Welsh Open: Wilson to defend title as O'Sullivan set for return
The 2025 Welsh Open begins on Monday, 10 February, with seven-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan set to return to action.
O'Sullivan, a four-time Welsh Open winner, did not take part in the German Masters, Masters and Championship League, and makes his return against Wales' Jamie Clarke in Tuesday's first-round match.
'The Rocket' is joined in the bottom half of the draw by Kyren Williams, Mark Williams and Shaun Murphy, among others, while defending champion Gary Wilson starts his title defence against India's Ishpreet Singh Chadha.
Three-time world champion Williams is one of 10 Welsh players in the 64-player competition, with each hoping to become the first Welshman to win the competition since 1999.
'The Welsh Potting Machine' won his second Welsh Open title that year, beating Stephen Hendry 9-8 in the final, though the Scotsman got revenge four years later.
Amateurs Florian Nuessle, Joshua Cooper and Dylan Emery feature in the first round at Venue Cymru, Llandudno, having won their respective qualifying round games.
First round games take place on 10-11 February, with the final on Sunday, 16 February.
Schedule
First Round:
Si Jaihui (12) v Jamie Jones
Mark Selby (5) v Haydon Pinhey
Neil Robertson (17) v Mark Davis
Mark Williams (6) v Florian Nuessle
Pang Junxu (24) v Dominic Dale
Zhou Yuelong (29) v Yuan Sijun
Stuart Bingham (21) v Robbie Williams
Jackson Page (32) v Jimmy Robertson
Gary Wilson (1) v Ishpreet Singh Chadha
Stephen Maguire (27) v Xu Si
Robert Milkins (20) v Wang Yuchen
Elliot Slessor (28) v Liam Davis
John Higgins (13) v Graeme Dott
Mark Allen (4) v Stan Moody
Zhang Anda (9) v Ross Muir
Tom Ford (16) v Andrew Higginson
Shaun Murphy (7) v Ma Hailong
Barry Hawkins (11) v Sanderson Lam
Ryan Day (26) v Ben Mertens
Wu Yize (22) v Scott Donaldson
Lyu Haotian (31) v Joe O'Connor
Ronnie O'Sullivan (3) v Jamie Clarke
Kyren Wilson (2) v Marco Fu
Matthew Selt (30) v Ricky Walden
David Gilbert (18) v Jordan Brown
Jak Jones (15) v Matthew Stevens
Chris Wakelin (14) v Michael Holt
Hossein Vafaei (23) v Fan Zhengyi
Noppon Saengkham (25) v Dylan Emery
Luca Brecel (8) v Stuart Carrington
Jack Lisowski (19) v Joshua Cooper
Ali Carter (10) v Rory Thor
