World Snooker Championship 2025: Qualifying, when is the draw and BBC TV coverage times

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As the defending champion, Kyren Wilson has the honour of being the top seed.

World number one Judd Trump is the second seed, with four-time champions John Higgins and Mark Selby third and fourth respectively.

Higgins beat Selby in the Tour Championship final earlier in April to move above him in the listings.

Ronnie O’Sullivan, bidding for an eighth title to surpass the record he shares with Stephen Hendry, is seeded fifth.

The 49-year-old is seeded to play 12th seed Zhang Anda in the second round, Selby in the quarter-finals and Wilson in the semi-finals.

Full seedings:

1) Kyren Wilson, 2) Judd Trump, 3) John Higgins, 4) Mark Selby

5) Ronnie O’Sullivan, 6) Mark Williams, 7) Luca Brecel, 8) Mark Allen

9) Neil Robertson, 10) Ding Junhui, 11) Barry Hawkins, 12) Zhang Anda

13) Si Jiahui 14) Xiao Guodong, 15) Shaun Murphy, 16) Jak Jones


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