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2025 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters

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The 2025 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 8 to 16 August 2025 at Green Halls, Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The second consecutive edition of the tournament since it was first staged in Riyadh in 2024, it was the second ranking event of the 2025–26 snooker season, following the 2025 Championship League and preceding the 2025 Wuhan Open. It featured 144 participants, including 16 regional wildcard players. The tournament was broadcast by local channels in the Middle East and Asia; by Eurosport, Discovery+, and HBO Max in Europe; by TNT Sports and Discovery+ in the United Kingdom and Ireland; and by WST Play in all other territories. The winner received £500,000 from a total prize fund of £2,302,000. Judd Trump was the defending champion, having defeated Mark Williams 10‍–‍9 in the 2024 final, but he lost 3–5 to Oliver Lines in the fifth round (the last 32). Neil Robertson led Ronnie O'Sullivan 7–2 in the best-of-19-frame final. O'Sullivan took seven of the next eight frames to lead 9–8, but Robertson won the last two frames for a 10‍–‍9 victory, securing the 26th ranking title of his professional career. It was the second consecutive year that the final of the event had gone to a deciding frame. The tournament produced 91 century breaks, including three maximum breaks. Thepchaiya Un-Nooh made the fifth maximum of his career in his third-round match against Jordan Brown, and O'Sullivan made the 16th and 17th maximums of his career in his semi-final match against Chris Wakelin. O'Sullivan became the second player to make two maximums in the same match, following Jackson Page at the 2025 World Championship qualifiers, and the first to make two maximums in a one-session match or on the same day. He won a £147,000 bonus for making two maximums across the season's four eligible tournaments and earned two-thirds of the event's £50,000 maximum break prize, with the other third going to Un-Nooh. The maximums were O'Sullivan's first in almost seven years—following his 15th official 147 at the 2018 English Open—and made him the oldest player to record an official maximum break, at the age of 49 years and 253 days. The maximums made at the event were respectively the third, fourth, and fifth of the season and the 220th, 221st, and 222nd official maximums in professional snooker history. O'Sullivan also made the 1,300th century break of his career at the tournament, while Mark Selby made his 900th career century.

Infobox

Dates
8–16 August 2025 (2025-08-08 – 2025-08-16)
Venue
Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City
City
Jeddah
Country
Saudi Arabia
Organisation
World Snooker Tour
Format
Ranking event
Total prize fund
£2,302,000
Winner's share
£500,000
Highest break
mw- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (147) Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (147 x2)
Champion
Neil Robertson (AUS)
Runner-up
Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Score
10–9

Tables

· Final
Neil Robertson (9) Australia
Neil Robertson (9) Australia
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Julian BellPrince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 16 August 2025
Neil Robertson (9) Australia
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Julian BellPrince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 16 August 2025
10–9
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Julian BellPrince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 16 August 2025
Ronnie O'Sullivan (6) England
Afternoon: 105–0, 0–92, 108–4 (108), 81–0, 5–75, 75–7, 80–8, 61–24Evening: 97–40, 0–139 (139), 1–97, 0–89, 1–104, 40–80, 75–0, 46–62, 31–85, 101–16 (101), 91–39
Afternoon: 105–0, 0–92, 108–4 (108), 81–0, 5–75, 75–7, 80–8, 61–24Evening: 97–40, 0–139 (139), 1–97, 0–89, 1–104, 40–80, 75–0, 46–62, 31–85, 101–16 (101), 91–39
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Julian BellPrince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 16 August 2025
Afternoon: 105–0, 0–92, 108–4 (108), 81–0, 5–75, 75–7, 80–8, 61–24Evening: 97–40, 0–139 (139), 1–97, 0–89, 1–104, 40–80, 75–0, 46–62, 31–85, 101–16 (101), 91–39
(frame 3) 108
(frame 3) 108
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Julian BellPrince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 16 August 2025
(frame 3) 108
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Julian BellPrince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 16 August 2025
Highest break
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Julian BellPrince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 16 August 2025
139 (frame 10)
2
2
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Julian BellPrince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 16 August 2025
2
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Julian BellPrince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 16 August 2025
Century breaks
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Julian BellPrince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 16 August 2025
1
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Julian BellPrince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 16 August 2025
Neil Robertson (9) Australia
10–9
Ronnie O'Sullivan (6) England
Afternoon: 105–0, 0–92, 108–4 (108), 81–0, 5–75, 75–7, 80–8, 61–24Evening: 97–40, 0–139 (139), 1–97, 0–89, 1–104, 40–80, 75–0, 46–62, 31–85, 101–16 (101), 91–39
(frame 3) 108
Highest break
139 (frame 10)
2
Century breaks
1

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