The venue stages of the 2025 Wuhan Open begin on Sunday with the likes of Judd Trump, Kyren Wilson, and Zhao Xintong in the draw.
The season’s third ranking event will see the World Snooker Tour return to China following the recent Shanghai Masters invitational, which was won by Wilson.
Neil Robertson and Ronnie O’Sullivan contested the last ranking event final a week ago when they battled for the £500,000 top prize at the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters.
Neither of the pair will be in action in Wuhan, however, after opting to withdraw from this year’s edition of the competition.
The prize money here doesn’t quite match what was on offer in Jeddah, but there is still a handsome champion’s cheque worth £140,000 up for grabs.
Wuhan Open prize money
Champion: £140,000
Runner-up: £63,000
Semi-final: £30,000
Quarter-final: £16,000
Last 16: £12,000
Last 32: £8,000
Last 64: £4,500
Highest break: £5,000
Total: £700,000
Who are the former champions?
Having been launched as recently as 2023, the Wuhan Open is one of the newer ranking events on the calendar.
At the time, it was the first ranking tournament to be staged in China in almost four years following the global pandemic.
Judd Trump emerged as the inaugural winner by beating Ali Carter in the first final, while Xiao Guodong triumphed a year later in 2024.
For Xiao, his success over fellow Chinese potter Si Jiahui secured him a maiden ranking crown after almost two decades competing as a professional on the main tour.
Who is in the 2025 Wuhan Open draw?
As the reigning champion, Xiao Guodong is the top seed in the 2025 Wuhan Open draw with reigning world champion Zhao Xintong in the other half as the second seed.
The duo are among a few players who have had their round-of-128 fixtures held over from the qualifying phase that was already held in June.
Xiao will encounter women’s world number one Mink Nutcharut while Zhao is set to face Ukraine’s Iulian Boiko.
Judd Trump, Ding Junhui, and Mark Allen are a few of the others who have had their initial games in the event deferred.
World number one Trump is the outright favourite in the snooker betting and he’ll begin his bid to win the title for the second time against Farakh Ajaib.
The majority of the other contenders have already reached the last 64 having safely negotiated their preliminary matches in Leicester.
That includes Kyren Wilson, Mark Williams, John Higgins, Mark Selby, Shaun Murphy, and Barry Hawkins.
Stephen Maguire, who won the 2025/26 season-opening Championship League Snooker ranking event, is also in the field.
2025 Wuhan Open Draw
Round of 128 (bo9)
Xiao Guodong vs Mink Nutcharut (held over)
Ishpreet Singh Chadha 5-1 Yao Pengcheng
Elliot Slessor 5-4 Oliver Lines
Ricky Walden 4-5 David Grace
Chris Wakelin 3-5 Marco Fu
Anthony McGill 2-5 Jimmy White
Wu Yize 2-5 Louis Heathcote
Matthew Selt 5-4 Sunny Akani
Xu Si 5-1 Chris Totten
Jak Jones 5-0 Oliver Brown
Jamie Jones 5-4 Liu Wenwei
Barry Hawkins 5-1 Julien Leclercq
Noppon Saengkham 5-0 Robbie McGuigan
Zhou Yuelong 5-2 Lan Yuhao
Stan Moody 5-2 Antoni Kowalski
Ding Junhui vs TBC Wildcard (held over)
Mark Williams 5-0 Chatchapong Nasa
Mark Davis 4-5 Liam Davies
Joe O’Connor 5-4 Jiang Jun
Ben Woollaston 5-1 Ken Doherty
Mark Selby 5-1 Alexander Ursenbacher
Michael Holt 5-3 Liam Graham
David Gilbert 5-1 Cheung Ka Wai
Haris Tahir w/o Luca Brecel
Daniel Wells 4-5 Chang Bingyu
Stuart Bingham 2-5 Liam Highfield
Sanderson Lam 1-5 Zhao Hanyang
Zhang Anda 5-2 Steven Hallworth
Jimmy Robertson 5-4 Liam Pullen
Lei Peifan 5-3 Ng On Yee
Aaron Hill 5-1 Sam Craigie
Kyren Wilson 5-0 Connor Benzey
Judd Trump vs Farakh Ajaib (held over)
Liu Hongyu 5-3 Ian Burns
Jack Lisowski 5-3 Amir Sarkhosh
Ryan Day 5-1 Jonas Luz
Shaun Murphy 5-0 Michal Szubarczyk
Jordan Brown 5-1 Duane Jones
Gary Wilson 5-2 Gao Yang
Lyu Haotian 5-3 Bai Yulu
Martin O’Donnell 1-5 Haydon Pinhey
Tom Ford 5-2 Mateusz Baranowski
David Lilley 4-5 Reanne Evans
Neil Robertson 5-0 Leone Crowley
He Guoqiang 1-5 Artemijs Zizins
Yuan Sijun 5-1 Xu Yichen
Long Zehuang 3-5 Dylan Emery
John Higgins 5-2 Huang Jiahao
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Allan Taylor (held over)
Scott Donaldson 5-4 Mitchell Mann
Pang Junxu 5-4 Hatem Yassen
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5-0 Fergal Quinn
Mark Allen vs TBC Wildcard (held over)
Zak Surety 5-1 Gong Chenzhi
Hossein Vafaei vs TBC Wildcard (held over)
Fan Zhengyi 3-5 Ben Mertens
Jackson Page 5-3 Ross Muir
Ali Carter 5-2 Florian Nuessle
Robert Milkins 1-5 Wang Yuchen
Si Jiahui 5-2 Bulcsu Revesz
Robbie Williams vs TBC Wildcard (held over)
Stephen Maguire 5-1 Kreishh Gurbaxani
Matthew Stevens 5-2 Sahil Nayyar
Zhao Xintong vs Iulian Boiko (held over)
Round of 64 (bo9)
Matches to be played on Sunday, August 24th and Monday, August 25th
Xiao/Nutcharut vs Ishpreet Singh Chadha
Elliot Slessor vs David Grace
Marco Fu vs Jimmy White
Louis Heathcote vs Matthew Selt
Xu Si vs Jak Jones
Jamie Jones vs Barry Hawkins
Noppon Saengkham vs Zhou Yuelong
Stan Moody vs Ding/Wildcard
Mark Williams vs Liam Davies
Joe O’Connor vs Ben Woollaston
Mark Selby vs Michael Holt
David Gilbert vs Haris Tahir
Chang Bingyu vs Liam Highfield
Zhao Hanyang vs Zhang Anda
Jimmy Robertson vs Lei Peifan
Aaron Hill vs Kyren Wilson
Trump/Ajaib vs Liu Hongyu
Jack Lisowski w/o Ryan Day
Shaun Murphy vs Jordan Brown
Gary Wilson vs Lyu Haotian
Haydon Pinhey vs Tom Ford
Reanne Evans w/o Neil Robertson
Artemijs Zizins vs Yuan Sijun
Dylan Emery vs John Higgins
Dikme/Taylor vs Scott Donaldson
Pang Junxu vs Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Allen/Wildcard vs Zak Surety
Vafaei/Wildcard vs Ben Mertens
Jackson Page vs Ali Carter
Wang Yuchen vs Si Jiahui
R. Williams/Wildcard vs Stephen Maguire
Matthew Stevens vs Zhao/Boiko
Click here to view the full updated draw (snooker.org)
How to watch the 2025 Wuhan Open
There are several options available to watch the upcoming snooker live, depending on your location.
Below is a full list, as published on the World Snooker Tour website:
UK & Ireland
TNT Sports and discovery+
Mainland Europe
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
Hong Kong China
Now TV
Malasyia & Brunei
Astro Supersport
Taiwan
Sportcast
Thailand
True Sport
All other territories
WST Play
Featured photo credit: WST
