2025 Wuhan Open (snooker)

The 2025 Wuhan Open (officially the 2025 Optics Valley of China Wuhan Open) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 24 to 30 August 2025 at the Optics Valley Gymnasium, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, in Wuhan, China. The qualifiers took place from 22 to 24 June at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England. The third consecutive edition of the tournament since it was first staged in 2023, it was the third ranking event of the 2025‍–‍26 snooker season, following the 2025 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters and preceding the 2025 English Open. The tournament was broadcast by local channels in China and elsewhere in Asia; by 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 £140,000 from a total prize fund of £700,000. Luca Brecel, the 2023 World Champion, failed to appear for his qualifying match in Leicester. Neil Robertson and Ronnie O'Sullivan, the world numbers three and four, withdrew from the event before the main stage in Wuhan, as did Ryan Day. Xiao Guodong was the defending champion, having defeated Si Jiahui 10–7 in the 2024 final. Xiao retained the title, defeating Gary Wilson 10–9 in the final to win the second ranking tournament of his professional career. The fourth player to retain his maiden ranking title—after John Parrott, Mark Allen, and Gary Wilson—he advanced to a career high of eighth in the world rankings following his win. By reaching the final, Wilson re-entered the top 16, while Shaun Murphy fell out of the top 16 for the first time in 19 years. The tournament produced 90 century breaks—29 in the qualifiers held in Leicester and 61 at the main stage in Wuhan—of which the highest were two maximum breaks. Xiao made the second maximum of his career during his held-over qualifying match against Mink Nutcharut, and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh made the sixth maximum of his career in his last-64 match against Pang Junxu. The maximums were respectively the sixth and seventh of the season and the 223rd and 224th official maximums in professional snooker history.