2025 British Open

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2025 British Open
Tournament information
Dates22–28 September 2025 (2025-09-22 – 2025-09-28)
VenueThe Centaur
CityCheltenham
CountryEngland
OrganisationWorld Snooker Tour
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£502,000
Winner's share£100,000
Defending champion Mark Selby (ENG)
← 2024

The 2025 British Open is an upcoming professional snooker tournament that will take place from 22 to 28 September 2025 at the Centaur in Cheltenham, England. Qualifying took place from 25 to 28 June 2025 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester. The fifth consecutive edition of the tournament since it was revived in 2021, it will be the fifth ranking event of the 2025–26 snooker season, following the 2025 English Open and preceding the 2025 Xi'an Grand Prix. The winner will receive £100,000 from a total prize fund of £502,000.

Mark Selby is the defending champion, having defeated John Higgins 10‍–‍5 in the 2024 final.[1]

Overview

The tournament is the fifth edition of the British Open since its revival in 2021. Its inaugural edition was held in 1980 as the non-ranking British Gold Cup, which was won by Alex Higgins. It gained ranking status and its current name in 1985 and was staged 21 times until its discontinuation in 2004. Revived in 2021 after 17 years, it now features a randomised draw after every round. In 2022, the trophy was named the Clive Everton Trophy, in honour of the longtime commentator and snooker journalist.[2] Everton died in 2024 at age 87.[3]

Format

Uniquely among all current professional snooker tournaments, the draw will be randomised for every round, including for the first round which serves as a qualifying round.[4]

Qualifiers were held from 25 to 28 June 2025 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England.[5] Qualifying matches featuring the top 20 players in the snooker world rankings—with the exception of world number six Ding Junhui, who did not enter the event[a]—were held over to be played in Cheltenham.[6] The 2023 world champion Luca Brecel withdrew and was replaced in the draw by Ashley Carty, the highest available player from the Q School top-up list.[7]

The tournament's main stage will be held from 22 to 28 September 2025 at the Centaur in Cheltenham, England.[8] The tournament will follow a straight knock-out format, with all matches up to the quarter‑finals being played as the best of 7 frames. The quarter‑finals are the best of 9 frames, the semi‑finals are the best of 11 frames, and the final is the best of 19 frames, played over two sessions.[9]

Broadcasters

The qualifying round was broadcast by Discovery+ in Germany, Austria and Italy; by HBO Max in other European territories; by Huya Live, Migu, the CBSA‑WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel and the CBSA‑WPBSA Academy Douyin in China; and by WST Play in the United Kingdom and all other territories worldwide without a broadcast agreement in place.[10]

This will be the last British Open snooker tournament to be broadcast on ITV and from February 2026 onwards, all three snooker tournaments including the Players Championship, Tour Championship and British Open will be shown on Channel 5.

Prize fund

The winner of the event will receive £100,000 from a total prize fund of £502,000. The breakdown of prize money for this event is shown below:[4]

  • Winner: £100,000
  • Runner-up: £45,000
  • Semi-final: £20,000
  • Quarter-final: £12,000
  • Last 16: £9,000
  • Last 32: £6,000
  • Last 64: £3,000
  • Highest break: £5,000
  • Total: £502,000

Qualifying draw

Cheltenham

The results of the held over matches played in Cheltenham on 22 September will be given below.[6]

Leicester

The results of the qualifying matches played in Leicester are given below.[6]

25 June

26 June

27 June

28 June

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

A total of 11 century breaks were made during the qualifying stage of the tournament in Leicester.[12]

Notes

  1. ^ Top 20 players rather than 16 in the held-over matches because Ding Junhui did not enter, and Kyren Wilson (ranked 2nd) was drawn against Chris Wakelin (ranked 16th), Mark Williams (ranked 3rd) was drawn against Si Jiahui (ranked 15th) and Neil Robertson (ranked 8th) was drawn against Tom Ford (ranked 19th).
  2. ^ Ashley Carty replaced Luca Brecel who withdrew.[11]

References

  1. ^ "British Open: Mark Selby beats John Higgins in 2024 final to win title for first time". BBC Sport. 29 September 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  2. ^ "British Open trophy named after Clive Everton". World Snooker Tour. 21 September 2022. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Clive Everton: Snooker commentator dies aged 87". BBC Sport. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  4. ^ a b "British Open". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 13 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  5. ^ "British Open Qualifiers 2025 - snooker.org". www.snooker.org. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  6. ^ a b c "British Open Qualifiers 2025". snooker.org. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Brecel Pulls Out Of British Qualifiers". World Snooker Tour. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Calendar 2025/2026 - snooker.org". www.snooker.org. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  9. ^ "British Open 2025". snooker.org. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  10. ^ "How To Watch British Open Qualifying". World Snooker Tour. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  11. ^ "Brecel pulls out of British qualifiers". World Snooker Tour. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  12. ^ "Tournament Centuries". snookerinfo.co.uk. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
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