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English Open 2025 draw, schedule, TV channel, live stream, prize money and odds

AnyFans 2025-09-11

By Phil Haigh

Neil Robertson won a second English Open title last season (Picture: Getty Images)

The English Open gets underway in Brentwood on Thursday, with most of snooker’s top stars in Essex scrapping it out for the Steve Davis Trophy.

Neil Robertson is the defending champion at the English Open after beating Wu Yize in a memorable final last season.

The Australian has already won the huge-money Saudi Arabia Masters this campaign, so will be heading back to Brentwood full of confidence in retaining his title.

There are some star names missing, with the likes of Ronnie O’Sullivan and John Higgins opting out of the event, but there is still no shortage of talent in the field.

World number one Judd Trump and world champion Zhao Xintong will be in action as they both look for their first titles of the season.

The likes of Kyren Wilson, Mark Selby, Shaun Murphy, Mark Allen and Ding Junhui are all in the competition as well and very much in contention to get their hands on the trophy.

It is a tiered draw system, so the opening rounds see the lowest-ranked players competing against each other, with the top 32 seeds not entering the fray until Monday and Tuesday.

Wu Yize was a surprise finalist last season (Picture: (Picture: Getty Images)

When is the English Open?

The tournament runs from September 11-21 at the Brentwood Centre in Essex.

How to watch the English Open

The opening two rounds are being shown in the UK on Discovery+.

From round three onwards the coverage is on both TNT Sports and Discovery+. Freeview channel DMAX is also showing weekday afternoon sessions from round three onwards and all weekend sessions.

English Open draw and schedule

Thursday September 11

Sunny Akani v Oliver Brown
Zhao Hanyang v Connor Benzey
Cheung Ka Wai v Jimmy White
Huang Jiahao v Oliver Sykes

Antoni Kowalski v Liam Graham
Liam Highfield v Ng On Yee
Wang Yuchen v Florian Nüßle
Marco Fu v Gao Yang

Amir Sarkhosh Sahil Nayyar
David Grace v Jonas Luz
Louis Heathcote v Mahmoud El Hareedy
Duane Jones v Patrick Whelan

Haris Tahir v Michal Szubarczyk
Julien Leclercq v Aidan Murphy
Sam Craigie v Chatchapong Nasa
Reanne Evans v Jiang Jun

Friday September 12

Lan Yuhao v Liam Pullen
Chang Bingyu v Leone Crowley
Bai Yulu v Liu Wenwei
Artemijs Zizins v Yao Pengcheng

Farakh Ajaib v Kreishh Gurbaxani
Chris Totten v Ross Muir
Robbie McGuigan v Mink Nutcharut
Iulian Boiko v Xu Yichen

Bulcsu Revesz v Alexander Ursenbacher
Mitchell Mann v Ian Burns
Steven Hallworth v Mateusz Baranowski
Haydon Pinhey v Ryan Davies

Dylan Emery v Fergal Quinn
Allan Taylor v Umut Dikme
Liam Davies v Hatem Yassen
Ben Mertens v Ashley Hugill

Amateur star Ashley Hugill is in the draw (Picture: Getty Images)

Saturday September 13

Fan Zhengyi v Leclercq / Murphy
Long Zehuang v Sarkhosh / Nayyar
Luca Brecel v Ka Wai / White
Xu Si v Grace / Luz

Noppon Saengkham v Zhao / Benzey
Liu Hongyu v Craigie / Nasa
Mark Davis v Fu / Gao
Jimmy Robertson v Wang / Nuessle

David Lilley v Akani / Brown
Zak Surety v Tahir / Szubarczyk
Oliver Lines v Highfield / Ng
Ryan Day v Kowalski / Graham

Jordan Brown v Heathcote / El Hareedy
Martin O’Donnell v Jones / Whelan
Robbie Williams v Huang / Sykes
Daniel Wells v Evans / Jiang
Sunday September 14

Lyu Haotian v Davies / Yassen
Gong Chenzhi v Chang / Crowley
He Guoqiang v Ajaib / Gurbaxani
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Pinhey / Davies

Matthew Stevens v Emery / Quinn
Stan Moody v Lan / Pullen
Sanderson Lam v Mann / Burns
Robert Milkins v Totten / Muir

Ricky Walden v Bai / Liu
Michael Holt v McGuigan / Nutcharut
Ben Woollaston v Revesz / Ursenbacher
Anthony McGill v Hallworth / Baranowski

Ishpreet Singh Chadha v Mertens / Hugill
Jamie Jones v Boiko / Xu
Aaron Hill v Zizins/ Yao
Scott Donaldson v Taylor / Dikme

English Open prize money

Winner: £100,000

Runner-up: £45,000

Semi-final: £21,000

Quarter-final: £13,200

Last 16: £9,000

Last 32: £5,400

Last 64: £3,600

Last 96: £1,000

English Open odds

Judd Trump 7/2
Zhao Xintong 4/1
Kyren Wilson 11/2
Neil Robertson 13/2
Mark Selby 15/2
Xiao Guodong 11/1

Xiao Guodong is coming off a second Wuhan Open win (Picture: Getty Images)

Shaun Murphy 11/1
Mark Williams 11/1
Mark Allen 11/1
Ding Junhui 14/1
Barry Hawkins 14/1
Ali Carter 18/1
Si Jiahui 18/1
Wu Yize 22/1
Luca Brecel 22/1
Gary Wilson 25/1
David Gilbert 25/1
Chris Wakelin 25/1
Stuart Bingham 25/1
Joe O’Connor 25/1
Jak Jones 25/1
Stephen Maguire 25/1
Zhang Anda 25/1
Jack Lisowski 25/1
Stan Moody 50/1
Hossein Vafaei 50/1
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 50/1
Chang Bingyu 50/1
Elliot Slessor 50/1
Pang Junxu 50/1
Yuan Sijun 66/1
Tom Ford 66/1
Zhou Yuelong 66/1
Jackson Page 66/1
Odds courtesy of Betfair, full betting list here