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2025 Wuhan Open (snooker)

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2025 Wuhan Open
Tournament information
Dates24–30 August 2025 (2025-08-24 – 2025-08-30)
CityWuhan
CountryChina
OrganisationWorld Snooker Tour
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£700,000
Winner's share£140,000
Defending champion Xiao Guodong (CHN)
← 2024

The 2025 Wuhan Open is an upcoming professional snooker tournament that will take place from 24 to 30 August 2025 in Wuhan, China.[1] The qualifiers took place from 22 to 24 June at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England.[2] The third consecutive edition of the tournament since it was first staged in 2023, it will be the third ranking event of the 2025‍–‍26 snooker season, following the 2025 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters and preceding the 2025 English Open.[3] The winner will receive £140,000 from a total prize fund of £700,000.

Xiao Guodong is the defending champion, having defeated Si Jiahui 10–7 in the 2024 final.[4]

Overview

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The tournament is the third edition of the Wuhan Open. Judd Trump won the inaugural edition in 2023. At the second edition, held in 2024, Xiao Guodong won the first ranking tournament of his career.

The tournament will be held from 24 to 30 August 2025. Qualifiers were held from 22 to 24 June 2025 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England.

Format

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The tournament will follow a straight knock-out format with a flat 128-player draw, with all matches up to and including the quarter‑finals being played as the best of nine frames and the last-128 round serving as a qualifying round. The semi‑finals are the best of 11 frames, and the final is the best of 19 frames, played over two sessions.[5]

Qualifying matches featuring the defending champion (Xiao Guodong); the reigning World Champion (Zhao Xintong); Judd Trump; Ronnie O'Sullivan; the highest ranked Chinese player (Ding Junhui); and four Chinese wildcards willl be held over and played in Wuhan.[6]

Broadcasters

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Domestically, the qualifying round was broadcast in China by the CBSA‑WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel, the CBSA‑WPBSA Academy Douyin, Huya Live and Migu [zh]. In the rest of the world, qualifying was streamed for free by WST Play.[7][a]

Prize fund

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The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:[8]

  • Winner: £140,000
  • Runner-up: £63,000
  • Semi-final: £30,000
  • Quarter-final: £16,000
  • Last 16: £12,000
  • Last 32: £8,000
  • Last 64: £4,500
  • Highest break: £5,000
  • Total: £700,000

Main draw

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The draw for the tournament is shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32 seeded players, and players in bold denote match winners.[citation needed]

Top half

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Last 64
Best of 9 frames		Last 32
Best of 9 frames		Last 16
Best of 9 frames		Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
 
                  
 
 
 
 
  Xiao Guodong (CHN) (1) OR  Mink Nutcharut (THA)
 
 
 
  Ishpreet Singh Chadha (IND)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Elliot Slessor (ENG) (29)
 
 
 
  David Grace (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Marco Fu (HKG)
 
 
 
  Jimmy White (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Louis Heathcote (ENG)
 
 
 
  Matthew Selt (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Xu Si (CHN)
 
 
 
  Jak Jones (WAL) (21)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Jamie Jones (WAL)
 
 
 
 England Barry Hawkins (11)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Noppon Saengkham (THA)
 
 
 
  Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (32)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Stan Moody (ENG)
 
 
 
  Ding Junhui (CHN) (8) OR Wildcard player
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Mark Williams (WAL) (5)
 
 
 
  Liam Davies (WAL)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Joe O'Connor (ENG) (28)
 
 
 
  Ben Woollaston (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Mark Selby (ENG) (9)
 
 
 
  Michael Holt (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  David Gilbert (ENG) (23)
 
 
 
  Haris Tahir (PAK)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Chang Bingyu (CHN)
 
 
 
  Liam Highfield (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Zhao Hanyang (CHN)
 
 
 
  Zhang Anda (CHN) (13)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Jimmy Robertson (ENG)
 
 
 
  Lei Peifan (CHN) (31)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Aaron Hill (IRL)
 
 
  Kyren Wilson (ENG) (2)
 

Bottom half

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Last 64
Best of 9 frames		Last 32
Best of 9 frames		Last 16
Best of 9 frames		Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
 
                  
 
 
 
 
  Judd Trump (ENG) (3) OR  Farakh Ajaib (PAK)
 
 
 
  Liu Hongyu (CHN)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Jack Lisowski (ENG) (25)
 
 
 
  Ryan Day (WAL)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 England Shaun Murphy (14)
 
 
 
  Jordan Brown (NIR)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Gary Wilson (ENG) (18)
 
 
 
  Lyu Haotian (CHN)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Haydon Pinhey (ENG)
 
 
 
  Tom Ford (ENG) (19)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Reanne Evans (ENG)
 
 
 
  Neil Robertson (AUS) (10)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Artemijs Žižins (LVA)
 
 
 
  Yuan Sijun (CHN) (30)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Dylan Emery (WAL)
 
 
 
  John Higgins (SCO) (6)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (7) OR  Allan Taylor (ENG)
 
 
 
  Scott Donaldson (SCO)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Pang Junxu (CHN) (29) (26)
 
 
 
  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Mark Allen (NIR) (12) OR Wildcard player
 
 
 
  Zak Surety (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Hossein Vafaei (IRN) (21) OR Wildcard player
 
 
 
  Ben Mertens (BEL)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Jackson Page (WAL)
 
 
 
  Ali Carter (ENG) (17)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Wang Yuchen (CHN)
 
 
 
  Si Jiahui (CHN) (15)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 England Robbie Williams OR Wildcard player
 
 
 
  Stephen Maguire (SCO) (27)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Matthew Stevens (WAL)
 
 
  Zhao Xintong (CHN) (2) OR  Iulian Boiko (UKR)
 

Qualifying draw

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Wuhan

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The results of the held-over qualifying matches played in Wuhan will be given below.[6]

Leicester

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The results of the qualifying matches played in Leicester are given below.[6]

22 June

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Note: n/s=did not show up; w/o=walkover

23 June

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24 June

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Century breaks

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Qualifying stage centuries

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A total of 29 century breaks were made during the qualifying stage of the tournament in Leicester.[9]

Notes

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  1. ^ Initially, it was announced that qualifying would be broadcast in Europe by HBO Max and Discovery+, with it being available via a paid subscription on WST Play for the rest of the world.[citation needed]
  2. ^ Luca Brecel did not show up for his match with Haris Tahir so Tahir was given a walkover.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Tournaments 2025–26". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Calendar 2025/2026 - snooker.org". www.snooker.org. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Calendar 2025/2026 - snooker.org". www.snooker.org. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Wuhan Open: Xiao Guodong wins first title of 17-year pro snooker career". BBC Sport. 12 October 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Wuhan Open 2025". snooker.org. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  6. ^ a b c d "Wuhan Open Qualifiers 2025". snooker.org. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  7. ^ "How To Watch The Qualifiers". World Snooker Tour. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  8. ^ "Wuhan Open". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Tournament Centuries". snookerinfo.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
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