The 2025 World Grand Prix was played in Hong Kong for the first time, from 4 to 9 March 2025, Ronnie O’Sullivan was the defending champion but didn’t compete despite actually qualifying.
All Grove players, except Luca Brecel, had qualified.
Ding was the first to exit the tournament, beaten 4-3 by Xu Si in the round of 32.
Wu Yize won his opening match, but went of by 4-2 to Stuart Bingham, the eventual runner-up, and it was Bingham again who beat Mark Selby by 5-4 in the quarter-finals.
Neil Robertson beat Mark Allen …
The 2025 Welsh Open was played in Llandudno, North Wales, from 10 to 16 February 2025. Gary Wilson was the defending Champion. Mark Selby won the event, beating Stephen Maguire by 9-6 in the Final.
Here is the report shared by WST:
Selby Wins 24th Ranking Title
Mark Selby won the BetVictor Welsh Open for the second time, and his 24th ranking title in all, with a 9-6 victory over Stephen Maguire in the final in Llandudno.
From 6-6, Selby pulled away to win the last three frames to land the £100,000 top …
Ding Junhui has won the 2024 International Championship, beating Chris Wakelin by 10-7 in the Final. The event was played in Nanjing, China, from 3 to 10 November 2024. Zhang Anda was the defending Champion.
Here is the report by WST:
DING CLAIMS NANJING GLORY
Ding Junhui secured the 15th ranking title of his illustrious career with a 10-7 defeat of Chris Wakelin in the final of the International Championship in Nanjing.
Chinese sporting icon Ding has now triumphed in seven ranking events in his native country, but this week’s victory is a first …
Neil Robertson ended a 2 years title drought by winning the 2024 English Open, beating Wu Yize by 9-7 in an “all Grove” final.
The tournament was played in Brentwood, England from 16 to 22 September 2024. All grove players were involved. All the detailed results are on snooker.org.
This was a particularly emotional win for Neil as his father was present and for the first time watched him win “live”.
Here is what Neil had to say after his win as reported by WST:“I haven’t won for a couple of years …
The 2023 World Snooker Championship was a particularly happy one for the Grove players. Luca Brecel won it, beating Mark Selby in the final. Mark was trying to win a fifth World Title but ran across an inspired Luca Brecel. Luca – who is back at the Grove – won the final by 18-15 to become the first World Snooker Champion from mainland Europe. For Mark though, getting this far after battling severe mental health issues in recent years was a great achievement and something extremely positive. Mark was full …
The 2025 Tour Championship was played in Manchester from 31 March to 6 April 2025. Mark Williams was the defending champion.
Only the top 12 players on the season “one year list” were invited and, remarkably, all Grove players except Luca Brecel qualified for the event.
Wu Yize was beaten in the first round (last 12). He lost to Xiao Guodong by 8-10.
Mark Selby and Ding both negotiated the first hurdle: Mark Selby beat Si Jiahui by 10-6 and Ding beat Mark Williams by 10-3 in the opening match of the tournament.
Both …
The 2025 Players Championship was held in Telford from 17 to 23 March 2025. Mark Allen was the defending champion but he was beaten in the first round (last 16) by Kyren Wilson who went on to win the title, beating Judd Trump by 10-9 in the final
All Grove players, except Luca Brecel, were involved.
All the detailed results are available on snooker.org
Ding Junhui and Wu Yize lost in the first round (last 16) to Mark Williams and Xiao Guodong respectively.
Mark Selby and Neil Robertson faced each other in the next …
The 2025 World Open was played in Yushan, China from 23rd of February to 1st of March, 2025. Judd Trump was the defending champion. The event was won by John Higgins who defeated Joe O’Connor by 10-6 in the final.
It wasn’t a great tournament for the Grove players.
Neil Robertson had entered the event but withdrew before his first match.
Mark Selby went out in the round of 64, beaten 5-2 by Liu Hongyu.
Wu Yize was beaten by David Lilley (5-4) in the round of 32.
Ding reached the last 16, where he …
The 2025 German Masters was played from 27 January to 2 February 2025 at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. All Grove players qualified for the main event at the venue except Ding who didn’t enter the draw. Judd Trump was the defending Champion. The event was won by Kyren Wilson who beat Barry Hawkins by 10-9 in the Final.
Luca Brecel and Mark Selby lost in the round of 32, to Anthony Mc Gill and Elliot Slessor respectively. Wu Yize and Neil Robertson reached the quarter-finals where they lost to Barry …
The 2025 Masters was played in Alexandra Palace, London, from 12 to 19 January 2025. Ronnie O’Sullivan was the defending Champion but he didn’t play in the tournament. The event was won by Shaun Murphy who beat Kyren Wilson in the Final.
Four of the Grove players were involved in the tournament: Mark Selby, Neil Robertson, Luca Brecel and Ding Juhui. All four won their opening match, but lost in the quarter-finals.
All the detailed results are available on snoker.org.
