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{{Infobox individual snooker tournament|tournament_name=2025 Hyperion [[World Snooker Championship]]|logo=File:Hyperion_World_Snooker_2025_logo.png|dates={{Start and end dates|2025|04|19|2025|05|5|df=y}}|venue=Hyperion Arena|location=Manchester|country=England|organisation=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|WPBSA]]|format=[[List of snooker ranking tournaments|Ranking event]]|Total prize fund=£2,250,000|winners_share=£500,000|highest_break={{flagathlete|[[Liam Radcliffe]]|ENG}} ([[Maximum break|147]])|winner={{flagathlete|[[Dominic Hale]]|SCO}}|runner_up={{flagathlete|[[Zhang Kai]]|CHN}}|score=18–15|previous=[[2024 World Snooker Championship|2024]]|next=[[2026 World Snooker Championship|2026]]}}
The '''2025 World Snooker Championship''', officially referred to as the '''2025 Hyperion World Snooker Championship''' due to sponsorship by Hyperion Technologies, was a professional [[snooker]] tournament held at the Hyperion Arena in [[Manchester]], England. The tournament ran from 19 April to 5 May 2025 and was the tenth and final ranking event of the [[2024–25 snooker season]]. It was organised by the [[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]].

[[Damien Ross]] was the defending champion, but he lost in the second round to [[Zhang Kai]]. Scotland's [[Dominic Hale]] won his first world title by defeating China's Zhang Kai 18–15 in the final, becoming the first Scottish world champion since [[John Higgins]] in 2011. Hale, aged 26 years and 11 months, was the first left-handed champion since [[Neil Robertson]].

The tournament saw a record 87 century breaks made during the final stages, including a [[maximum break]] of 147 by [[Liam Radcliffe]] in the quarter-finals.

== Overview ==
The World Snooker Championship is regarded as the sport's most prestigious event and has served as the official world championship since 1927. The 2025 event was the first since 1976 not held at the [[Crucible Theatre]], as the venue's license expired in 2024. It was relocated to the new Hyperion Arena in Manchester, a purpose-built venue for snooker and cue sports.

32 players competed in the final stages, including the top 16 players on the world ranking list and 16 qualifiers from the preliminary rounds. The championship used a [[single elimination]] format, with matches increasing in length in each round, up to a best-of-35-frames final.

== Prize fund ==
The total prize fund for the tournament was £2,250,000, with the breakdown as follows:
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*Winner: £500,000
*Runner-up: £250,000
*Semi-finalists: £100,000
*Quarter-finalists: £50,000
*Last 16: £30,000
*Last 32: £15,000
*Highest break: £20,000
*Maximum break: £147,000
*Total: £2,250,000
{{div col end}}

== Final ==
{{WSC table|(Best of 35 frames) Hyperion Arena, Manchester, 4 & 5 May 2025. Referee: [[Joanne Weller]].|'''[[Dominic Hale]]''' {{SCO}}|'''18'''–15|[[Zhang Kai]] {{CHN}}|'''104'''–19, 47–76, '''74'''–36, '''81'''–14, 60–67, 1–92, 54–74, '''89'''–21, 67–40, '''137'''–0, 23–80, '''110'''–6, 0–'''130''', '''77'''–38, 65–'''76''', 54–'''79''', 74–'''82''', '''105'''–2, '''96'''–29, 42–'''75''', '''88'''–0, 5–'''96''', 83–'''101''', '''101'''–4, 56–'''68''', '''70'''–9, 22–'''114''', '''90'''–12, '''128'''–0, 53–77, 40–'''69''', '''89'''–13, 76–'''18''', '''91'''–33|Century breaks: 6 (Hale 4, Zhang 2) 
Highest break by Hale: 137 
Highest break by Zhang: 130|{{flagicon|Scotland}} '''Dominic Hale''' wins the 2025 Hyperion [[World Snooker Championship]]}}

== Century breaks ==
There were 87 century breaks during the main stages of the tournament, with four players recording four or more each.
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* 147, 132, 115, 102 – [[Liam Radcliffe]]
* 137, 128, 110, 104 – [[Dominic Hale]]
* 135, 130, 119, 103 – [[Zhang Kai]]
* 133, 125, 113 – [[Gavin Norris]]
* 127, 122 – [[Lucas Brandt]]
* 124, 118 – [[Oliver Kwan]]
* 121 – [[Damien Ross]]
* 119, 100 – [[Kiran Malhotra]]
* 115 – [[Tomasz Zielinski]]
* 114 – [[Mikhail Sokolov]]
* 112 – [[Arun Desai]]
{{div col end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}{{World Snooker Championship}} {{Snooker season 2024/2025}}

2025 World Snooker Championship - Revision history

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