Kyren Wilson's wife almost broke up with snooker star after becoming world champion

 The star has opened up on his poor behaviour after tasting glory at the Crucible.

Kyren Wilson in tears at the Crucible with wife Sophie

Snooker star Kyren Wilson has candidly admitted that becoming world champion last year almost cost him his marriage. ‘The Warrior’ reached the pinnacle at the Crucible last year by beating Jak Jones 18-14 in the final for his maiden world crown.

The 33-year-old has since outlined his determination to retain this title this time around. He kicked his campaign off against Lei Peifan on Saturday morning, and is bidding to finally end the infamous ‘curse of the Crucible’. The term relates to the fact that no player has won back-to-back world titles since it moved to Sheffield in 1977.

However, Wilson has also revealed that he lost his way in the aftermath of his success last May. Conceding that his personal celebrations went on for weeks afterwards, the star said he partied too much and drank excessive alcohol.

“I think afterwards I was kind of like, searching for the high that becoming a world champion gave me,” he told TNT Sports. “I went off the rails a bit for a little while.”

Wilson is married to Sophie, and the couple have two sons, Finley and Bailey. He admitted that his partner’s influence persuaded him to change his lifestyle and remember his responsibilities.

Wilson got his title defence underway on Saturday morning

“We had a few words of you know…we could go our separate ways at one point,” he said. “You have to rein it in and remember that you’re a father. You’re a husband. You’re a professional. It’s not easy. You’ve reached the pinnacle and there’s so much excitement and it’s just such a buzz. But then it does die down.”

Wilson, however, soon realised the best way to rediscover the feel-good factor was to win again. He has four tournament victories to his name in the 2024/25 season, prevailing at the Xi’an Grand Prix, Northern Ireland Open, German Masters, and Players Championship.

He said it was talks with Sophie before the event in China that gave him a new perspective, adding: “I won quite early on in Xi’an Grand Prix and all of a sudden I was like that’s the high I’ve been searching for again. 

“Sophie sat me down and for two or three weeks before Xi’an she said ‘look, it’s time to knuckle down. You’re a world champion, you’re a professional, get on with it.’ And I did, I got back to the practice table and went on to win that tournament.”