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Tour Championship 2025: Format and Prize Fund
The 2025 Tour Championship was played at the Manchester Central between the 31st March and the 6th April 2025.
The event was the third and final leg of the bonus Players Series which features the top players on the one-year ranking list. The other two tournaments in this series are the World Grand Prix, won this season by Neil Robertson, and the Players Championship, which was won by Kyren Wilson.
The Tour Championship will feature the top twelve players in the one-year ranking list after the World Grand Prix.
All rounds of this event are played over two sessions and nineteen frames.
The Tour Championship has a total prize fund of £500,000.
- Winner: £150,000
- Runner-up: £60,000
- Semi-final: £40,000
- Quarter-final: £30,000
- Last twelve: £20,000
- Highest break: £10,000
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Tour Championship 2025: Draw and Results
John Higgins won his second ranking event of the season when defeating Mark Selby in a high-quality match for the Tour Championship title.
The two players equalled the record of eight centuries in a ranking event final in a topsy-turvy final. Higgins took a 5-1 lead but then lost seven frames in a row to trail 5-8. Higgins won the final five frames in the match to crown a stunning comeback, playing snooker of the highest quality.
The forty-nine-year-old Scot now heads to the World Championship where he will attempt to become the oldest ever World Champion. Higgins last five tour events have returned finishes of: Win, Semi-Final, Quarter-Final, Win, Quarter-Final so he appears to be the most inform player as the tour returns to Sheffield for the fourty-eighth time.
The 2025 Tour Championship sees seeds five to twelve play in the first round and the top four seeds moving straight through to the quarter-finals:
Final:
John Higgins v Mark Selby 10-8
Semi-Finals:
Barry Hawkins v John Higgins 7-10
Mark Selby v Ding Junhui 10-2
Quarter-Finals:
Judd Trump (1) v Barry Hawkins (9) 5-10
John Higgins (4) v Xiao Guodong (5) 10-3
Neil Robertson (3) v Mark Selby (6) 1-10
Kyren Wilson (2) v Ding Junhui (10) 5-10
Round One:
Shaun Murphy (8) v Barry Hawkins (9) 1-10
Xiao Guodong (5) v Wu Yize (12) 10-8
Mark Selby (6) v Si Jiahui (11) 10-6
Mark Williams (7) v Ding Junhui (10) 3-10
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Tour Championship 2025: Previous Winners
The Tour Championship was introduced in 2019 and is the only event, other than the World Championship, where all matches are played over two sessions. Neil Robertson is the only player to have won the Tour Championship more than once with his back-to-back victories in 2021 and 2022:
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Final Score | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | John Higgins | Mark Selby | 10-8 | Manchester Central, Manchester |
| 2024 | Mark Williams | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 10-5 | Manchester Central, Manchester |
| 2023 | Shaun Murphy | Kyren Wilson | 10-7 | Bonus Arena, Hull |
| 2022 | Neil Robertson | John Higgins | 10-9 | Venue Cymru, Llandudno |
| 2021 | Neil Robertson | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 10-4 | Celtic Manor, Newport |
| 2020 | Stephen Maguire | Mark Allen | 10-6 | Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes |
| 2019 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Neil Robertson | 13-11 | Venue Cymru, Llandudno |
Tour Championship 2025: One-year ranking list
The Tour Championship features the top twelve players on the one-year ranking list.
Players receive points based on their performance in the previous events in the 24/25 season.
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Below is the final one-year points list after the completion of the Players Championship:
| Current Rating | Player | Points this season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Judd Trump | 1,093,200 | |
| 2. | Kyren Wilson | 721,800 | |
| 3. | Neil Robertson | 472,050 | |
| 4. | John Higgins | 398,750 | |
| 5. | Xiao Guodong | 346,500 | |
| 6. | Mark Selby | 325,000 | |
| 7. | Mark Williams | 305,000 | |
| 8. | Shaun Murphy | 297,900 | |
| 9. | Barry Hawkins | 296,550 | |
| 10. | Ding Junhui | 270,000 | |
| 11. | Si Jiahui | 254,200 | |
| 12. | Wu Yize | 240,600 |
Some notable missing names from the field for this season's Tour Championship, most notably Ronnie O'Sullivan who hasn't played on the tour since pulling out midway through the Championship League in early January. Other notable players who didn't make the cut are Mark Allen, Luca Brecel, Jack Lisowski, Gary Wilson and Ali Carter.
Tour Championship 2025: Qualifying tournaments
| Tournament and date | Winner + points won | Runner-up + points won | Semi-Finalists + points won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Championship League Jun/July 24 | Ali Carter 33,000 | Jackson Page 23,000 | Scott Donaldson David Gilbert 11,000 |
| Xian Grand Prix August 24 | Kyren Wilson 177,000 | Judd Trump 76,000 | Ronnie O'Sullivan Daniel Wells 34,500 |
| Saudi Arabia Masters Aug/Sep 24 | Judd Trump 500,000 | Mark Williams 200,000 | Shaun Murphy Si Jiahui 100,000 |
| English Open Sep 24 | Neil Robertson 100,000 | Wu Yize 45,000 | Chris Wakelin Ishpreet Sing Chadha 21,000 |
| British Open Sep 24 | Mark Selby 100,000 | John Higgins 45,000 | Mark Allen Oliver Lines 20,000 |
| Wuhan Open Oct 24 | Xiao Guodong 140,000 | Si Jiahui 63,000 | Long Zehuang Judd Trump 30,000 |
| Northern Ireland Open Oct 24 | Kyren Wilson 100,000 | Judd Trump 45,000 | Pang Junxu Elliot Slessor 21,000 |
| International Championship Nov 24 | Ding Junhui 175,000 | Chris Wakelin 75,000 | Xu SI Xiao Guodong 33,000 |
| UK Championship Nov/Dec 24 | Judd Trump 250,000 | Barry Hawkins 100,000 | Kyren Wilson Mark Allen 50,000 |
| Shoot-Out Dec 24 | Tom Ford 50,000 | Liam Graham 20,000 | Wu Yize Mark Selby 8,000 |
| Scottish Open Dec 24 | Lei Peifan 100,000 | Wu Yize 45,000 | Mark Allen Xiao Guodong 21,000 |
| German Masters Jan/Feb 25 | Kyren Wilson 100,000 | Barry Hawkins 45,000 | Xiao Guodong Yuan Sijun 21,000 |
| Welsh Open Feb 25 | Mark Selby 100,000 | Stephen Maguire 45,000 | Luca Brecel Ali Carter 21,000 |
| World Grand Prix March 25 | Neil Robertson 180,000 | Stuart Bingham 80,000 | Judd Trump Shaun Murphy 35,000 |
| Players Championship 25 | Kyren Wilson 150,000 | Judd Trump 70,000 | Neil Robertson John Higgins 35,000 |
Tour Championship 2024: Draw and Results
Mark Williams defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-5 to win his second ranking event of the season.
Williams was in superb form all week defeating Tom Ford, Judd Trump, Mark Allen and O'Sullivan to lift the trophy.
The 2024 Tour Championship sees the field extended to twelve players for the first time with the top four seeds moving straight through to the quarter-finals.
All matches are played over nineteen frames.
Final
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Mark Williams 5-10
Semi-Finals
Mark Allen v Mark Williams 5-10
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Gary Wilson 10-7
Quarter-finals:
Judd Trump v Mark Williams 4-10
Ding Junhui v Mark Allen 8-10
Zhang Anda v Gary Wilson 8-10
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Ali Carter 10-2
Round One:
Mark Williams v Tom Ford 10-9
Mark Allen v John Higgins 10-7
Gary Wilson v Mark Selby 10-8
Barry Hawkins v Ali Carter 8-10
