John Higgins defeats Mark Selby to win the Tour Championship; World Snooker Championship in 2025 runs from Saturday 19 April to Monday, May 5. Kyren Wilson will be the defense champion after defeating Jak Jones in the 2024 final
Last Updated: 07/04/25 8:04
John Higgins beat Mark Selby in the Tour Championship Final
John Higgins won five frames in a row to beat Mark Selby 10-8 in the Tour Championship final for what he described as the best victory in his long career.
Selby had previously won seven frames in order to move within two wins, but Higgins dug in and limited his opponent to only 18 points in the last five frames.
“It’s my best victory ever,” said Higgins, who ended a four-year wait for a ranking title in last month’s world open in China.
- 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, Kyren Wilson
“I played an incredible champion and he looked like he wouldn’t miss, he tied me in knots. To do it against Mark gives me incredible belief that I can still mix it with the best players.”
The match between a couple of four -time world champions had seen them split two frames – Selby made a break of 135 in the other.
Higgins hit two breaks of 102 and another of 94, when he took control of the afternoon session, led 5-1 before Selby hit back with breaks of 112 and 136 to finish the session.
He continued the momentum in the evening, a break of 119 in the 13th frame that took him 8-5 ahead.
But Higgins responded with a 110 break in the next and fought for parity before getting victory with breaks of 84 and 132.
The eighth and last centuries of the match corresponded to the record for a best-19 framework 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
- British Championship: Judd Trump
- Shoot out: Tom Ford
- Scottish Open: Lei Peifan
- German Masters: Kyren Wilson
- Welsh open: Mark Selby
- The world open: John Higgins
- World Grand Prix: Neil Robertson
- Player Championship: Kyren Wilson
- Tour Championship – John Higgins
- World Cup And will take place 19 April to 5 May
Winners of non-ranked events
- Shanghai Masters: Judd Trump
- Champion for Champions: Mark Williams
- Riyadh Season Championship: Mark Allen
- Masters: Shaun Murphy
- Championship League Invitational: Mark Selby