World Open snooker 2025: Schedule and results with Judd...

JUDD TRUMP has returned to the table in China as he eyes World Open glory. The World No1 is the defending champion and is eyeing a three-peat this year, having won the event in 2019 and 2024, the last two stages of the tournament. But Trump will face some fierce competition from some of the biggest names in the sport, with the likes of Kyren Wilson and Shaun Murphy in action.

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SunSport has the guide on everything you need to know ahead of World Open snooker 2025. Ronnie O'Sullivan will not be playing in the World Open this year. Rocket was due to play Stuart Carrington in his tournament opener before he withdrew from the event on medical grounds.

The seven-time world champion has pulled out of numerous tournaments this season, but it is expected that O'Sullivan will return to snooker at the World Grand Prix in March. The tournament will consist of a top half and a bottom half, with the winner of either half facing off in the final on Saturday, March 1.

The order of rounds is:. The last 64, last 32, last 16 and quarter-finals will be best of nine frames. The semi-final is best of 11 frames, and the final is best of 19 frames, played over two sessions. Sunday, February 23. All times GMT. From 1.30am. Elliot Slessor 5-2 Lyu Haotian.

Sanderson Lam 1-5 Zhou Jinhao. David Lilley 5-4 Cao Jin. Scott Donaldson 5-0 Wang Yuhang. Zhang Anda 3-5 Stan Moody. Xu Si 5-3 Zou Pengfei. Kyren Wilson 5-2 Hammad Miah. From 6am. Mark Selby 2-5 Liu Hongyu. Jimmy Robertson 5-3 Noppon Saengkham. Aaron Hill 5-3 Sunny Akani.

Mark Davis 1-5 John Higgins. Daniel Womersley 2-5 Stuart Carrington. From 11.30am. Antoni Kowalski 5-3 Matthew Stevens. Michael Holt 5-3 Martin O’Donnell. Wu Yize 5-4 Jackson Page. Ali Carter 5-3 He Guoqiang. M Phetmalaikul 1-5 Zhou Yuelong. Judd Trump 5-0 Xing Zihao.

Ding Junhui 5-1 Jiang Jun. Monday, February 24. Zhou Jinhao vs Shaun Murphy. Mark Allen vs David Lilley. Jack Lisowski vs Scott Donaldson. Zak Surety vs Jordan Brown. Ben Woollaston vs Amir Sarkosh. Jamie Jones vs Barry Hawkins. Louis Heathcote vs Stuart Carrington. Xiao Guodong vs Duane Jones.

Pang Junxu vs Anthony McGill. Zhang/Moody vs Graeme Dott. Lei Peifan vs Kyren Wilson. Judd Trump vs Long Zehuang. Alfie Burden vs Joe O’Connor. Yuan Sijun vs Hossein Vafaei. Joe Perry vs Ding Junhui. Ishpreet Singh Chadha vs Tom Ford. Daniel Wells vs Gary Wilson. Robert Milkins vs Xu Si.