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Weide Cup World Open [ - ]

Main Tour, Ranking

23 Feb - 1 Mar 2025, Yushan Sport Centre, Yushan, China
Previous champion: Judd Trump (2024)
See also: Results (127) | ... more >>

Final
(Winner: £175,000; Runner-up: £75,000)
Scotland John Higgins [15] 10-6 England Joe O'Connor [33] Head to head Details 

Session 1:
66-63 (52 JH, 63 JOC), 106-0 (82), 81-0 (62)
14-86, 64-61 (61 JOC, 63 JH), 68-30 (68)
80-29 (70), 19-46

Session 2:
101-36 (68), 38-87 (71), 0-70 (70), 95-24 (57)
94-0 (94), 25-71, 43-75 (67), 100-0 (100)

Referee: Wang Haitao

This was Higgins's 32nd ranking title and the first since the 2021 Players Championship.

At 49 he is the second oldest ranking event champion, after Ray Reardon who won the 1982 Professional Players Tournament at 50.

Semifinals
(Losers receive £33,000)
England Joe O'Connor [33] 6-3 England Ali Carter [12] Head to head Details 

87-36 (62), 1-107 (61), 68-37 (68), 93-21 (75)
78-4, 0-96 (96), 73-8 (73), 0-78 (71), 77-11

Scotland John Higgins [15] 6-5 England Zak Surety [86] Head to head Details 

33-72, 67-64, 2-87, 61-71 (61, 65)
113-8 (113), 94-6 (94), 18-81 (56), 47-56
72-54 (72, 53), 74-20, 72-41 (72)

This was Surety's first semifinal on the World Snooker Tour. Before this event, he had never made it beyond the last 16.

Quarterfinals
(Losers receive £22,000)
England Joe O'Connor [33] 5-1 England Shaun Murphy [8] Head to head Details 
England Ali Carter [12] 5-4 England Barry Hawkins [13] Head to head Details 
England Zak Surety [86] 5-3 England Tom Ford [22] Head to head Details 
Scotland John Higgins [15] 5-0 China Pang Junxu [26] Head to head Details 
Round 4
(Last 16; Losers receive £14,000)
1 England Joe O'Connor [33] 5-3 England Michael Holt [79] Head to head Details 
2 England Shaun Murphy [8] 5-2 China Ding Junhui [9] Head to head Details 
3 England Ali Carter [12] 5-1 England David Lilley [60] Head to head Details 
4 England Barry Hawkins [13] 5-3 Wales Ryan Day [29] Head to head Details 
5 England Zak Surety [86] 5-2 China Liu Hongyu [62] Head to head Details 
6 England Tom Ford [22] 5-3 England Jimmy Robertson [38] Head to head Details 
7 China Pang Junxu [26] 5-2 China Xu Si [42] Head to head Details 
8 Scotland John Higgins [15] 5-4 China Zhou Yuelong [31] Head to head Details 
Round 3
(Last 32; Losers receive £9,000)
1 England Joe O'Connor [33] 5-2 England Judd Trump [1] Head to head Details 
2 England Michael Holt [79] 5-1 Poland Antoni Kowalski [98]   Details 
3 China Ding Junhui [9] 5-3 Iran Hossein Vafaei [24] Head to head Details 
4 England Shaun Murphy [8] 5-0 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [40] Head to head Details 
5 England David Lilley [60] 5-4 China Wu Yize [28] Head to head Details 
6 England Ali Carter [12] 5-4 England Jack Lisowski [21] Head to head Details 
7 England Barry Hawkins [13] 5-4 England Ben Woollaston [45] Head to head Details 
8 Wales Ryan Day [29] 5-2 England Louis Heathcote [68] Head to head Details 
9 China Liu Hongyu [62] 5-4 England Elliot Slessor [30]   Details 
10 England Zak Surety [86] 5-4 Wales Duane Jones [90]   Details 
11 England Tom Ford [22] 5-3 Wales Daniel Wells [54] Head to head Details 
12 England Jimmy Robertson [38] 5-4 Ireland Aaron Hill [59] Head to head Details 
13 China Pang Junxu [26] 5-3 China Tian Pengfei [58]   Details 
14 China Xu Si [42] 5-3 England Stan Moody [70] Head to head Details 
15 Scotland John Higgins [15] 5-3 England Robbie Williams [47] Head to head Details 
16 China Zhou Yuelong [31] 5-4 England Kyren Wilson [2] Head to head Details 
Round 2
(Last 64; Losers receive £5,000)
1 England Judd Trump [1] 5-1 China Long Zehuang [64]   Details 
2 England Joe O'Connor [33] 5-1 England Alfie Burden [77]   Details 
3 Poland Antoni Kowalski [98] 5-3 Wales Matthew Stevens [49]   Details 
4 England Michael Holt [79] 5-3 England Martin O'Donnell [48] Head to head Details 
5 Iran Hossein Vafaei [24] 5-4 China Yuan Sijun [41] Head to head Details 
6 China Ding Junhui [9] 5-2 England Joe Perry [56] Head to head Details 
7 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [40] w/o Scotland Chris Totten [103] Head to head
8 England Shaun Murphy [8] 5-0 China Zhou Jinhao (a)   Details 

147 by Murphy in frame 5. It's his 10th max and the 214th in pro snooker. Watch on YouTube. He also made his 700th career century in this match. Becoming only the seventh player to reach this milestone.

9 England David Lilley [60] 5-4 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [5] Head to head Details 
10 China Wu Yize [28] 5-4 Wales Jackson Page [37] Head to head Details 
11 England Ali Carter [12] 5-3 China He Guoqiang [53] Head to head Details 
12 England Jack Lisowski [21] 5-2 Scotland Scott Donaldson [44] Head to head Details 
13 England Ben Woollaston [45] 5-0 Iran Amir Sarkhosh [96]   Details 
14 England Barry Hawkins [13] 5-2 Wales Jamie Jones [52] Head to head Details 
15 Wales Ryan Day [29] w/o England Ricky Walden [36] Head to head
16 England Louis Heathcote [68] 5-3 England Stuart Carrington [75]   Details 
17 China Liu Hongyu [62] 5-2 England Mark Selby [3] Head to head Details 
18 England Elliot Slessor [30] 5-2 China Lyu Haotian [35] Head to head Details 
19 England Zak Surety [86] 5-4 Northern Ireland Jordan Brown [51] Head to head Details 
20 Wales Duane Jones [90] 5-4 China Xiao Guodong [19] Head to head Details 
21 England Tom Ford [22] 5-4 India Ishpreet Singh Chadha [69]   Details 
22 Wales Daniel Wells [54] 5-4 England Gary Wilson [11] Head to head Details 
23 England Jimmy Robertson [38] 5-3 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [27] Head to head Details 
24 Ireland Aaron Hill [59] 5-3 Thailand Sunny Akani [92]   Details 
25 China Tian Pengfei [58] w/o Belgium Luca Brecel [7] Head to head
26 China Pang Junxu [26] 5-0 Scotland Anthony McGill [39] Head to head Details 
27 England Stan Moody [70] 5-2 Scotland Graeme Dott [55]   Details 
28 China Xu Si [42] 5-3 England Robert Milkins [23] Head to head Details 
29 England Robbie Williams [47] w/o Wales Jak Jones [18] Head to head Details 
30 Scotland John Higgins [15] 5-1 England Mark Davis [50] Head to head Details 
31 China Zhou Yuelong [31] 5-1 Thailand M Phetmalaikul [111]   Details 
32 England Kyren Wilson [2] 5-1 China Lei Peifan [82]   Details 

World Open Qualifiers [ - ]

Main Tour (View on separate page)

20‑22 Dec 2024, Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield, England
See also: Results (64)

Qual Round 1
(Last 128; Losers receive £0)
1 England Judd Trump [1] 5-0 China Xing Zihao [74]   Details 
2 China Long Zehuang [64] 5-2 England Mitchell Mann [113]   Details 
3 England Alfie Burden [77] 5-4 Scotland Stephen Maguire [32] Head to head Details 
4 England Joe O'Connor [33] 5-3 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher [85] Head to head Details 
5 Poland Antoni Kowalski [98] 5-1 England Paul Deaville (a)   Details 
6 Wales Matthew Stevens [49] 5-2 England David Grace [65] Head to head Details 
7 England Michael Holt [79] w/o Australia Neil Robertson [17] Head to head
8 England Martin O'Donnell [48] 5-4 Hungary Bulcsu Revesz [94]   Details 
9 China Yuan Sijun [41] 5-0 England Haydon Pinhey [104]   Details 
10 Iran Hossein Vafaei [24] 5-3 Belgium Ben Mertens [91]   Details 
11 England Joe Perry [56] 5-0 India Kreishh Gurbaxani [117]   Details 
12 China Ding Junhui [9] 5-1 China Jiang Jun [71] Head to head Details 
13 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [40] 5-3 England Andrew Higginson [84] Head to head Details 
14 Scotland Chris Totten [103] 5-1 England Stuart Bingham [25] Head to head Details 

In frame two Bingham made a 72 (nine red+black) before Totten replied with a 73 to win on the black.

15 China Zhou Jinhao (a) 5-1 England Sanderson Lam [57]   Details 
16 England Shaun Murphy [8] 5-3 Egypt Mostafa Dorgham [108]   Details 
17 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [5] 5-4 Malaysia Rory Thor [76] Head to head Details 
18 England David Lilley [60] 5-4 China Cao Jin (a)   Details 
19 China Wu Yize [28] 5-0 Northern Ireland Robbie McGuigan [105] Head to head Details 
20 Wales Jackson Page [37] 5-1 England Ashley Carty [67] Head to head Details 
21 England Ali Carter [12] 5-4 England Joshua Thomond (a) Head to head Details 
22 China He Guoqiang [53] 5-0 China Huang Jiahao [114] Head to head Details 
23 England Jack Lisowski [21] 5-3 Belgium Julien Leclercq [100] Head to head Details 
24 Scotland Scott Donaldson [44] 5-0 China Wang Yuhang (a)   Details 
25 England Ben Woollaston [45] 5-2 England Simon Blackwell (a)   Details 
26 Iran Amir Sarkhosh [96] 5-3 England David Gilbert [20]   Details 
27 Wales Jamie Jones [52] 5-3 England Liam Pullen [88] Head to head Details 
28 England Barry Hawkins [13] 5-1 Hong Kong Cheung Ka Wai [99]   Details 
29 England Ricky Walden [36] 5-0 Egypt Hatem Yassen [118]   Details 
30 Wales Ryan Day [29] 5-2 Hong Kong Marco Fu [66] Head to head Details 
31 England Louis Heathcote [68] 5-1 Wales Jamie Clarke [61] Head to head Details 
32 England Stuart Carrington [75] 5-2 England Daniel Womersley (a) Head to head Details 
33 England Mark Selby [3] 5-4 Latvia Artemijs Zizins [95] Head to head Details 
34 China Liu Hongyu [62] 5-0 Thailand Baipat Siripaporn (f) [120] Head to head Details 
35 England Elliot Slessor [30] 5-1 Brazil Jonas Luz [116]   Details 
36 China Lyu Haotian [35] 5-2 England Oliver Lines [78] Head to head Details 
37 England Zak Surety [86] 5-0 China Si Jiahui [14] Head to head Details 
38 Northern Ireland Jordan Brown [51] 5-1 Scotland Liam Graham [97]   Details 
39 China Xiao Guodong [19] 5-0 Wales Dylan Emery (a)   Details 
40 Wales Duane Jones [90] 5-3 China Fan Zhengyi [46] Head to head Details 
41 India Ishpreet Singh Chadha [69] 5-4 Wales Dominic Dale [43] Head to head Details 
42 England Tom Ford [22] 5-1 United States Ahmed Aly Elsayed [119]   Details 
43 Wales Daniel Wells [54] 5-2 Scotland Ross Muir [73] Head to head Details 
44 England Gary Wilson [11] 5-1 China Gong Chenzhi [83]   Details 
45 England Jimmy Robertson [38] 5-3 Pakistan Haris Tahir [106]   Details 
46 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [27] 5-1 Scotland Dean Young [93]   Details 
47 Ireland Aaron Hill [59] 5-0 Thailand Mink Nutcharut (f) [112]   Details 
48 Thailand Sunny Akani [92] 5-2 Wales Mark J Williams [6] Head to head Details 
49 Belgium Luca Brecel [7] 5-3 Ukraine Iulian Boiko (a) Head to head Details 
50 China Tian Pengfei [58] 5-1 China Bai Yulu (f) [109]   Details 
51 China Pang Junxu [26] 5-2 Ireland Ken Doherty [121] Head to head Details 
52 Scotland Anthony McGill [39] 5-0 England Reanne Evans (f) [115] Head to head Details 
53 England Stan Moody [70] 5-3 China Zhang Anda [10] Head to head Details 
54 Scotland Graeme Dott [55] 5-1 England Jimmy White [87] Head to head Details 
55 England Robert Milkins [23] 5-2 Pakistan Farakh Ajaib [110] Head to head Details 
56 China Xu Si [42] 5-3 China Zou Pengfei (a)   Details 
57 England Robbie Williams [47] 5-4 England Ian Burns [81] Head to head Details 
58 Wales Jak Jones [18] 5-0 England Allan Taylor [102] Head to head Details 
59 England Mark Davis [50] 5-4 Wales Liam Davies [101] Head to head Details 
60 Scotland John Higgins [15] 5-4 Hong Kong Wang Yuchen [107]   Details 
61 Thailand M Phetmalaikul [111] 5-2 England Matthew Selt [34]   Details 
62 China Zhou Yuelong [31] 5-1 China Ma Hailong [72]   Details 
63 China Lei Peifan [82] 5-4 England Anthony Hamilton [63] Head to head Details 
64 England Kyren Wilson [2] 5-2 England Hammad Miah [80] Head to head Details 


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