2025 Masters (snooker)

The 2025 Masters (officially the 2025 Johnstone's Paint Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from 12 to 19 January 2025 at Alexandra Palace in London, England. The second Triple Crown event of the 2024‍–‍25 season, following the 2024 UK Championship and preceding the 2025 World Snooker Championship, the tournament was the 51st edition of the Masters, which was first held in 1975. Organised by the World Snooker Tour and sponsored by Johnstone's Paint, the event was broadcast by the BBC domestically, by Discovery+ and Eurosport in Europe, and by other broadcasters worldwide. The winner received £350,000 from a total prize fund of £1,015,000. The top 16 players in the snooker world rankings, as they stood after the 2024 UK Championship, were invited to the event. Ronnie O'Sullivan, who had defeated Ali Carter 10‍–‍7 in the previous year's final to win a record-extending eighth Masters title, withdrew on medical grounds and was replaced in the draw by Neil Robertson, who had been ranked 17th after the UK Championship. Si Jiahui and Chris Wakelin made their Masters debuts at the event. By reaching the semi-finals, Judd Trump broke O'Sullivan's record for the most prize money earned in a single season. Shaun Murphy won the tournament, defeating Kyren Wilson 10‍–‍7 in the final to secure his second Masters title and fourth Triple Crown title. He became the 12th player to win the Masters multiple times. The tournament produced 20 century breaks, of which the highest was a maximum break by Murphy in his semi-final match against Mark Allen. It was the sixth maximum break in Masters history and the ninth of Murphy's professional career.