Neil Robertson narrowly leads race for £150,000 Home Nations bonus prize


The player who earns the most cumulative prize money across all four of this season's Home Nations Series events - the English, Northern Ireland, Scottish and Welsh Opens - will bank the six-figure kitty.
In previous years, this Series and the bonus prize - sponsored by BetVictor - applied to additional events on the World Snooker Tour, but for the 2024/25 season, only Home Nations results count towards it.
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Australia's Robertson ended his ranking event title drought when he triumphed at the Brentwood Centre in September by claiming the English Open title and lifting The Steve Davis Trophy for the second time in his career.
Robertson followed up with a quarter-final finish at the Northern Ireland Open in Belfast, being pipped by Pang Junxu in a deciding frame. The £113,200 he earned from both those events have put him top of the standings.
Reigning World Champion Wilson collected his maiden Home Nations event crown last week at the Waterfront Hall when he crushed world number one and defending champion Judd Trump, 9-3, in the final to win the 2024 Northern Ireland Open.
In addition to his last 16 result in the English Open, Wilson has now amassed £109,000 from the 2024/25 Series - only £4,200 behind Robertson.
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Belfast runner-up Trump made the quarters in Brentwood the month before, and currently sits third on £58,200.
Wu Yize - who appeared in his first ranking final at the English Open and staged a thrilling rally before eventually being stopped by Robertson - is in fourth (£45,000).
With both the Scottish and Welsh Opens to go, though, - with £100,000 top prizes in both - a lot can change with so much prize money still on offer. With so many possible permutations, we could be set up for a thrilling climax to this four-pronged race.
The BetVictor Series bonus prize has been a fixture on the professional circuit since the 2019/20 season, with a £150,000 pot on offer each term.
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Trump has pocketed £450,000 from this concept alone having already won this bonus prize three times: in 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2023/24.
John Higgins took the loot in 2021/22, and Robert Milkins did in 2022/23.
Another bonus prize on offer for this season's World Snooker Tour is the £100,000 up for grabs for the first player to make 100 century breaks.
A feat that has only been achieved twice in professional snooker history - by Neil Robertson (103) in 2013/14 and Judd Trump (102) in 2019/20 - Trump currently leads the way with 33 tons.
Shaun Murphy is in second place with 26, while Mark Selby sits third with 23.
These bonus prizes do not get added to ranking totals.
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