World Snooker Championship 2025 draw: Ronnie O'Sullivan faces Junxu, Lei Peifan vs Xintong in 2nd round.
Kyren Wilson starts the defense of his 2024 World Snooker Championship against 21-year-old Lei Peifan; an immediately stern test for the defending champion.
Peifan won his first ranking title in December 2024 at the Scottish Open, and will be hoping to cause an upset in his World Championship debut.
Elsewhere in the first round, Ronnie O'Sullivan takes on Ali Carter in one of the ties of the round, and last year's finalist Jak Jones faces Zhao Xintong.
Tournament favourite Judd Trump starts his World Championship campaign against Zhou Yuelong on Tuesday (April 22) night.
2025 World Snooker Championship draw in full
ROUND ONE
Saturday, 19th April to Thursday, 24th April
Best of 19 frames
Kyren Wilson vs Lei Peifan
Jak Jones vs Zhao Xintong
Neil Robertson vs Chris Wakelin
Mark Allen vs Fan Zhengyi
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Ali Carter
Zhang Anda vs Pang Junxu
Si Jiahui vs David Gilbert
Mark Selby vs Ben Woollaston
John Higgins vs Joe O’Connor
Xiao Guodong vs Matthew Selt
Barry Hawkins vs Hossein Vafaei
Mark J Williams vs Wu Yize
Luca Brecel vs Ryan Day
Ding Junhui vs Zak Surety
Shaun Murphy vs Daniel Wells
Judd Trump vs Zhou Yuelong
ROUND TWO
Thursday, 24th April to Monday 28th April
Best of 25 frames
Lei Peifan vs Zhao Xintong
Chris Wakelin vs Mark Allen (8)
Ronnie O'Sullivan (5) vs Pang Junxu
Si Jiahui (13) vs Mark Selby (4) or Ben Woollaston
John Higgins (3) vs Xiao Guodong (14)
Hossein Vafaei vs Mark Williams (6)
Luca Brecel (7) or Ryan Day vs Ding Junhui (10)
Shaun Murphy (15) vs Judd Trump (2) or Zhou Yuelong
Who has qualified for the World Snooker Championship and who are the favourites?
There are 32 players competing in the tournament. Sixteen are top seeded players, who did not need to compete in the qualifying rounds in the run-up to the event. The final 16 are players who made it through the qualifying rounds.
The 16 seeded players are:
Kyren Wilson (1)
Judd Trump (2)
John Higgins (3)
Mark Selby (4)
Ronnie O’Sullivan (5)
Mark Williams (6)
Luca Brecel (7)
Mark Allen (8)
Neil Robertson (9)
Ding Junhui (10)
Barry Hawkins (11)
Zhang Anda (12)
Si Jiahui (13)
Xiao Guodong (14)
Shaun Murphy (15)
Jak Jones (16)
The 16 players who have qualified to compete are:
Daniel Wells
Zhou Yuelong
Zak Surety
Ben Woollaston
Zhao Xintong
Ryan Day
Chris Wakelin
David Gilbert
Hossein Vafaei
Fan Zhengyi
Joe O’Connor
Pang Junxu
Wu Yize
Lei Piefan
Matthew Selt
Ali Carter
Of the 32 players competing, there are several who have already emerged as the favourites to win the tournament and the coveted trophy and a significant cash prize.
World number one Judd Trump is currently the favourite, according to comparison website Oddschecker, with odds of 4/1.
English player Mark Selby has odds of 6/1, defending champion Kyren Wilson is 15/2 and Ronnie O’ Sullivan is 8/1.
When is the World Snooker Championship 2025?
The World Snooker Championship begins on Saturday, April 19.
The tournament will conclude on Monday, May 5.
The Crucible in Sheffield will host.
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