The 2025 World Open starts on Sunday in Yushan with the likes of defending champion Judd Trump and world champion Kyren Wilson in the draw.
World number one Trump returns to action after skipping the recent Welsh Open in Llandudno, while Wilson will hope to add to his season-leading tally of three ranking crowns.
The World Open is an important event on this year’s calendar for a couple of reasons.
While money earned here won’t count towards qualification for next week’s World Grand Prix, they will help to determine the 16 spots on offer through the one-year ranking list at the subsequent Players Championship.
Players in the draw who are further down the official two-year rankings will also be under pressure to gain potentially vital points in their tour survival efforts.
After the World Open, a lot of the competitors on the main tour will only have the World Championship to contest before the campaign’s conclusion.
There is a hefty prize fund available, with a handsome £175,000 cheque on offer for the winner next week.
2025 World Open Prize Money
Champion: £175,000
Runner-up: £75,000
Semi-Finals: £33,000
Quarter-Finals: £22,000
Round of 16: £14,000
Round of 32: £9,000
Round of 64: £5,000
Highest Break: £5,000
Total: £825,000
Who is in the 2025 World Open draw?
A qualifying round was staged in December to whittle down the field that will participate at the Yushan Sport Centre.
Trump and Wilson, however, were among a select few contenders who had their preliminary-round fixtures held over.
The English duo will first encounter Xing Zihao and Hammad Miah respectively, with top-ranked Chinese pair Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda also entering the fray from the same round.
Several heavy hitters are already through to the last 64, including the in-form Mark Selby, Shaun Murphy, Mark Allen, and John Higgins.
That being said, the 2025 World Open draw has already been decimated by a string of withdrawals.
Ronnie O’Sullivan announced earlier this week that he would be adding the tournament to his list of no-shows from the 2024/25 term.
Luca Brecel, Jak Jones, Ricky Walden, and Chris Totten have also pulled out despite having made it through their initial matches in the competition a couple of months ago in Sheffield.
Barry Hawkins, Ali Carter, Gary Wilson, and Xiao Guodong are other members of the top 16 who are in the hunt for glory.
2025 World Open draw
Round of 128
Qualifying results from December
Held-over matches to be played on Sunday, Feb 23
Judd Trump vs Xing Zihao (held over)
Long Zehuang 5-2 Mitchell Mann
Alfie Burden 5-4 Stephen Maguire
Joe O’Connor 5-3 Alexander Ursenbacher
Antoni Kowalski 5-1 Paul Deaville
Matthew Stevens 5-2 David Grace
Michael Holt w/o Neil Robertson
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 vs Jiang Jun (held over)
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5-3 Andrew Higginson
Chris Totten 5-1 Stuart Bingham
Sanderson Lam vs Wildcard (held over)
Shaun Murphy 5-3 Mostafa Dorgham
Mark Allen 5-4 Rory Thor
David Lilley vs Wildcard (held over)
Wu Yize 5-0 Robbie McGuigan
Jackson Page 5-1 Ashley Carty
Ali Carter 5-4 Joshua Thomand
He Guoqiang 5-0 Huang Jiahao
Jack Lisowski 5-3 Julien Leclercq
Scott Donaldson vs Wildcard (held over)
Ben Woollaston 5-2 Simon Blackwell
Amir Sarkhosh 5-3 David Gilbert
Jamie Jones 5-3 Liam Pullen
Barry Hawkins 5-1 Cheung Ka Wai
Ricky Walden 5-0 Hatem Yassen
Ryan Day 5-2 Marco Fu
Louis Heathcote 5-1 Jamie Clarke
Daniel Womersley vs 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
Zak Surety 5-0 Si Jiahui
Jordan Brown 5-1 Liam Graham
Xiao Guodong 5-0 Dylan Emery
Duane Jones 5-3 Fan Zhengyi
Ishpreet Singh Chadha 5-4 Dominic Dale
Tom Ford 5-1 Ahmed Aly 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
Sunny Akani 5-2 Mark Williams
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 vs Stan Moody (held over)
Graeme Dott 5-1 Jimmy White
Robert Milkins 5-2 Farakh Ajaib
Xu Si vs Wildcard (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
Manasawin Phetmalaikul 5-2 Matthew Selt
Zhou Yuelong 5-1 Ma Hailong
Lei Peifan 5-4 Anthony Hamilton
Kyren Wilson vs Hammad Miah (held over)
Round of 64 (bo9)
Matches to be played on Sunday, Feb 23 and Monday, Feb 24
Trump/Xing vs Long Zehuang
Alfie Burden vs Joe O’Connor
Antoni Kowalski vs Matthew Stevens
Michael Holt vs Martin O’Donnell
Yuan Sijun vs Hossein Vafaei
Joe Perry vs Ding/Jiang
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh w/o Chris Totten
Lam/Wildcard vs Shaun Murphy
Mark Allen vs Lilly/Wildcard
Wu Yize vs Jackson Page
Ali Carter vs He Guoqiang
Jack Lisowski vs Donaldson/Wildcard
Ben Woollaston vs Amir Sarkhosh
Jamie Jones vs Barry Hawkins
Ryan Day w/o Ricky Walden
Louis Heathcote vs Womersley/Carrington
Mark Selby vs Liu Hongyu
Elliot Slessor vs Lyu Haotian
Zak Surety vs Jordan Brown
Xiao Guodong vs Duane Jones
Ishpreet Singh Chadha vs Tom Ford
Daniel Wells vs Gary Wilson
Jimmy Robertson vs Noppon Saengkham
Aaron Hill vs Sunny Akani
Tian Pengfei w/o Luca Brecel
Pang Junxu vs Anthony McGill
Zhang/Moody vs Graeme Dott
Robert Milkins vs Xu/Wildcard
Robbie Williams w/o Jak Jones
Mark Davis vs John Higgins
Manasawin Phetmalaikul vs Zhou Yuelong
Lei Peifan vs K. Wilson/Miah
click here to view the latest scores and results
(snooker.org)
How to watch the tournament
There are several options available to watch the 2025 World Open this year. The full list of global broadcasters:
UK and Ireland
Eurosport (until Feb 28th), TNT Sports 3, discovery+
Mainland Europe
Eurosport and MAX/discovery+
China
CCTV5
Huya.com
Migu
CBSA-WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel
CBSA-WPBSA Academy Douyin
Hong Kong
Now TV
Malaysia and Brunei
Astro
Philippines
Tap
Taiwan
Sportcast
Thailand
True Sport
Indonesia
Sporstars/Vision+
All other territories
WST Play
Featured photo credit: WST
