World Snooker Tour announce another prize money boost after huge Grand Prix expansion

The Players Championship volition spot prize wealth boosted by 30 per cent this season, quality which comes aft the immense summation to the currency connected connection astatine the World Grand Prix.

It was confirmed past week that the World Grand Prix volition determination to Hong Kong successful March 2025 and beryllium held successful the marque caller Grand Hall, Kai Tak Arena, boasting a capableness of implicit 4,000.

The spectacular caller mounting for the 32-player lawsuit has helped the prize money ascent by 84 per cent, from £380,000 to £700,000, with the champion pocketing £180,000 compared to past season’s £100,000.

The three-event bid successful the 2nd fractional of the play sees the Grand Prix followed by the Players Championship, which features the apical 16 players connected the one-year ranking list, past the Tour Championship which is present the apical 12 players.

Over caller years the prize cookware has accrued implicit the 3 tournaments arsenic the tract got smaller, but the mammoth summation to the World Grand Prix has changed things significantly.

World Snooker Tour person announced connected Tuesday that the Players Championship is getting a prize money summation from £385,000 to £500,000, with the victor taking £150,000 compared to the £125,000 of the past campaign.

The announcement besides confirmed that the Tour Championship prize money volition stay astatine £500,000. Last play Mark Williams won the lawsuit and claimed £150,000 for doing so.

The changes successful prize wealth bash messiness with the neat quality of the series, but the players progressive volition hardly mind, with overmuch much currency connected connection successful full implicit the 3 tournaments.

WST Chief Executive Officer Simon Brownell said: ‘This is an breathtaking clip for our circuit arsenic we grow crossed the globe with caller and breathtaking events. We are delighted to summation prize wealth importantly for the World Grand Prix and the Players Championship, enhancing the prestige of these events.

‘The Players Series rewards those successful signifier and determination is monolithic inducement for each players to gain a lucrative spot firstly successful the World Grand Prix and past the adjacent 2 successful the series.

‘We proceed to enactment connected opportunities for the existent play with the ambition to deed £19 cardinal successful full prize wealth which would beryllium comfortably our highest ever, and an summation of 35 per cent compared to past season.

‘The opportunities disposable to players present person ne'er been better, and we person ambitious plans for further maturation successful years to come.’

The contention to suffice for the World Grand Prix continues and volition beryllium arsenic hotly contested arsenic ever aft the important increases to that lawsuit and the Players Championship.

Players volition person up till and including the World Open successful China (24 Feb – 2 March) to marque it into the Grand Prix which gets underway the pursuing week, truthful plentifulness of chances stay to get into the apical 32 connected the one-year database by then.

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