2005 Welsh Open (snooker)

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:

• 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

Final

Qualifying

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

Century breaks

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