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46 Matches

Players Championship (19‑25 Feb 2024)
Rd 1 Scotland John Higgins [11] 6-4 China Ding Junhui [6] Head to head Details 
Re-rack in frame 10

The beginning of the Ding Curse
QF China Zhang Anda [3] 6-4 Scotland John Higgins [11]   Details 
There was a break in the first frame and the arena was cleared.
World Masters (4‑6 Mar 2024)
Rd 2 England Ali Carter 4-3 China Ding Junhui Head to head Details 
QF Belgium Luca Brecel 4-1 England Ali Carter Head to head Details 
World Open (18‑24 Mar 2024)
Final England Judd Trump [1] 10-4 China Ding Junhui [11] Head to head Details 

Session 1:
87-40, 64-20, 88-0 (88), 1-64 (59), 70-56 (59)
61-12, 89-4 (79), 78-16 (78), 0-106 (106)

Session 2:
130-0 (130), 35-89 (84), 106-0 (106), 23-60, 85-57 (58)

Referee: Zhu Ying

Trump defends his title and wins it for the second time. It's his 28th ranking win and fifth of the season.
Tour Championship (1‑7 Apr 2024)
QF Wales Mark J Williams [8] 10-4 England Judd Trump [1] Head to head Details 
Williams won frame 3 after he needed a snooker on the pink.
QF Northern Ireland Mark Allen [5] 10-8 China Ding Junhui [4] Head to head Details 
Allen won frame 16 after a respotted black ball.

142 by Allen in frame 10 is the highest break of the event so far
SF Wales Mark J Williams [8] 10-5 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [5] Head to head Details 
Williams missed the last red on the way to a maximum in frame 5

Session 1:
88-4 (57), 69-50, 123-7 (99), 124-0 (105)
112-4 (112), 77-51 (66, 51), 84-0, 69-47

Session 2:
140-0 (140), 1-72 (65), 12-69 (53), 1-116 (79)
11-81 (56), 12-73 (69), 75-0 (75)
World Championship (20 Apr - 6 May 2024)
Rd 1 England Jack Lisowski [17] 10-9 China Ding Junhui [7] Head to head Details 
1st session Lisowski 5-4 up
Rd 2 England Stuart Bingham [29] 13-11 England Jack Lisowski [17] Head to head Details 
1st session Bingham 5-3 up
2nd session Bingham 9-7 up
Shanghai Masters (15‑21 Jul 2024)
QF England Ronnie O'Sullivan [1] 6-3 China Ding Junhui [8] Head to head Details 
SF England Judd Trump [4] 10-3 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [1] Head to head Details 

Session 1:
65-26, 65-16 (51), 21-104 (95), 132-4 (106)
128-0 (128), 127-0 (127), 82-0 (82), 85-16 (71)
91-11 (91)

Session 2:
31-85 (71), 51-76 (65), 110-0 (110), 67-0
Xi'an Grand Prix Qual (25‑27 Jul 2024)
Q Rd 1 England Alfie Burden [75] 5-4 China Ding Junhui [8] Head to head Details 
British Open Qual (31 Jul - 3 Aug 2024)
Q Rd 1 Ireland Aaron Hill [58] 4-3 China Ding Junhui [9] Head to head Details 
Xi'an Grand Prix (19‑25 Aug 2024)
Rd 2 China Xu Si [56] 5-4 England Alfie Burden [75] Head to head Details 
Saudi Arabia Masters (30 Aug - 7 Sep 2024)
Rd 5 England Stuart Bingham [25] 5-4 China Ding Junhui [8] Head to head Details 
Rd 6 Wales Mark J Williams [9] 6-2 England Stuart Bingham [25] Head to head Details 
British Open (23‑29 Sep 2024)
Rd 2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [3] 4-1 Ireland Aaron Hill [58] Head to head Details 
Wuhan Open (6‑12 Oct 2024)
Rd 4 England Chris Wakelin [24] 5-3 China Ding Junhui [8] Head to head Details 
In frame 7 Ding needed a snooker but Wakelin went in off the red playing out of a snooker and Ding cleared up with a 33.

Wakelin made 3 consecutive total clearances in frames 2-4
QF England Judd Trump [1] 5-4 England Chris Wakelin [24] Head to head Details 
Champion of Champions (11‑17 Nov 2024)
Rd 1 England Judd Trump [2] 4-0 China Ding Junhui Head to head Details 
QF Australia Neil Robertson 6-4 England Judd Trump [2] Head to head Details 
UK Championship (23 Nov - 1 Dec 2024)
Rd 2 England Shaun Murphy [9] 6-5 China Ding Junhui [8] Head to head Details 
QF England Barry Hawkins [20] 6-2 England Shaun Murphy [9] Head to head Details 
Scottish Open (9‑15 Dec 2024)
Rd 3 Belgium Luca Brecel [7] 4-3 China Ding Junhui [10] Head to head Details 
QF China Xiao Guodong [18] 5-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [7] Head to head Details 
Snooker Championship (18‑20 Dec 2024)
QF England Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-0 China Ding Junhui Head to head Details 
SF Northern Ireland Mark Allen 4-2 England Ronnie O'Sullivan Head to head Details 

56-67 (MA 56), 54-53 (MA 53), 71-0 (56), 72-40 (60)
0-75 (75), 134-0 (134)
Masters (12‑19 Jan 2025)
QF England Judd Trump [3] 6-3 China Ding Junhui [9] Head to head Details 
SF England Kyren Wilson [2] 6-3 England Judd Trump [3] Head to head Details 

83-0 (61), 89-37 (89), 44-86 (85), 27-76 (52)
70-95 (KW 60), 76-0 (76), 111-1 (88), 113-0 (85)
106-14 (106)
German Masters (27 Jan - 2 Feb 2025)
Rd 1 Scotland Ross Muir [73] w/o China Ding Junhui [9] Head to head
Rd 2 China Yuan Sijun [41] 5-2 Scotland Ross Muir [73] Head to head Details 
World Open (23 Feb - 1 Mar 2025)
Rd 4 England Shaun Murphy [8] 5-2 China Ding Junhui [9] Head to head Details 
QF England Joe O'Connor [33] 5-1 England Shaun Murphy [8] Head to head Details 
World Grand Prix (4‑9 Mar 2025)
Rd 1 China Xu Si [25] 4-3 China Ding Junhui [8] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Iran Hossein Vafaei 4-3 China Xu Si [25] Head to head Details 
Xu had five half centuries
Players Championship (17‑23 Mar 2025)
Rd 1 Wales Mark J Williams [7] 6-2 China Ding Junhui [10] Head to head Details 
QF England Kyren Wilson [2] 6-3 Wales Mark J Williams [7] Head to head Details 
Tour Championship (31 Mar - 6 Apr 2025)
SF England Mark Selby [6] 10-2 China Ding Junhui [10] Head to head Details 

Session 1:
83-4 (83), 71-0 (71), 0-77 (77), 103-0 (103)
72-24 (58), 64-1, 49-64, 88-4

Session 2:
110-0 (104), 70-4, 87-32 (54), 71-70 (MS 58, DJ 70)
Final Scotland John Higgins [4] 10-8 England Mark Selby [6] Head to head Details 

Session 1:
66-6, 0-135 (135), 94-0 (68), 102-0 (102)
73-22, 102-4 (102), 0-136 (112)
Session 2:
0-136 (136), 1-114 (68), 9-67, 25-100 (55)
31-95 (77), 0-119 (119), 110-0 (110), 72-0 (67)
65-18, 84-0 (80), 132-0 (132)

Referee: Marcel Eckardt

This was Higgins' 33rd ranking title and second of the season.
World Championship (19 Apr - 5 May 2025)
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [7] 13-4 China Ding Junhui [10] Head to head Details 
QF England Judd Trump [2] 13-8 Belgium Luca Brecel [7] Head to head Details 
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.
Shanghai Masters (28 Jul - 3 Aug 2025)
QF China Zhao Xintong [2] 6-1 China Ding Junhui [7] Head to head Details 
SF England Kyren Wilson [3] 10-5 China Zhao Xintong [2] Head to head Details 

Session 1:
24-70, 74-8 (66), 79-37 (75), 6-113 (113)
12-69 (59), 126-0 (70), 26-111 (95), 95-8 (95)
0-125 (121)

Session 2:
75-31 (70), 101-0 (101), 62-41, 62-34 (51)
58-1, 74-15
Saudi Arabia Masters (8‑16 Aug 2025)
Rd 6 England Barry Hawkins [10] 6-5 China Ding Junhui [7] Head to head Details 
QF England Chris Wakelin [15] 6-5 England Barry Hawkins [10] Head to head Details