David Gilbert vs Duane Jones Prediction: David Gilbert to tap from the historic head-to-head victories

David Gilbert vs Duane Jones Prediction and Odds on 09 July 2025

Snooker is back again, and this is the first stage of the Championship League. In this competition, the 23rd-ranked world player, David Gilbert, will face the 90th-ranked world player, Duane Jones. All actions will be held at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester. David Gilbert is coming from three wins in the last five matches, while Duane Jones is coming from two consecutive losses. Who will win this next round of snooker? At Telecom Asia, we look at the match’s preview and offer free betting opportunities.

David Gilbert's recent form

David Gilbert is coming into this match from a loss yesterday to Matthew Selt. The match ended up in a no-response 4-0 loss at the British Open in the United Kingdom. Before this match, he recorded a victory at the Wuhan Open in China. In that match, He faced K. W. Cheung and won by a score margin of 5-1. He lost round 16 of the World Championship match against Jiahui Si, which ended in a 10-6 score margin. During the competition, He faced Ireland`s A. Hill, winning with a score margin of 10-9, and China's C. Gong with a score margin of 10-6. Gilbert recorded some more wins in the last ten matches. These wins were against C. Wakelin (via a score margin of 3-4) and J. Brown (via a score margin of 4-3). He lost by a score margin of 3-5 to Amir Sarkhosh at the World Open championship. Prior to this, he was at the shoot-out and won twice and lost only once. Among the victories were David Grace (1-0) and Shanu Murphy (0-1). Huang Jiahao beat David with a score line of 1-0. At the UK championship, He won against Xing Zihao (6-5), Julien Leclercq (1-6), and Xiao Guodong (4-6). Other victories were against Ashley Carty (4-3), Ben Woollaston (4-1), Lyu Haotian (3-4), and Bai Yulu (6-2).

David Gilbert Strength

David Gilbert recorded the 147th maximum break in snooker history. The Longest FRAME of Snooker in history stands at 2hrs 3 mins 41 secs between Fergal and David Gilbert in the 2017 WC Quals.

Duane Jones' recent form

Duane Jones is coming into this match following two consecutive losses. These losses were against J. Brown via a score margin of 5-1 and H. Vafaei via a score margin of 10-7. Before this match, He was on a two-game consecutive win streak. These victories were against M. Hailong via a score margin of 1-10 and F. Nussle via a score margin of 10-9. At the world open, He lost to the Englishman Z. Surety by a score margin of 5-4. Duane Jones beats Ma Hailong by 10 frames to 1 in the World Championship Qualifiers (Qual Round 2). In the World Open (Round 3), he won the first frame against Zak Surety. What an incredible comeback from Duane Jones in the last 64 of the World Open. Jones recovered from 4-0 down - and by 53 points in the decider - by winning five consecutive frames to stun world number 16 Xiao Guodong with a 5-4 victory on the final black. Duane Jones defeated Khalid Al Kamali on day one of this encounter. However, Duane Jones also picked up wins in his games against Dominic Dale and Luca Brecel, which ended 4-2 and 4-5, respectively. In the meantime, other recent encounters ended in defeats to Joe O'Connor and Andrew Higginson while playing to draws with David Gilbert, Xu Si, and Andrew Pagett.

Duane Jones Strength

Jones has refused several "easy" pots to try to steal the frame, preferring to lay a snooker. It seems very negative and will probably cost him this frame against Daniel Wells in Saudi Arabia. What a steal from Duane Jones to beat Xiao Guodong from 54-0 down in the decider.

David Gilbert vs Duane Jones: Betting Insights, Tips & Odds

• Both players have recorded at least two wins in the last five games. The odds the bookmakers have for David Gilbert to win are 1.61, and for Duane Jones to win at 4.50.
• Two centuries, including a Maximum, help the Farmer come back to take his spot in the play-offs. The Farmer registers his third official 147 at the Bet Victor Championship League Invitational. David Gilbert comes through 6-1 in a repeat of last season's result against Julien Leclercq. He was clinical in taking advantage of any opportunity given by the Belgian Beast. The option is available at 1.44 odds in the 1xbet bookmaker for David Gilbert's first-frame winner.
• Duane Jones beats Liam Davies in a deciding frame to win a two-year tour card. The option is available at 1.83 odds in the 1xbet bookmaker +34.5 Duane Jones Handicap first frame handicap 2-way.

David Gilbert vs Duane Jones Match Prediction 09 July 2025

Duane Jones is performing well heading into this fixture, but his opponents were below the level of play of David Gilbert. While this should be competitive, as the two players are expected to be at their best, David Gilbert still has the better chance and should get things easy here. He has also won three of the last four head-to-head encounters.

Our match prediction is that David Gilbert is to win odds available at 1.61 on the 1Xbet bookmaker.

Our betting tip is David Gilbert 3-1 correct score with odds available at 3.00 on the Betway bookmaker.

Our last match prediction is 1 match centuries with odds at 2.75 on the Bet365 bookmaker.