The 2025 British Open qualifiers concluded on Saturday with the last results being determined at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester.
The venue stages of the British Open don’t take place until September, and the top 16 players from the world rankings each had their round-of-128 fixtures held over.
However, the rest of the circuit had to negotiate the preliminary phase of the competition in order to safely seal their tickets to Cheltenham.
The random draw element at the British Open always adds a little bit of extra excitement to the fold, and there were some interesting results across the four days of qualifying action.
Among the higher-profile names to make it through was former world champion Stuart Bingham, who overcame a tough opening test in the form of 2022 winner Ryan Day.
Fellow veteran Marco Fu was arguably the standout performer of the first week in the new season.
The Hong Kong potter, who is only competing on the main tour courtesy of an invitational tour card, backed up his three-ton display at the Wuhan Open qualifiers with another brace of centuries in beating Stephen Maguire 4-3 from 3-0 down.
Leading stars of the women’s game Bai Yulu and Reanne Evans both secured strong victories to guarantee their presence at the Centaur in a few months.
There were triumphs elsewhere for the likes of Jak Jones, Jack Lisowski, Joe O’Connor, and Noppon Saengkham.
The main stages of the British Open will run from September 22nd to September 28th, with the draw for the second round taking place around then.
2025 British Open
Round of 128 Results
Chang Bingyu 4-2 Kreishh Gurbaxani
Jak Jones 4-1 Gong Chenzhi
Noppon Saengkham 4-1 Liu Wenwei
Liam Davies 4-2 Jimmy White
Martin O’Donnell 4-1 Sahil Nayyar
Oliver Lines 4-1 Stuart Carrington
Umut Dikme 4-3 Michal Szubarczyk
Anthony McGill 4-3 Dylan Emery
Ashley Carty 4-2 Alexander Ursenbacher
Ben Mertens 4-3 Liam Pullen
Mitchell Mann 4-3 Wang Yuchen
Matthew Stevens 4-2 Huang Jiahao
Yuan Sijun 4-3 Jamie Jones
David Lilley 4-2 Liam Graham
Joe O’Connor 4-2 Ricky Walden
Antoni Kowalski 4-0 Chris Totten
Reanne Evans 4-1 Lan Yuhao
Lei Peifan 4-0 Mateusz Baranowski
Robert Milkins 4-2 Fan Zhengyi
Leone Crowley 4-0 Hatem Yassen
Matthew Selt 4-0 David Gilbert
Xu Yichen 4-2 Oliver Brown
Stan Moody 4-2 Zhou Yuelong
Jackson Page 4-2 Elliot Slessor
Gao Yang 4-2 Fergal Quinn
Marco Fu 4-3 Stephen Maguire
He Guoqiang 4-0 Farakh Ajaib
Sunny Akani 4-0 Steven Hallworth
Xu Si 4-0 Florian Nuessle
Ryan Davies 4-3 Jimmy Robertson
Haris Tahir 4-3 Ken Doherty
Long Zehuang 4-3 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Bulcsu Revesz 4-1 Robbie Williams
Scott Donaldson 4-2 Ishpreet Singh Chadha
Robbie McGuigan 4-2 Lyu Haotian
Amir Sarkhosh 4-1 Mink Nutcharut
Jack Lisowski 4-3 Liam Highfield
Iulian Boiko 4-2 Connor Benzey
Ben Woollaston 4-2 Julien Leclercq
Allan Taylor 4-2 Chatchapong Nasa
Zak Surety 4-2 Zhao Hanyang
Liu Hongyu 4-0 Ng On Yee
Cheung Ka Wai 4-1 Jonas Luz
Ian Burns 4-1 Michael Holt
Stuart Bingham 4-2 Ryan Day
Louis Heathcote 4-3 Jordan Brown
Sam Craigie 4-1 Yao Pengcheng
Bai Yulu 4-2 Artemijs Zizins
Fixtures held over to the venue stages
Barry Hawkins vs Daniel Wells
Zhao Xintong vs TBC
Judd Trump vs Aaron Hill
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Sanderson Lam
Wu Yize vs Pang Junxu
Neil Robertson vs Tom Ford
Mark Allen vs Jiang Jun
Kyren Wilson vs Chris Wakelin
Mark Selby vs David Grace
Shaun Murphy vs Ross Muir
Xiao Guodong vs Haydon Pinhey
Mark Williams vs Si Jiahui
Zhang Anda vs Duane Jones
Ali Carter vs TBC
John Higgins vs Mark Davis
Gary Wilson vs Hossein Vafaei
Featured photo credit: WST
