2025 Wuhan Open (snooker)
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 24–30 August 2025 |
| City | Wuhan |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Ranking event |
| 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. The qualifiers took place from 22 to 24 June at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England.[1] Organised by the World Snooker Tour, the tournament 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.
Xiao Guodong is the defending champion, having defeated Si Jiahui 10–7 in the 2024 final to win his first ranking event.[2]
Background
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
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.[3]
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.[4]
Broadcasters
Domestically, the qualifying round was broadcast in 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.[5][a]
Qualifying draw
Wuhan
The results of the held-over qualifying matches played in Wuhan will be given below.[4]
- Xiao Guodong (CHN) v Mink Nutcharut (THA)
- Ding Junhui (CHN) v Wildcard player (CHN)
- Judd Trump (ENG) v Farakh Ajaib (PAK)
- Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) v Allan Taylor (ENG)
- Mark Allen (NIR) v Wildcard player (CHN)
- Hossein Vafaei (IRN) v Wildcard player (CHN)
- Robbie Williams (ENG) v Wildcard player (CHN)
- Zhao Xintong (CHN) v Iulian Boiko (UKR)
Leicester
The results of the qualifying matches played in Leicester are given below.[4]
22 June
- Ishpreet Singh Chadha (IND) 5–1 Yao Pengcheng (CHN)
- Wu Yize (CHN) 2–5 Louis Heathcote (ENG)
- Matthew Selt (ENG) 5–4 Sunny Akani (THA)
- Jamie Jones (WAL) 5–4 Liu Wenwei (CHN)
- Noppon Saengkham (THA) 5–0 Robbie McGuigan (NIR)
- Zhou Yuelong (CHN) 5–2 Lan Yuhao (CHN)
- Joe O'Connor (ENG) 5–0 Jiang Jun (CHN)
- Elliot Slessor (ENG) 5–4 Oliver Lines (ENG)
- Ricky Walden (ENG) 4–5 David Grace (ENG)
- Luca Brecel (BEL) n/s–w/o Haris Tahir (PAK)[b]
- Long Zehuang (CHN) 3–5 Dylan Emery (WAL)
- John Higgins (SCO) 5–2 Huang Jiahao (CHN)
- Fan Zhengyi (CHN) 3–5 Ben Mertens (BEL)
- Si Jiahui (CHN) 5–2 Bulcsú Révész (HUN)
- Mark Williams (WAL) 5–0 Chatchapong Nasa (THA)
- Mark Davis (ENG) 4–5 Liam Davies (WAL)
- Michael Holt (ENG) 5–3 Liam Graham (SCO)
- Sanderson Lam (ENG) 1–5 Zhao Hanyang (CHN)
- Jordan Brown (NIR) 5–1 Duane Jones (WAL)
- Martin O'Donnell (ENG) 1–5 Haydon Pinhey (ENG)
- David Lilley (ENG) 4–5 Reanne Evans (ENG)
- Note: n/s=did not show up; w/o=walkover
23 June
- Daniel Wells (WAL) 4–5 Chang Bingyu (CHN)
- Zhang Anda (CHN) 5–2 Steven Hallworth (ENG)
- Liu Hongyu (CHN) 5–3 Ian Burns (ENG)
- Gary Wilson (ENG) 5–2 Gao Yang (CHN)
- Lyu Haotian (CHN) 5–3 Bai Yulu (CHN)
- He Guoqiang (CHN) 1–5 Artemijs Žižins (LAT)
- Yuan Sijun (CHN) 5–1 Xu Yichen (CHN)
- Aaron Hill (IRL) 5–1 Sam Craigie (ENG)
- Shaun Murphy (ENG) 5–0 Michał Szubarczyk (POL)
- Neil Robertson (AUS) 5–0 Leone Crowley (IRL)
- Pang Junxu (CHN) 5–4 Hatem Yassen (EGY)
- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) 5–0 Fergal Quinn (NIR)
- Zak Surety (ENG) 5–1 Gong Chenzhi (CHN)
- Stephen Maguire (SCO) 5–1 Kreishh Gurbaxani (IND)
- Stan Moody (ENG) 5–2 Antoni Kowalski (POL)
- Mark Selby (ENG) 5–1 Alexander Ursenbacher (SWI)
- Jack Lisowski (ENG) 5–3 Amir Sarkhosh (IRN)
- Tom Ford (ENG) 5–2 Mateusz Baranowski (POL)
- Scott Donaldson (SCO) 5–4 Mitchell Mann (ENG)
- Ali Carter (ENG) 5–2 Florian Nüßle (AUT)
- Matthew Stevens (WAL) 5–2 Sahil Nayyar (CAN)
24 June
- Chris Wakelin (ENG) 3–5 Marco Fu (HKG)
- Xu Si (CHN) 5–1 Chris Totten (SCO)
- David Gilbert (ENG) 5–1 Cheung Ka Wai (HKG)
- Lei Peifan (CHN) 5–3 Ng On-yee (HKG)
- Ryan Day (WAL) 5–1 Jonas Luz (BRA)
- Jackson Page (WAL) 5–3 Ross Muir (SCO)
- Robert Milkins (ENG) 1–5 Wang Yuchen (HKG)
- Anthony McGill (SCO) 2–5 Jimmy White (ENG)
- Jak Jones (WAL) 5–0 Oliver Brown (ENG)
- Barry Hawkins (ENG) 5–1 Julien Leclercq (BEL)
- Ben Woollaston (ENG) 5–1 Ken Doherty (IRL)
- Stuart Bingham (ENG) 2–5 Liam Highfield (ENG)
- Jimmy Robertson (ENG) 5–4 Liam Pullen (ENG)
- Kyren Wilson (ENG) 5–0 Connor Benzey (ENG)
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
A total of 29 century breaks were made during the qualifying stage of the tournament in Leicester.[6]
- 138, 115 – Daniel Wells
- 137 – Haydon Pinhey
- 136, 120, 113 – Marco Fu
- 135, 111 – Lyu Haotian
- 134 – Tom Ford
- 132 – Gary Wilson
- 129 – Xu Si
- 127 – Jimmy Robertson
- 124 – Noppon Saengkham
- 122 – Elliot Slessor
- 120, 105 – David Gilbert
- 120 – Mark Selby
- 117 – Louis Heathcote
- 116 – Joe O'Connor
- 114 – Lan Yuhao
- 112 – Si Jiahui
- 112 – Yuan Sijun
- 111 – Jak Jones
- 104 – Fan Zhengyi
- 103 – Mitchell Mann
- 102 – Shaun Murphy
- 102 – Neil Robertson
- 100 – Ishpreet Singh Chadha
- 100 – Stephen Maguire
Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ Luca Brecel did not show up for his match with Haris Tahir so Tahir was given a walkover.[4]
References
- ^ "Calendar 2025/2026 - snooker.org". www.snooker.org. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ "Wuhan Open: Xiao Guodong wins first title of 17-year pro snooker career". BBC Sport. 12 October 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ "Wuhan Open 2025". snooker.org. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Wuhan Open Qualifiers 2025". snooker.org. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
- ^ "How To Watch The Qualifiers". World Snooker Tour. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
- ^ "Tournament Centuries". snookerinfo.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2025.