Snooker Tour Championship: Dates, schedule, players, history & more

The third and final event in the Players Series, the Tour Championship sees the 12 highest-ranked players on the one-year ranking list heading to Manchester to battle it out for a £150,000 top prize. 

2025 marks the seventh staging of the prestigious event and Neil Robertson is the only cueman to have won the title on more than one occasion, having triumphed in both 2021 and 2022. 

Tour Championship dates

The 2025 Tour Championship begins on Monday 31st March and runs to the final on Sunday 6th April. 

Tour Championship times

Matches are divided over two sessions, with games starting at 13:00 and 19:00.

The best-of-19-frame format means that two periods of play are needed to split the players across all matches in the event, providing the possibility for late-night drama. 

Tour Championship venue

The Tour Championship has been a nomadic event but returns to the Manchester Central Convention Complex for a second consecutive year.

The former Manchester Central railway station was a thriving transport hub before trains stopped running in 1969.

Previous stagings of the Tour Championship have been held at Llandudno's Venue Cymru, the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, Newport's Celtic Manor Resort and Hull's Bonus Arena.

Tour Championship history

Ronnie O'Sullivan, Stephen Maguire, Neil Robertson, Shaun Murphy and Mark Williams are the five previous winners of the Tour Championship. 

The Rocket lifted the inaugural crown in 2019, beating Robertson 13-11 in Llandudno.

Maguire took glory in Milton Keynes thanks to a 10-6 victory over Mark Allen in 2020, before Robertson stuck in 2021 and 2022. 

The Australian got revenge by beating O'Sullivan 10-4 before backing it up with a 10-9 success over Higgins.

Murphy won the 2023 renewal in Hull and 2024 was the year of Mark Williams, who defeated O'Sullivan 10-5 in the showpiece.