Kyren Wilson reached a profession milestone by compiling his five hundredth century break in a 4-3 defeat of Marco Fu within the Welsh Open on Tuesday.
The world champion has been in positive kind just lately, reaching the ultimate of all three tournaments he has participated in throughout 2025 thus far.
Wilson didn’t have all of it his personal manner towards veteran Fu however managed to emerge with a deciding-frame victory to delay his hopes of securing a fourth rating title of the marketing campaign.
The Kettering cueist led 3-1 solely to look at his opponent power his manner again into competition, however Wilson coolly accomplished the job within the seventh body with a break of 103.
That century contribution took his aggressive tally to 500, changing into solely the 14th participant in snooker historical past to file the feat.
Nonetheless comparatively younger for a snooker competitor at 33, Wilson is prone to proceed transferring up the order of the all-time record.
Ronnie O’Sullivan, who withdrew from the Welsh Open on Tuesday hours earlier than his scheduled conflict with Jamie Clarke, stays in high spot with nearly 1,300 century breaks.
The Rocket is being shortly reeled in by Judd Trump, nonetheless, with the world primary making 74 tons this season alone to take him to inside 250 of O’Sullivan’s complete.
John Higgins is the one different participant to have surpassed the 1,000 centuries milestone, though Neil Robertson may be part of that unique membership by the tip of the present marketing campaign.
Mark Selby completes the highest 5 forward of Stephen Hendry, Shaun Murphy, Ding Junhui, Mark Williams, and Mark Allen.
Stuart Bingham, Marco Fu, and Stephen Maguire are the others who’ve managed to attain greater than 500 century breaks throughout their respective careers.
All-time century breaks record
(correct as of February eleventh, 2025)
1. Ronnie O’Sullivan – 1,282
2. Judd Trump – 1,054
3. John Higgins – 1,014
4. Neil Robertson – 974
5. Mark Selby – 873
6. Stephen Hendry – 777
7. Shaun Murphy – 699
8. Ding Junhui – 685
9. Mark Williams – 659
10. Mark Allen – 656
11. Stuart Bingham – 607
12. Marco Fu – 535
13. Stephen Maguire – 526
14. Kyren Wilson – 500
15. Barry Hawkins – 486
Supply: SnookerInfo
Wilson, in the meantime, will look to proceed his bid to say a maiden Welsh Open crown when he faces Joe O’Connor within the final 32 on Wednesday.
There are many high-profile contenders nonetheless within the operating for the £100,000 high prize and the Ray Reardon Trophy on the Venue Cymru.
January’s Masters champion Shaun Murphy was a notable casualty on Tuesday, with the Magician exiting in a deciding body towards Ma Hailong.
However the likes of Mark Selby, Mark Allen, and residential favorite Mark Williams will look to increase their stays once they face Elliot Slessor, Yuan Sijun, and Stephen Maguire respectively.
Report five-time champion John Higgins takes on 2023 winner Robert Milkins, whereas Luca Brecel has an essential outing towards Noppon Saengkham.
The Belgian Bullet wants to succeed in the ultimate this week if he’s to interrupt into the highest 32 on the one-year rating record and safe qualification for the upcoming World Grand Prix.
Two-time former Welsh Open winner Neil Robertson is within the hunt for glory as properly, with the Australian nonetheless on target to pocket the £150,000 Residence Nations bonus as the most effective performer throughout the 4 occasions on the sequence.
2025 Welsh Open
Wednesday’s order of play
10am UTC
Ishpreet Singh Chadha vs Jackson Web page
Robert Milkins vs John Higgins
1pm UTC
Tom Ford vs Neil Robertson
Pang Junxu vs Zhang Anda
Wu Yize vs Sanderson Lam
Stephen Maguire vs Mark Williams
Following 1pm video games
Jamie Jones vs Robbie Williams
Yuan Sijun vs Mark Allen
Jamie Clarke vs Matthew Selt
David Gilbert vs Matthew Stevens
7pm UTC
Chris Wakelin vs Jack Lisowski
Ma Hailong vs Ryan Day
Ali Carter vs Hossein Vafaei
Joe O’Connor vs Kyren Wilson
Following 7pm video games
Noppon Saengkham vs Luca Brecel
Mark Selby vs Elliot Slessor
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(snooker.org)
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