2025 Wuhan Open (snooker)

2025 Optics Valley of China Wuhan Open
Tournament information
Dates24–30 August 2025 (2025-08-24 – 2025-08-30)
VenueOptics Valley Gymnasium
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 (officially the 2025 Optics Valley of China Wuhan Open)[1] is an upcoming professional snooker tournament that will take place from 24 to 30 August 2025 at the Optics Valley Gymnasium, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, in Wuhan, China. The qualifiers took place from 22 to 24 June at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England. The third consecutive edition of the tournament since it was first staged in 2023, it is the third ranking event of the 2025‍–‍26 snooker season, following the 2025 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters and preceding the 2025 English Open. The tournament will be broadcast by local channels in China and elsewhere in Asia; by Discovery+ and HBO Max in Europe; by TNT Sports and Discovery+ in the United Kingdom and Ireland; and by WST Play in all other territories. The winner will receive £140,000 from a total prize fund of £700,000.

Luca Brecel, the 2023 World Champion, was a no-show for his qualifying match in Leicester. Neil Robertson and Ronnie O'Sullivan, the world numbers three and four, withdrew from the event, as did Ryan Day. Xiao Guodong is the defending champion, having defeated Si Jiahui 10–7 in the 2024 final.

Overview

The tournament is the third consecutive edition of the Wuhan Open, which was first held in 2023. The inaugural champion was Judd Trump, who won the tournament with a 10–7 victory over Ali Carter.[2] The defending champion is Xiao Guodong, who won the first ranking tournament of his professional career at the 2024 edition, defeating Si Jiahui 10–7 in the final.[3]

The tournament will be held from 24 to 30 August 2025 at the Optics Valley Gymnasium, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, in Wuhan, China.[4][5] Qualifiers were held from 22 to 24 June 2025 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England.[6] The tournament is the third ranking event of the 2025‍–‍26 snooker season, following the 2025 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters and preceding the 2025 English Open.[6]

Participants

The tournament features a total of 128 entrants, with four places reserved for Chinese wildcard players. During qualifying in Leicester, 56 matches were held, with the winners advancing to the last-64 stage in Wuhan. Luca Brecel, the 2023 World Champion, did not appear for his qualifying match against Haris Tahir, who received a walkover.[7] The eight remaining qualifying matches—those 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 the four Chinese wildcards (Tang Hewen, Wang Xinbo, Zhang Hao, and Zhou Jinhao)[8]—were held over to be played in Wuhan.[9] O'Sullivan withdrew for medical reasons and was replaced in the draw by the German amateur Umut Dikme, the highest ranked player from the Q School Order of Merit. Neil Robertson and Ryan Day won their qualifying matches in Leicester but subsequently withdrew from the main stage in Wuhan. Their respective opponents, Reanne Evans and Jack Lisowski, received walkovers to the last 32.[10][11]

Format

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. The semi-finals will be the best of 11 frames, and the final will be the best of 19 frames, played over two sessions.[8]

Broadcasters

The qualifying round was broadcast domestically in mainland China by the CBSA‑WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel, the CBSA‑WPBSA Academy Douyin, Huya Live and Migu. In the rest of the world, qualifying was streamed for free by WST Play.[12][a] The same broadcasters will carry the main stage of the tournament in mainland China. Additionally, the main stage will be broadcast by TNT Sports and Discovery+ in the United Kingdom and Ireland; by Discovery+ in Germany, Italy, and Austria and by HBO Max in other European territories; by Now TV in Hong Kong; by Astro SuperSport in Malasyia & Brunei; by TrueSports in Thailand; and by Sportcast in Taiwan. In all other territories, it will be broadcast by WST Play.[13]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:[14]

  • 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

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.[15]

Top half

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)
 Barry Hawkins (ENG) (11)
 Noppon Saengkham (THA)
 Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (32)
 Stan Moody (ENG)
 Ding Junhui (CHN) (8)
OR  Zhang Hao (CHN)
 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) (4)

Bottom half

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)
England Jack Lisowski (25)
 Jack Lisowski (ENG) (25) w/o
 Ryan Day (WAL)[b] w/d
 Shaun Murphy (ENG) (14)
 Jordan Brown (NIR)
 Gary Wilson (ENG) (18)
 Lyu Haotian (CHN)
 Haydon Pinhey (ENG)
 Tom Ford (ENG) (19)
England Reanne Evans
 Reanne Evans (ENG) w/o
 Neil Robertson (AUS) (10)[c] w/d
 Artemijs Žižins (LVA)
 Yuan Sijun (CHN) (30)
 Dylan Emery (WAL)
 John Higgins (SCO) (6)
 Umut Dikme (GER)[d]
OR  Allan Taylor (ENG)
 Scott Donaldson (SCO)
 Pang Junxu (CHN) (26)
 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)
 Mark Allen (NIR) (12)
OR  Tang Hewen (CHN)
 Zak Surety (ENG)
 Hossein Vafaei (IRN) (21)
OR  Zhou Jinhao (CHN)
 Ben Mertens (BEL)
 Jackson Page (WAL)
 Ali Carter (ENG) (17)
 Wang Yuchen (HKG)
 Si Jiahui (CHN) (15)
 Robbie Williams (ENG)
OR  Wang Xinbo (CHN)
 Stephen Maguire (SCO) (27)
 Matthew Stevens (WAL)
 Zhao Xintong (CHN) (2)
OR  Iulian Boiko (UKR)
Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walkover

Qualifying draw

Wuhan

The results of the held-over qualifying matches played in Wuhan will be given below.[9][15]

Leicester

The results of the qualifying matches played in Leicester are given below.[9][16]

22 June

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

23 June

24 June

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

A total of 29 century breaks were made during the qualifying stage of the tournament in Leicester.[17]

Notes

  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.
  2. ^ Ryan Day withdrew and so Jack Lisowski was given a walkover to the last-32.[10]
  3. ^ Neil Robertson withdrew and so Reanne Evans was given a walkover to the last-32.[10]
  4. ^ a b Umut Dikme replaced Ronnie O'Sullivan who withdrew.[10]
  5. ^ Luca Brecel did not show up for his match with Haris Tahir so Tahir was given a walkover.[7]

References

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  2. ^ "Wuhan Open: Judd Trump beat Ali Carter to seal back-to-back titles". BBC Sport. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Wuhan Open: Xiao Guodong wins first title of 17-year pro snooker career". BBC Sport. 12 October 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Tournaments 2025–26". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Wuhan Open 2025 tickets". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Calendar 2025/2026 - snooker.org". snooker.org. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  7. ^ a b Smith, Sam (22 June 2025). "Luca Brecel refuses to show up for match vs Haris Tahir and punished". Daily Express. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Optics Valley of China Wuhan Open 2025". snooker.org. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  9. ^ a b c "Wuhan Open Qualifiers 2025". snooker.org. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  10. ^ a b c d "O'Sullivan, Robertson and Day withdraw from Wuhan Open". World Snooker Tour. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  11. ^ Day, Michael (21 August 2025). "Neil Robertson and Ryan Day join Ronnie O'Sullivan in withdrawing from the 2025 Wuhan Open". totallysnookered.com. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  12. ^ "How To Watch The Qualifiers". World Snooker Tour. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  13. ^ "How to watch the Wuhan Open". World Snooker Tour. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  14. ^ "Wuhan Open". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  15. ^ a b "Wuhan Open 2025 matches". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  16. ^ "Wuhan Open 2025 qualifiers matches". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  17. ^ "Tournament Centuries". snookerinfo.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
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