John Higgins defeats Mark Selby to win the tour championship; The 2025 Snooker World Championship goes from Saturday, April 19 to Monday, May 5. Kyen Wilson will be the defensive champion after defeating Jak Jones in the 2024 final
Updated for the last time: 07/04/25 8:04 AM
John Higgins defeated Mark Selby in the Tour Championship final
John Higgins won five frames in a row to defeat Mark Selby 10-8 in the Tour Championship final for what he described as the best victory of his long career.
Selby had previously won seven consecutive frames to move within two wins, but Higgins jumped inside and limited his opponent to just 18 points in the last five frames.
“Is my best victory ever,” said Higgins, who ended a four -year reception for a ranking title in last month’s World Open.
- 41 – Ronnie O’Sullivan
- 36 – Stephen Hendry
- 33 – John Higgins
- 30 – Judd Trump
- 28 – Steve Davis
- 26 – Mark Williams
- 25 – Neil Robertson
- 24 – Mark Selby
- 15 – ding junhui
- 12 – Shaun Murphy
- 11 – Mark Allen
- 10 – Jimmy White, Kyen Wilson
“I was playing an incredible champion and he was looking like he would not lose, he was tied to me in the knots. To do it against Mark gives me tremendous confidence that I can still mix it with the best players.”
The battle between a pair of four -time world champions had seen them share the two opening frames – Selby making a 135 break in the second.
Higgins struck two holidays of 102 and another out of 94 while seizing control at the afternoon session, leading 5-1 before Selby hit 112 and 136 vacation to complete the session.
He continued in the evening, a break of 119 in the 13th frame, taking it 8-5 forward.
But Higgins responded with a break 110 to another and fought his path to equality before clinking the 84th and 132 holiday victory.
The eighth and last century of the match equalized the record for a better 19th final.
Snooker ranking tournament winners 2024/25
- Championship League: Ali Carter
- XI’an Grand Prix: Kyren Wilson
- Saudi Arabia masters: JUDD Trump
- English Open: Neil Robertson
- British Open: Mark Selby
- Wuhan Open: Xiao guodong
- Northern Ireland Open: Kyren Wilson
- International Championship: Ding junhui
- UK Championship: JUDD Trump
- Shoot: Tom Ford
- Skotz Open: Lei Peifan
- German masters: Kyren Wilson
- Uell or Open: Mark Selby
- Open World: John Higgins
- Grand Prix World: Neil Robertson
- Player Championship: Kyren Wilson
- Championship – John Higgins
- World championship – develops April 19 to May 5
Winners of non -rank events
- Shanghai masters: JUDD Trump
- Champion champion: Mark Williams
- RIADDER SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP: Mark Allen
- Masters: Shaun Murphy
- Championship League invitation: Mark Selby
