2025 Welsh Open (snooker)
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 10–16 February 2025 |
| Venue | Venue Cymru |
| City | Llandudno |
| Country | Wales |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £550,400 |
| Winner's share | £100,000 |
| Defending champion |  Gary Wilson (ENG) |
← 2024 | |
The 2025 Welsh Open (officially the 2025 BetVictor Welsh Open) is an upcoming professional snooker tournament that will be held from 10 to 16 February 2025 at Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales. It will be the thirteenth ranking event of the 2024–25 season and the fourth and final tournament in the season's Home Nations Series. The winner will receive £100,000 from a total prize fund of £550,400, the Ray Reardon trophy, and a place in the 2025 Champion of Champions invitational event.
Gary Wilson is the defending champion, having defeated Martin O'Donnell 9–4 in the 2024 final.
Format
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The event is the 34th consecutive edition of the Welsh Open since it was first played in 1992, making it snooker's third longest running ranking tournament after the World Championship and UK Championship.[1] The fourth and final event in the season's Home Nations Series (following the 2024 Scottish Open), and the 13th ranking tournament of the 2024–25 season (following the 2025 German Masters and preceding the 2025 World Open), it will take place from 10 to 16 February 2025 at Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales.[2][3]
Qualifying will take place from 4 to 6 February 2025 in Barnsley, England.[4][5] The WST implemented a new format for the four Home Nations events and the German Masters this season. In qualifying round one, players seeded 65–96 face those seeded 97–128. In qualifying round two, the 32 round one winners play those seeded 33–64. The 32 round two winners then play the top 32 seeds in the first round of the main stage.[6]
All matches are played as the best of seven frames until the quarter‑finals, which are the best of nine. The semi‑finals are the best of 11, and the final is a best of 17 frames match played over two sessions. The defending champion is Gary Wilson, who defeated Martin O'Donnell 9–4 in the 2024 final in what was O'Donnell's first ranking final.[11]
Prize fund
[edit]The tournament winner will receive the Ray Reardon trophy.[12] The breakdown of prize money for the event, an increase of £123,400 from the previous event, is shown below:[2]
- Winner: £100,000
- Runner-up: £45,000
- Semi-final: £21,000
- Quarter-final: £13,200
- Last 16: £9,000
- Last 32: £5,400
- Last 64: £3,600
- Last 96: £1,000
- Highest break: £5,000
- Total: £550,400
Main draw
[edit]The results of the main draw will be shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32 seeds, and players in bold denote match winners.[3]
Top half
[edit]| Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | ||||||||||||||
| Gary Wilson (ENG) (1)
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Bottom half
[edit]| Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | ||||||||||||||
| Judd Trump (ENG) (3)
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| Kyren Wilson (ENG) (2)
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Qualifying rounds
[edit]The results of the qualifying rounds will be shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the players' seeding, an "a" indicates amateur players who were not on the main World Snooker Tour, and players in bold denote match winners.[13][5]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Higgins wins record fifth Welsh crown". WPBSA. 4 March 2018. Archived from the original on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ a b "BetVictor Welsh Open". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ a b "BetVictor Welsh Open 2025". snooker.org. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ "BetVictor Welsh Open Qualifiers Draw". World Snooker Tour. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Welsh Open Qualifiers 2025". snooker.org. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ "Tiered format for Home Nations and German Masters in 2024/25". World Snooker Tour. 5 April 2024. Archived from the original on 5 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ "Welsh Open: Gary Wilson beats Martin O'Donnell 9-4 in final". BBC Sport. 18 February 2024. Archived from the original on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Prince of Wales Wilson lands third ranking title". World Snooker Tour. 18 February 2024. Archived from the original on 18 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ Wright, Andrew (18 February 2024). "Welsh Open 2024: Gary Wilson ends Martin O'Donnell's dream of a maiden ranking title to secure hard-fought triumph". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 18 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ Haigh, Phil (18 February 2024). "Gary Wilson adds to 'mad few months' by claiming Welsh Open title". Metro. Archived from the original on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ [7][8][9][10]
- ^ "Welsh Open Snooker trophy named after legend Ray Reardon". BBC Sport. 28 September 2016. Archived from the original on 14 October 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ "Betvictor Scottish Open 2024 qualifiers matches". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 20 December 2024.