2025 British Open
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 22–28 September 2025 |
| Venue | The Centaur |
| City | Cheltenham |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Ranking event |
| 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.[1] Qualifying (round 1) will take place from 25 to 28 June 2025 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester. It is part of the 2025–26 snooker season.
Mark Selby is the defending champion, having defeated John Higgins 10–5 in the 2024 final.[2]
Qualifying (round 1)
[edit]The qualification matches are shown below.
Cheltenham
[edit]The results of the held over matches played in Cheltenham on 22 September will be given below.[3]
- Barry Hawkins (ENG) v
Daniel Wells (WAL) - Top up 1 v
Zhao Xintong (CHN) - Judd Trump (ENG) v
Aaron Hill (IRL) - Sanderson Lam (ENG) v Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
- Pang Junxu (CHN) v Wu Yize (CHN)
- Tom Ford (ENG) v
Neil Robertson (AUS) - Jiang Jun (CHN) v
Mark Allen (NIR) - Kyren Wilson (ENG) v Chris Wakelin (ENG)
- David Grace (ENG) v Mark Selby (ENG)
Ross Muir (SCO) v Shaun Murphy (ENG)- Xiao Guodong (CHN) v Haydon Pinhey (ENG)
- Mark Williams (WAL) v Si Jiahui (CHN)
- Zhang Anda (CHN) v Duane Jones (WAL)
- Top up 3 v Ali Carter (ENG)
- John Higgins (SCO) v Mark Davis (ENG)
- Gary Wilson (ENG) v
Hossein Vafaei (IRN)
Leicester
[edit]The results of the qualifying matches played in Leicester will be given below.[4]
25 June
[edit]- Yuan Sijun (CHN) v Jamie Jones (WAL)
Marco Fu (HKG) v Stephen Maguire (SCO)
Jonas Luz (BRA) v Cheung Ka Wai (HKG)- Elliot Slessor (ENG) v Jackson Page (WAL)
- Jimmy Robertson (ENG) v Top up 5
Haris Tahir (PAK) v Ken Doherty (IRL)- Jimmy White (ENG) v Liam Davies (WAL)
Luca Brecel (BEL) v 
Alexander Ursenbacher (SWI)- Louis Heathcote (ENG) v Jordan Brown (NIR)
- Wang Yuchen (HKG) v Mitchell Mann (ENG)
Ishpreet Singh Chadha (IND) v Scott Donaldson (SCO)- Jack Lisowski (ENG) v Liam Highfield (ENG)
26 June
[edit]- Kreishh Gurbaxani (IND) v Chang Bingyu (CHN)
- Xu Si (CHN) v
Florian Nüßle (AUT) - Liu Hongyu (CHN) v Ng On Yee (HKG)
- Fergal Quinn (NIR) v Gao Yang (CHN)
- He Guoqiang (CHN) v Farakh Ajaib (PAK)
- Steven Hallworth (ENG) v
Sunny Akani (THA) 
Michal Szubarczyk (POL) v Top up 2- Liam Pullen (ENG) v Ben Mertens (BEL)
- Ryan Day (WAL) v Stuart Bingham (ENG)
- Gong Chenzhi (CHN) v Jak Jones (WAL)
- David Lilley (ENG) v Liam Graham (SCO)
- Chris Totten (SCO) v Antoni Kowalski (POL)
27 June
[edit]- Noppon Saengkham (THA) v Liu Wenwei (CHN)
- Huang Jiahao (CHN) v Matthew Stevens (WAL)
- Robbie McGuigan (NIR) v Lyu Haotian (CHN)
- Stan Moody (ENG) v Zhou Yuelong (CHN)
- Yao Pengcheng (CHN) v Sam Craigie (ENG)
- Bai Yulu (CHN) v
Artemijs Žižins (LAT) - Martin O'Donnell (ENG) v
Sahil Nayyar (CAN) - Oliver Lines (ENG) v Top up 4
- Ricky Walden (ENG) v Joe O'Connor (ENG)
- Leone Crowley (IRL) v
Hatem Yassen (EGY) - Matthew Selt (ENG) v David Gilbert (ENG)
- Connor Benzey (ENG) v
Iulian Boiko (UKR)
28 June
[edit]- Lei Peifan (CHN) v Mateusz Baranowski (POL)
- Long Zehuang (CHN) v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)
- Mink Nutcharut (THA) v Amir Sarkhosh (IRN)
- Lan Yuhao (CHN) v Reanne Evans (ENG)
- Fan Zhengyi (CHN) v Robert Milkins (ENG)
- Oliver Brown (ENG) v Xu Yichen (CHN)
- Anthony McGill (SCO) v Dylan Emery (WAL)
- Robbie Williams (ENG) v
Bulcsú Révész (HUN) - Zak Surety (ENG) v Zhao Hanyang (CHN)
- Julien Leclercq (BEL) v Ben Woollaston (ENG)
- Allan Taylor (ENG) v Chatchapong Nasa (THA)
- Ian Burns (ENG) v Michael Holt (ENG)
References
[edit]- ^ "Calendar 2025/2026 - snooker.org". www.snooker.org. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "British Open qualifiers". snooker.org. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ "Order of Play". snooker.org. Retrieved 10 June 2025.