2005 Welsh Open (snooker)

2005 Welsh Open
Tournament information
Dates	17–23 January 2005
Venue	Newport Centre
City	Newport
Country	Wales
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£225,000
Winner's share	£35,000
Highest break	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (146)
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Runner-up	Stephen Hendry (SCO)
Score	9–8
	← 2004 2006 →

The 2005 Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 17 and 23 January 2005 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales.

Ronnie O'Sullivan successfully defended his title by beating Stephen Hendry 9–8.

Tournament summary

Defending champion and World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was the number 1 seed. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[1]

Winner: £35,000
Runner-up: £17,500
Semi-final: £8,750
Quarter-final: £6,500
Last 16: £4,275
Last 32: £2,750

Last 48: £1,725
Last 64: £1,325
Highest break: £2,000
Maximum break: £20,000
Total: £225,000

Main draw

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Last 48 Best of 9 frames			Last 32 Best of 9 frames			Last 16 Best of 9 frames			Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames			Semi-finals Best of 11 frames			Final Best of 17 frames



			1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5

17	Ian McCulloch	5	17	Ian McCulloch	2
						1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
47	Robin Hull	3
						25	Anthony Hamilton	3
			9	Stephen Lee	4

25	Anthony Hamilton	5	25	Anthony Hamilton	5
									1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
52	David Roe	4
									68	Neil Robertson	4
			11	Jimmy White	4

28	Robert Milkins	0	68	Neil Robertson	5
						68	Neil Robertson	5
68	Neil Robertson	5
						5	John Higgins	4
			5	John Higgins	5

32	Dominic Dale	5	32	Dominic Dale	2
												1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
40	Mark Davis	4
												43	Barry Hawkins	4
			8	Peter Ebdon	5

20	Joe Perry	5	20	Joe Perry	4
						8	Peter Ebdon	5
46	Brian Morgan	2
						14	David Gray	3
			14	David Gray	5

26	Gerard Greene	0	57	Rod Lawler	1
									8	Peter Ebdon	3
57	Rod Lawler	5
									43	Barry Hawkins	5
			10	Alan McManus	4

27	Drew Henry	5	27	Drew Henry	5
						27	Drew Henry	2
66	Rory McLeod	1
						43	Barry Hawkins	5
			4	Paul Hunter	3

29	Michael Holt	3	43	Barry Hawkins	5
															1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9
43	Barry Hawkins	5
															3	Stephen Hendry	8
			3	Stephen Hendry	5

24	Stephen Maguire	5	24	Stephen Maguire	4
						3	Stephen Hendry	5
37	Stuart Bingham	3
						15	Graeme Dott	4
			15	Graeme Dott	5

18	Quinten Hann	5	18	Quinten Hann	2
									3	Stephen Hendry	5
79	Andrew Norman	1
									7	Ken Doherty	2
			16	Marco Fu	5

22	Tony Drago	4	65	Shokat Ali	2
						16	Marco Fu	1
65	Shokat Ali	5
						7	Ken Doherty	5
			7	Ken Doherty	5

30	Joe Swail	5	30	Joe Swail	2
												3	Stephen Hendry	6
74	Tom Ford	2
												23	Mark King	2
			6	Matthew Stevens	4

23	Mark King	5	23	Mark King	5
						23	Mark King	5
	Steve James	3
						31	John Parrott	1
			12	Chris Small	2

31	John Parrott	5	31	John Parrott	5
									23	Mark King	5
76	Ding Junhui	2
									45	Ryan Day	4
			13	Steve Davis	2

21	Barry Pinches	1	45	Ryan Day	5
						45	Ryan Day	5
45	Ryan Day	5
						19	Ali Carter	2
			2	Mark Williams	4

19	Ali Carter	5	19	Ali Carter	5

61	Adrian Gunnell	1

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Colin Brinded. Newport Centre, Newport, Wales, 23 January 2005.^[2]
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) England	9–8	Stephen Hendry (3) Scotland
Afternoon: 0–96 (92), 42–74 (67), 69–55 (62), 0–140 (140), 72–65 (O'Sullivan 59, Hendry 57), 72–22, 60–30, 41–70 (69) Evening: 0–93 (93), 122–0 (102), 50–74, 0–71 (57), 106–0 (75), 108–6 (52), 132–0 (131), 8–71, 68–0 (67)
131	Highest break	140
2	Century breaks	1
7	50+ breaks	7

Qualifying

Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between 7 January and 9 January 2005.^[3]


Round 1 Best of 9 frames		Round 2 Best of 9 frames		Round 3 Best of 9 frames


Simon Bedford	5	Jamie Burnett	0	Robin Hull	5

Hugh Abernethy	1	Simon Bedford	5	Simon Bedford	4


Scott MacKenzie	5	David Roe	5	Fergal O'Brien	4

Paul Davison	4	Scott MacKenzie	4	David Roe	5


Paul Wykes	5	Neil Robertson	5	Dave Harold	3

Brian Salmon	3	Paul Wykes	2	Neil Robertson	5


David Hall	w/d	Jimmy Michie	5	Mark Davis	5

Stefan Mazrocis	w/o	Stefan Mazrocis	2	Jimmy Michie	4


Craig Butler	w/o	Lee Walker	2	Brian Morgan	5

Mark Gray	w/d	Craig Butler	5	Craig Butler	2


Leo Fernandez	3	Rod Lawler	5	Nigel Bond	2

Sean O'Neill	5	Sean O'Neill	0	Rod Lawler	5


Rory McLeod	5	Jonathan Birch	3	Shaun Murphy	1

Rodney Goggins	1	Rory McLeod	5	Rory McLeod	5


Paul Davies	3	Sean Storey	5	Barry Hawkins	5

Adam Davies	5	Adam Davies	3	Sean Storey	0


Alfie Burden	5	Gary Wilkinson	1	Stuart Bingham	5

Ben Woollaston	2	Alfie Burden	5	Alfie Burden	2


Andrew Norman	5	Bjorn Haneveer	2	Nick Dyson	3

Mike Hallett	1	Andrew Norman	5	Andrew Norman	5


Shokat Ali	5	Nick Walker	1	Michael Judge	3

Liu Song	2	Shokat Ali	5	Shokat Ali	5


Tom Ford	5	Anthony Davies	2	Patrick Wallace	2

Gary Wilson	3	Tom Ford	5	Tom Ford	5


Darren Morgan	4	Marcus Campbell	1	Stuart Pettman	2

Steve James	5	Steve James	5	Steve James	5


Ding Junhui	5	Mike Dunn	4	Mark Selby	3

Jin Long	0	Ding Junhui	5	Ding Junhui	5


Joe Delaney	5	Andy Hicks	5	Ryan Day	5

David McDonnell	3	Joe Delaney	1	Andy Hicks	3


Ricky Walden	5	Adrian Gunnell	5	James Wattana	0

Joe Jogia	1	Ricky Walden	3	Adrian Gunnell	5

Century breaks

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Qualifying stage centuries

143 – Alfie Burden
137, 125, 106, 104 – Tom Ford
133 – Jonathan Birch
128, 110, 108 – Ryan Day
121 – Mike Dunn
113 – Stuart Bingham
110, 100 – Robin Hull

110, 105 – Andrew Norman
105 – Gary Wilson
104 – Anthony Hamilton
103 – Ding Junhui
100 – Fergal O'Brien
100 – Neil Robertson
100 – Mark Davis

Televised stage centuries

146, 133, 131, 127, 126, 114, 110, 102, 102, 101 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
140, 128, 125, 119, 119, 103 – Stephen Hendry
138, 117 – Ali Carter
133 – Ken Doherty
132 – Joe Perry
129 – Drew Henry

123, 108 – Peter Ebdon
120, 100 – Marco Fu
116 – Alan McManus
113, 102 – Barry Hawkins
103 – David Gray
103 – Ian McCulloch

References

^ "2005 Welsh Open – Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 19 April 2007. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Welsh Open 2005". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2005 Welsh Open". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 22 March 2007.
^ "2005 Welsh Open results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 13 February 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2012.

[1] "2005 Welsh Open – Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 19 April 2007. Retrieved 19 January 2023.

[Snooker.org-2] "Welsh Open 2005". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 January 2011.

[GSC-3] "2005 Welsh Open". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 22 March 2007.

[WPBSA_draw-4] "2005 Welsh Open results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 13 February 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2012.

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Tournament information
Dates	17–23 January 2005 (2005-01-17 – 2005-01-23)
Venue	Newport Centre
City	Newport
Country	Wales
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£225,000
Winner's share	£35,000
Highest break	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (146)
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Runner-up	Stephen Hendry (SCO)
Score	9–8
← 2004 2006 →