On January 21st, Beijing time, the final of the 2025 Snooker Masters concluded successfully. In the championship match, "The Magician" Shaun Murphy defeated the world's second-ranked "Jester" Kyren Wilson 10-7. On the prize money list for the event, Ding Junhui earned £40,000, Murphy earned £350,000, and O'Sullivan, who withdrew from the competition, "gave away" £25,000.
The Snooker Masters is one of the three major snooker events, which all players attach great importance to. This year's Masters has a prize structure as follows: £350,000 for the champion, £140,000 for the runner-up, £75,000 for the top four, £40,000 for the top eight, £25,000 for participation, and £15,000 for the highest single shot.
In this competition, there were three Chinese players participating: Ding Junhui, Zhang Anda, and Si Jiahui. Among the world-renowned players, the "Three Musketeers of '75," defending champion "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrew from the competition temporarily, while the other two, Higgins and Williams, participated.
Among the "Five Tigers of '80," "Melbourne Machine" Neil Robertson was originally not participating, but O'Sullivan's withdrawal allowed him to replace him in the competition. In a certain sense, O'Sullivan at least gave Robertson £25,000 (about RMB 230,000).
In such circumstances, all five tigers participated. Outside of the Five Tigers, "Little Cannon" Mark Allen also made a strong appearance.
Among the "Three Musketeers of '75," due to O'Sullivan's withdrawal, they lacked competitiveness, and Higgins and Williams were eliminated in the first round.
Among them, three-time World Champion "Golden Left Hand" Williams was reversed by Ding Junhui with a score of 5-6. Unfortunately, Ding Junhui was eliminated by the world's number one Trump in the second round. On the event's prize money list, he earned £40,000 (about RMB 360,000).
Zhang Anda and Si Jiahui were eliminated in the first round, with poor overall performance, earning £25,000 (about RMB 230,000) on the event's prize money list. Finally, Murphy from the '80s and Wilson from the '90s met in the final, where he won the championship with a 10-7 victory, earning £350,000 (about RMB 3.12 million) in prize money, while Wilson earned £140,000 (about RMB 1.24 million) as the runner-up.