2024/2025:

Halo World Championship [ - ] [ + ]

19 Apr - 5 May 2025, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England
Previous champion: Kyren Wilson (2024)
See also: Results (143) ... more

Final (Winner: £500,000; Runner-up: £200,000)
		Zhao Xintong (a)	18	-	12	Mark J Williams [6]
	Session 1: 141-0 (51, 77), 100-38 (100), 47-44, 28-66, 77-49 (57) 71-61 (61 MJW), 119-0 (104), 95-0 (83) Session 2: 0-86 (86), 8-65, 85-9 (71), 74-0 (56), 14-62 0-72 (72), 96-23 (96), 71-63 (71, 63), 43-71 Session 3: 76-5, 18-66, 65-7 (58), 85-45, 104-1 (52) 14-84 (66), 79-26 (67), 63-36 Session 4: 30-101 (101), 1-62, 6-96 (96), 0-73 (73), 110-8 (87) Referee: Desislava Bozhilova Zhao is the second Crucible finalist and the first winner from China. He started in the first qualifying round. Williams (50) was the oldest ever Crucible finalist.
Semifinals (Losers receive £100,000)
		Zhao Xintong (a)	17	-	7	Ronnie O'Sullivan [5]	Match finished with one session to spare
	Session 1: 84-2 (60), 62-13 (62), 32-69 (64), 0-73 (73) 0-71 (60), 61-7, 1-82 (82), 86-39 (86) Session 2: 79-23 (57), 120-4 (112), 83-0 (82), 74-23 (57) 67-0 (67), 115-0 (115), 69-22, 87-28 (87) Session 3: 22-86, 40-61, 107-0 (62), 128-0 (128) 13-74 (57), 85-0 (85), 74-10 (63), 93-32 (88)						Match finished with one session to spare
		Mark J Williams [6]	17	-	14	Judd Trump [2]
	Session 1: 83-42 (73), 32-71, 42-73, 121-6 (116) 36-97 (52), 83-33, 46-57, 1-109 (109) Session 2: 0-130 (52, 70), 58-65 (57, 65), 110-8 (105), 84-6 (84) 64-20, 7-57, 71-56, 126-4 (96) Session 3: 71-16 (57), 0-71 (71), 53-71 (71), 67-52 74-0 (73), 129-0 (84), 29-64 (64), 83-1 (62) Session 4: 69-16 (67), 67-22 (65), 0-104 (104), 100-0 (100) 10-76, 14-116 (116), 124-1 (123)
Quarterfinals (Losers receive £50,000)
		Zhao Xintong (a)	13	-	5	Chris Wakelin [20]
		Ronnie O'Sullivan [5]	13	-	9	Si Jiahui [13]
	This was O'Sullivan's record-extending 23rd Crucible quarterfinal
		Mark J Williams [6]	13	-	12	John Higgins [3]
	Higgins came back from 12-8 down but missed the blue frame ball in the decider and Williams potted the blue, pink and black for victory
		Judd Trump [2]	13	-	8	Luca Brecel [7]	Trump needed a snooker to win the 3rd frame.
	Trump's 116 in frame 17 was his 104th century of the season breaking Neil Robertson's record for most centuries per season.						Trump needed a snooker to win the 3rd frame.
Round 2 (Last 16; Losers receive £30,000)
1		Zhao Xintong (a)	13	-	10	Lei Peifan [39]
	Zhao becomes the first player to reach the quarterfinals at the Crucible without holding a Tour card
2		Chris Wakelin [20]	13	-	6	Mark Allen [8]	Re-rack in frame 19.
	147 by Allen in frame 13. Watch on YouTube. It was his fifth and the 217th in pro snooker. He becomes the first player to make a maximum break in all three Triple Crown events. Allen missed the 12th black on another max attempt in frame 18.						Re-rack in frame 19.
3		Ronnie O'Sullivan [5]	13	-	4	Pang Junxu [27]
4		Si Jiahui [13]	13	-	10	Ben Woollaston [44]
5		John Higgins [3]	13	-	12	Xiao Guodong [14]
6		Mark J Williams [6]	13	-	10	Hossein Vafaei [24]	A total of seven re-racks (in frames 5, 9 and 17)
7		Luca Brecel [7]	13	-	4	Ding Junhui [10]
8		Judd Trump [2]	13	-	10	Shaun Murphy [15]
	Trump made his 100th century of the season in frame 15, earning the GBP 100,000 bonus.
Round 1 (Last 32; Losers receive £20,000 / £0)
1		Lei Peifan [39]	10	-	9	Kyren Wilson [1]
2		Zhao Xintong (a)	10	-	4	Jak Jones [16]
3		Chris Wakelin [20]	10	-	8	Neil Robertson [9]
4		Mark Allen [8]	10	-	6	Fan Zhengyi [46]
5		Ronnie O'Sullivan [5]	10	-	4	Ali Carter [18]
6		Pang Junxu [27]	10	-	7	Zhang Anda [12]
7		Si Jiahui [13]	10	-	6	David Gilbert [23]	A max attempt by Gilbert in frame 11 ended at 72. Si missed the last red for a possible clearance to steal the frame.
8		Ben Woollaston [44]	10	-	8	Mark Selby [4]	Re-rack in frame 17.
9		John Higgins [3]	10	-	7	Joe O'Connor [30]
10		Xiao Guodong [14]	10	-	4	Matthew Selt [34]
11		Hossein Vafaei [24]	10	-	9	Barry Hawkins [11]
12		Mark J Williams [6]	10	-	8	Wu Yize [22]	466 unanswered points by Wu Yize from 3-0 down to 4-3 up
13		Luca Brecel [7]	10	-	7	Ryan Day [36]	Day lost frame 16 by going in off on the final black
14		Ding Junhui [10]	10	-	7	Zak Surety [72]
15		Shaun Murphy [15]	10	-	4	Daniel Wells [49]
16		Judd Trump [2]	10	-	4	Zhou Yuelong [32]

World Championship Qualifiers [ - ] [ + ]

Main Tour (View on separate page)

7‑16 Apr 2025, English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, England
See also: Results (112)

Qual Round 4 (Last 48; Losers receive £15,000)
Also known as 'Judgement Day'
1		Daniel Wells [49]	10	-	9	Gary Wilson [17]
2		Zhou Yuelong [32]	10	-	5	Yuan Sijun [33]
3		Zak Surety [72]	10	-	3	Ricky Walden [40]
4		Hossein Vafaei [24]	10	-	4	Wang Yuchen [105]
5		Ben Woollaston [44]	10	-	4	Ross Muir [76]	First session was pulled off at 4-3 to Woollaston.
6		Zhao Xintong (a)	10	-	8	Elliot Slessor [28]
7		Ryan Day [36]	10	-	5	Sunny Akani [93]	After having required three snookers, Sunny forced (but lost) a re-spotted black in frame 5.
8		Chris Wakelin [20]	10	-	2	Martin O'Donnell [45]
9		Fan Zhengyi [46]	10	-	4	Michael Holt [78]
10		Joe O'Connor [30]	10	-	7	Jackson Page [35]
11		Pang Junxu [27]	10	-	6	Jamie Jones [59]
12		Wu Yize [22]	10	-	9	Matthew Stevens [54]
13		David Gilbert [23]	10	-	9	Aaron Hill [55]
14		Lei Peifan [39]	10	-	9	Gao Yang (a)
15		Matthew Selt [34]	10	-	9	Jimmy Robertson [31]	Re-rack in frames 1 and 19
16		Ali Carter [18]	10	-	5	He Guoqiang [50]
Qual Round 3 (Last 80; Losers receive £10,000 / £0)
1		Gary Wilson [17]	10	-	1	Hammad Miah [81]
2		Daniel Wells [49]	10	-	4	Dominic Dale [48]
	Dale's last pro match as he has announced his retirement
3		Zhou Yuelong [32]	10	-	5	Ishpreet Singh Chadha [65]
4		Yuan Sijun [33]	10	-	5	Joe Perry [64]	Respotted black in frame 8
	Perry's last pro match as he has announced his retirement						Respotted black in frame 8
5		Ricky Walden [40]	10	-	9	Mitchell Mann [113]	Walden won on the final black after having been 7-1 down and twice having needed a snooker in the final frame
6		Zak Surety [72]	10	-	8	Jack Lisowski [25]
7		Wang Yuchen [105]	10	-	5	Robert Milkins [41]
8		Hossein Vafaei [24]	10	-	7	Duane Jones [88]
9		Ross Muir [76]	10	-	7	Tom Ford [21]	First session was pulled off at 4-3 to Muir. They started frame 8 in the first session, but agreed on a re-rack.
10		Ben Woollaston [44]	10	-	9	Mark Davis [53]	Decided on the final black
11		Elliot Slessor [28]	10	-	6	Marco Fu [69]
12		Zhao Xintong (a)	10	-	4	Lyu Haotian [37]
13		Ryan Day [36]	10	-	5	Sanderson Lam [61]
14		Sunny Akani [93]	10	-	7	Noppon Saengkham [29]	First session was pulled off at 5-3 to Akani.
15		Martin O'Donnell [45]	10	-	8	Jordan Brown [52]	First session was pulled off at 4-2 to O'Donnell.
16		Chris Wakelin [20]	10	-	5	Xing Zihao [77]
17		Michael Holt [78]	10	-	6	Stuart Bingham [19]
18		Fan Zhengyi [46]	10	-	6	Robbie Williams [51]
19		Joe O'Connor [30]	10	-	4	Iulian Boiko (a)
20		Jackson Page [35]	10	-	2	Allan Taylor [99]
	Page became the first to make two maximums in one match, in frames 8 and 12. He thus earned the Triple Crown bonus of GBP 147,000. These were his first pro 147s and the 215th and 216th maximums in pro snooker. Watch on YouTube: #1 and #2
21		Jamie Jones [59]	10	-	7	Xu Si [38]
22		Pang Junxu [27]	10	-	2	Ashley Carty [70]	First session was pulled off at 7-1 to Pang.
23		Matthew Stevens [54]	10	-	8	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [43]
24		Wu Yize [22]	10	-	4	Jiang Jun [75]
25		David Gilbert [23]	10	-	6	Gong Chenzhi [87]	Gong was docked the fifth frame for being late after the interval. He won the 7th frame on a respotted black.
26		Aaron Hill [55]	10	-	5	Anthony McGill [42]
27		Gao Yang (a)	10	-	3	Stephen Maguire [26]	Gao missed the yellow en route to a 147 in the last frame
28		Lei Peifan [39]	10	-	6	David Lilley [58]
29		Matthew Selt [34]	10	-	3	Anthony Hamilton [63]	First session was pulled off at 4-3 to Selt.
30		Jimmy Robertson [31]	10	-	9	Stan Moody [66]
31		He Guoqiang [50]	10	-	9	Scott Donaldson [47]
32		Ali Carter [18]	10	-	8	Ian Burns [82]
Qual Round 2 (Last 112; Losers receive £5,000 / £0)
1		Hammad Miah [81]	10	-	9	Rory Thor [80]
2		Daniel Wells [49]	10	-	6	Huang Jiahao [112]	Second session pulled off at Wells 9-6.
3		Ishpreet Singh Chadha [65]	10	-	2	Mateusz Baranowski (a)
4		Joe Perry [64]	10	-	6	Dylan Emery (a)
5		Mitchell Mann [113]	10	-	2	Liu Hongyu [57]
6		Zak Surety [72]	10	-	2	Antoni Kowalski [89]
7		Wang Yuchen [105]	w/o			Graeme Dott [56]
	Dott has been suspended from the Tour
8		Duane Jones [88]	10	-	1	Ma Hailong [73]
9		Ross Muir [76]	10	-	5	Liam Graham [85]
10		Mark Davis [53]	10	-	7	Robbie McGuigan [108]
11		Marco Fu [69]	10	-	4	Ben Mertens [92]	Fu won the opener on a respotted black
	Fu's 139 in frame four was a 16-red clearance. Only the seventh in pro snooker. Watch on YouTube.						Fu won the opener on a respotted black
12		Zhao Xintong (a)	10	-	8	Long Zehuang [60]
13		Sanderson Lam [61]	10	-	9	Liam Davies [100]
14		Sunny Akani [93]	10	-	9	David Grace [68]	First session pulled off at Akani 6-2.
15		Jordan Brown [52]	10	-	6	Farakh Ajaib [109]	First session pulled off at Brown 4-3.
16		Xing Zihao [77]	10	-	6	Alexander Ursenbacher [84]
17		Michael Holt [78]	10	-	8	Oliver Lines [83]
18		Robbie Williams [51]	10	-	4	M Phetmalaikul [110]
19		Iulian Boiko (a)	10	-	9	Louis Heathcote [67]
20		Allan Taylor [99]	10	-	8	Jamie Clarke [62]
21		Jamie Jones [59]	10	-	7	Julien Leclercq [102]
22		Ashley Carty [70]	10	-	5	Jimmy White [91]
23		Matthew Stevens [54]	10	-	3	Simon Blackwell (a)	Blackwell was docked the fifth frame for being late after the interval.
24		Jiang Jun [75]	10	-	5	Andrew Higginson [86]
25		Gong Chenzhi [87]	10	-	8	Stuart Carrington [74]	First session pulled off at 4-4. Second session at Gong 9-8.
26		Aaron Hill [55]	10	-	0	Haris Tahir [106]
27		Gao Yang (a)	10	-	6	Tian Pengfei [71]
28		David Lilley [58]	10	-	2	Ken Doherty [118]
29		Anthony Hamilton [63]	10	-	8	Steven Hallworth (a)	Hallworth was 9-0 down
30		Stan Moody [66]	10	-	3	Dean Young [95]
31		He Guoqiang [50]	10	-	3	Liam Highfield (a)
32		Ian Burns [82]	10	-	4	Alfie Burden [79]
Qual Round 1 (Last 144; Losers receive £0)
1		Hammad Miah [81]	10	-	0	Jonas Luz [117]
2		Huang Jiahao [112]	10	-	4	Amaan Iqbal (a)
3		Mateusz Baranowski (a)	10	-	2	Amir Sarkhosh [96]	First session pulled off at Baranowski 6-2
4		Dylan Emery (a)	10	-	4	Artemijs Zizins [97]
5		Mitchell Mann [113]	10	-	7	Chris Totten [104]
6		Antoni Kowalski [89]	10	-	4	Reanne Evans (f) [114]
7		Wang Yuchen [105]	10	-	5	Brian Cini (a)
8		Duane Jones [88]	10	-	9	Florian Nüßle (a)
9		Liam Graham [85]	10	-	9	Fergal Quinn (a)	First session pulled off at Quinn 6-2 and second session pulled off at Graham 9-8.
10		Robbie McGuigan [108]	10	-	6	Hatem Yassen [119]
11		Ben Mertens [92]	10	-	5	Daniel Womersley (a)	First session pulled off at Mertens 6-2.
12		Zhao Xintong (a)	10	-	3	Cheung Ka Wai [101]
13		Liam Davies [100]	10	-	2	Ahmed Aly Elsayed [122]
14		Sunny Akani [93]	10	-	3	Kreishh Gurbaxani [116]	First session pulled off at Akani 5-2.
15		Farakh Ajaib [109]	10	-	2	Baipat Siripaporn (f) [121]	First session pulled off at Ajaib 6-2.
16		Alexander Ursenbacher [84]	10	-	6	Paul Deaville (a)
17		Oliver Lines [83]	10	-	8	Mohammed Shehab [120]	Lines was 8-3 down
18		M Phetmalaikul [110]	10	-	3	Leone Crowley (a)
19		Iulian Boiko (a)	10	-	2	Andrew Pagett [94]
20		Allan Taylor [99]	10	-	7	Joshua Thomond (a)
21		Julien Leclercq [102]	10	-	7	Zhou Jinhao (a)
22		Jimmy White [91]	10	-	9	Anton Kazakov (a)	White lost the third frame on the three-miss rule.
23		Simon Blackwell (a)	10	-	7	Mostafa Dorgham [107]
24		Andrew Higginson [86]	10	-	7	Ryan Thomerson (a)
25		Gong Chenzhi [87]	10	-	7	Kaylan Patel (a)
26		Haris Tahir [106]	10	-	6	Joshua Cooper (a)
27		Gao Yang (a)	10	-	5	Liam Pullen [90]
28		Ken Doherty [118]	10	-	3	Haydon Pinhey [103]
29		Steven Hallworth (a)	10	-	2	Bulcsu Revesz [98]
30		Dean Young [95]	10	-	8	Michal Szubarczyk (a)
31		Liam Highfield (a)	10	-	3	Bai Yulu (f) [111]
32		Ian Burns [82]	10	-	4	Mink Nutcharut (f) [115]