2025 British Open

This article is about the snooker tournament. For the golf tournament, see 2025 Open Championship.

The 2025 British Open is an upcoming professional snooker tournament that will take place from 22 to 28 September 2025 at the Centaur in Cheltenham, England. Qualifying took place from 25 to 28 June 2025 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester. The fifth consecutive edition of the tournament since it was revived in 2021, it will be the fifth ranking event of the 2025–26 snooker season, following the 2025 English Open and preceding the 2025 Xi'an Grand Prix.

2025 British Open

Tournament information
Dates	22–28 September 2025 (2025-09-22 – 2025-09-28)
Venue	The Centaur
City	Cheltenham
Country	England
Organisation	World Snooker Tour
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£502,000
Winner's share	£100,000
Defending champion	Mark Selby (ENG)
← 2024

Mark Selby is the defending champion, having defeated John Higgins 10‍–‍5 in the 2024 final.^[1]

Overview

The tournament is the fifth edition of the British Open since its revival in 2021. Its inaugural edition was held in 1980 as the non-ranking British Gold Cup which was won by Alex Higgins. It gained ranking status and its current name in 1985 and was held yearly until 2004 before being discontinued. In 2021, it was revived with a randomised draw after every round, the format it still uses. Mark Selby won the most recent edition in 2024. Since 2022, the trophy has been named the Clive Everton Trophy, in honour of the longtime commentator and snooker journalist.^[2] Everton died in 2024 at age 87.^[3]

Format

Uniquely among all current professional snooker tournaments, the draw will be randomised for every round, including for the first round which serves as a qualifying round.^[4]

Qualifiers were held from 25 to 28 June 2025 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England.^[5] Qualifying matches featuring the top 20 players in the snooker world rankings—with the exception of world number six Ding Junhui, who did not enter the event^[a]—were held over to be played in Cheltenham.^[6] The 2023 world champion Luca Brecel withdrew from the event and was replaced in the draw by Ashley Carty, the highest available player from the Q School top-up list.^[7]

The tournament's main stage will be held from 22 to 28 September 2025 at the Centaur in Cheltenham, England.^[8] The tournament will follow a straight knock-out format, with all matches up to the quarter‑finals being played as the best of 7 frames. The quarter‑finals are the best of 9 frames, the semi‑finals are the best of 11 frames, and the final is the best of 19 frames, played over two sessions.^[9]

Broadcasters

The qualifying round was broadcast by Discovery+ in Germany, Austria and Italy; by HBO Max in other European territories; by Huya Live, Migu [zh], the CBSA‑WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel and the CBSA‑WPBSA Academy Douyin in China; and by WST Play in the United Kingdom and all other territories worldwide without a broadcast agreement in place.^[10]

Prize fund

The winner of the event will receive £100,000 from a total prize fund of £502,000. The breakdown of prize money for this event is shown below:^[4]

• Winner: £100,000
• Runner-up: £45,000
• Semi-final: £20,000
• Quarter-final: £12,000
• Last 16: £9,000
• Last 32: £6,000
• Last 64: £3,000
• Highest break: £5,000

• Total: £502,000

Qualifying draw

Cheltenham

The results of the held over matches played in Cheltenham on 22 September will be given below.^[6]

•  Barry Hawkins (ENG) v  Daniel Wells (WAL)
• Top up 1 v  Zhao Xintong (CHN)
•  Judd Trump (ENG) v  Aaron Hill (IRL)
•  Sanderson Lam (ENG) v  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
•  Pang Junxu (CHN) v  Wu Yize (CHN)
•  Tom Ford (ENG) v  Neil Robertson (AUS)
•  Jiang Jun (CHN) v  Mark Allen (NIR)
•  Kyren Wilson (ENG) v  Chris Wakelin (ENG)
•  David Grace (ENG) v  Mark Selby (ENG)
•  Ross Muir (SCO) v  Shaun Murphy (ENG)
•  Xiao Guodong (CHN) v  Haydon Pinhey (ENG)
•  Mark Williams (WAL) v  Si Jiahui (CHN)
•  Zhang Anda (CHN) v  Duane Jones (WAL)
• Top up 2 v  Ali Carter (ENG)
•  John Higgins (SCO) v  Mark Davis (ENG)
•  Gary Wilson (ENG) v  Hossein Vafaei (IRN)

Leicester

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

25 June

•  Yuan Sijun (CHN) 4–3  Jamie Jones (WAL)
•  Marco Fu (HKG) 4–3  Stephen Maguire (SCO)
•  Jonas Luz (BRA) 1–4  Cheung Ka Wai (HKG)
•  Elliot Slessor (ENG) 2–4  Jackson Page (WAL)
•  Jimmy Robertson (ENG) 3–4  Ryan Davies (ENG) (a)
•  Haris Tahir (PAK) 4–3  Ken Doherty (IRL)
•  Jimmy White (ENG) 2–4  Liam Davies (WAL)
•  Ashley Carty (ENG) (a) 4–2  Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI)^[b]
•  Louis Heathcote (ENG) 4–3  Jordan Brown (NIR)
•  Wang Yuchen (HKG) 3–4  Mitchell Mann (ENG)
•  Ishpreet Singh Chadha (IND) 2–4  Scott Donaldson (SCO)
•  Jack Lisowski (ENG) 4–3  Liam Highfield (ENG)

26 June

•  Kreishh Gurbaxani (IND) 2–4  Chang Bingyu (CHN)
•  Xu Si (CHN) 4–0  Florian Nüßle (AUT)
•  Liu Hongyu (CHN) 4–0  Ng On-yee (HKG)
•  Fergal Quinn (NIR) 2–4  Gao Yang (CHN)
•  He Guoqiang (CHN) 4–0  Farakh Ajaib (PAK)
•  Steven Hallworth (ENG) 0–4  Sunny Akani (THA)
•  Michał Szubarczyk (POL) 3–4  Umut Dikme (GER) (a)
•  Liam Pullen (ENG) 3–4  Ben Mertens (BEL)
•  Ryan Day (WAL) 2–4  Stuart Bingham (ENG)
•  Gong Chenzhi (CHN) 1–4  Jak Jones (WAL)
•  David Lilley (ENG) 4–2  Liam Graham (SCO)
•  Chris Totten (SCO) 0–4  Antoni Kowalski (POL)

27 June

•  Noppon Saengkham (THA) 4–1  Liu Wenwei (CHN)
•  Huang Jiahao (CHN) 2–4  Matthew Stevens (WAL)
•  Robbie McGuigan (NIR) 4–2  Lyu Haotian (CHN)
•  Stan Moody (ENG) 4–2  Zhou Yuelong (CHN)
•  Yao Pengcheng (CHN) 1–4  Sam Craigie (ENG)
•  Bai Yulu (CHN) 4–2  Artemijs Žižins (LAT)
•  Martin O'Donnell (ENG) 4–1  Sahil Nayyar (CAN)
•  Oliver Lines (ENG) 4–1  Stuart Carrington (ENG) (a)
•  Ricky Walden (ENG) 2–4  Joe O'Connor (ENG)
•  Leone Crowley (IRL) 4–0  Hatem Yassen (EGY)
•  Matthew Selt (ENG) 4–0  David Gilbert (ENG)
•  Connor Benzey (ENG) 2–4  Iulian Boiko (UKR)

28 June

•  Lei Peifan (CHN) 4–0  Mateusz Baranowski (POL)
•  Long Zehuang (CHN) 4–3  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)
•  Mink Nutcharut (THA) 1–4  Amir Sarkhosh (IRN)
•  Lan Yuhao (CHN) 1–4  Reanne Evans (ENG)
•  Fan Zhengyi (CHN) 2–4  Robert Milkins (ENG)
•  Oliver Brown (ENG) 2–4  Xu Yichen (CHN)
•  Anthony McGill (SCO) 4–3  Dylan Emery (WAL)
•  Robbie Williams (ENG) 1–4  Bulcsú Révész (HUN)
•  Zak Surety (ENG) 4–2  Zhao Hanyang (CHN)
•  Julien Leclercq (BEL) 2–4  Ben Woollaston (ENG)
•  Allan Taylor (ENG) 4–2  Chatchapong Nasa (THA)
•  Ian Burns (ENG) 4–1  Michael Holt (ENG)

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

A total of 11 century breaks were made during the qualifying stage of the tournament in Leicester.^[12]

• 140, 104 – Marco Fu
• 124 – Zhou Yuelong
• 119 – Matthew Stevens
• 118 – Chang Bingyu
• 111 – Ian Burns
• 109 – Bulcsú Révész
• 105 – Artemijs Žižins
• 102 – Stuart Bingham
• 102 – Jak Jones
• 102 – Lei Peifan

Notes

1. Top 20 players rather than 16 in the held-over matches because Ding Junhui did not enter, and Kyren Wilson (ranked 2nd) was drawn against Chris Wakelin (ranked 16th), Mark Williams (ranked 3rd) was drawn against Si Jiahui (ranked 15th) and Neil Robertson (ranked 8th) was drawn against Tom Ford (ranked 19th).
2. Ashley Carty replaced Luca Brecel who withdrew.^[11]