2025 World Open (snooker)

The tournament took place from 23 February to 1 March 2025 at the Yushan Sport Centre in Yushan, China. The fourteenth ranking event of the 202425 season (following the 2025 Welsh Open and preceding the 2025 World Grand Prix), and the fifth and last major tournament of the season to be held in mainland China, the tournament was the sixth edition of the World Open since 2016. Originally created in 1982 as the Professional Players Tournament, the tournament was held in the UK as the Grand Prix and LG Cup from 1984 to 2009, and was renamed the World Open in 2010. China hosted the event from 2012 to 2014 in Haikou, and in Yushan since 2016. Judd Trump was the defending champion, having won the event in 2019 and again, after a hiatus due to the pandemic, in 2024, defeating 2017 World Open champion Ding Junhui 104 in the final. Jiangxi Weide Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. was the lead sponsor of the event. All matches were played as the best of nine up to and including the . The were the best of 11 frames and the final was a best of 19 frames match played over two . Broadcasters The qualifying matches were broadcast domestically by Migu and Huya in China; by Discovery+ in Europe (including the United Kingdom and Ireland); and Matchroom.live in all other territories. The main stage of the event was broadcast domestically by CCTV-5|, Migu, and Huya in China; by Eurosport in mainland Europe as well as Discovery+ in Germany, Italy and Poland, and Max in all other European territories; Now TV in Hong Kong; True Sports in Thailand; Sportcast in Taiwan; Sportstars and Vision+ in Indonesia; and WST Play in all other territories. As a result of the previously announced closure of Eurosport in the UK and Ireland on 28 February 2025, some linear channel sessions of the tournament in the region, including the and final, required a subscription for £30.99 per month for TNT Sports: the snooker was provided by TNT Sports 3. Although Discovery+ could be accessed in the same locations, the video service was also accessible only through a £30.99 per month subscription, if no access was provided free of charge to Discovery+ by a Pay TV service provider. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below: • Winner: £175,000 • Runner-up: £75,000 • Semi-final: £33,000 • Quarter-final: £22,000 • Last 16: £14,000 • Last 32: £9,000 • Last 64: £5,000 • Highest break: £5,000 • Total: £825,000 ==Summary==

Qualifying On 20 December 2024 Barry Hawkins beat Cheung Ka Wai 51, Zak Surety fourteenth seed Si Jiahui, and Chris Totten defeated Stuart Bingham 51. In the second Bingham made a 72 before Totten replied with a 73 to win on the final . On 22 December 2024 Luca Brecel beat amateur Iulian Boiko 53, Sunny Akani defeated sixth seed Mark Williams 52, and Amir Sarkhosh beat David Gilbert 53, winning the eighth frame on the final black. Mark Selby made a 142 break in the to beat Artemijs Žižins 54, and Mark Allen won the last two frames to beat Rory Thor 54. Early rounds Before the start of the tournament, it was announced that Ronnie O'Sullivan, Luca Brecel, Ricky Walden, Chris Totten, and Jak Jones had withdrawn. O'Sullivan was replaced by amateur player Daniel Womersley; and the other four players' opponents (Tian Pengfei, Ryan Day, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, and Robbie Williams respectively) were given walkovers to the . Only one of the four Chinese amateur wildcards made it through to the ; as Zhou Jinhao defeated Sanderson Lam 51, making a break of 119 in the second frame. Last 64 The last-64 matches were played on 23 and 24 February 2025 as the best of nine frames. In the match Murphy also made the 700th century break of his career. Last 32 The last-32 matches were played on 25 February 2025 as the best of nine frames. Last 16 The last-16 matches were played on 26 February 2025 as the best of nine frames. After the match Higgins said: "I have been on the wrong end of a lot of deciders lately, so I'm delighted, it's a great win for me. Zhou was looking really strong at 42. I love him as a boy and as a player. His game is so good, it's just a matter of time before he gets into the winner's enclosure." Pang Junxu defeated Xu Si 52. In the evening session Ali Carter beat David Lilley 51; after the match Carter said: "That's probably the best I've played in the last few events, I really enjoy playing Jack because he's the closest thing we've got to Ronnie O'Sullivan. When you play him, you have a tiger by the tail the whole time, he's so inspirational. For me to grind out a victory was very pleasing." Shaun Murphy defeated Ding Junhui 52, Tom Ford beat Jimmy Robertson 53, and Joe O'Connor beat Michael Holt 53. In the evening session Joe O'Connor defeated Shaun Murphy 51, with breaks of 135, 100 and 132, Murphy also making a 128 break. After the match O'Connor said: "I played really well and didn't give Shaun many chances. When the long pots are going in you have to punish the top players, that's what I did today and I'm proud of it. It's cementing confidence I have had for many years. This week it has all come together and hopefully I can win the trophy. If I play like that it will take a lot to stop me. I have been consistent for a while now and when my game clicks I feel I can beat anyone." Ali Carter recovered from 13 and 34 down to beat Barry Hawkins 54. After the match Carter said: "I lost to Stephen Maguire in the semis of the Welsh, I felt I was hot favourite but I got myself at it, stopped myself from playing well and sort of threw it away. I learned my lesson from that and I was determined not to do that again and lose due to my own temperament and stupidity. In this game you have to stick at it and be resilient. The older you get, the harder it is to do that. ... Joe bossed the game against Shaun , every time I looked at the scoreboard it looked like he wasn't missing a ball. It will be an intriguing match and I'm looking forward to it." Semi finals The semi-finals were played on 28 February 2025 as the best of eleven frames. In the evening session Joe O'Connor beat Ali Carter 63. After the match O'Connor said: "It was another solid performance, Ali wasn't at his best but I took my chances when I got them. I feel I'm a more complete player than I was when I last reached a final in 2022 , I am more consistent and my scoring has definitely improved. Hopefully that can continue and who knows what will happen tomorrow. I'd say 99.9% of the time I don't feel nerves, I try to just focus on the next shot and that doesn't leave room for nerves to creep in." Final (pictured) beat Joe O'Connor 106 in the final. (pictured) was playing in only his second ranking final. The final was played on 1 March 2025 as the best of 19 frames, played over two . Higgins went on to win the match 106 and take the title, making the only century break of the match in the 16th frame. It was Higgins's 32nd ranking title and his first since the 2021 Players Championship. Aged , Higgins became the ranking event winner, after Ray Reardon, who was old when Reardon won the 1982 Professional Players Tournament. After the match Higgins said: "I'm just delighted. I am drained, there has been a lot of nervous energy in the last couple of days. I am dead proud to win another big event at this age, I didn't know if I was going to win another event because I have taken so many devastating losses over the last three or four years. To come back and win this is a proud moment. Joe didn't play his best today, having been unbelievable all week. He didn't have the same game he had against Shaun , Judd , and Ali . The first frame was massive because he had a chance to win it on the last and if he had gone 10 up he would have taken confidence. I kept him under pressure, my was pretty good all day. He's a great player but just didn't turn up today, he'll come again I'm sure." ==Main draw==

The draw for the tournament is shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32 seeded players, an "a" indicates amateur players who were not on the main World Snooker Tour, and players in bold denote match winners. Top half :Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walkover Bottom half :Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walkover Final ==Qualifying==

Qualification for the tournament took place from 20 to 22 December 2024 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England. Matches involving defending champion Judd Trump, reigning World Champion Kyren Wilson, the two highest-ranked Chinese players (Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda), four Chinese wildcards (Zhou Jinhao, Cao Jin, Wang Yuhang, and Zou Pengfei); and Daniel Womersley were held over to be played at the final venue. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32 seeded players, an "a" indicates amateur players who were not on the main World Snooker Tour, and players in bold denote match winners. 20 December 2024 • 5–1 • 5–0 • 5–0 • 5–0 • 5–3 • 0–5 • 5–2 • 5–1 • 5–0 • 5–1 • 5–1 • 5–3 • 4–5 • 5–3 • 1–5 • 5–1 • 1–5 • 5–3 • 5–1 • 5–2 • 5–4 21 December 2024 • 5–1 • 5–1 • 5–0 • 5–1 • 5–2 • 5–3 • 5–4 • 5–2 • 5–0 • 5–1 • 5–2 • 5–4 • 4–5 • 4–5 • n/s–w/o • 5–0 • 5–0 • 5–3 • 5–4 • 5–4 • 5–2 :Note: n/s=no-show; w/o=walkover 22 December 2024 • 5–0 • 5–0 • 3–5 • 2–5 • 5–2 • 3–5 • 5–1 • 5–3 • 5–2 • 2–5 • 5–3 • 5–4 • 5–4 ==Century breaks==

Main stage centuries A total of 97 century breaks were made during the main stage of the tournament in Yushan. • 147, 138, 128, 127, 119 Shaun Murphy • 142, 103 Mark Allen • 141, 138, 130, 123, 119 Ding Junhui • 141, 123, 123, 101 Stan Moody • 141 Mark Selby • 138, 119, 118, 111, 100, 100 Kyren Wilson • 135, 133 He Guoqiang • 135, 132, 113, 100 Joe O'Connor • 135 Robbie Williams • 135 Yuan Sijun • 134, 130 Louis Heathcote • 133, 132, 126, 107, 104, 103 Zak Surety • 133, 118 Antoni Kowalski • 132, 101 Jimmy Robertson • 131, 124 Michael Holt • 131, 119, 106 Jack Lisowski • 131 Ishpreet Singh Chadha • 129, 127, 102 Wu Yize • 126, 125, 113, 111, 100 John Higgins • 126, 120, 109, 105, 101 Zhou Yuelong • 125, 113, 100 Pang Junxu • 125, 101, 101 Hossein Vafaei • 123, 105, 102 Tom Ford • 121, 117 Elliot Slessor • 121, 111, 108, 101, 100 Judd Trump • 119 Zhou Jinhao • 118 Jordan Brown • 117 Jamie Jones • 116, 111, 102 Stuart Carrington • 112, 105, 100 David Lilley • 111 Ben Woollaston • 106, 104 Ryan Day • 106, 103 Xu Si • 105 Martin O'Donnell • 104, 102 Liu Hongyu • 100 Ali Carter • 100 Daniel Wells Qualifying stage centuries A total of 39 century breaks were made during the qualifying stage of the tournament in Sheffield. • 145 Yuan Sijun • 142 Mark Selby • 141 Mark Williams • 140, 119 Gary Wilson • 139 Tian Pengfei • 137 Mark Allen • 137 He Guoqiang • 135, 108 Jack Lisowski • 135 Lyu Haotian • 133 Barry Hawkins • 132 Jordan Brown • 131 Long Zehuang • 129 Jamie Jones • 127 Jimmy Robertson • 120 Hossein Vafaei • 117 Ryan Day • 116 Xiao Guodong • 113, 101, 100 Pang Junxu • 110, 100 Mark Davis • 109 Sunny Akani • 108 Jackson Page • 107, 102 Jak Jones • 105 Aaron Hill • 104 Dominic Dale • 104 Matthew Stevens • 103, 102 Chris Totten • 103 Fan Zhengyi • 102 Julien Leclercq • 101 Matthew Selt • 100 Ishpreet Singh Chadha • 100 Joe Perry • 100 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh ==Notes==