The 2025 British Open qualifiers concluded on Saturday with the final outcomes being decided on the Mattioli Area in Leicester.
The venue phases of the British Open don’t happen till September, and the highest 16 gamers from the world rankings every had their round-of-128 fixtures held over.
Nevertheless, the remainder of the circuit needed to negotiate the preliminary part of the competitors with a purpose to safely seal their tickets to Cheltenham.
The random draw ingredient on the British Open at all times provides a bit bit of additional pleasure to the fold, and there have been some fascinating outcomes throughout the 4 days of qualifying motion.
Among the many higher-profile names to make it by was former world champion Stuart Bingham, who overcame a troublesome opening take a look at within the type of 2022 winner Ryan Day.
Fellow veteran Marco Fu was arguably the standout performer of the primary week within the new season.
The Hong Kong potter, who is simply competing on the primary tour courtesy of an invitational tour card, backed up his three-ton show on the Wuhan Open qualifiers with one other brace of centuries in beating Stephen Maguire 4-3 from 3-0 down.
Main stars of the ladies’s sport Bai Yulu and Reanne Evans each secured sturdy victories to ensure their presence on the Centaur in a couple of months.
There have been triumphs elsewhere for the likes of Jak Jones, Jack Lisowski, Joe O’Connor, and Noppon Saengkham.
The principle phases of the British Open will run from September twenty second to September twenty eighth, with the draw for the second spherical going down round then.
2025 British Open
Spherical of 128 Outcomes
Chang Bingyu 4-2 Kreishh Gurbaxani
Jak Jones 4-1 Gong Chenzhi
Noppon Saengkham 4-1 Liu Wenwei
Liam Davies 4-2 Jimmy White
Martin O’Donnell 4-1 Sahil Nayyar
Oliver Traces 4-1 Stuart Carrington
Umut Dikme 4-3 Michal Szubarczyk
Anthony McGill 4-3 Dylan Emery
Ashley Carty 4-2 Alexander Ursenbacher
Ben Mertens 4-3 Liam Pullen
Mitchell Mann 4-3 Wang Yuchen
Matthew Stevens 4-2 Huang Jiahao
Yuan Sijun 4-3 Jamie Jones
David Lilley 4-2 Liam Graham
Joe O’Connor 4-2 Ricky Walden
Antoni Kowalski 4-0 Chris Totten
Reanne Evans 4-1 Lan Yuhao
Lei Peifan 4-0 Mateusz Baranowski
Robert Milkins 4-2 Fan Zhengyi
Leone Crowley 4-0 Hatem Yassen
Matthew Selt 4-0 David Gilbert
Xu Yichen 4-2 Oliver Brown
Stan Moody 4-2 Zhou Yuelong
Jackson Web page 4-2 Elliot Slessor
Gao Yang 4-2 Fergal Quinn
Marco Fu 4-3 Stephen Maguire
He Guoqiang 4-0 Farakh Ajaib
Sunny Akani 4-0 Steven Hallworth
Xu Si 4-0 Florian Nuessle
Ryan Davies 4-3 Jimmy Robertson
Haris Tahir 4-3 Ken Doherty
Lengthy Zehuang 4-3 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Bulcsu Revesz 4-1 Robbie Williams
Scott Donaldson 4-2 Ishpreet Singh Chadha
Robbie McGuigan 4-2 Lyu Haotian
Amir Sarkhosh 4-1 Mink Nutcharut
Jack Lisowski 4-3 Liam Highfield
Iulian Boiko 4-2 Connor Benzey
Ben Woollaston 4-2 Julien Leclercq
Allan Taylor 4-2 Chatchapong Nasa
Zak Surety 4-2 Zhao Hanyang
Liu Hongyu 4-0 Ng On Yee
Cheung Ka Wai 4-1 Jonas Luz
Ian Burns 4-1 Michael Holt
Stuart Bingham 4-2 Ryan Day
Louis Heathcote 4-3 Jordan Brown
Sam Craigie 4-1 Yao Pengcheng
Bai Yulu 4-2 Artemijs Zizins
Fixtures held over to the venue phases
Barry Hawkins vs Daniel Wells
Zhao Xintong vs TBC
Judd Trump vs Aaron Hill
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Sanderson Lam
Wu Yize vs Pang Junxu
Neil Robertson vs Tom Ford
Mark Allen vs Jiang Jun
Kyren Wilson vs Chris Wakelin
Mark Selby vs David Grace
Shaun Murphy vs Ross Muir
Xiao Guodong vs Haydon Pinhey
Mark Williams vs Si Jiahui
Zhang Anda vs Duane Jones
Ali Carter vs TBC
John Higgins vs Mark Davis
Gary Wilson vs Hossein Vafaei
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