What are Saturday's semi-finals at the 2025 UK Snooker Championship, a preview of the last four action in York

The remaining quartet in York have all won this title before, and completed a Career Triple Crown, but only one of them can add to their bulging CVs come Sunday night and pocket the £250,000 top prize.

13:00GMT - Judd Trump v Neil Robertson

Trump and Robertson will add yet another chapter to their fascinating career rivalry when they meet in the opening semi-final on Saturday afternoon.

Reigning and defending UK Champion Trump is aiming to become only the second player in this century to win back-to-back UK titles. He is also seeking his first title victory of 2025 and to preserve a proud record of having won at least one trophy every calendar year since 2014.

Despite his equipment troubles in recent months, Trump is on course to reach his third final in a matter of weeks having been runner-up at the Northern Ireland Open and Champion of Champions. 'The Ace in the Pack' is into his sixth UK semi-final, from his previous five appearances he has won four.

In the quarter-finals on Friday he won six frames in-a-row from 2-0 down to defeat Ding Junhui, 6-2.

World number three Robertson is looking for a fourth UK Championship crown this weekend. Should he get it, he would become the fourth most decorated winner in the competition's history.

This tournament has been a 'feast or famine' situation for Robertson in recent times; before this year, since his first triumph in 2013 he had either won the event or gone out before the quarter-finals. He will be hoping that particular stat continues over the next couple of days.

Success at the Barbican would mean the Australian has won the two biggest titles this season, so far - the Saudi Arabia Masters and the UK Championship, a double that Trump completed last season.

These two have been involved in a plethora of classic matches against each other down the years, several of those coming in finals. They have met three times before in the UK Championship: Trump won 9-7 in the 2011 semis and 6-3 in the last 32 last year (both times he went on to lift the trophy), but Robertson ousted his opponent 10-9 on the final pink in the 2020 final held behind closed doors in Milton Keynes.

19:00GMT - Mark Selby v Shaun Murphy

Another two cueists who have shared the baize on many important occasions in the past, including a World Championship final in 2021 - the last time that Selby won a Triple Crown event.

Two-time UK Champion Selby is back in the semi-finals here for the first time since his last title in 2016. He arrived in York this week fresh from his triumph at the Champion of Champions on home soil in Leicester.

He recently said that he has 'found something' in his game, and that is translating into results having dropped just six frames from three matches this week with a trio of 6-2 victories.

En route to this weekend's one-table set-up, Murphy battled back from 4-1 and 5-3 down to pip John Higgins 6-5 in the last 16.

One of the form players of the season following his British Open title win and runner-up finish at the Xi'an Grand Prix, Murphy is trying to win his second UK accolade, 17 years on from his first.

'The Magician' - who is back at this stage of the event for the first time since his run to the final in 2017 - currently holds the Masters crown.

Like Trump and Robertson, the head-to-head record between Selby and Murphy is close. They have played each other twice in the UK Championship before with Selby coming out on top both times: 10-6 in the 2012 final, and 6-2 in the 2016 semi-finals (Selby went on to win the final).

Both semi-finals on Saturday are the best of 11 frames.

To view the full draw, results, match schedule, and other information from the 2025 UK Championship, visit here.