| Tournament Name: | China Open |
| Venue: | Haidian Stadium |
| Location: | Beijing |
| Country: | China |
| Organisation: | WPBSA |
| Format: | Ranking event |
| Total Prize Fund: | £200,000 |
| Winners Share: | £30,000 |
| Highest Break: | (140) |
| Score: | 9–5 |
| Previous: | 2002 |
| Next: | 2006 |
The 2005 China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 26 March to 3 April 2005 at the Haidian Stadium in Beijing, China.[1] It was the penultimate ranking event of the 2004–05 season, preceding the 2005 World Championship.
The event was last held in 2002, where Mark Williams won the tournament by defeating Anthony Hamilton 9–8.
Ding Junhui won in the final 9–5 against Stephen Hendry. Ding became the second youngest player after Ronnie O'Sullivan to capture a ranking title.[2] Along with several other Chinese players, Ding gave up his normal tournament entry position in order to accept an offer to enter the tournament as a wild-card player and thus he did not receive either prize money or ranking points for his tournament win.[3]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4] Winner: £30,000
Runner-up: £15,000
Semi-final: £7,500
Quarter-final: £5,600
Last 16: £4,000
Last 32: £2,500
Last 48: £1,625
Last 64: £1,100
Stage one highest break: £500
Stage two highest break: £2,000
Stage one maximum break: £1,000
Stage two maximum break: £20,000
| Match | Score | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 | 5–3 | |||
| WC2 | 1–5 | |||
| WC3 | 5–1 | |||
| WC4 | 2–5 | |||
| WC5 | 5–1 | |||
| WC6 | 3–5 | |||
| WC7 | 5–3 | |||
| WC8 | 5–1 |
| Match | Score | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WC9 | 5–3 | |||
| WC10 | 5–3 | |||
| WC11 | 5–3 | |||
| WC12 | 5–2 | |||
| WC13 | 5–3 | |||
| WC14 | 5–1 | |||
| WC15 | 5–1 | |||
| WC16 | 4–5 |
* Steve Davis conceded match due to illness
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Haidian Stadium, Beijing, China, April 2, 2005. | |||
| Ding Junhui | 9–5 | Stephen Hendry (3) | |
| Afternoon: 1–108 (92),,,,,, Evening: 46–31,,,,,, | |||
| 107 | Highest break | 108 | |
| 2 | Century breaks | 1 | |
| 6 | 50+ breaks | 3 | |
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between January 25–28, 2005.[7] [9]