2025 Welsh Open (snooker)
Gary Wilson was the defending champion, having defeated Martin O'Donnell 9–4 in the 2024 final, but he lost 3–4 to Ishpreet Singh Chadha in the first round.
[12] World number one Judd Trump chose to withdraw from the tournament prior to the seeding, citing a focus on other events.
Liam Graham defeated Iulian Boiko 4–3 while Ishpreet Singh Chadha whitewashed former Women's World champion Baipat Siripaporn.
[17] Amateur Austrian player Florian Nüßle made the highest break of the round, a 143, in defeating Jiang Jun 4–3.
[5] Amateur Welsh player Dylan Emery defeated reigning Scottish Open champion Lei Peifan 4–3, while Ishpreet Singh Chadha whitewashed Ashley Carty, making breaks of above 80 in every frame including a 104 century in the fourth.
Reanne Evans was whitewashed by Joe O'Connor while Andrew Higginson overturned a 2–3 deficit to defeat He Guoqiang 4–3.
[18] Xu Si made the third maximum break of his career in the fourth frame of his 4–2 victory over Bulcsú Révész.
[19] Welshman Liam Davies qualified for the main stages by overcoming a 1–3 deficit to Anthony McGill to defeat the Scotsman 4–3, making 2 century breaks in the last 3 frames.
Ricky Walden, having recently been forced to withdraw from the 2025 German Masters mid-tournament due to pancreatitis, beat Artemijs Žižins 4–2 while Thepchaiya Un-Nooh was defeated 2–4 by Ben Mertens.
Martin O'Donnell, who was runner-up in the previous year's edition of the event, was whitewashed by Hong Kong's Wang Yuchen.
Yuan Sijun defeated Amir Sarkhosh 4–0 and Jimmy White was narrowly beaten 3–4 by Scott Donaldson.
Welshman Jamie Clarke defeated Louis Heathcote 4–2 while Stan Moody overcame Anthony Hamilton by the same 4–2 scoreline, making a top break of 134.
Hong Kong's Marco Fu whitewashed David Grace while amateur player Florian Nüßle beat Liu Hongyu 4–3 and Matthew Stevens defeated Hammad Miah 4–1.
[24] Ma Hailong defeated Shaun Murphy 4–3, Sanderson Lam beat Barry Hawkins 4–1, and Matthew Selt whitewashed Ricky Walden.
