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World Grand Prix Snooker: Start date, venue, format, prize money breakdown, history & more

Everything you need to know ahead of the 2025 World Grand Prix as three-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan bids to make a successful defence of his crown.

World Grand Prix Snooker - Date

When is the World Grand Prix Snooker?

The 2025 World Grand Prix will get underway on Tuesday 4th March and reach its conclusion on Saturday 9th March.

World Grand Prix Snooker - Prize Money

The total prize money has increased from £380,000 in 2024 to a bumper £700,000 this year, with the champion's prize rising elevated to £180,000 after Ronnie O'Sullivan took home £100,000 12 months ago.

A full prize money breakdown will be announced by the WST in due course.

World Grand Prix Snooker - Venue & Location

Hong Kong will play host to its first ranking event in 35 years, when it welcomes the top players on the planet for the 2025 World Grand Prix.

The 5,000 capacity Grand Hall, at the brand new state-of-the-art Kai Tak Arena, has been announced as the venue for the event, which departs British shores for the first time in history.

A number of domestic venues have had the honour of staging the World Grand Prix since the tournament’s inception in 2015, with the Venue Cymru in Llandudno hosting the first two editions, before The Centaur in Cheltenham was chosen as its home.

Preston’s Guild Hall was the tournament’s home in both 2017 and 2018, before The Coventry Arena in Coventry and the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes hosted the competition in more recent years.

In 2024, Leicester’s Morningside Arena staged the event, before the WST revealed details of its switch to Hong Kong late last year.

World Grand Prix Snooker - Players

Who is playing in the 2025 World Grand Prix Snooker?

The field has yet to be fully confirmed, but the top 32 players on the one-year ranking list will secure qualification to the event.

A number of stars have already rubber-stamped their ticket, including the likes of Ronnie O'Sullivan and Judd Trump, both of whom hold residency in the Special Administrative Region of China.

World Grand Prix Snooker - Format

What is the format of the World Grand Prix Snooker?

Last 32:

Best-of-seven frames

Last 16:

Best-of-seven frames

Quarter-Finals:

Best-of-nine frames

Semi-Finals:

Best-of-11 frames

Final:

Best-of-19 frames

The competition is a fixed bracket draw, so the number one seed will play the 32 seed, two plays 31 and so on.

The opening two rounds of the World Grand Prix will take place over seven frames, before matches extend to a best-of-nine format for the quarter-finals.

The two semi-finals will be a best-of-11 before the final, which is played over two sessions, expands to a best-of-19.

World Grand Prix Snooker - History

The World Grand Prix is a professional ranking snooker tournament which pits the top 32 players on the one-year ranking list against each other.

The inaugural edition was staged back in 2015 at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales, and was won by three-time tournament champion Judd Trump.

Trump is one of just two players to have captured three World Grand Prix titles, with the other being defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan, who also reigned supreme in 2018 and 2021.

2025 Masters winner Shaun Murphy, Barry Hawkins, Neil Robertson and Mark Allen are the only other players to have etched their names onto the silverware.

For tyhe first time ever, the event will take place outside of the United Kingdom in 2025, with Hong Kong chosen as the new destination for the illustrious event.

Regarded as one of the biggest outside of the three Triple Crown competitions, the World Grand Prix will be staged at the 5,000 capacity Grand Hall, meaning the sport could soon witness the largest live audience in its history.

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