Shanghai Masters snooker 2025: How to watch, live stream, schedule as Ronnie O'Sullivan, Judd Trump & Zhao Xintong fight for prestigious invitational
Updated 25/07/2025 at 12:18 GMT+1
The 2025 Shanghai Masters is on the horizon, with world champion Zhao Xintong, snooker icon Ronnie O'Sullivan and reigning champion Judd Trump all set to battle at the Luwan Gymnasium. Here is everything you need to know about how to watch, who will feature, when they will play and how much prize money is at stake. You can watch and stream all the action live on TNT Sports and discovery+.
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The 2025 Shanghai Masters is on the horizon with the likes of world champion Zhao Xintong, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Judd Trump all scheduled to take to the Luwan Gymnasium.
The tournament, first held in 2007, has become a favourite on the snooker calendar, with O'Sullivan having racked up a record five Shanghai titles.Â
But The Rocket’s dominance at the invitational, which he won four times in a row, came to an end last year, when Trump beat Shaun Murphy 11-5 in the final.
Here is everything you need to know about the Shanghai Masters.
When is the Shanghai Masters?
The 2025 Shanghai Masters will run from Monday, July 28 to Sunday, August 3 and feature the world’s top 16.
They will be joined by the next four highest-ranked Chinese players, as well as four wild cards from China.Â
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How to watch and stream the Shanghai Masters
You can watch every day of the 2025 Shanghai Masters live on TNT Sports, with all the action also available to stream both live and on-demand on discovery+.
Who is playing at the Shanghai Masters?
Last year's champion Trump will take on either Neil Robertson or Pang Junxu in his opening encounter.Â
Meanwhile, Zhao will play his first-ever match as reigning world champion against either Chris Wakelin or a wild card.Â
O'Sullivan will be up against one of Barry Hawkins or Wu Yize, with the winner of that match set to take on world No. 2 Kyren Wilson in the quarter-finals, should the latter get past the winner between Si Jiahui and a wild card.
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What is the Shanghai Masters prize money?
Winner: ÂŁ210,000
Runner-up: ÂŁ105,000
Semi-finals: ÂŁ70,000
Quarter-finals: ÂŁ35,000
Last 16: ÂŁ17,500
Last 24: ÂŁ10,000
Highest break: ÂŁ10,000
Total: ÂŁ825,000
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Shanghai Masters draw and schedule
(All times listed are BST)
Monday, July 28
Round OneÂ
02.30: Barry Hawkins v Wu Yize
02.30: Si Jiahui v Wild card
07.00: Zhang Anda v Yuan Sijun
07.00: Chris Wakelin v Wild card
12.30: Neil Robertson v Pang Junxu
12.30: Shaun Murphy v Wild card
Tuesday, July 29
Round One
02.30: Ali Carter v Wild card
02.30: Xiao Guodong v Lei Peifan
Round Two
07.00: Kyren Wilson v Si/Wild card
07.00: Mark Selby v Murphy/Wild card
12.30: Ding Junhui v Zhang/Yuan
12.30: Judd Trump v Robertson/Pang
Wednesday, July 30
Round Two
07.00: Mark Williams v Carter/Wild card
07.00: John Higgins v Xiao/Lei
12.30: Zhao Xintong v Wakelin/Wild card
12.30: Ronnie O’Sullivan v Hawkins/Wu
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