The preliminary stage of the 2025 Welsh Open concluded on Thursday with 32 qualifiers becoming a member of the highest 32 seeds in the primary draw.
Three days of motion on the Barnsley Metrodome noticed the sector whittled down, with the lineup for subsequent week’s concluding Dwelling Nations occasion now confirmed.
The 2025 Welsh Open is a crucial match on the 2024/25 snooker calendar for numerous causes.
As regular, the contenders can be competing for the Ray Reardon Trophy, a rating title, and a good-looking champion’s cheque value £100,000.
Moreover, nonetheless, the 2025 Welsh Open represents the final alternative to safe an invitation to the World Grand Prix in Hong Kong.
The upcoming World Open is being staged earlier than the World Grand Prix, however rating factors earned there’ll solely depend in the direction of the Race to the Gamers Championship.
The highest 32 gamers on the one-year rankings record following the conclusion of the Welsh Open will be capable to take part in Hong Kong.
Additionally on provide on the Venue Cymru subsequent week would be the Dwelling Nations bonus, the place the top-performing competitor throughout the 4 occasions on the collection will pocket a £150,000 bonus.
Neil Robertson leads the best way on that entrance however a number of gamers may nonetheless prevents the Australian from touchdown the jackpot.
Within the Welsh Open qualifiers this week, the likes of Graeme Dott, Matthew Stevens, Marco Fu, and Ricky Walden emerged unscathed.
Former champion Jordan Brown additionally superior along with three beginner top-up gamers – Dylan Emery, Joshua Cooper, and Florian Nuessle.
Xu Si, in the meantime, struck his second most 147 break of the season throughout a 4-2 victory over Bulcsu Revesz.
The total record of outcomes on the 2025 Welsh Open qualifiers is under, in addition to the draw for the primary occasion.
A full preview of the marketing campaign’s subsequent rating occasion can be obtainable on SnookerHQ.com on the weekend.
2025 Welsh Open qualifiers
Spherical of 128
Ishpreet Singh Chadha 4-0 Baipat Siripaporn
Allan Taylor 4-3 Haris Tahir
Andrew Higginson 4-0 Daniel Womersley
Liam Graham 4-3 Iulian Boiko
Mitchell Mann 4-3 Dean Younger
Ross Muir 4-2 Manasawin Phetmalaikul
Dylan Emery 4-2 Duane Jones
Stuart Carrington w/o Bai Yulu
Haydon Pinhey 4-3 Xing Zihao
Liam Davies 4-1 Antoni Kowalski
Ian Burns 4-0 Mostafa Dorgham
Liam Pullen 4-3 Kreishh Gurbaxani
Wang Yuchen 4-2 Zak Surety
Oliver Strains 4-0 Ahmed Aly Elsayed
Amir Sarkhosh 4-3 Cheung Ka Manner
Stan Moody 4-0 Chris Totten
Louis Heathcote 4-1 Robbie McGuigan
Artemijs Zizins 4-0 Farakh Ajaib
Michael Holt 4-0 Hatem Yassen
Joshua Cooper w/o Alexander Ursenbacher
Jimmy White 4-0 Joshua Thomond
Alfie Burden 4-0 Paul Deaville
Bulcsu Revesz 4-2 Anton Kazakov
Florian Nuessle 4-3 Jiang Jun
Ma Hailong 4-1 Oliver Briffett-Payne
Ben Mertens 4-2 Simon Blackwell
Rory Thor 4-3 Riley Powell
Andrew Pagett 4-3 Mink Nutcharut
Gong Chenzhi 4-0 Ken Doherty
Hammad Miah w/o Huang Jiahao
Reanne Evans 4-1 Julien Leclercq
Marco Fu 4-0 Jonas Luz
Spherical of 96
Ishpreet Singh Chadha 4-0 Ashley Carty
Jimmy Robertson 4-3 Allan Taylor
Andrew Higginson 4-3 He Guoqiang
Mark Davis 4-2 Liam Graham
Dominic Dale 4-3 Mitchell Mann
Ross Muir 4-3 David Lilley
Dylan Emery 4-3 Lei Peifan
Stuart Carrington 4-3 Lengthy Zehuang
Haydon Pinhey 4-3 Tian Pengfei
Liam Davies 4-3 Anthony McGill
Jamie Jones 4-1 Ian Burns
Robbie Williams 4-1 Liam Pullen
Wang Yuchen 4-0 Martin O’Donnell
Graeme Dott 4-3 Oliver Strains
Yuan Sijun 4-0 Amir Sarkhosh
Stan Moody 4-3 Anthony Hamilton
Jamie Clarke 4-2 Louis Heathcote
Ricky Walden 4-2 Artemijs Zizins
Michael Holt 4-1 Daniel Wells
Joshua Cooper 4-2 Ben Woollaston
Scott Donaldson 4-3 Jimmy White
Sanderson Lam 4-2 Alfie Burden
Xu Si 4-2 Bulcsu Revesz
Florian Nuessle 4-3 Liu Hongyu
Ma Hailong 4-2 Joe Perry
Ben Mertens 4-2 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Rory Thor 4-2 Aaron Hill
Fan Zhengyi 4-2 Andrew Pagett
Jordan Brown 4-0 Gong Chenzhi
Matthew Stevens 4-1 Hammad Miah
Joe O’Connor 4-0 Reanne Evans
Marco Fu 4-0 David Grace
2025 Welsh Open draw
Spherical of 64 (bo7)
Gary Wilson vs Ishpreet Singh Chadha
Jackson Web page vs Jimmy Robertson
Tom Ford vs Andrew Higginson
Neil Robertson vs Mark Davis
Pang Junxu vs Dominic Dale
Zhang Anda vs Ross Muir
Noppon Saengkham vs Dylan Emery
Luca Brecel vs Stuart Carrington
Mark Selby vs Haydon Pinhey
Elliot Slessor vs Liam Davies
Si Jiahui vs Jamie Jones
Stuart Bingham vs Robbie Williams
Robert Milkins vs Wang Yuchen
John Higgins vs Graeme Dott
Zhou Yuelong vs Yuan Sijun
Mark Allen vs Stan Moody
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Jamie Clarke
Matthew Selt vs Ricky Walden
Chris Wakelin vs Michael Holt
Jack Lisowski vs Joshua Cooper
Wu Yize vs Scott Donaldson
Barry Hawkins vs Sanderson Lam
Stephen Maguire vs Xu Si
Mark Williams vs Florian Nuessle
Shaun Murphy vs Ma Hailong
Ryan Day vs Ben Mertens
Ali Carter vs Rory Thor
Hossein Vafaei vs Fan Zhengyi
David Gilbert vs Jordan Brown
Jak Jones vs Matthew Stevens
Lyu Haotian vs Joe O’Connor
Kyren Wilson vs Marco Fu
Featured photograph credit score: WST
