The draw for the 2025 Welsh Open has been introduced with the match scheduled for subsequent month in Llandudno.
Gary Wilson is the highest seed because the defending champion, the Englishman beating Martin O’Donnell to assert a 3rd rating title virtually a yr in the past.
Wilson and the opposite 31 seeds from the official world rankings checklist are safely assured of their locations on the principal phases within the Venue Cymru.
World champion Kyren Wilson and four-time Welsh Open winner Ronnie O’Sullivan are different marquee names within the 2025 Welsh Open draw.
Whether or not or not the latter really performs or not is after all nonetheless up within the air, with the Rocket having made a behavior of withdrawing from tournaments throughout the final couple of seasons.
World primary Judd Trump is a notable absentee from the sector, whereas Chinese language duo Ding Junhui and Xiao Guodong have additionally opted to skip the week’s motion.
The Welsh Open will present gamers with the penultimate alternative to qualify for the profitable World Grand Prix.
Solely the highest 32 from the one-year rating checklist will achieve an invite to compete in Hong Kong, and people who don’t make the minimize can even subsequently miss out on the Gamers and Tour Championships.
The Welsh Open additionally represents the final of 4 occasions on the Dwelling Nations sequence.
Neil Robertson is in pole place to win the Dwelling Nations bonus of £150,000 which might be given to the most effective performer throughout the 4 counting occasions.
Earlier than the play in Llandudno can get below method, a batch of qualifiers for the Welsh Open will decide the opposite 32 spots within the draw.
Two preliminary rounds will happen in Barnsley per week earlier than the principle occasion to whittle down the lower-ranked contenders.
The qualifiers run from February 4th to sixth whereas the principle occasion is scheduled to happen from February tenth to sixteenth.
2025 Welsh Open Draw
Qualifiers (Feb 4-6)
Spherical of 128 (bo7)
Ishpreet Singh Chadha vs Baipat Siripaporn
Allan Taylor vs Haris Tahir
Andrew Higginson vs Daniel Womersley
Liam Graham vs Iulian Boiko
Dean Younger vs Mitchell Mann
Ross Muir vs Manasawin Phetmalaikul
Duane Jones vs Dylan Emery
Stuart Carrington w/o Bai Yulu
Xing Zihao vs Haydon Pinhey
Antoni Kowalski vs Liam Davies
Ian Burns vs Mostafa Dorgham
Liam Pullen vs Kreishh Gurbaxani
Zak Surety vs Wang Yuchen
Oliver Strains vs Ahmed Aly Elsayed
Amir Sarkhosh vs Cheung Ka Wai
Stan Moody vs Chris Totten
Louis Heathcote vs Robbie McGuigan
Artemijs Zizins vs Farakh Ajaib
Michael Holt vs Hatem Yassen
Alexander Ursenbacher vs Joshua Cooper
Jimmy White vs Joshua Thomond
Alfie Burden vs Paul Deaville
Bulcsu Revesz vs Anton Kazakov
Jiang Jun vs Florian Nuessle
Ma Hailong vs Oliver Briffett-Payne
Ben Mertens vs Simon Blackwell
Rory Thor vs Riley Powell
Andrew Pagett vs Mink Nutcharut
Gong Chenzhi vs Ken Doherty
Hammad Miah vs Huang Jiahao
Julien Leclercq vs Reanne Evans
Marco Fu vs Jonas Luz
Spherical of 96 (bo7)
Ashley Carty vs Chadha/Baipat
Jimmy Robertson vs Taylor/Tahir
He Guoqiang vs Higginson/Womersley
Mark Davis vs Graham/Boiko
Dominic Dale vs Younger/Mann
David Lilley vs Muir/Phetmalaikul
Lei Peifan vs D. Jones/Emery
Lengthy Zehuang vs Stuart Carrington
Tian Pengfei vs Xing/Pinhey
Anthony McGill vs Kowalski/Davies
Jamie Jones vs Burns/Dorgham
Robbie Williams vs Pullen/Gurbaxani
Martin O’Donnell vs Surety/Wang
Graeme Dott vs Strains/Elsayed
Yuan Sijun vs Sarkhosh/Cheung
Anthony Hamilton vs Moody/Totten
Jamie Clarke vs Heathcote/McGuigan
Ricky Walden vs Zizins/Ajaib
Daniel Wells vs Holt/Yassen
Ben Woollaston vs Ursenbacher/Cooper
Scott Donaldson vs White/Thomond
Sanderson Lam vs Burden/Deaville
Xu Si vs Revesz/Kazakov
Liu Hongyu vs Jiang/Nuessle
Joe Perry vs Ma/Briffett-Payne
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh vs Mertens/Blackwell
Aaron Hill vs Thor/Powell
Fan Zhengyi vs Pagett/Mink
Jordan Brown vs Gong/Doherty
Matthew Stevens vs Miah/Huang
Joe O’Connor vs Leclercq/Evans
David Grace vs Fu/Luz
Venue Phases (Feb 10-16)
Spherical of 64 (bo7)
Gary Wilson vs Carty/Chadha/Baipat
Jackson Web page vs J. Robertson/Taylor/Tahir
Tom Ford vs He/Higginson/Womersley
Neil Robertson vs Davis/Graham/Boiko
Pang Junxu vs Dale/Younger/Mann
Zhang Anda vs Lilley/Muir/Phetmalaikul
Noppon Saengkham vs Lei/D. Jones/Emery
Luca Brecel vs Lengthy/Carrington
Mark Selby vs Tian/Xing/Pinhey
Elliot Slessor vs McGill/Kowalski/Davies
Si Jiahui vs Jamie Jones/Burns/Dorgham
Stuart Bingham vs Williams/Pullen/Gurbaxani
Robert Milkins vs O’Donnell/Surety/Wang
John Higgins vs Dott/Strains/Elsayed
Zhou Yuelong vs Sijun/Sarkhosh/Cheung
Mark Allen vs Hamilton/Moody/Totten
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Clarke/Heathcote/McGuigan
Matthew Selt vs Walden/Zizins/Ajaib
Chris Wakelin vs Wells/Holt/Yassen
Jack Lisowski vs Woollaston/Ursenbacher/Cooper
Wu Yize vs Donaldson/White/Thomond
Barry Hawkins vs Lam/Burden/Deaville
Stephen Maguire vs Xu/Revesz/Kazakov
Mark Williams vs Hongyu/Jiang/Nuessle
Shaun Murphy vs Perry/Ma/Briffett-Payne
Ryan Day vs Un-Nooh/Mertens/Blackwell
Ali Carter vs Hill/Thor/Powell
Hossein Vafaei vs Zhengyi/Pagett/Mink
David Gilbert vs Brown/Gong/Doherty
Jak Jones vs Stevens/Miah/Huang
Lyu Haotian vs O’Connor/Leclercq/Evans
Kyren Wilson vs Grace/Fu/Luz
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