The 2025 World Snooker Championship 2025 started with a shock as defending champion Kyren Wilson lost 10-9 to Lei Peifan in the first round.
But seven-time world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan is through to round two after thumping Ali Carter 10-4, having only confirmed his participation the day before the tournament started.
World No 1 and 2019 champion Judd Trump has been drawn against Zhou Yuelong in the first round, while four-time champion Mark Selby plays Ben Woollaston.
World Snooker Championship – upcoming matches
First round
Wednesday 23 April
2.30pm
Luca Brecel (7) vs Ryan Day
7pm
Mark Selby (4) vs Ben Woollaston
Judd Trump (2) 6-3 Zhou Yuelong (played to a finish)
Thursday 24 April
1pm
Luca Brecel (7) vs Ryan Day (played to a finish)
7pm
Mark Selby (4) vs Ben Woollaston (played to a finish)
World Snooker Championship latest results
First round
Wednesday April 23
Ronnie O’Sullivan (5) 10-4 Ali Carter
Zhang Anda (12) 7-10 Pang Junxu
Shaun Murphy (15) 10-4 Daniel Wells
Tuesday April 22
Si Jiahui (13) 10-6 David Gilbert
Ding Junhui (10) 10-7 Zak Surety
Monday April 21
John Higgins (3) 10-7 Joe O’Connor
Mark Allen (8) 10-6 Fan Zhengyi
Jak Jones (16) 4-10 Zhao Xintong
Sunday 20 April
Xiao Guodong (14) 10-4 Matthew Selt
Mark Williams (6) 10-8 Wu Yize
Neil Robertson (9) 8-10 Chris Wakelin
Barry Hawkins (11) 9-10 Hossein Vafaei
Saturday 19 April
Kyren Wilson (1) 9-10 Lei Peifan
World Snooker Championship full schedule
Second round
Thursday April 24
1pm
Chris Wakelin vs Mark Allen (8)
7pm
John Higgins (3) vs Xiao Giudong (14)
Friday April 25
10am
Chris Wakelin vs Mark Allen (8)
Hossein Vafaei vs Mark Williams (6)
2.30pm
John Higgins (3) vs Xiao Guodong (14)
Lei Peifan v Zhao Xintong
7pm
Hossein Vafaei vs Mark Williams (6)
Chris Wakelin vs Mark Allen (8) (played to a finish)
Saturday April 26
10am
John Higgins (3) vs Xiao Guodong (14) (played to a finish)
Lei Peifan vs Zhao Xintong
2.30pm
Hossein Vafaei vs Mark Williams (6) (played to a finish)
Ronnie O’Sullivan (5) vs Pang Junxu
7pm
Si Jiahui (13) vs Mark Selby (4) or Ben Woollaston
Luca Brecel (7) or Ryan Day vs Ding Junhui (10)
Sunday April 27
10am
Lei Peifan vs Zhao Xintong (played to a finish)
Shaun Murphy (15) vs Judd Trump (2) or Zhou Yuelong
2.30pm
Ronnie O’Sullivan (5) vs Pang Junxu
Luca Brecel (7) or Ryan Day vs Ding Junhui (10)
7pm
Si Jiahui (13) vs Mark Selby (4) or Ben Woollaston
Shaun Murphy (15) vs Judd Trump (2) or Zhou Yuelong
Monday April 28
1pm
Si Jiahui (13) vs Mark Selby (4) or Ben Woollaston (played to a finish)
Shaun Murphy (15) vs Judd Trump (2) or Zhou Yuelong (played to a finish)
7pm
Ronnie O’Sullivan (5) vs Pang Junxu (played to a finish)
Luca Brecel (7) or Ryan Day vs Ding Junhui (10) (played to a finish)
Quarter-finals
Tuesday April 29
Schedule TBC
Wednesday April 30
Schedule TBC
Semi-finals
Thursday May 1
Schedule TBC
Friday May 2
Schedule TBC
Saturday May 3
Schedule TBC
Final
Sunday May 4
13:00-18:00
19:00-22:00
Monday May 5
13:00-16:00
19:00-22:00
2025 World Championship draw
First round
- Kyren Wilson (1) 9-10 Lei Peifan
- Jak Jones (16) 4-10 Zhao Xintong
- Neil Robertson (9) 8-10 Chris Wakelin
- Mark Allen (8) 10-6 Fan Zhengyi
- Ronnie O’Sullivan (5) 10-4 Ali Carter
- Zhang Anda (12) 7-10 Pang Junxu
- Si Jiahui (13) 10-6 David Gilbert
- Mark Selby (4) vs Ben Woollaston
- John Higgins (3) 10-7 Joe O’Connor
- Xiao Guodong (14) 10-4 Matt Selt
- Barry Hawkins (11) 9-10 Hossein Vafaei
- Mark Williams (6) 10-8 Wu Yize
- Luca Brecel (7) vs Ryan Day
- Ding Junhui (10) 10-7 Zak Surety
- Shaun Murphy (15) 10-4 Dan Wells
- Judd Trump (2) vs Zhou Yuelong
Second round
- Lei Peifan vs Zhao Xintong
- Chris Wakelin vs Mark Allen (8)
- Ronnie O’Sullivan (5) vs Pang Junxu
- Si Jiahui (13) vs Mark Selby (4) or Ben Woollaston
- John Higgins (3) vs Xiao Guodong (14)
- Hossein Vafaei vs Mark Williams (6)
- Luca Brecel (7) or Ryan Day vs Ding Junhui (10)
- Shaun Murphy (15) vs Judd Trump (2) or Zhou Yuelong
What’s the World Snooker Championship format?
- First-round matches are the best of 19 frames.
- Second round and quarter-final matches are played over a maximum of 25.
- Semi-final matches are best of 33 frames.
- The final is the best of 35 frames.
Morning sessions are scheduled to begin at 10am each day, with afternoon sessions starting at 2:30pm and evening sessions at 7pm.
First-round matches are the best of 19 frames, while second round and quarter-final matches are played over a maximum of 25.
Semi-final matches are best of 33 frames and the final is the best of 35 frames.
The final will begin at 1pm on Sunday May 4 and Monday May 5, with the evening sessions for the final beginning at 7pm.
How much is the Crucible prize money?
The winner will receive £500,000 and there is total prize fund of £2,395,000.
- Winner: £500,000
- Runner-up: £200,000
- Semi-finalists: £100,000
- Quarter-finalists: £50,000
- Last 16: £30,000
- Last 32: £20,000
- Last 48: £15,000
- Last 80: £10,000
- Last 112: £5,000
- Highest break (qualifying stage included): £15,000
Jackson Page recorded two maximum 147 breaks in the same match during qualifying
Jackson Page became the first player in the history of the game to record two maximum 147 breaks in the same match during a 10-2 qualifying victory over Allan Taylor.
The Welshman’s exploits earned him the £147,000 Triple Crown bonus, awarded to any player who records multiple 147 breaks in one of the Triple Crown events – the World Snooker Championship, The Masters and the UK Championship – during the same season.
Page is also on course for the £15,000 highest break bonus for the tournament itself, and that’s before we take into account standard prize money for progressing through the tournament.
