The draw, results and other event information for the 2025 Xi'an Grand Prix snooker event
It's back to the Far East for the professional snooker circuit as many of the world's top players cue up for the 2025 Xi'an Grand Prix.
One of the most lucrative events on the World Snooker Tour, the title winner at the Qujiang Sports Complex will collect £177,000.
This is the second staging of the Xi’an Grand Prix; Kyren Wilson returns as the reigning and defending champion having defeated Judd Trump 10-8 in last year’s inaugural final.
The world ranking event in China runs from Tuesday 7th to Monday 13th October.
Backing up that World Championship win!
— WST (@WeAreWST) August 25, 2024
How @KyrenWilson closed out the #XianGrandPrix for his first title of the season 💪 pic.twitter.com/4b6PuvLSRL
How does the draw work?
All professional tour card holders were eligible to enter this tournament. The format features a flat draw, meaning all contestants - regardless of their world ranking position - start out in round one, although there is seeding, so the very top ranked players can’t meet until later in the event.
Due to there being 129 entries - including four local amateur wildcards - there is a solitary preliminary round match.
Whilst the main venue, televised stages start from the 7th, the majority of round one matches were completed in Leicester, England a few weeks before. For a round-up of what happened at the Mattioli Arena, visit here.
Several of the sport’s biggest stars have had their round one fixtures held over to Xi’an; this way the competition promoters could guarantee their appearances in China and not risk them losing in qualifying in Leicester.
Matches are the best of nine frames up to and including the quarter-finals. The semi-finals are the best of 11, and the two-session final is the best of 19.
Who is playing at the 2025 Xi’an Grand Prix?
A star-studded field is set to compete at the 2025 Xi’an Grand Prix, including title holder Wilson, world number one Trump, and reigning world champion Zhao Xintong.
Seven-time world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan is also expected to be in Xi’an; it will be O’Sullivan’s first competitive outing for several weeks since his runner-up finish at the Saudi Arabia Masters in mid-August.
World number three Neil Robertson - the person who pipped O’Sullivan to that Saudi title - is in the draw, as too are fellow top eight exponents Mark Williams, Mark Allen, and Ding Junhui.
Newly-minted British Open champion Shaun Murphy will be going for back-to-back titles, while Mark Selby will be aiming to win his eighth career ranking event title in China.
Preliminary Round
Chatchapong Nasa 2-5 Zhou Jinhao *
Round One (Last 128)
Kyren Wilson 5-1 Haris Tahir *
Sanderson Lam 1-5 Marco Fu
Yuan Sijun 5-1 Mahmoud El Hareedy
Jamie Jones 5-1 Connor Benzey
Shaun Murphy 5-0 Liam Highfield
Long Zehaung 5-1 Artemijs Zizins
Wu Yize 5-4 Florian Nuessle
Xu Si 5-1 Bulcsu Revesz
Ricky Walden 5-1 Liam Davies
Elliot Slessor 5-1 Liam Graham
Oliver Lines 5-1 Gao Yang
Mark Allen 5-4 Mitchell Mann
Jackson Page 5-3 Sahil Hayyar
Lei Peifan 3-5 Louis Heathcote
Jordan Brown 5-1 Oliver Brown
Ding Junhui 5-1 Sam Craigie *
Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-0 Iulian Boiko *
Zak Surety 1-5 Yao Pengcheng
Stephen Maguire 5-2 Bai Yulu
Robbie Williams 5-1 Fergal Quinn
Zhang Anda 4-5 Farakh Ajaib
David Lilley 5-3 Kreishh Gurbaxani
Jak Jones 5-0 Haydon Pinhey
Ben Woollaston 3-5 Dylan Emery
Luca Brecel 0-5 Sunny Akani
Gary Wilson 5-0 Zhang Xiao *
Liu Hongyu 4-5 Mateusz Baranowski
Chris Wakelin 3-5 Zhang Hao *
He Guoqiang 5-1 Zhao Hanyang
Jack Lisowski 4-5 Xu Yichen
Ishpreet Singh Chadha 5-0 Jonas Luz
Neil Robertson 5-1 Leone Crowley *
Judd Trump 5-2 Ng On Yee * - Trump makes 147 break
Matthew Stevens 5-0 Ian Burns
Pang Junxu 3-5 Wang Yuchen
Lyu Haotian 5-2 Steven Hallworth
Ali Carter 5-1 Allan Taylor
Stan Moody 5-4 Amir Sarkhosh
Stuart Bingham 5-2 Duane Jones
Matthew Selt 5-4 Antoni Kowalski
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5-1 Mohammed Shebab
Hossein Vafaei 0-5 Jiang Jun
Anthony McGill 4-5 David Grace
Barry Hawkins 5-0 Hatem Yassen
Ryan Day 5-4 Ross Muir
Zhou Yuelong 5-2 Julien Leclercq - Zhou made 147
Scott Donaldson 5-1 Robbie McGuigan
Mark Williams 5-2 Zhou J *
John Higgins 3-5 Liam Pullen
Michael Holt 5-1 Umut Dikme
Noppon Saengkham 5-2 Alexander Ursenbacher
Martin O'Donnell 4-5 Michal Szubarczyk
Mark Selby 5-0 Gong Chenzhi
Mark Davis 5-1 Reanne Evans
Tom Ford 3-5 Huang Jiahao
Aaron Hill 5-2 Liu Wenwei
Daniel Wells 5-1 Ken Doherty
David Gilbert 5-1 Chris Totten
Fan Zhengyi 5-1 Ben Mertens
Si Jiahui 5-3 Chang Bingyu
Jimmy Robertson 5-2 Cheung Ka Wai
Joe O'Connor 5-2 Lan Yuhao
Robert Milkins 5-1 Mink Nutcharut
Zhao Xintong 5-2 Wang Xinbo *
* matches held over to Xi’an
Round Two (Last 64)
K. Wilson w/o Fu (withdrew)
Yuan w/o Jamie Jones (withdrew)
Murphy 5-0 Long
Wu 5-2 Xu
Walden 3-5 Slessor
Lines 5-4 Allen
Page 0-5 Heathcote
J. Brown 1-5 Ding
O'Sullivan 5-1 Yao
Maguire 5-2 R. Williams
Ajaib 1-5 Lilley
Jak Jones 5-1 Emery
Akani 1-5 G. Wilson
Baranowski 5-2 Zhang H
He 5-3 Xu Y
Singh Chadha 3-5 N. Robertson
Trump 4-5 Stevens
Wang Y 4-5 Lyu
Carter 3-5 Moody
Bingham 5-3 Selt
Un-Nooh 5-3 Jiang
Grace 2-5 Hawkins
Day 2-5 Zhou Y
M. Williams w/o Donaldson (withdrew)
Pullen 5-3 Holt
Saengkham 5-1 Szubarczyk
Selby 4-5 Davis
Huang 2-5 Hill
Wells 5-1 Gilbert
Fan 4-5 Si
J. Robertson 5-1 O'Connor
Milkins 2-5 Zhao X
Round Three (Last 32)
K. Wilson 5-2 Yuan
Murphy 5-4 Wu
Slessor 4-5 Lines
Heathcote 3-5 Ding
O'Sullivan 5-0 Maguire
Lilley 3-5 Jak Jones
G. Wilson 5-4 Baranowski
He 5-4 N. Robertson
Stevens 4-5 Lyu
Moody 0-5 Bingham
Un-Nooh 2-5 Hawkins
Zhou Y 2-5 M. Williams
Pullen 5-0 Saengkham
Davis 0-5 Hill
Wells 5-3 Si
J. Robertson 4-5 Milkins
Round Four (Last 16)
K. Wilson 0-5 Murphy
Lines 1-5 Ding
O'Sullivan 5-2 Jak Jones
G. Wilson 5-0 He
Lyu 5-3 Bingham
Hawkins 4-5 M. Williams
Pullen 5-1 Hill
Wells 5-2 Milkins
Quarter-Finals
Murphy 5-3 Ding
O’Sullivan 2-5 G. Wilson
Lyu 4-5 M. Williams
Pullen 2-5 Wells
Semi-Finals
Murphy 6-4 G. Wilson
M. Williams 6-3 Wells
Final
Murphy 3-10 M. Williams
What is the tournament schedule?
- Tuesday 7th: Preliminary, Round One, Round Two matches
- Wednesday 8th: Round Two matches
- Thursday 9th: Last 32
- Friday 10th: Last 16
- Saturday 11th: Quarter-Finals
- Sunday 12th: Semi-Finals
- Monday 13th: Final
What is the prize money, how much does the champion get?
- Champion: £177,000
- Runner-up: £76,000
- Losing semi-finalists: £34,500 (each)
- Losing quarter-finalists: £22,350 (each)
- Losers in the last 16: £14,000 (each)
- Losers in the last 32: £9,400 (each)
- Losers in the last 64: £5,350 (each)
- Tournament highest break: £5,000 (currently held by Zhou Yuelong for his 147 in qualifying)
- Total prize fund: £850,000
How can I watch on TV and online?
- UK & 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: CCTV5, Huya.com, Migu, CBSA-WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel, CBSA-WPBSA Academy Douyin
- Macau China: CCTV5
- Hong Kong China: Now TV
- Taiwan: Sportcast
- Thailand: True Sport
- All other territories: WST Play