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Tour Championship 2026: Format and Prize Fund
The 2026 Tour Championship will be played at the Manchester Central between the 30th March and the 5th April 2026.
The Tour Championship will feature the top twelve players in the one-year ranking list after the World Open.
All rounds of this event are played over two sessions and nineteen frames.
The Tour Championship has a total prize fund of £500,000.
- Winner: £150,000
- Runner-up: £60,000
- Semi-final: £40,000
- Quarter-final: £30,000
- Last twelve: £20,000
- Highest break: £10,000
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Tour Championship 2026: One-year ranking list
The Tour Championship features the top twelve players on the one-year ranking list.
Players receive points based on their performance in the previous events in the 25/26 season.
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Below is the current one-year points list for the Tour Championship with one event to go:
| Current Rating | Player | Points this season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Neil Robertson | 648,500 | |
| 2. | Zhao Xintong | 457,550 | |
| 3. | Mark Selby | 424,350 | |
| 4. | Shaun Murphy | 393,900 | |
| 5. | Judd Trump | 348,550 | |
| 6. | Mark Williams | 343,800 | |
| 7. | Wu Yize | 316,300 | |
| 8. | Barry Hawkins | 288,800 | |
| 9. | Chris Wakelin | 264,800 | |
| 10. | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 260,750 | |
| 11. | John Higgins | 259,600 | |
| 12. | Mark Allen | 246,350 |
Mark Allen will be checking the results of the World Open very carefully to see if he gets overtaken for the last qualifying place for the Tour Championship.
The two players closest to Allen in the one-year-rankings are Xiao Guodong and Jack Lisowski.
Tour Championship 2026: Draw and Results
The 2026 Tour Championship sees seeds five to twelve play in the first round and the top four seeds moving straight through to the quarter-finals:
Round One (best of nineteen frames):
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Tour Championship: Previous Winners
The Tour Championship was introduced in 2019 and is the only event, other than the World Championship, where all matches are played over two sessions. Neil Robertson is the only player to have won the Tour Championship more than once with his back-to-back victories in 2021 and 2022:
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Final Score | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | John Higgins | Mark Selby | 10-8 | Manchester Central, Manchester |
| 2024 | Mark Williams | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 10-5 | Manchester Central, Manchester |
| 2023 | Shaun Murphy | Kyren Wilson | 10-7 | Bonus Arena, Hull |
| 2022 | Neil Robertson | John Higgins | 10-9 | Venue Cymru, Llandudno |
| 2021 | Neil Robertson | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 10-4 | Celtic Manor, Newport |
| 2020 | Stephen Maguire | Mark Allen | 10-6 | Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes |
| 2019 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Neil Robertson | 13-11 | Venue Cymru, Llandudno |
Tour Championship 2025: Draw and Results
John Higgins won his second ranking event of the season when defeating Mark Selby in a high-quality match for the Tour Championship title.
The two players equalled the record of eight centuries in a ranking event final in a topsy-turvy final. Higgins took a 5-1 lead but then lost seven frames in a row to trail 5-8. Higgins won the final five frames in the match to crown a stunning comeback, playing snooker of the highest quality.
The forty-nine-year-old Scot now heads to the World Championship where he will attempt to become the oldest ever World Champion. Higgins last five tour events have returned finishes of: Win, Semi-Final, Quarter-Final, Win, Quarter-Final so he appears to be the most inform player as the tour returns to Sheffield for the fourty-eighth time.
The 2025 Tour Championship sees seeds five to twelve play in the first round and the top four seeds moving straight through to the quarter-finals:
Final:
John Higgins v Mark Selby 10-8
Semi-Finals:
Barry Hawkins v John Higgins 7-10
Mark Selby v Ding Junhui 10-2
Quarter-Finals:
Judd Trump (1) v Barry Hawkins (9) 5-10
John Higgins (4) v Xiao Guodong (5) 10-3
Neil Robertson (3) v Mark Selby (6) 1-10
Kyren Wilson (2) v Ding Junhui (10) 5-10
Round One:
Shaun Murphy (8) v Barry Hawkins (9) 1-10
Xiao Guodong (5) v Wu Yize (12) 10-8
Mark Selby (6) v Si Jiahui (11) 10-6
Mark Williams (7) v Ding Junhui (10) 3-10
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Tour Championship 2024: Draw and Results
Mark Williams defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-5 to win his second ranking event of the season.
Williams was in superb form all week defeating Tom Ford, Judd Trump, Mark Allen and O'Sullivan to lift the trophy.
The 2024 Tour Championship sees the field extended to twelve players for the first time with the top four seeds moving straight through to the quarter-finals.
All matches are played over nineteen frames.
Final
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Mark Williams 5-10
Semi-Finals
Mark Allen v Mark Williams 5-10
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Gary Wilson 10-7
Quarter-finals:
Judd Trump v Mark Williams 4-10
Ding Junhui v Mark Allen 8-10
Zhang Anda v Gary Wilson 8-10
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Ali Carter 10-2
Round One:
Mark Williams v Tom Ford 10-9
Mark Allen v John Higgins 10-7
Gary Wilson v Mark Selby 10-8
Barry Hawkins v Ali Carter 8-10
