2025 World Open Snooker: Full draw, results, format, schedule, prize money, how to watch

The 2025 World Open takes place at the Yushan Sports Centre in China between Sunday 23rd February to Saturday 1st March.

The 14th ranking event of the 2024/25 World Snooker Tour season, this will be the final tournament to be held in China this term.

A regular event on the professional circuit for several years now, the World Open carries one of the biggest first prizes in the sport, with the champion set to pocket £175,000.

Judd Trump is the reigning and defending champion; the world number one is going for a three-peat having won the last two stagings of the competition in 2019 and 2024.

What is the format for the 2025 World Open Snooker and how does it work?

There is a 128-player flat draw in operation for the 2025 World Open which means all contestants - regardless of their world ranking - begin in round one and must go through seven rounds to lift the trophy.

All bar a handful of first round matches were played at Ponds Forge in Sheffield, England in December. Several fixtures - including the world's and China's top ranked stars, and ties with the Chinese wildcards in - have been held over to the main venue in the Far East.

All matches up to and including the quarter-finals are the best of nine frames. The semi-finals are the best of 11, and the two-session final is the best of 19.

Tournament schedule for the 2025 World Open:

Sunday 23rd & Monday 24th February - Held over round one matches and round two (last 64)
Tuesday 25th - Round three (last 32)
Wednesday 26th - Round four (last 16)
Thursday 27th - Quarter-finals
Friday 28th - Semi-finals
Saturday 1st March - Final

Who is playing in the 2025 World Open?

All the world's top ranked stars entered the 2025 World Open, although a handful will not be in Yushan for various reasons.

Mark Williams and Si Jiahui were the highest profile casualties in pre-Christmas 'qualifying', while Neil Robertson forfeited his match in Sheffield after getting his dates wrong and not turning up.

Ronnie O'Sullivan and Luca Brecel both withdrew because of medical reasons a few days before the main venue stages were due to start. Brecel had already won his first round match against Iulian Boiko in England.

After electing not to enter the Welsh Open, title holder Trump is back in action, as too is reigning World Champion Kyren Wilson. Both Trump and Wilson have won titles in China this season; home heroes Xiao Guodong and Ding Junhui - who are both also set for Yushan - were the other champions.

The most in-form player on the World Snooker Tour at present is arguably Mark Selby, who has won the last two events at the Championship League Invitational and Welsh Open.

2025 World Open: Full draw and results

Round One (Last 128)

Judd Trump 5-0 Xing Zihao - held over

Long Zehuang 5-2 Mitchell Mann

Stephen Maguire 4-5 Alfie Burden

Joe O'Connor 5-3 Alexander Ursenbacher

Paul Deaville 1-5 Antoni Kowalski

Matthew Stevens 5-2 David Grace

Neil Robertson o/w Michael Holt

Martin O'Donnell 5-4 Bulcsu Revesz

Yuan Sijun 5-0 Haydon Pinhey

Hossein Vafaei 5-3 Ben Mertens

Joe Perry 5-0 Kreishh Gurbaxani

Ding Junhui 5-1 Jiang Jun - held over

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5-3 Andrew Higginson

Stuart Bingham 1-5 Chris Totten

Sanderson Lam 1-5 Zhou Jinhao - held over

Shaun Murphy 5-3 Mostafa Dorgham

Mark Allen 5-4 Rory Thor

David Lilley 5-4 Cao Jin - held over

Wu Yize 5-0 Robbie McGuigan

Jackson Page 5-1 Ashley Carty

Ali Carter 5-4 Joshua Thomond

He Guoqiang 5-0 Huang Jiahao

Jack Lisowski 5-3 Julien Leclercq

Scott Donaldson 5-0 Wang Yuhang- held over

Ben Woollaston 5-2 Simon Blackwell

David Gilbert 3-5 Amir Sarkhosh

Jamie Jones 5-3 Liam Pullen

Barry Hawkins 5-1 Ka Wai Cheung

Ricky Walden 5-0 Hatem Yassen

Ryan Day 5-1 Marco Fu

Jamie Clarke 1-5 Louis Heathcote

Daniel Womersley 2-5 Stuart Carrington - held over

Mark Selby 5-4 Artemijs Zizins

Liu Hongyu 5-0 Baipat Siripaporn

Elliot Slessor 5-1 Jonas Luz

Lyu Haotian 5-2 Oliver Lines

Si Jiahui 0-5 Zak Surety

Jordan Brown 5-1 Liam Graham

Xiao Guodong 5-0 Dylan Emery

Fan Zhengyi 3-5 Duane Jones

Dominic Dale 4-5 Ishpreet Singh Chadha

Tom Ford 5-1 Ahmed Elsayed

Daniel Wells 5-2 Ross Muir

Gary Wilson 5-1 Gong Chenzhi

Jimmy Robertson 5-3 Haris Tahir

Noppon Saengkham 5-1 Dean Young

Aaron Hill 5-0 Mink Nutcharut

Mark Williams 2-5 Sunny Akani

Luca Brecel 5-3 Iulian Boiko

Tian Pengfei 5-1 Bai Yulu

Pang Junxu 5-2 Ken Doherty

Anthony McGill 5-0 Reanne Evans

Zhang Anda 3-5 Stan Moody - held over

Graeme Dott 5-1 Jimmy White

Robert Milkins 5-2 Farakh Ajaib

Xu Si 5-3 Zou Pengfei - held over

Robbie Williams 5-4 Ian Burns

Jak Jones 5-0 Allan Taylor

Mark Davis 5-4 Liam Davies

John Higgins 5-4 Wang Yuchen

Matthew Selt 2-5 Manasawin Phetmalaikul

Zhou Yuelong 5-1 Ma Hailong

Anthony Hamilton 4-5 Lei Peifan

Kyren Wilson 5-2 Hammad Miah - held over

Round Two (Last 64)

Trump 5-1 Long

Burden 1-5 O'Connor

Kowalski 5-3 Stevens

Holt 5-3 O'Donnell

Yuan 4-5 Vafaei

Perry 2-5 Ding

Un-Nooh w/o Totten

Zhou J 0-5 Murphy

Allen 4-5 Lilley

Wu 5-4 Page

Carter 5-3 He

Lisowski 5-2 Donaldson

Woollaston 5-0 Sarkhosh

Jamie Jones 2-5 Hawkins

Day w/o Walden

Heathcote 5-3 Carrington

Selby 2-5 Liu

Slessor 5-2 Lyu

Surety 5-4 Brown

Xiao 4-5 D. Jones

Singh Chadha 4-5 Ford

Wells 5-4 G. Wilson

J. Robertson 5-3 Saengkham

Hill 5-3 Akani

Tian w/o Brecel

Pang 5-0 McGill

Moody 5-2 Dott

Milkins 3-5 Xu

R. Williams w/o Jak Jones

Davis 1-5 Higgins

Phetmalaikul 1-5 Zhou

Lei 1-5 K Wilson

Round Three (Last 32)

Trump 2-5 O'Connor

Kowalski 1-5 Holt

Vafaei 3-5 Ding

Un-Nooh 0-5 Murphy

Lilley 5-4 Wu

Carter 5-4 Lisowski

Woollaston 4-5 Hawkins

Day 5-2 Heathcote

Liu 5-4 Slessor

Surety 5-4 D. Jones

Ford 5-3 Wells

J. Robertson 5-4 Hill

Tian 3-5 Pang

Moody 3-5 Xu

R. Williams 4-5 Higgins

Zhou 5-4 K. Wilson

Round Four (Last 16)

O'Connor 5-3 Holt

Ding 2-5 Murphy

Lilley 1-5 Carter

Hawkins 5-3 Day

Liu 2-5 Surety

Ford 5-3 J. Robertson

Pang 5-2 Xu

Higgins 5-4 Zhou

Quarter-Finals

O’Connor 5-1 Murphy

Carter 5-4 Hawkins

Surety 5-3 Ford

Pang 0-5 Higgins

Semi-Finals

O’Connor 6-3 Carter

Surety 5-6 Higgins

Final

O’Connor 6-10 Higgins

2025 WORLD OPEN CHAMPION: JOHN HIGGINS - Report here

What is the prize money for the 2025 World Open and how much does the winner get?

Champion: £175,000
Runner-up: £75,000
Losing semi-finalists: £33,000 (each)
Losing quarter-finalists: £22,000 (each)
Last 16 losers: £14,000 (each)
Last 32 losers: £9,000 (each)
Last 64 losers: £5,000 (each)
Highest break: £5,000
Total prize fund: £825,000

How to watch the 2025 World Open snooker:

UK & Ireland: Eurosport (until February 28th), discovery+, TNT Sports 3
Rest of Europe: Eurosport, and streaming platforms in various countries (discovery+, MAX)
China: CCTV5, Huya.com, Migu, CBSA-WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel, CBSA-WPBSA Academy Douyin
Hong Kong China: Now TV
Malaysia and Brunei: Astro
Philippines: Tap
Taiwan: Sportcast
Thailand: True Sport
Indonesia: Sportstars/Vision+
All other territories: WST Play