 101
Zhang Anda Zhang Anda (; born 25 December 1991) is a Chinese professional snooker player, who made his debut on the Main Tour for the 2009–10 season. He qualified by winning the ACBS Asian Under-21 Championship. In November 2023 he won his first world ...
* 127, 100
Shaun Murphy Shaun Peter Murphy (born 10 August 1982) is an English professional snooker player who won the 2005 World Snooker Championship, 2005 World Championship and has completed the Triple Crown (snooker), Triple Crown. Nicknamed "The Magician", Murp ...
* 118
Ali Carter Allister Carter (born 25 July 1979) is an English professional snooker player. He has twice been a World Championship finalist, in 2008 and 2012, losing both finals to Ronnie O'Sullivan. He has won six ranking titles and briefly reached number t ...
* 118 Wang Yuchen * 117, 101, 100 Mark Williams * 117 Pang Junxu * 117
Noppon Saengkham Noppon Saengkham (; born 15 July 1992) is a Thai professional snooker player. Since turning professional in 2010, he has reached one ranking final (the 2023 Scottish Open) in which he finished as runner-up to Gary Wilson. Career Early years I ...
* 114, 103
Kyren Wilson Kyren James Wilson (; born 23 December 1991) is an English professional snooker player from Kettering. He has won 10 ranking titles. Wilson made his professional tour debut in the 2010–11 snooker season, 2010–11 season after finishing fif ...
* 113 Joe O'Connor * 112
Yuan Sijun Yuan Sijun (; born 29 May 2000) is a Chinese professional snooker player. Career Yuan started to play snooker at the age of 10 and played as a wildcard in many professional tournaments between ages of 13 and 16. Yuan first drew attention in 201 ...
* 110, 108 Jamie Jones * 108, 105
Luca Brecel Luca Brecel (; born 8 March 1995) is a Belgian professional snooker player. A four-time snooker world rankings, ranking event winner, Brecel is a former World Snooker Championship, World Snooker Champion, having won the 2023 World Snooker Champ ...
* 105
Elliot Slessor Elliot Slessor (born 4 August 1994) is an English professional snooker player. In May 2013, Slessor qualified for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 professional Main Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the first Q School event. Career Sles ...
* 103
Ishpreet Singh Chadha Ishpreet Singh Chadha (, born 30 May 1996) is an Indian snooker player. He has earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour starting with 2023–24 snooker season. Career From Mumbai, Maharashtra, he and fellow-Mumbai native Kreishh Gurb ...
* 103
Jackson Page Jackson Page (born 8 August 2001) is a Welsh professional snooker player. He was born in Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, and is a former European U-21 champion and the former Under-18 World Snooker Champion and in 2017 also became the Under-18 Europ ...
* 103
Matthew Stevens Matthew John Stevens (born 11 September 1977) is a Welsh professional snooker player. He has won two of the game's Triple Crown events, the Masters in 2000 and the UK Championship in 2003. He has also been a two-time runner-up in the other t ...
* 102
Matthew Selt Matthew Selt (born 7 March 1985) is an English professional snooker player. He qualified for the professional tour by finishing seventh in the Pontin's International Open Series in 2006/2007. Selt played in his first professional final in 2014 ...
* 102
Si Jiahui Si Jiahui ( ; born 11 July 2002) is a Chinese professional snooker player. After training at the Wiraka Billiard Academy in Foshan, he moved to the United Kingdom aged 16 and earned a two-year tour card through the 2019 Q School for the 2019 ...
* 100 David Gilbert


Qualifying stage centuries

A total of 26 century breaks were made during the qualifying stage of the tournament in
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. * 147, 113
Xu Si Xu Si (; born 24 January 1998) is a Chinese professional snooker player. Career Xu Si first started playing snooker aged 12 at his local club in Jieyang during the school holidays. After a few weeks he became determined to become a snooker pla ...
* 143
Florian Nüßle Florian Nüßle (born 18 December 2001) is an Austrian professional snooker player from Graz. In 2017, aged 16, he became his country's youngest national snooker champion. In March 2025, he won his Q Tour Playoff to gain a two-year professional ...
* 142, 136
Rory Thor Thor Chuan Leong (; born 24 March 1988), better known on the main tour as Rory Thor, is a Malaysian professional snooker player. Career Thor, based in Penang, Malaysia represented his country at the 2006 & 2010 Asian Games and in the 201 ...
* 139, 115
David Lilley David William Lilley (born 31 October 1977) is a Scottish former professional footballer who usually plays at centre back but has also played at right back. Lilley was most recently the manager of Bellshill Athletic in the Scottish Junior Foo ...
* 136
Oliver Lines Oliver Lines (born 16 June 1995) is an English professional snooker player who practices at Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds. He is the son of former professional snooker player Peter Lines. Career Amateur Lines switched sports from football ...
* 134, 114, 109 Liam Davies * 134 Stan Moody * 131
Ma Hailong Ma Hailong (; born 4 September 2003) is a snooker player from China. In February 2023, he won the 2023 World Snooker Federation Championship, and with it earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour. Early life At the age of thirteen, Ma ...
* 124
Ricky Walden Ricky Walden (born 11 November 1982) is an English professional snooker player from Chester. Walden turned professional in 2000 and it took him eight years to win his first ranking title at the Shanghai Masters. He has since won the 2012 Wuxi ...
* 115
Yuan Sijun Yuan Sijun (; born 29 May 2000) is a Chinese professional snooker player. Career Yuan started to play snooker at the age of 10 and played as a wildcard in many professional tournaments between ages of 13 and 16. Yuan first drew attention in 201 ...
* 113, 102 Xing Zihao * 113 Mark Davis * 112 Wang Yuchen * 111 Michael Holt * 109, 104
Ishpreet Singh Chadha Ishpreet Singh Chadha (, born 30 May 1996) is an Indian snooker player. He has earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour starting with 2023–24 snooker season. Career From Mumbai, Maharashtra, he and fellow-Mumbai native Kreishh Gurb ...
* 109 Jimmy Robertson * 104
Louis Heathcote Louis Heathcote (born 3 July 1997) is an English people, English professional snooker player. Career In May 2019, Heathcote came through Q School 2019 - Event 2, Q-School - Event 2 by winning six matches to earn a two-year card on the World Snoo ...
* 103 Joe Perry * 102 Liam Pullen


Notes


References


External links


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