2025 English Open Snooker: Draw, format, schedule, order of play, prize money, how to watch
A total of 128 players are scheduled to participate at the Brentwood Centre in Essex between Thursday 11th to Sunday 21st September. The winner will lift The Steve Davis Trophy and pocket a £100,000 top prize.
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How does the draw for the 2025 English Open work?
All Home Nations Series events this season will again use a tiered draw system, meaning players enter at different rounds depending on their world ranking positions.
The top 32 seeds for the 2025 English Open go straight through to round three (last 64) when the televised stages in Brentwood begin.
The lowest ranked players and amateur invites start out in round one, with the winners of those ties meeting seeds 33 to 64 in round two.
As defending champion, Robertson is the number one seed and will sit at the top of the draw; current World Champion Zhao Xintong is the number two seed at the bottom.
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The remaining seeding positions then go by the world rankings, with world number one Judd Trump being the number three seed, world number two Kyren Wilson being the number four seed, etc.
All rounds of the competition will be played at the Brentwood Centre.
Who is playing at the 2025 English Open snooker?
A stellar cast is set for the £550,400 ranking event, with 14 of the world’s top 16 players in the draw; only Ronnie O’Sullivan and John Higgins have opted out.
The last six editions of the English Open have been won by three players who have two titles each: Selby (2019, 2022), Trump (2020, 2023) and Robertson (2021, 2024) - and those three are scheduled for action in Essex. World number three Robertson returns to the baize for the first time since his Saudi Arabia Masters win in Jeddah, last month.
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Kyren Wilson - recently crowned the Shanghai Masters champion for the second time in his career - is trying to chase down Trump and overtake him at the top of the rankings. That can’t be achieved at this event, but ‘The Warrior’ will be hoping to make inroads.
Xiao Guodong won the last stop on the World Snooker Tour; the Chinese cueist joined an elite club of players who successfully defended their ranking event title when he ousted Gary Wilson in a deciding frame in the final to retain the Wuhan Open.
Things haven’t gone according to plan for current Crucible crown holder Zhao since his historic world title win in May; he’ll be aiming to make a statement here and collect his maiden Home Nations Series accolade.
Round One (Last 128)
Sunny Akani 4-2 Oliver Brown
Zhao Hanyang 4-2 Connor Benzey
Haris Tahir 4-0 Michal Szubarczyk
Julien Leclercq 4-0 Aidan Murphy
Farakh Ajaib 4-1 Kreishh Gurbaxani
Chris Totten 1-4 Ross Muir
Antoni Kowalski 1-4 Liam Graham
Liam Highfield 4-2 Ng On Yee
Amir Sarkhosh 4-2 Sahil Nayyar
David Grace 4-0 Jonas Luz
Louis Heathcote 4-1 Mahmoud El Hareedy
Duane Jones 4-1 Patrick Whelan
Ka Wai Cheung 3-4 Jimmy White
Sam Craigie 4-0 Chatchapong Nasa
Reanne Evans 2-4 Jiang Jun
Huang Jiahao 4-0 Oliver Sykes
Robbie McGuigan 2-4 Mink Nutcharut
Bulcsu Revesz 3-4 Alexander Ursenbacher
Mitchell Mann 4-3 Ian Burns
Wang Yuchen 4-3 Florian Nuessle
Dylan Emery 4-0 Fergal Quinn
Allan Taylor 4-3 Umut Dikme
Liam Davies 4-1 Hatem Yassen
Lan Yuhao 1-4 Liam Pullen
Chang Bingyu 4-0 Leone Crowley
Bai Yulu 4-3 Liu Wenwei
Steven Hallworth 3-4 Mateusz Baranowski
Iulian Boiko 4-0 Xu Yichen
Artemijs Zizins 3-4 Yao Pengcheng
Marco Fu 4-0 Gao Yang
Haydon Pinhey 4-1 Ryan Davies
Ben Mertens 4-0 Ashley Hugill
Round Two (Last 96)
David Lilley 3-4 Akani
Noppon Saengkham 2-4 Zhao H
Zak Surety 4-3 Tahir
Fan Zhengyi 4-2 Leclercq
He Guoqiang 4-3 Ajaib
Robert Milkins 1-4 Muir
Ryan Day 4-0 Graham
Oliver Lines 3-4 Highfield
Long Zehuang 2-4 Sarkhosh
Xu Si 4-2 Grace
Jordan Brown 3-4 Heathcote
Martin O'Donnell 4-0 D Jones
Luca Brecel 4-1 White
Liu Hongyu 4-0 Craigie
Daniel Wells 4-2 Jiang
Robbie Williams 4-1 Huang
Michael Holt 4-0 Mink
Ben Woollaston 4-2 Ursenbacher
Sanderson Lam 4-3 Mann
Jimmy Robertson 4-3 Wang
Matthew Stevens 3-4 Emery
Scott Donaldson 4-3 Taylor
Lyu Haotian 2-4 L Davies
Stan Moody 1-4 Pullen
Gong Chenzhi 4-2 Chang
Ricky Walden 4-1 Bai
Anthony McGill 4-1 Baranowski
Jamie Jones 4-3 Boiko
Aaron Hill 4-2 Yao - Hill makes 147
Mark Davis 0-4 Fu
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-1 Pinhey
Ishpreet Singh Chadha 4-1 Mertens
Round Three (Last 64)
Neil Robertson 4-1 Akani
Jackson Page 4-1 Zhao H
Shaun Murphy 4-0 Surety
David Gilbert 2-4 Fan
Wu Yize 4-1 He
Chris Wakelin 4-1 Muir
Lei Peifan 4-1 Day
Mark Selby 4-1 Highfield
Mark Williams 4-0 Sarkhosh
Zhou Yuelong 4-1 Xu
Barry Hawkins 4-2 Heathcote
Tom Ford 4-3 O'Donnell
Hossein Vafaei 3-4 Brecel
Si Jiahui 4-2 Liu
Pang Junxu 4-3 Wells
Kyren Wilson 2-4 R Williams
Judd Trump 4-0 Holt
Yuan Sijun 4-3 Woollaston
Gary Wilson 4-2 Lam
Elliot Slessor 4-2 J Robertson
Stuart Bingham 4-0 Emery
Mark Allen 4-1 Donaldson
Matthew Selt 4-2 L Davies
Ding Junhui 4-1 Pullen
Xiao Guodong 4-0 Gong
Joe O'Connor 1-4 Walden
Zhang Anda 4-1 McGill
Jak Jones 4-3 Jamie Jones
Stephen Maguire 2-4 Hill
Ali Carter 4-2 Fu
Jack Lisowski 4-2 Un-Nooh
Zhao Xintong 4-0 Singh Chadha
Round Four (Last 32)
N. Robertson 1-4 Page
Murphy 4-1 Fan
Wu 4-2 Wakelin
Lei 0-4 Selby
M. Williams 1-4 Zhou
Hawkins 4-0 Ford
Brecel 4-2 Si
Pang 0-4 R. Williams
Trump 4-1 Yuan
G. Wilson 0-4 Slessor
Bingham 3-4 Allen
Selt 1-4 Ding
Xiao 3-4 Walden
Zhang 1-4 Jak Jones
Hill 4-3 Carter
Lisowski 4-1 Zhao
Round Five (Last 16)
Page 4-3 Murphy
Wu 2-4 Selby
Zhou 4-2 Hawkins
Brecel 4-3 R. Williams
Trump 3-4 Slessor
Allen 4-3 Ding
Walden 3-4 Jak Jones
Hill 4-1 Lisowski
Quarter-Finals
Page 4-5 Selby
Zhou 5-4 Brecel
Slessor 4-5 Allen
Jak Jones 5-2 Hill
Semi-Finals
Selby 3-6 Zhou
Allen 6-5 Jak Jones
Final
Zhou 8-9 Allen
2025 ENGLISH OPEN CHAMPION: ZHOU YUELONG
Tournament schedule and format for the 2025 English Open:
- Thursday 11th & Friday 12th: Round one (best of 7 frames)
- Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th: Round two (best of 7 frames)
- Monday 15th & Tuesday 16th: Round three (best of 7 frames)
- Wednesday 17th: Last 32 (best of 7 frames)
- Thursday 18th: Last 16 (best of 7 frames)
- Friday 19th: Quarter-finals (best of 9 frames)
- Saturday 20th: Semi-finals (best of 11 frames)
- Sunday 21st: Final (best of 17 frames - two sessions)
The order of play for the opening three rounds can be viewed on the World Snooker Tour website here.
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2025 English Open snooker prize money; how much does the champion get?
- Champion: £100,000
- Runner-up: £45,000
- Losing semi-finalists: £21,000 (each)
- Losing quarter-finalists: £13,200 (each)
- Round of 16 losers: £9,000 (each)
- Round of 32 losers: £5,400 (each)
- Round of 64 losers: £3,600 (each)
- Round of 96 losers: £1,000 (each)
- Highest break of the tournament: £5,000
- Total prize fund: £550,400
Throughout this season’s Home Nations Series (2025 English Open, 2025 Northern Ireland Open, 2025 Scottish Open, 2026 Welsh Open) there is an additional bonus prize of £150,000 awarded to the player who earns the most cumulative prize money across all four tournaments. Neil Robertson won this bonus last season.
How to watch the 2025 English Open on TV and online:
Rounds one and two:
- UK and Mainland Europe: discovery+ in UK, Germany, Italy and Austria and HBO Max in all other markets
- China: Huya.com, Migu, CBSA-WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel, CBSA-WPBSA Academy Douyin
- All other territories: WST Play
Round three onwards:
- UK & Ireland: TNT Sports and discovery+, DMAX (Freeview channel showing weekday afternoon sessions and all weekend sessions)
- Mainland Europe: Eurosport and locally relevant streaming platforms (discovery+ in Germany, Italy and Austria and HBO Max in all other markets)
- China: Huya.com, Migu, CBSA-WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel, CBSA-WPBSA Academy Douyin
- Hong Kong China: Now TV
- Malasyia & Brunei: Astro Supersport
- Taiwan: Sportcast
- Thailand: True Sport
- Philippines: TAP Sports
- All other territories: WST Play
