2025 British Open Snooker: Draw, results, format, order of play, prize money, how to watch
The main venue, televised stages of the 2025 British Open snooker event take place at the Cheltenham Racecourse between Monday 22nd to Sunday 28th September.
A world ranking event with a total prize fund of over half-a-million pounds, contestants are aiming to lift The Clive Everton Trophy. The reigning champion is Mark Selby who defeated John Higgins in last year’s final.
The British Open initially featured on the professional snooker calendar every year from 1985 to 2004, and it was one of the most lucrative events on the tour. Inaugural champion Silvino Francisco collected £50,000, which at the time was the richest first prize in top flight snooker history.
After a 17-year hiatus from the circuit, the British Open was resurrected in 2021 and has again been held annually since.
How does the British Open draw work and what is the format?
A total of 128 players started out in this year’s competition, although only just over half will be in Cheltenham.
Open to all professional tour card holders, the British Open is a straight knockout event with a flat draw, meaning all players start out in the opening round.
Unlike almost all the other tournaments on the World Snooker Tour, the British Open uses a completely random draw for each and every round of the event. Similar to what is seen in FA Cup football, there is no seeding, therefore the world’s top ranked players can draw each other right from the very start.
The majority of first round matches in the 2025 British Open were played in Leicester in June, although opening assignments involving the sport’s biggest stars have been held over to the TV lights of Cheltenham.
Matches up to and including the last 16 are the best of seven frames. The quarter-finals are the best of nine, semi-finals are the best of 11, and the two-session final is the best of 19.
MARK SELBY IS THE BRITISH OPEN CHAMPION 🏆🏆🏆
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Who is playing in the 2025 British Open?
All the world's top 16 players - with the only exception of Ding Junhui - entered this year's edition, although Ronnie O'Sullivan subsequently withdrew due to medical reasons.
No British Open champion has retained the crown, so Selby will be trying to create history when he defends the title, while world number one Judd Trump and current World Champion Zhao Xintong will both be trying to add this accolade to their career CV.
Kyren Wilson, Neil Robertson and Xiao Guodong - all title winners on the World Snooker Tour last month - are set for action, as too are 'Class of 92' members Mark Williams and John Higgins, who between them have claimed the British Open title seven times (three to Williams, four to Higgins).
Round One
Kreishh Gurbaxani 2-4 Chang Bingyu
Gong Chenzhi 1-4 Jak Jones
Noppon Saengkham 4-1 Liu Wenwei
Jimmy White 2-4 Liam Davies
Martin O'Donnell 4-1 Sahil Nayyar
Oliver Lines 4-1 Stuart Carrington
Barry Hawkins 4-0 Daniel Wells *
Ashley Hugill 3-4 Zhao Xintong *
Michal Szubarczyk 3-4 Umut Dikme
Judd Trump 4-0 Aaron Hill *
Anthony McGill 4-3 Dylan Emery
Ashley Carty (replaced Luca Brecel) 4-2 Alexander Ursenbacher
Liam Pullen 3-4 Ben Mertens
Wang Yuchen 3-4 Mitchell Mann
Sanderson Lam 4-2 Daniel Womersley (replaced Ronnie O’Sullivan) *
Pang Junxu 0-4 Wu Yize *
Huang Jiahao 2-4 Matthew Stevens
Yuan Sijun 4-3 Jamie Jones
Alfie Davies (replaced Tom Ford) 0-4 Neil Robertson *
David Lilley 4-2 Liam Graham
Ricky Walden 2-4 Joe O'Connor
Chris Totten 0-4 Antoni Kowalski
Lan Yuhao 1-4 Reanne Evans
Lei Peifan 4-0 Mateusz Baranowski
Fan Zhengyi 2-4 Robert Milkins
Leone Crowley 4-0 Hatem Yassen
Jiang Jun 1-4 Mark Allen *
Matthew Selt 4-0 David Gilbert
Oliver Brown 2-4 Xu Yichen
Stan Moody 4-2 Zhou Yuelong
Elliot Slessor 2-4 Jackson Page
Fergal Quinn 2-4 Gao Yang
Kyren Wilson 4-1 Chris Wakelin *
Marco Fu 4-3 Stephen Maguire
He Guoqiang 4-0 Farakh Ajaib
Steven Hallworth 0-4 Sunny Akani
David Grace 1-4 Mark Selby *
Xu Si 4-0 Florian Nuessle
Jimmy Robertson 3-4 Ryan Davies
Ross Muir 1-4 Shaun Murphy *
Haris Tahir 4-3 Ken Doherty
Long Zehuang 4-3 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Robbie Williams 1-4 Bulcsu Revesz
Ishpreet Singh Chadha 2-4 Scott Donaldson
Robbie McGuigan 4-2 Lyu Haotian
Mink Nutcharut 1-4 Amir Sarkhosh
Xiao Guodong 4-1 Haydon Pinhey *
Jack Lisowski 4-3 Liam Highfield
Mark Williams 4-2 Si Jiahui *
Zhang Anda 4-3 Duane Jones *
Connor Benzey 2-4 Iulian Bokio
Julien Leclercq 2-4 Ben Woollaston
Patrick Whelan 2-4 Ali Carter *
Allan Taylor 4-2 Chatchapong Nasa
Zak Surety 4-2 Zhao Hanyang
Liu Hongyu 4-0 Ng On Yee
Jonas Luz 1-4 Ka Wai Cheung
Ian Burns 4-1 Michael Holt
Ryan Day 2-4 Stuart Bingham
Louis Heathcote 4-3 Jordan Brown
Yao Pengcheng 1-4 Sam Craigie
John Higgins 4-3 Mark Davis *
Bai Yulu 4-2 Artemijs Zizins
Gary Wilson 4-1 Hossein Vafaei *
* match held over to the main venue in Cheltenham
Round Two (Last 64)
Chang 4-1 Long
He 3-4 McGuigan
Woollaston 3-4 Saengkham
Tahir 2-4 Heathcote
Sarkhosh 0-4 Jak Jones
Boiko 4-2 Craigie
Burns 4-3 Fu
Surety 4-0 Carty
R. Davies 2-4 L. Davies
Milkins 2-4 Kowalski
Xu Y 3-4 Lilley
Mann 4-3 Gao
Cheung 4-3 Stevens
Lei 4-1 Selt
O'Donnell 4-2 Akani
O'Connor 4-1 Taylor
Hawkins 4-0 Yuan
Moody 4-2 K. Wilson
Zhang 4-3 Bai
N. Robertson 4-1 Xu Si
M. Williams 4-3 Lam
Higgins 4-3 Lisowski
Dikme 2-4 Xiao
Page 0-4 Lines
McGill 4-1 G. Wilson
Bingham 1-4 Zhao
Crowley 1-4 Trump
Mertens 4-0 Evans
Wu 3-4 Carter
Liu 3-4 Selby
Revesz 1-4 Allen
Donaldson 1-4 Murphy
Round Three (Last 32)
Higgins 4-2 Zhao
McGill 4-1 Lines
Kowalski 2-4 Mann
L Davies 4-2 Lilley
Hawkins 4-3 Jak Jones
Moody 4-2 Burns
Surety 0-4 Heathcote
Saengkham 3-4 Chang
M Williams 4-3 Allen
O'Connor 3-4 Selby
Boiko 0-4 Carter
Cheung 1-4 Lei
Trump 4-2 O'Donnell
Murphy 4-1 N Robertson
Zhang 3-4 Xiao
Mertens 4-0 McGuigan
Round Four (Last 16)
Chang 0-4 Selby
Lei 1-4 Williams
Higgins 4-1 Mertens
Mann 4-2 Hawkins
Murphy 4-3 Trump
Moody 4-3 Carter
Xiao 2-4 McGill
Davies 2-4 Heathcote
Quarter-Finals
Williams 3-5 Selby
Heathcote 2-5 Higgins
Moody 3-5 McGill
Murphy 5-1 Mann
Semi-Finals
McGill 6-3 Higgins
Selby 1-6 Murphy
Final
McGill 7-10 Murphy
2025 BRITISH OPEN CHAMPION: SHAUN MURPHY
What is the prize money at the 2025 British Open, how much does the champion win?
- Champion: £100,000
- Runner-up: £45,000
- Losing semi-finalists: £20,000 (each)
- Losing quarter-finalists: £12,000 (each)
- Losers in the last 16: £9,000 (each)
- Losers in the last 32: £6,000 (each)
- Losers in the last 64: £3,000 (each)
- Highest break of the tournament: £5,000
- Total prize fund: £502,000
How to watch the 2025 British Open on TV and online:
- UK & Ireland: ITV4, and table two will be streamed on ITVX
- Mainland Europe: WST Play
- China: Huya.com, Migu, CBSA-WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel, CBSA-WPBSA Academy Douyin
- Hong Kong China: Now TV
- Malaysia & Brunei: Astro Supersport
- Taiwan: Sportcast
- Thailand: True Sport
- Philippines: TAP Sports
- All other territories: WST Play
For further television broadcasting and streaming information, visit the World Snooker Tour website here.