Zhao Xintong Sweeps Tour Finals

In the final of the 2026 Snooker Tour Championship, Chinese player Zhao Xintong defeated Judd Trump 10-3 to clinch the title. Zhao has now reached seven professional finals in his career and won all of them, maintaining a 100% success rate. With this victory, Zhao Xintong has swept all the trophies in the 2025-26 Players Series, becoming the first player in history to win all three Players Series events—the Tour Championship, the Players Championship, and the World Grand Prix—in a single season.

Zhao started strong, scoring two 50+ breaks to take a 2-0 lead before Trump pulled level by taking the next two frames. Zhao then won three consecutive frames, producing two more 50+ breaks (91 and 98). Trump managed a single-frame win with a break of 52 in the eighth, but Zhao led 5-3 at the mid-session interval.

In the second session, Zhao was unstoppable, winning four frames in a row to reach the championship point at 9-3. In the final frame, he fired the last 50+ break of the match, finishing with a dominant 10-3 victory over Trump to claim the title.

Throughout the match, Zhao produced five 50+ breaks (64, 68, 91, 98, 63), displaying excellent form. Notably, in the semi-final, Zhao also advanced with a commanding win, defeating Higgins 10-1 after leading 8-0 in the first session.