2005 Welsh Open (snooker) explained

Tournament Name:	2005 Welsh Open
Venue:	Newport Centre
Location:	Newport
Country:	Wales
Organisation:	WPBSA
Format:	Ranking event
Total Prize Fund:	£225,000
Winners Share:	£35,000
Highest Break:	(146)
Score:	9–8
Previous:	2004
Next:	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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Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Colin Brinded. Newport Centre, Newport, Wales, 23 January 2005.
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)	9–8	Stephen Hendry (3)
Afternoon: 0–96 (92),,,,,,, Evening: 0–93 (93),,,,,,,,
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]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2005 Welsh Open – Information. Global Snooker Centre. https://web.archive.org/web/20070419131100/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res04_5/05WELSHinfo.htm. 19 April 2007. 19 January 2023.
2. Web site: Welsh Open 2005. Snooker.org. 3 January 2011.
3. Web site: 2005 Welsh Open. Global Snooker Centre. https://web.archive.org/web/20070322185304/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res04_5/05WELSH.htm. 22 March 2007.
4. Web site: 2005 Welsh Open results. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 23 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20050213061103/http://www.worldsnooker.com/latest_drawsheet-12.htm. 13 February 2005.