The 2025 Welsh Open commences on Monday with the likes of defending champion Gary Wilson and world champion Kyren Wilson within the draw.
A complete of 64 rivals are anticipated to cue up on the Venue Cymru in Llandudno for the season’s fourth and closing Dwelling Nations collection occasion.
The highest 32 seeds might be joined by 32 qualifiers who emerged from the preliminary levels on the Barnsley Metrodome final week.
World primary Judd Trump is a notable pressure who’s absent from the 2025 Welsh Open draw, however many of the different marquee names are set to be concerned.
Like with the opposite Dwelling Nations tournaments this time period, there may be an elevated complete prize fund with £100,000 going to the champion this 12 months.
2025 Welsh Open Prize Cash
Champion: £100,000
Runner-up: £45,000
Semi-Finals: £21,000
Quarter-Finals: £13,200
Spherical of 16: £9,000
Spherical of 32: £5,400
Spherical of 64: £3,600
Spherical of 96: £1,000
Highest Break: £5,000
Whole: £550,400
Who’s within the 2025 Welsh Open draw?
Reigning champion Gary Wilson is the highest seed with the Englishman starting his defence on day one towards Ishpreet Singh Chadha.
World quantity two Kyren Wilson is the highest-ranked participant within the area, and the Kettering cueist is using the crest of a confidence wave having reached the ultimate of all three tournaments staged in 2025 thus far.
The 32 year-old – the champion ultimately week’s German Masters in Berlin – will face three-time rating occasion winner Marco Fu within the first spherical.
Ronnie O’Sullivan is within the 2025 Welsh Open draw, however as soon as once more his participation isn’t assured given the frequency wherein he has withdrawn from tournaments throughout this marketing campaign.
The Rocket wants rating factors, nevertheless, if he’s to function on the Gamers and Tour Championships and is scheduled to first face Jamie Clarke.
John Higgins, in the meantime, is a report five-time Welsh Open winner and can begin his problem for a sixth title towards fellow former world champion Graeme Dott.
Current Masters champion Shaun Murphy and Championship League Snooker winner Mark Selby will face Ma Hailong and Haydon Pinhey respectively.
Alongside Trump, Chinese language duo Ding Junhui and Xiao Guodong are different prime gamers who’ve opted to skip this week’s motion.
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
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Dwelling Nations bonus
The Welsh Open is the final of 4 occasions that make up the Dwelling Nations collection.
A £150,000 bonus is on provide for the participant who performs the very best throughout the 4 counting tournaments this season.
Neil Robertson, who meets Mark Davis within the spherical of 64, is main the way in which however the likes of Kyren Wilson and Wu Yize are inside placing distance.
There are 16 gamers in complete who may nonetheless usurp the Australian into first place, relying on how the outcomes transpire in Wales.
Race to the World Grand Prix
The Welsh Open can also be the final occasion that can rely in the direction of qualification for the upcoming World Grand Prix in Hong Kong.
It had initially been anticipated that the World Open – staged earlier than the World Grand Prix – would additionally rely, however rating factors earned there’ll solely now rely in the direction of the Race to the Gamers Championship.
The prime 32 on the one-year listing following the conclusion of the Welsh Open will then safe an invite to play in Hong Kong.
Many of the huge names are secure, with Luca Brecel representing the highest-profile competitor at present at risk of lacking out.
The Belgian Bullet, who encounters Stuart Carrington within the 2025 Welsh Open draw, might want to attain the ultimate this week if he’s to function in Hong Kong.
How can I watch the event?
There are a number of choices out there to look at the Welsh Open this 12 months, together with Eurosport and discovery+ for viewers throughout Europe.
The total listing of worldwide broadcasters:
UK
BBC Wales, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport, Purple Button
Europe
Eurosport and 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
All different territories
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