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World Snooker Championship 2025 - full results from The Crucible as Zhao Xintong becomes first Chinese winner

Full results from 2025 World Snooker Championship at The Crucible, where Zhao Xintong beat Mark Williams to become the first Chinese winner of the event; Zhao defeated seven-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan in the semi-finals; defending champion Kyren Wilson knocked out in the first round

Last Updated: 06/05/25 10:20am

Zhao Xintong is China's first world snooker champion after beating Mark Williams in this year's final
Zhao Xintong is China's first world snooker champion after beating Mark Williams in this year's final

Zhao Xintong became the first Chinese winner of the World Snooker Championship when he defeated three-time champion Mark Williams 18-12 in the 2025 final.

Zhao - who beat seven-time Crucible winner Ronnie O'Sullivan in the semi-finals - is just the third qualifier to triumph at the Sheffield venue, after Terry Griffiths in 1979 and Shaun Murphy in 2005.

As the 28-year-old - labelled snooker's "new superstar" by runner-up Williams - celebrates his win and banks the £500,000 top prize, check out the full results from the World Championship below.

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World Snooker Championship results

Final

Zhao Xintong 18-12 Mark Williams (6)

Semi-finals

Zhao Xintong 17-7 Ronnie O'Sullivan (5)
Mark Williams (6) 17-14 Judd Trump (2)

Quarter-finals

John Higgins (3) 12-13 Mark Williams (6)
Chris Wakelin (20) 5-13 Zhao Xintong
Luca Brecel (7) 8-13 Judd Trump (2)
Ronnie O'Sullivan (5)
13-9 Si Jiahui (13)

The World Championship is played at the iconic Crucible Theatre in Sheffield
The World Championship is played at the iconic Crucible Theatre in Sheffield

Second round

Mark Allen (8) 6-13 Chris Wakelin
Mark Williams (6) 13
-10 Hossein Vafaei
John Higgins (3) 13-12 Xiao Guodong
Lei Peifan (39) 10-13 Zhao Xintong
Shaun Murphy (15) 10-13 Judd Trump (2)
Si Jiahui (13) 13
-10 Ben Woollaston
Ronnie O'Sullivan (5) 13-4 Pang Junxu
Luca Brecel (7) 13-4 Ding Junhui (10)

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First round

Kyren Wilson (1) 9-10 Lei Peifan
Xiao Guodong (14) 10
-4 Matthew Selt
Mark Williams (6) 10-8 Wu Yize
Barry Hawkins (11) 9-10 Hossein Vafaei
Neil Robertson (9) 8-10 Chris Wakelin
Jak Jones (16) 4-10 Zhao Xintong
Mark Allen (8) 10
-6 Fan Zhengyi
John Higgins (3) 10-7 Joe O'Connor
Ding Junhui (10) 10-7 Zak Surety
Si Jiahui (13) 10-6 David Gilbert
Shaun Murphy (15) 10-4 Daniel Wells
Zhang Anda (12) 7-10 Pang Junxu
Ronnie O'Sullivan (5) 10
-4 Ali Carter
Judd Trump (2) 10-4 Zhou Yuelong
Luca Brecel (7) 10-7 Ryan Day
Mark Selby (4) 8-10 Ben Woollaston

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