What is the draw, format, match schedule and prize money for the 2025 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters?
The 2025 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters is set to take place at the Green Halls, Prince Abdullah AlFaisal Sports City in Jeddah across nine days between August 8-16.
This will be the second annual staging of the big-money world ranking event which authorities promote as snooker’s ‘fourth major’. An initial 10-year contract was signed between parties to hold the tournament.
Judd Trump won the inaugural edition nearly 12 months ago in Riyadh in dramatic circumstances when he ousted Mark Williams 10-9 in the final after completing an epic counter clearance to take the title on the very last black ball.
How does the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters tournament work?
A total of 144 players are scheduled to take part in the 2025 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters.
The competition uses a tiered draw system - the same one used in both the UK and World Championships - meaning contestants enter the event at different stages depending on their world ranking position.
All current professional tour card holders were eligible to enter, and those that did will be joined by several amateur players from the Q School ‘top-up’ list, and 16 local wildcards from the host nation and Middle East region.
All 144 contestants will play at the Green Halls - there are no qualifying or early rounds held elsewhere as we see for many other events on the professional circuit.
There are nine rounds in total, with a round completed each day. The lowest ranked professionals and amateur invites will start out in round one, with the seeds numbered 49 to 80 coming in at round two.
Those seeded 17 to 48 enter the fray in round three, with the top 16 seeds starting their campaigns in round five (the last 32) - just like they do at the York Barbican for the UK Championship and at the Crucible Theatre for the World Championship.
All the world’s top 16 ranked players (at the time of writing) have entered the event - including title holder Trump, World Champion Zhao Xintong, and record 41-time ranking event winner Ronnie O’Sullivan - except for Xiao Guodong who will play at the World Games on home soil instead.
Round One:
Florian Nuessle 3-4 Dylan Emery
Liam Pullen 4-1 Ahmed Aseeri
Robbie McGuigan 1-4 Gao Yang
Leone Crowley 4-2 Ziyad Alqabbani
Chatchapong Nasa 4-1 Fahad Alghamdi
Kreishh Gurbaxani 2-4 Reanne Evans
Zhao Hanyang 4-0 Musab Sayegh
Jonas Luz 4-3 Musaad Almisfir
Ross Muir 4-0 Abdulraouf Saigh
Mateusz Baranowski 1-4 Lan Yuhao
Michal Szubarczyk 4-2 Ryan Davies
Sam Craigie 4-2 Xu Yichen
Sahil Nayyar 4-1 Habib Subah
Huang Jiahao 4-1 Abdullah Alshammari
Liam Highfield 4-0 Mohammed Al Joker
Jiang Jun 2-4 Hesham Shawky
Louis Heathcote 4-0 Ayman Alamri
Iulian Boiko 4-2 Liu Wenwei
Mitchell Mann 1-4 Ashley Hugill
Ian Burns 2-4 David Grace
Chang Bingyu 4-3 Marco Fu
Ken Doherty 4-1 Jimmy White
Connor Benzey 4-0 Adeel Aqdus
Hatem Yassen 4-3 Ng On Yee
Mohammed Shebab 4-2 Abdullah Alotayyani
Oliver Brown 4-2 Patrick Whelan
Mink Nutcharut 1-4 Umut Dikme
Yao Pengcheng 3-4 Alexander Ursenbacher
Fergal Quinn 4-2 Mahmoud El Hareedy
Farakh Ajaib 4-0 Saud Albaker
Steven Hallworth 4-0 Omar Alajlani
Liam Graham 4-0 Asif Mukhtar
Round Two:
Gong Chenzhi 4-2 Emery
Oliver Lines 4-1 Pullen
Chris Totten 0-4 Gao
Aaron Hill 4-1 Crowley
David Lilley 3-4 Nasa
Liam Davies 2-4 Evans
Long Zehuang 4-3 Zhao H
Amir Sarkhosh 4-0 Luz
Ben Mertens 4-3 Muir
Ishpreet Singh Chadha 1-4 Lan
Bulcsu Revesz 3-4 Szubarczyk
Mark Davis 0-4 Craigie
Jordan Brown 4-1 Nayyar
Cheung Ka Wai 1-4 Huang
Stan Moody 4-3 Highfield
Antoni Kowalski 4-2 Shawky
Sunny Akani 0-4 Heathcote
Zak Surety 1-4 Boiko
Haydon Pinhey 0-4 Hugill
Matthew Stevens 4-1 Grace
Scott Donaldson 3-4 Chang
Artemijs Zizins 4-3 Doherty
Sanderson Lam 4-0 Benzey
Wang Yuchen 4-0 Yassen
Allan Taylor 4-3 Shebab
Anthony McGill 4-1 O. Brown
Julien Leclercq 4-1 Dikme
Liu Hongyu 4-1 Ursenbacher
Jamie Jones 4-2 Quinn
Haris Tahir 0-4 Ajaib
Michael Holt 3-4 Hallworth
Duane Jones 4-0 Graham
Round Three:
Noppon Saengkham 4-3 Gong
Matthew Selt 3-4 O. Lines
Gary Wilson 4-3 Gao
Robert Milkins 3-4 Hill
Ben Woollaston 4-1 Nasa
Jack Lisowski 4-0 Evans
Xu Si 0-4 Long
Pang Junxu 4-2 Sarkhosh
Elliot Slessor 4-1 Mertens
Lyu Haotian 0-4 Lan
Stuart Bingham 4-1 Szubarczyk
He Guoqiang 1-4 Craigie
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-0 J. Brown - Un-Nooh made a 147
Jak Jones 4-1 Huang
Ryan Day 2-4 Moody
Yuan Sijun 4-1 Kowalski
Lei Peifan 0-4 Heathcote
Jackson Page 2-4 Boiko
Wu Yize 4-1 Hugill
Robbie Williams 1-4 Stevens
Daniel Wells 3-4 Chang
David Gilbert 4-2 Zizins
Luca Brecel o/w Lam (Brecel withdrew due to medical reasons)
Joe O'Connor 4-3 Wang
Stephen Maguire 4-3 Taylor
Ricky Walden 2-4 McGill
Hossein Vafaei 4-1 Leclercq
Martin O'Donnell 4-3 Liu H
Fan Zhengyi 3-4 Jamie Jones
Tom Ford 2-4 Ajaib
Jimmy Robertson 3-4 Hallworth
Zhou Yuelong 4-1 D. Jones
Round Four:
1) Saengkham 2-5 Lines
2) G. Wilson 5-2 Hill
3) Woollaston 5-4 Lisowski
4) Long 5-3 Pang
5) Slessor 5-4 Lan
6) Bingham 5-4 Craigie
7) Un-Nooh 5-1 Jak Jones
8) Moody 0-5 Yuan
9) Heathcote 4-5 Boiko
10) Wu 5-1 Stevens
11) Chang 5-3 Gilbert
12) Lam 0-5 O'Connor
13) Maguire 5-0 McGill
14) Vafaei 3-5 O'Donnell
15) Jamie Jones 2-5 Ajaib
16) Hallworth 3-5 Zhou
Round Five:
Judd Trump 3-5 Oliver Lines
Ali Carter 5-4 Gary Wilson
Neil Robertson 5-2 Ben Woollaston
Mark Selby 5-3 Long Zehuang
John Higgins 4-5 Elliot Slessor
Zhang Anda 2-5 Stuart Bingham
Shaun Murphy 5-1 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Mark Williams 5-3 Yuan Sijun
Kyren Wilson 5-4 Iulian Boiko
Si Jiahui 5-3 Wu Yize
Mark Allen 4-5 Chang Bingyu
Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-0 Joe O’Connor
Ding Junhui 5-2 Stephen Maguire
Barry Hawkins 5-3 Martin O’Donnell
Chris Wakelin 5-1 Farakh Ajaib
Zhao Xintong 5-0 Steven Hallworth
Last 16:
Lines 3-6 Carter
Robertson 6-4 Selby
Slessor 6-5 Bingham
Murphy 1-6 Williams
K. Wilson 6-3 Si
Chang 5-6 O'Sullivan
Ding 5-6 Hawkins
Wakelin 6-5 Zhao
Quarter-Finals
Carter 4-6 Robertson
Slessor 6-5 Williams
K. Wilson 5-6 O’Sullivan
Hawkins 5-6 Wakelin
Semi-Finals
Robertson 6-3 Slessor
O’Sullivan 6-3 Wakelin - O’Sullivan made two 147s in the same match
Final
Robertson 10-9 O’Sullivan
2025 SAUDI ARABIA SNOOKER MASTERS CHAMPION: NEIL ROBERTSON
Tournament schedule and format:
- Round One: Friday 8th August
- Round Two: Saturday 9th August (seven first round matches postponed and played on Saturday)
- Round Three: Sunday 10th August
- Round Four: Monday 11th August
- Round Five: Tuesday 12th August
- Last 16: Wednesday 13th August
- Quarter-Finals: Thursday 14th August
- Semi-Finals: Friday 15th August
- Final: Saturday 16th August
- Rounds One to Three: Best of 7 frames (no interval)
- Rounds Four and Five: Best of 9 frames
- Last 16, quarters and semis: Best of 11 frames
- Final: Best of 19 frames (two sessions)
What is the prize money for the 2025 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters; how much does the champion win?
With over £2.3 million in prize money to be awarded, the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters is the second richest event on the professional snooker circuit, only just behind the sport’s blue riband event the World Championship.
However, the winner in Jeddah will collect the same amount that has been given to the winner at the Crucible over the past several years - £500,000.
2025 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters prize money breakdown:
- Champion: £500,000
- Runner-up: £200,000
- Losing semi-finalists: £100,000 (each)
- Losing quarter-finalists: £50,000 (each)
- Last 16 losers: £30,000 (each)
- Last 32 losers: £20,000 (each)
- Last 48 losers: £11,000 (each)
- Last 80 losers: £7,000 (each)
- Last 112 losers: £4,000 (each)
- Last 144 losers: £2,000 (each)
- Prize for a maximum 147 break: £50,000
- Total prize fund: £2,302,000
How to watch the 2025 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters on TV and online:
Saudi Arabia: SSC and Shahid
UK and Ireland: TNT Sports and discovery+
Mainland Europe: Eurosport and locally relevant streaming platforms (discovery+ in Germany, Italy and Austria and HBO Max in all other markets)
China: Huya.com, Migu, CBSA-WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel, CBSA-WPBSA Academy Douyin
Hong Kong China: Now TV
Philippines: Tap
Taiwan: Sportcast
Thailand: True Sport