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Snooker competition
Snooker tournament
The 2025 Xi’an Grand Prix (officially the 2025 Du Xiaoman Xi’an Grand Prix)[1] is a professional snooker tournament that is taking place from 7 to 13 October 2025 at the Qujiang Sports Complex in Xi’an, China. Qualifying took place from 1 to 3 September at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England. The second consecutive edition of the tournament since its inaugural staging in 2024, it is the sixth ranking event of the 2025–26 snooker season, following the 2025 British Open and preceding the 2025 Northern Ireland Open. It is being broadcast by local channels in China and elsewhere in Asia; by TNT Sports and Discovery+ in the United Kingdom and Ireland; by Eurosport, Discovery+, and HBO Max in mainland Europe; and by WST Play in all other territories. The winner will receive £177,000 from a total prize fund of £850,000.
Kyren Wilson is the defending champion, having defeated Judd Trump 10–8 in the 2024 final.
At the qualifiers in Leicester, Zhou Yuelong made the third maximum break of his professional career in his 5–2 win over Julien Leclercq. During the held-over qualifiers in Xi’an, Trump made the ninth maximum of his career in his 5–2 win over Ng On-yee. These maximums were respectively the 8th and 12th of the season and the 225th and 229th in professional snooker history.
The inaugural 2024 edition of the Xi’an Grand Prix was won by Kyren Wilson, who defeated Judd Trump 10–8 in the final.[2][3] The 2025 edition—the second staging of the tournament—is taking place from 7 to 13 October at the Qujiang Sports Complex in Xi’an.[1] Qualifying took place from 1 to 3 September at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England.[4] The tournament is the sixth ranking event of the 2025–26 snooker season, following the 2025 British Open and preceding the 2025 Northern Ireland Open.[5]
All matches up to and including the quarter‑finals are the best of nine frames. The semi‑finals will be the best of 11 frames, and the final will be the best of 19 frames, held over two sessions.[6][7]
Marco Fu won his qualifying match in Leicester but withdrew from the tournament’s main stage after suffering a fractured elbow. His withdrawal meant that Kyren Wilson received a bye to the last 32.[8] Scott Donaldson also won his qualifying match in Leicester but withdrew from the main stage for family reasons, meaning that the winner of the held-over qualifying match between Mark Williams and his opponent (Chatchapong Nasa or wildcard player Zhou Jinhao) will also receive a bye to the last 32.[9][10]
The qualifying round was broadcast in mainland China by the CBSA‑WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel, the CBSA‑WPBSA Academy Douyin, Huya Live and Migu. It was broadcast in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Austria by Discovery+ and in other European territories by HBO Max. In all other territories, it was streamed by WST Play.[11]
In mainland China, the main stage is being broadcast by the same broadcasters as the qualifying round, with the addition of coverage on CCTV5. It is being broadcast by TNT Sports and Discovery+ in the United Kingdom and Ireland. In mainland Europe, it is being broadcast by Eurosport, with coverage by Discovery+ in Germany, Italy, and Austria and HBO Max in other European territories. It is being broadcast by Now TV in Hong Kong, by TrueSports in Thailand, and by Sportcast in Taiwan. In territories where no other coverage is available, it is being streamed by WST Play.[12]
The breakdown of prize money for this event is shown below:[9]
- Winner: £177,000
- Runner-up: £76,000
- Semi-final: £34,500
- Quarter-final: £22,350
- Last 16: £14,000
- Last 32: £9,400
- Last 64: £5,350
- Highest break: £5,000
In the qualifiers held in Leicester from 1 to 3 September, Zhou Yuelong made the third maximum break of his career in the fourth frame of his 5–2 victory over Julien Leclercq. It was the eighth maximum of the season and the 225th in professional snooker history.[13] Having missed the season’s opening tournaments—including failing to appear for his 2025 Wuhan Open qualifying match—the 2023 World Champion Luca Brecel made his first professional appearance since losing in the quarter-finals of the 2025 World Snooker Championship over four months earlier.[14] Facing Sunny Akani and playing with a new cue, Brecel scored just six points in the first two frames as he fell 0–2 behind. While trailing 1–40 in the third frame, he conceded the match, and Akani won 5–0 by default.[15][16][17] The world number 111 Liam Pullen took a 4–1 lead over four-time World Champion John Higgins and went on to win the match 5–3.[17] Stan Moody, who had recently reached his first ranking quarter-final at the 2025 Wuhan Open, recovered from 2–4 behind to defeat Amir Sarkhosh in a deciding frame.[17] Farakh Ajaib came from 54 points behind in his decider against Zhang Anda to win the match on the last black. Xu Yichen, who had recently turned professional, made four consecutive half-century breaks as he came from 1–4 behind to beat Jack Lisowski in a deciding frame.[17]
Michał Szubarczyk, aged 14, the youngest player ever to turn professional, took a 4–1 lead over Martin O’Donnell. O’Donnell recovered to tie the scores at 4–4, but Szubarczyk won the deciding frame.[18] David Grace took a 4–0 lead over Anthony McGill, but McGill won four consecutive frames to force a decider, which lasted 48 minutes before Grace won the match on the last black.[18] Mark Allen and Wu Yize also advanced to the main stage by winning deciding frames, over Mitchell Mann and Florian Nüßle respectively.[18] Louis Heathcote beat Lei Peifan 5–3, making a 135 break in the last frame. New professional player Yao Pengcheng made a 137 break as he defeated Zak Surety 5–1.[18] Jiang Jun, the world number 124, whitewashed the world number 25 Hossein Vafaei, while Barry Hawkins made century breaks of 121 and 134 as he whitewashed Hatem Yassen.[19] Marco Fu made breaks of 106, 99, and 71 as he beat Sanderson Lam 5–1, and Stephen Maguire made a highest break of 85 as he defeated the reigning World Women’s Champion Bai Yulu 5–2.[19] Wang Yuchen lost the first three frames against Pang Junxu but recovered to win five consecutive frames for a 5–3 victory.[19]
In the held-over qualifiers in Xi’an, Judd Trump made the ninth maximum break of his career, and his first since 2022, in the fifth frame of his 5–2 win over Ng On-yee. It was the 12th maximum of the season and the 229th in professional snooker history.[20]
The draw for the tournament is shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players’ names denote the top 32 seeded players, whilst players in bold denote match winners.
- Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walkover
- Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walkover
The results of the held-over qualifying matches played in Xi’an will be given below. An (a) indicates amateur players not on the World Snooker Tour.
The results of the qualifying matches played in Leicester are given below.
Qualifying stage centuries
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A total of 25 century breaks were made during the qualifying stage of the tournament in Leicester.[21]
