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The Welsh Open gets underway on Monday morning in Llandudno, with the majority of snooker’s top stars battling it out in a crucial ranking event.
The tournament is one of the longest-running on the calendar, dating back to 1992 when Stephen Hendry beat Darren Morgan to win the first final in Newport.
Many of the greatest players to ever pick up a cue have lifted the trophy in Wales since then, while we have also had a string of shock winners, making it one of the more unpredictable events on the circuit.
The likes of Judd Trump and Ding Junhui have opted out of the tournament at Venue Cymru this time round, but the field is still packed with champions as they scrap it out for the £100,000 top prize.
This is the last qualifying event for the revamped, big-money World Grand Prix in Hong Kong, with players battling to get into the top 32 on the one-year ranking list and make it into that tournament next month.
The race is also on to be in the top 16 when the World Championship comes around in April as avoiding the perilous qualifiers is hugely preferable for the sport’s top stars.
The Welsh Open is also the final tournament in the race for the BetVictor Bonus, with £150,000 on the line and 16 players still in the running to land the cash prize.
Welsh Open draw and schedule
Monday February 10
Round One
10am
Mark Selby vs Haydon Pinhey
Si Jiahui vs Jamie Jones
1pm
Neil Robertson vs Mark Davis
Pang Junxu vs Dominic dale
Zhou Yuelong vs Yuan Sijun
Mark Williams vs Florian Nuessle
3pm
Gary Wilson vs Ishpreet Singh Chadha
Jackson Page vs Jimmy Robertson
Stuart Bingham vs Robbie Williams
Stephen Maguire vs Xu Si
7pm
Elliot Slessor vs Liam Davies
Robert Milkins vs Wang Yuchen
John Higgins vs Graeme Dott
Mark Allen vs Stan Moody
9pm
Tom Ford vs Andrew Higginson
Zhang Anda vs Ross Muir
Tuesday February 11
10am
Barry Hawkins vs Sanderson Lam
Shaun Murphy vs Ma Hailong
1pm
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Jamie Clarke
Wu Yize vs Scott Donaldson
Ryan Day vs Ben Mertens
Lyu Haotian vs Joe O’Connor
3pm
Matt Selt vs Ricky Walden
Dave Gilbert vs Jordan Brown
Jak Jones vs Matthew Stevens
Kyren Wilson vs Marco Fu
7pm
Noppon Saengkham vs Dylan Emery
Luca Brecel vs Stuart Carrington
Chris Wakelin vs Michael Holt
Hossein Vafaei vs Fan Zhengyi
9pm
Jack Lisowski vs Joshua Cooper
Ali Carter vs Rory Thor
How to watch the 2025 Welsh Open
The tournament will be shown live on Eurosport and streamed on Discovery+.
Welsh Open prize money
Winner: £100,000
Runner-up: £45,000
Semi-final: £21,000
Quarter-final: £13,200
Last 16: £9,000
Last 32: £5,400
Last 64: £3,600
Last 96: £1,000
Highest break: £5,000
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