2025 British Open
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 22–28 September 2025 |
| Venue | The Centaur |
| City | Cheltenham |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £502,000 |
| Winner's share | £100,000 |
| Defending champion | Mark Selby (ENG) |
← 2024 | |
The 2025 British Open is an upcoming professional snooker tournament that will take place from 22 to 28 September 2025 at the Centaur in Cheltenham, England.[1] It will be the fifth ranking event of the 2025–26 snooker season, following the 2025 English Open. Qualifying took place from 25 to 28 June 2025 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester.
Mark Selby is the defending champion, having defeated John Higgins 10–5 in the 2024 final.[2]
Background
The tournament is the fifth edition of the British Open since its revival in 2021. Its inaugural edition was held in 1980 as the non-ranking British Gold Cup which was won by Alex Higgins. It gained ranking status and its current name in 1985 and was held yearly until 2004 before being discontinued. In 2021, it was revived and organized for the first time with a randomised draw after every round, the format it still uses. Mark Selby won the most recent edition in 2024. Since 2022, the trophy is named after Clive Everton.[3]
The tournament will be held from 22 to 28 September 2025 at the Centaur in Cheltenham, England. Qualifiers were held from 25 to 28 June 2025 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England.
Format
The tournament will follow a straight knock-out format with a flat 128-player draw, with all matches up to the quarter‑finals being played as the best of seven frames and the last-128 round serving as a qualifying round. The quarter‑finals are the best of 9 frames, the semi‑finals are the best of 11 frames, and the final is the best of 19 frames, played over two sessions. The draw will be randomised for every round.[4][5]
Qualifying matches featuring the top 20 players in the snooker world rankings, with the exception of Ding Junhui (ranked 6th) who did not enter the event,[a] were held over to be played in Cheltenham.[6]
Broadcasters
The qualifying round was broadcast by Discovery+ in Germany, Austria and Italy; by HBO Max in other European territories; by Huya Live, Migu, the CBSA‑WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel and the CBSA‑WPBSA Academy Douyin in China; and by WST Play in the United Kingdom and all other territories worldwide without a broadcast agreement in place.[7]
Prize fund
The winner of the event will receive £100,000 from a total prize fund of £502,000. The breakdown of prize money for this event is shown below:[4]
- Winner: £100,000
- Runner-up: £45,000
- Semi-final: £20,000
- Quarter-final: £12,000
- Last 16: £9,000
- Last 32: £6,000
- Last 64: £3,000
- Highest break: £5,000
- Total: £502,000
Qualifying draw
Cheltenham
The results of the held over matches played in Cheltenham on 22 September will be given below.[6]
- Barry Hawkins (ENG) v Daniel Wells (WAL)
- Top up 1 v Zhao Xintong (CHN)
- Judd Trump (ENG) v Aaron Hill (IRL)
- Sanderson Lam (ENG) v Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
- Pang Junxu (CHN) v Wu Yize (CHN)
- Tom Ford (ENG) v Neil Robertson (AUS)
- Jiang Jun (CHN) v Mark Allen (NIR)
- Kyren Wilson (ENG) v Chris Wakelin (ENG)
- David Grace (ENG) v Mark Selby (ENG)
- Ross Muir (SCO) v Shaun Murphy (ENG)
- Xiao Guodong (CHN) v Haydon Pinhey (ENG)
- Mark Williams (WAL) v Si Jiahui (CHN)
- Zhang Anda (CHN) v Duane Jones (WAL)
- Top up 2 v Ali Carter (ENG)
- John Higgins (SCO) v Mark Davis (ENG)
- Gary Wilson (ENG) v Hossein Vafaei (IRN)
Leicester
The results of the qualifying matches played in Leicester are given below.[6]
25 June
- Yuan Sijun (CHN) 4–3 Jamie Jones (WAL)
- Marco Fu (HKG) 4–3 Stephen Maguire (SCO)
- Jonas Luz (BRA) 1–4 Cheung Ka Wai (HKG)
- Elliot Slessor (ENG) 2–4 Jackson Page (WAL)
- Jimmy Robertson (ENG) 3–4 Ryan Davies (ENG) (a)
- Haris Tahir (PAK) 4–3 Ken Doherty (IRL)
- Jimmy White (ENG) 2–4 Liam Davies (WAL)
- Ashley Carty (ENG) (a) 4–2 Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI)[b]
- Louis Heathcote (ENG) 4–3 Jordan Brown (NIR)
- Wang Yuchen (HKG) 3–4 Mitchell Mann (ENG)
- Ishpreet Singh Chadha (IND) 2–4 Scott Donaldson (SCO)
- Jack Lisowski (ENG) 4–3 Liam Highfield (ENG)
26 June
- Kreishh Gurbaxani (IND) 2–4 Chang Bingyu (CHN)
- Xu Si (CHN) 4–0 Florian Nüßle (AUT)
- Liu Hongyu (CHN) 4–0 Ng On-yee (HKG)
- Fergal Quinn (NIR) 2–4 Gao Yang (CHN)
- He Guoqiang (CHN) 4–0 Farakh Ajaib (PAK)
- Steven Hallworth (ENG) 0–4 Sunny Akani (THA)
- Michał Szubarczyk (POL) 3–4 Umut Dikme (GER) (a)
- Liam Pullen (ENG) 3–4 Ben Mertens (BEL)
- Ryan Day (WAL) 2–4 Stuart Bingham (ENG)
- Gong Chenzhi (CHN) 1–4 Jak Jones (WAL)
- David Lilley (ENG) 4–2 Liam Graham (SCO)
- Chris Totten (SCO) 0–4 Antoni Kowalski (POL)
27 June
- Noppon Saengkham (THA) 4–1 Liu Wenwei (CHN)
- Huang Jiahao (CHN) 2–4 Matthew Stevens (WAL)
- Robbie McGuigan (NIR) 4–2 Lyu Haotian (CHN)
- Stan Moody (ENG) 4–2 Zhou Yuelong (CHN)
- Yao Pengcheng (CHN) 1–4 Sam Craigie (ENG)
- Bai Yulu (CHN) 4–2 Artemijs Žižins (LAT)
- Martin O'Donnell (ENG) 4–1 Sahil Nayyar (CAN)
- Oliver Lines (ENG) 4–1 Stuart Carrington (ENG) (a)
- Ricky Walden (ENG) 2–4 Joe O'Connor (ENG)
- Leone Crowley (IRL) 4–0 Hatem Yassen (EGY)
- Matthew Selt (ENG) 4–0 David Gilbert (ENG)
- Connor Benzey (ENG) 2–4 Iulian Boiko (UKR)
28 June
- Lei Peifan (CHN) 4–0 Mateusz Baranowski (POL)
- Long Zehuang (CHN) 4–3 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)
- Mink Nutcharut (THA) 1–4 Amir Sarkhosh (IRN)
- Lan Yuhao (CHN) 1–4 Reanne Evans (ENG)
- Fan Zhengyi (CHN) 2–4 Robert Milkins (ENG)
- Oliver Brown (ENG) 2–4 Xu Yichen (CHN)
- Anthony McGill (SCO) 4–3 Dylan Emery (WAL)
- Robbie Williams (ENG) 1–4 Bulcsú Révész (HUN)
- Zak Surety (ENG) 4–2 Zhao Hanyang (CHN)
- Julien Leclercq (BEL) 2–4 Ben Woollaston (ENG)
- Allan Taylor (ENG) 4–2 Chatchapong Nasa (THA)
- Ian Burns (ENG) 4–1 Michael Holt (ENG)
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
A total of 11 century breaks were made during the qualifying stage of the tournament in Leicester.[9]
- 140, 104 – Marco Fu
- 124 – Zhou Yuelong
- 119 – Matthew Stevens
- 118 – Chang Bingyu
- 111 – Ian Burns
- 109 – Bulcsú Révész
- 105 – Artemijs Žižins
- 102 – Stuart Bingham
- 102 – Jak Jones
- 102 – Lei Peifan
Notes
- ^ Top 20 players rather than 16 in the held-over matches because Ding Junhui did not enter, and Kyren Wilson (ranked 2nd) was drawn against Chris Wakelin (ranked 16th), Mark Williams (ranked 3rd) was drawn against Si Jiahui (ranked 15th) and Neil Robertson (ranked 8th) was drawn against Tom Ford (ranked 19th).
- ^ Ashley Carty replaced Luca Brecel who withdrew.[8]
References
- ^ "Calendar 2025/2026 - snooker.org". www.snooker.org. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ "British Open: Mark Selby beats John Higgins in 2024 final to win title for first time". BBC Sport. 29 September 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ "British Open trophy named after Clive Everton". World Snooker Tour. 21 September 2022. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ a b "British Open". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 13 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ^ "British Open 2025". snooker.org. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ^ a b c "British Open Qualifiers 2025". snooker.org. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ^ "How To Watch British Open Qualifying". World Snooker Tour. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ^ "Brecel pulls out of British qualifiers". World Snooker Tour. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
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