The 2025 World Open (officially the 2025 Weide Cup World Open) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 23 February to 1 March 2025 at the Yushan Sport Centre in Yushan, China. Qualifiers took place from 20 to 22 December 2024 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England. The 14th ranking event of the 202425 season, it followed the 2025 Welsh Open and preceded the 2025 World Grand Prix. The winner received £175,000 from a total prize fund of £825,000.

Judd Trump was the defending champion, having defeated Ding Junhui 104 in the final of the 2024 event, but he lost 25 to Joe O'Connor in the last 32. John Higgins won the tournament, defeating O'Connor 106 in the final to claim the 32nd ranking title of his career and his first since the 2021 Players Championship four years earlier. Aged , he became the ranking event winner, after Ray Reardon, who was aged when he won the 1982 Professional Players Tournament. Higgins also set a new record for the longest interval between a player's first and most recent ranking title, his victory coming after his maiden ranking title at the 1994 Grand Prix.

The event produced 136 century breaks, with 97 made during the main stage and 39 in the qualifying matches. The highest was a maximum break by Shaun Murphy in his match against Zhou Jinhao. It was the 10th maximum break of Murphy's professional career.

Overview The tournament took place from 23 February to 1 March 2025 at the Yushan Sport Centre in Yushan, China. The fourteenth ranking event of the 202425 season (following the 2025 Welsh Open and preceding the 2025 World Grand Prix), and the fifth and last major tournament of the season to be held in mainland China, the tournament was the sixth edition of the World Open since 2016. Originally created in 1982 as the Professional Players Tournament, the tournament was held in the UK as the Grand Prix and LG Cup from 1984 to 2009, and was renamed the World Open in 2010. China hosted the event from 2012 to 2014 in Haikou, and in Yushan since 2016.

Judd Trump was the defending champion, having won the event in 2019 and again, after a hiatus due to the pandemic, in 2024, defeating 2017 World Open champion Ding Junhui 104 in the final.

Jiangxi Weide Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. was the lead sponsor of the event.

Format Qualification for the tournament took place from 20 to 22 December 2024 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England. Qualifying matches involving defending champion Judd Trump, reigning World Champion Kyren Wilson, the two highest-ranked Chinese players (Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda), four Chinese wildcards (Zhou Jinhao, Cao Jin, Wang Yuhang, and Zou Pengfei); and Daniel Womersley were held over to be played at the main venue in Yushan.

All matches were played as the best of nine up to and including the . The were the best of 11 frames and the final was a best of 19 frames match played over two .

Broadcasters The qualifying matches were broadcast domestically by Migu and Huya in China; by Discovery+ in Europe (including the United Kingdom and Ireland); and Matchroom.live in all other territories.

The main stage of the event was broadcast domestically by , Migu, and Huya in China; by Eurosport in mainland Europe as well as Discovery+ in Germany, Italy and Poland, and Max in all other European territories; Now TV in Hong Kong; True Sports in Thailand; Sportcast in Taiwan; Sportstars and Vision+ in Indonesia; and WST Play in all other territories.

As a result of the previously announced closure of Eurosport in the UK and Ireland on 28 February 2025, some linear channel sessions of the tournament in the region, including the and final, required a subscription for £30.99 per month for TNT Sports: the snooker was provided by TNT Sports 3. Although Discovery+ could be accessed in the same locations, the video service was also accessible only through a £30.99 per month subscription, if no access was provided free of charge to Discovery+ by a Pay TV service provider.

Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:

Winner: £175,000 Runner-up: £75,000 Semi-final: £33,000 Quarter-final: £22,000 Last 16: £14,000 Last 32: £9,000 Last 64: £5,000 Highest break: £5,000

Total: £825,000

Summary Qualifying On 20 December 2024 Barry Hawkins beat Cheung Ka Wai 51, Zak Surety fourteenth seed Si Jiahui, and Chris Totten defeated Stuart Bingham 51. In the second Bingham made a 72 before Totten replied with a 73 to win on the final .

On 21 December 2024 John Higgins beat Wang Yuchen 54, Lei Peifan recovered from 04 down to defeat Anthony Hamilton 54, and Jak Jones whitewashed Allan Taylor.

On 22 December 2024 Luca Brecel beat amateur Iulian Boiko 53, Sunny Akani defeated sixth seed Mark Williams 52, and Amir Sarkhosh beat David Gilbert 53, winning the eighth frame on the final black. Mark Selby made a 142 break in the to beat Artemijs Žižins 54, and Mark Allen won the last two frames to beat Rory Thor 54.

Early rounds Before the start of the tournament, it was announced that Ronnie O'Sullivan, Luca Brecel, Ricky Walden, Chris Totten, and Jak Jones had withdrawn. O'Sullivan was replaced by amateur player Daniel Womersley; and the other four players' opponents (Tian Pengfei, Ryan Day, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, and Robbie Williams respectively) were given walkovers to the .

Held over matches The held-over qualifying matches were played on 23 February 2025 as the best of nine . Defending champion Judd Trump whitewashed Xing Zihao 50, making century breaks in the second and third frames. With the match lasting just 58 minutes and Xing only scoring 40 points, Trump said afterwards: "I'm very happy to play that well in my first match, in the first round you just want to get through as easily as possible." Ding Junhui beat compatriot Jiang Jun 51, also recording two century breaks of 141 and 130. Reigning World Champion Kyren Wilson defeated Hammad Miah 52, and Stan Moody beat Zhang Anda 53, making a high break of 123. Only one of the four Chinese amateur wildcards made it through to the ; as Zhou Jinhao defeated Sanderson Lam 51, making a break of 119 in the second frame.

Last 64 The last-64 matches were played on 23 and 24 February 2025 as the best of nine frames. John Higgins beat Mark Davis 51, making two centuries in the match and saying afterwards: "He didn't really show up today, but I played well." World number 61 Liu Hongyu defeated third seed Mark Selby 52, also compiling two century breaks in the match. Polish professional Antoni Kowalski beat Matthew Stevens 53, making a high break of 133, and after leading 31 at the interval, Wu Yize beat Jackson Page 54.

Shaun Murphy made the tenth 147 break of his career in the last frame of his whitewash victory over Chinese amateur player Zhou Jinhao. In the match Murphy also made the 700th century break of his career.

In a surprise early exit for 5th seed Mark Allen, he was defeated 45 by David Lilley (ranked 62) which Lilley described as his "best win ever". Judd Trump defeated Long Zehuang 51, making three century breaks in the match. Now having made 79 centuries in the season and WST offering a £100,000 bonus for the first player to make 100 centuries in the season, Trump commented: "Looking back I probably should have entered a few more tournaments because I didn't think I would get close to the bonus."

Duane Jones recovered from 04 down to beat Xiao Guodong 54, winning the with a after being 154 behind. Jones said afterwards: "At first I was trying to make the score respectable, but then from 42 I wasn't far behind. ... From 40 down, 99 times out of 100 you lose, but you just never know. I played well and rode my luck." Kyren Wilson defeated Lei Peifan 51, and Stan Moody beat Graeme Dott 52. Barry Hawkins defeated Jamie Jones 52, and Ding Junhui beat Joe Perry 52, making breaks of 123 and 138.

Last 32 The last-32 matches were played on 25 February 2025 as the best of nine frames. Defending champion Judd Trump was defeated for the first time in seven years in the World Open as he lost 25 to Joe O'Connor, and Shaun Murphy whitewashed Thepchaiya Un-Nooh. David Lilley beat Wu Yize 54 with breaks of 105 and 100, and Liu Hongyu recovered from 14 down to beat Elliot Slessor 54. Jimmy Robertson defeated Aaron Hill 54 with breaks of 101 and 132, and Ali Carter beat Jack Lisowski 54. Zhou Yuelong defeated Kyren Wilson 54, and Ding Junhui beat Hossein Vafaei 53.

Last 16 The last-16 matches were played on 26 February 2025 as the best of nine frames.

In the afternoon session Zak Surety beat Liu Hongyu 52; after the match Surety said: "I played well until 32 up, then in the sixth frame I was trying to keep the same momentum and same rhythm but I started panicking and waiting for things to go wrong. I still managed to go 42 up, then in the last frame I was struggling to even count let alone pot the balls. I still can't feel my legs. I'm playing well, but in the crucial parts of frames and matches I am letting the occasion get to me." Barry Hawkins beat Ryan Day 53; after the match Hawkins said: "I feel fortunate because my game hasn't be there this week, I am riding my luck, battling hard and nicking frames. I'm still here and I can always improve in the next round. It has been a good season for me, I have been at the business end of a lot of tournaments, although I would have liked to win a final. I am in all of the big tournaments coming up so I can enjoy the rest of the season." John Higgins recovered from 24 behind to beat Zhou Yuelong 54, equalling the record held by Ronnie O'Sullivan of reaching 146 ranking event . After the match Higgins said: "I have been on the wrong end of a lot of deciders lately, so I'm delighted, it's a great win for me. Zhou was looking really strong at 42. I love him as a boy and as a player. His game is so good, it's just a matter of time before he gets into the winner's enclosure." Pang Junxu defeated Xu Si 52.

In the evening session Ali Carter beat David Lilley 51; after the match Carter said: "That's probably the best I've played in the last few events, I really enjoy playing Jack because he's the closest thing we've got to Ronnie O'Sullivan. When you play him, you have a tiger by the tail the whole time, he's so inspirational. For me to grind out a victory was very pleasing." Shaun Murphy defeated Ding Junhui 52, Tom Ford beat Jimmy Robertson 53, and Joe O'Connor beat Michael Holt 53.

Later rounds Quarter finals The quarter-finals were played on 27 February 2025 as the best of nine frames.