The 2025 World Open begins on Sunday in Yushan with the likes of defending champion Judd Trump and world champion Kyren Wilson within the draw.
World primary Trump returns to motion after skipping the latest Welsh Open in Llandudno, whereas Wilson will hope so as to add to his season-leading tally of three rating crowns.
The World Open is a vital occasion on this 12 months’s calendar for a few causes.
Whereas cash earned right here gained’t depend in the direction of qualification for subsequent week’s World Grand Prix, they are going to assist to find out the 16 spots on supply by means of the one-year rating listing on the subsequent Gamers Championship.
Gamers within the draw who’re additional down the official two-year rankings may even be below strain to achieve doubtlessly very important factors of their tour survival efforts.
After the World Open, lots of the opponents on the primary tour will solely have the World Championship to contest earlier than the marketing campaign’s conclusion.
There’s a hefty prize fund out there, with a good-looking £175,000 cheque on supply for the winner subsequent week.
2025 World Open Prize Cash
Champion: £175,000
Runner-up: £75,000
Semi-Finals: £33,000
Quarter-Finals: £22,000
Spherical of 16: £14,000
Spherical of 32: £9,000
Spherical of 64: £5,000
Highest Break: £5,000
Complete: £825,000
Who’s within the 2025 World Open draw?
A qualifying spherical was staged in December to whittle down the sphere that can take part on the Yushan Sport Centre.
Trump and Wilson, nevertheless, had been amongst a choose 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 language pair Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda additionally coming into the fray from the identical spherical.
A number of heavy hitters are already by means of to the final 64, together with the in-form Mark Selby, Shaun Murphy, Mark Allen, and John Higgins.
That being stated, the 2025 World Open draw has already been decimated by a string of withdrawals.
Ronnie O’Sullivan introduced earlier this week that he could be including the match to his listing of no-shows from the 2024/25 time period.
Luca Brecel, Jak Jones, Ricky Walden, and Chris Totten have additionally pulled out regardless of having made it by means of their preliminary matches within the competitors a few months in the past in Sheffield.
Barry Hawkins, Ali Carter, Gary Wilson, and Xiao Guodong are different members of the highest 16 who’re within the hunt for glory.
2025 World Open draw
Spherical of 128
Qualifying outcomes from December
Held-over matches to be performed on Sunday, Feb 23
Judd Trump vs Xing Zihao (held over)
Lengthy 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 Web 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 Traces
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 Younger
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)
Spherical of 64 (bo9)
Matches to be performed on Sunday, Feb 23 and Monday, Feb 24
Trump/Xing vs Lengthy 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 Web 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 Okay. Wilson/Miah
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The best way to watch the match
There are a number of choices out there to look at the 2025 World Open this 12 months. The complete listing of worldwide broadcasters:
UK and Eire
Eurosport (till Feb twenty eighth), TNT Sports activities 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
Faucet
Taiwan
Sportcast
Thailand
True Sport
Indonesia
Sporstars/Imaginative and prescient+
All different territories
WST Play
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