The 2025 English Open commences on Thursday with the likes of reigning champion Neil Robertson and world champion Zhao Xintong within the draw.
The lineup this yr additionally consists of world primary Judd Trump, Shanghai Masters winner Kyren Wilson, and nearly all of the opposite heavy hitters on the World Snooker Tour.
It’s the fourth rating match of the 2025/26 marketing campaign and marks the primary of the 4 House Nations Sequence occasions to be performed.
A prime prize value £100,000 is on provide subsequent week, however there may be additionally the extra £150,000 jackpot for being this time period’s finest House Nations performer general to try for.
English Open prize cash
Champion: £100,000
Runner-up: £45,000
Semi-final: £21,000
Quarter-final: £13,200
Final 16: £9,000
Final 32: £5,400
Final 64: £3,600
Final 96: £1,000
Highest Break: £5,000
Whole: £550,400
Who’re the previous champions?
The English Open was launched in 2016 as a part of the House Nations Sequence, so it’s unimaginable to assume that that is already its tenth version.
The inaugural winner was Liang Wenbo, whose profession after all resulted in shame after being handed a lifetime ban from the game for his main involvement in a match-fixing ring.
The next yr’s title was gained by Ronnie O’Sullivan, however the Rocket gained’t be on this yr’s subject both after opting to skip proceedings on the Brentwood Centre.
All the opposite former winners of the Steve Davis Trophy are concerned within the 2025 English Open draw, nonetheless.
That features reigning champion Neil Robertson along with fellow two-time winners Judd Trump and Mark Selby.
Certainly, that trio has accounted for the final six English Open crowns between them from 2019 till final yr, with the 2018 title going to Stuart Bingham.
How does the 2025 English Open draw work?
The highest 32 seeds within the competitors enter the fray within the spherical of 64, with one other 32 spots up for grabs by means of the preliminary rounds.
The underside 64 seeds – together with the likes of Jimmy White, Marco Fu, and Reanne Evans – launch the occasion on Thursday within the opening spherical.
These ranked from 33 to 64 subsequently be part of the motion in spherical two throughout this weekend earlier than the larger names become involved on Monday.
Along with O’Sullivan, John Higgins is one other notable absentee from the 2025 English Open draw.
The Scot lately admitted that he was struggling for motivation this season thus far and had deliberate to take a break forward of larger tournaments to return later within the yr.
But many of the different marquee names are hoping to problem, together with the likes of Mark Williams, latest Wuhan Open champion Xiao Guodong, and Ding Junhui.
For the latter, the English Open represents one of many Chinese language competitor’s few remaining alternatives to seal a spot on the upcoming Champion of Champions invitational.
2025 English Open Draw
Spherical of 128 (bo7)
Sunny Akani vs Oliver Brown
Zhao Hanyang vs Connor Benzey
Haris Tahir vs Michal Szubarczyk
Julien Leclercq vs Aidan Murphy
Farakh Ajaib vs Kreishh Gurbaxani
Chris Totten vs Ross Muir
Antoni Kowalski vs Liam Graham
Liam Highfield vs Ng On Yee
Amir Sarkhosh vs Sahil Nayyar
David Grace vs Jonas Luz
Louis Heathcote vs Mahmoud El Hareedy
Duane Jones vs Patrick Whelan
Cheung Ka Wai vs Jimmy White
Sam Craigie vs Chatchapong Nasa
Reanne Evans vs Jiang Jun
Huang Jiahao vs Oliver Sykes
Robbie McGuigan vs Mink Nutcharut
Bulcsu Revesz vs Alexander Ursenbacher
Mitchell Mann vs Ian Burns
Wang Yuchen vs Florian Nuessle
Dylan Emery vs Fergal Quinn
Allan Taylor vs Umut Dikme
Liam Davies vs Hatem Yassen
Lan Yuhao vs Liam Pullen
Chang Bingyu vs Leone Crowley
Bai Yulu vs Liu Wenwei
Steven Hallworth vs Mateusz Baranowski
Iulian Boiko vs Xu Yichen
Artemijs Zizins vs Yao Pengcheng
Marco Fu vs Gao Yang
Haydon Pinhey vs Ryan Davies
Ben Mertens vs Ashley Hugill
Spherical of 96 (bo7)
1. David Lilley vs Akani/Brown
2. Noppon Saengkham vs Zhao/Benzey
3. Zak Surety vs Tahir/Szubarczyk
4. Fan Zhengyi vs Leclercq/A. Murphy
5. He Guoqiang vs Ajaib/Gurbaxani
6. Robert Milkins vs Totten/Muir
7. Ryan Day vs Kowalski/Graham
8. Oliver Traces vs Highfield/Ng
9. Lengthy Zehuang vs Sarkhosh/Nayyar
10. Xu Si vs Grace/Luz
11. Jordan Brown vs Heathcote/El Hareedy
12. Martin O’Donnell vs D. Jones/Whelan
13. Luca Brecel vs Cheung/White
14. Liu Hongyu vs Sam Craigie/Nasa
15. Daniel Wells vs Evans/Jiang
16. Robbie Williams vs Huang/Sykes
17. Michael Holt vs McGuigan/Nutcharut
18. Ben Woollaston vs Revesz/Ursenbacher
19. Sanderson Lam vs Mann/Burns
20. Jimmy Robertson vs Wang/Nuessle
21. Matthew Stevens vs Emery/Quinn
22. Scott Donaldson vs Taylor/Dikme
23. Lyu Haotian vs Davies/Yassen
24. Stan Moody vs Lan/Pullen
25. Gong Chenzhi vs Chang/Crowley
26. Ricky Walden vs Bai/Liu
27. Anthony McGill vs Hallworth/Baranowski
28. Jamie Jones vs Boiko/Xu
29. Aaron Hill vs Zizins/Yao
30. Mark Davis vs Fu/Gao
31. Thepchaiya Un-Nooh vs Pinhey/Davies
32. Ishpreet Singh Chadha vs Mertens/Hugill
Spherical of 64 (bo7)
Neil Robertson vs Winner of Match 1 (above)
Jackson Web page vs Winner of Match 2
Shaun Murphy vs Winner of Match 3
David Gilbert vs Winner of Match 4
Wu Yize vs Winner of Match 5
Chris Wakelin vs Winner of Match 6
Lei Peifan vs Winner of Match 7
Mark Selby vs Winner of Match 8
Mark Williams vs Winner of Match 9
Zhou Yuelong vs Winner of Match 10
Barry Hawkins vs Winner of Match 11
Tom Ford vs Winner of Match 12
Hossein Vafaei vs Winner of Match 13
Si Jiahui vs Winner of Match 14
Pang Junxu vs Winner of Match 15
Kyren Wilson vs Winner of Match 16
Judd Trump vs Winner of Match 17
Yuan Sijun vs Winner of Match 18
Gary Wilson vs Winner of Match 19
Elliot Slessor vs Winner of Match 20
Stuart Bingham vs Winner of Match 21
Mark Allen vs Winner of Match 22
Matthew Selt vs Winner of Match 23
Ding Junhui vs Winner of Match 24
Xiao Guodong vs Winner of Match 25
Joe O’Connor vs Winner of Match 26
Zhang Anda vs Winner of Match 27
Jak Jones vs Winner of Match 28
Stephen Maguire vs Winner of Match 29
Ali Carter vs Winner of Match 30
Jack Lisowski vs Winner of Match 31
Zhao Xintong vs Winner of Match 32
Click on right here for the up to date outcomes and draw (snooker.org)
The right way to watch the 2025 English Open
There are a number of choices obtainable to look at the upcoming snooker reside, relying in your location.
Under is a full record, as printed on the World Snooker Tour web site:
Rounds 1 and a pair of
(September eleventh to 14th)
UK and Mainland Europe
discovery+ within the UK, Germany, Italy, and Austria
HBO Max in all different markets
China
Huya.com
Migu
CBSA-WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel
CBSA-WPBSA Academy Douyin
All different territories
WST Play
All Different Rounds
(September fifteenth to twenty first)
UK & Eire
TNT Sports activities and discovery+
DMAX (Freeview channel displaying weekday afternoon periods and all weekend periods)
Mainland Europe
Eurosport and regionally related streaming platforms
(discovery+ in Germany, Italy and Austria and HBO Max in all different 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 activities
All different territories
WST Play
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