THE second Triple Crown event of the year will take place in January as the iconic Alexandra Palace hosts the Masters.
Only the top 16 players in the world rankings will compete in the sport‘s most prestigious invitational event.
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Ronnie O’Sullivan extended his record of Masters titles to eight after the legendary cueist completed a stunning comeback to beat Ali Carter 10-7 in last year’s final.
But Rocket won’t feature at Alexandra Palace this year after he withdrew from the prestigious tournament on medical grounds two days before his proposed opening match with John Higgins.
Australian star Neil Robertson replaces O’Sullivan at this year’s Masters as he looks to build on September’s English Open win.
World No1 Judd Trump is on course for a rare Triple Crown Grand Slam after winning the UK Championship in December.
The 35-year-old will be looking to complete a feat that only Steve Davis, Mark Williams and Stephen Hendry (x2) have achieved.
All 16 stars will be delighted to know that this year’s prize fund has been significantly increased!
SunSport brings you a full breakdown of the colossal pot on offer.
The Masters snooker 2025 prize money
This year’s Masters prize pool has been increased by a whopping £290,000!
The player who goes home with the Paul Hunter trophy will also receive a huge cheque for £350,000 – the single biggest prize the tournament has ever paid out.
Here is a full breakdown of the pot:
- Winner: £350,000
- Runner-up: £140,000
- Semi-finals: £75,000
- Quarter-finals: £40,000
- Last 16: £25,000
- High break: £15,000
- Total: £1,015,000
How to watch the Masters 2025
- The Masters 2025 will be broadcast LIVE on both Eurosport and the BBC.
- Eurosport customers can live stream all the action via the discovery+ app/website, while fans can also catch all the huge event for FREE on the BBC iPlayer.
- Alternatively, SunSport’s live blog of the Masters 2025 will bring you frame-by-frame updates from every match.
Who has won the Masters?
Here are all the previous winners of the iconic tournament:
- 1975: John Spencer (ENG)
- 1976: Ray Reardon (WAL)
- 1977: Doug Mountjoy (WAL)
- 1978: Alex Higgins (NIR)
- 1979: Perrie Mans (SAF)
- 1980: Terry Griffiths (WAL)
- 1981: Alex Higgins (NIR)
- 1982: Steve Davis (ENG)
- 1983: Cliff Thorburn (CAN)
- 1984: Jimmy White (ENG)
- 1985: Cliff Thorburn (CAN)
- 1986: Cliff Thorburn (CAN)
- 1987: Dennis Taylor (NIR)
- 1988: Steve Davis (ENG)
- 1989: Stephen Hendry (SCO)
- 1990: Stephen Hendry (SCO)
- 1991: Stephen Hendry (SCO)
- 1992: Stephen Hendry (SCO)
- 1993: Stephen Hendry (SCO)
- 1994: Alan McManus (SCO)
- 1995: Ronnie O’Sullivan (ENG)
- 1996: Stephen Hendry (SCO)
- 1997: Steve Davis (ENG)
- 1998: Mark Williams (WAL)
- 1999: John Higgins (SCO)
- 2000: Matthew Stevens (WAL)
- 2001: Paul Hunter (ENG)
- 2002: Paul Hunter (ENG)
- 2003: Mark Williams (WAL)
- 2004: Paul Hunter (ENG)
- 2005: Ronnie O’Sullivan (ENG)
- 2006: John Higgins (SCO)
- 2007: Ronnie O’Sullivan (ENG)
- 2008: Mark Selby (ENG)
- 2009: Ronnie O’Sullivan (ENG)
- 2010: Mark Selby (ENG)
- 2011: Ding Junhui (CHN)
- 2012: Neil Robertson (AUS)
- 2013: Mark Selby (ENG)
- 2014: Ronnie O’Sullivan (ENG)
- 2015: Shaun Murphy (ENG)
- 2016: Ronnie O’Sullivan (ENG)
- 2017: Ronnie O’Sullivan (ENG)
- 2018: Mark Allen (NIR)
- 2019: Judd Trump (ENG)
- 2020: Stuart Bingham (ENG)
- 2021: Yan Bingtao (CHN)
- 2022: Neil Robertson (AUS)
- 2023: Judd Trump (ENG)
- 2024: Ronnie O’Sullivan (ENG)