The line-up for the 2025 world Grand Prix is now set

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Here is the list of players who have qualified as shared by WST:

LINE-UP FOR WORLD GRAND PRIX CONFIRMED

The field of 32 players for next month’s World Grand Prix in Hong Kong is now confirmed.

The top 32 in the Johnstone’s Paint One-Year Rankings have now qualified for the World Grand Prix, which will run from March 4-9 and will be staged in Hong Kong for the first time. 

The 32 players are:

1. Judd Trump
2. Kyren Wilson
3. Xiao Guodong
4. Mark Selby
5. Mark Williams
6. Neil Robertson
7. Barry Hawkins
8. Ding Junhui
9. Si Jiahui
10. Shaun Murphy
11. Chris Wakelin
12. Wu Yize
13. Mark Allen
14. Lei Peifan
15. John Higgins
16. Jack Lisowski
17. Zhang Anda
18. Ali Carter
19. Elliot Slessor
20. Jimmy Robertson
21. Pang Junxu
22. David Gilbert
23. Stephen Maguire
24. Ronnie O’Sullivan
25. Xu Si
26. Tom Ford
27. Yuan Sijun
28. Stuart Bingham
29. Jackson Page
30. Jak Jones    
31. Matthew Selt
32. Gary Wilson    

The draw and format will be  announced soon.

Hosted by World Snooker Tour (WST) and F-Sports Promotions Limited, and supported by the Billiard Sports Council of Hong Kong China Limited, the 2025 World Grand Prix will be held at Kai Tak Arena, Kai Tak Sports Park.

This year marks the first time the tournament will be hosted outside of the UK, with a record-breaking venue size and prize money on offer. The total prize money has increased from £380,000 last year to £700,000 this year, with the champion’s prize rising from £100,000 to £180,000, both setting new historic highs. This will be the first ranking tournament held in Hong Kong in 35 years. 

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I’m reasonably confident that Ronnie will play in this one. He loves it there and is now a Hong Kong resident. He’s the defending Champion. If he withdrew from this one I would be VERY concerned.

WST says that the draw will be published soon but as, for this event the draw goes by strict seeding, it is already set, unless some players opt out. It is available on snooker.org. Ronnie is set to play Si Jiahui in his opening match.

7 thoughts on “The line-up for the 2025 world Grand Prix is now set”

  2. So:

    1. During the press conference they showed a pre-recorded Ronnie video.
    2. Where Ronnie mentioned he really looking forward to come Hong Kong.
    3. There is an official website of the event and you can find the video:

    https://www.snookerworldgphk.com/en/home/ -> https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1900882593986163

    Articles:

    https://www.wst.tv/news/2025/february/18/schedule-for-world-grand-prix-announced/

    https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3299184/world-grand-prix-new-resident-judd-trump-hopes-become-first-winner-event-hong-kong?module=top_story&pgtype=section

  4. We all know what a season Ronnie has had. But: Trump has 10 (!!!) times as many points as O’Sullivan in this list. This is some advantage to have over him in a ranking list.

    • That’s what you get with the very top heavy money list. And you can go from being in the top 16 to having to fight for your tour survival in no time, like Brecel’s recent situation showed.

      • Yes, of course that’s right. But considering this is an “elite” ranking list, in which the lower ranked players are cosidered to have “done well”, this, and to have double the points than the 2nd best player are still giant gaps, showing the dominance of Trump as well. It does show both.

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