The 2005 Royal London Watches Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8 and 16 October 2005 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 8–16 October 2005 |
| Venue | Guild Hall |
| City | Preston |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £400,000 |
| Winner's share | £60,000 |
| Highest break |  Barry Hawkins (ENG) (145) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  John Higgins (SCO) |
| Runner-up | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) |
| Score | 9–2 |
← 2004 2006 → | |
John Higgins won in the final 9–2 against Ronnie O'Sullivan. In the final, Higgins set two records: His century breaks in the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth frames marked the first time a player had ever recorded centuries in four consecutive frames in a match during a ranking tournament.[1] He scored 494 points without reply,[2] the greatest number in any professional snooker tournament, until Ding Junhui made 495 points without reply against Stephen Hendry in the league stage of the 2007 Premier League.[3]
Prize fund
editThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4]
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Winner: £60,000 |
Highest break: £4,000 Total: £400,000 |
Main draw
editFinal
edit| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Johan Oomen. Guild Hall, Preston, England, 16 October 2005.[5] | ||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) |
2–9 | John Higgins (7) |
| Afternoon: 0–76 (68), 16–76 (67), 69–31 (69), 90–28 (62), 4–88, 60–70 (64), 5–103 (103), 0–104 (104) Evening: 0–138 (138), 0–128 (128), 49–67 | ||
| 69 | Highest break | 138 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 4 |
| 2 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
Qualifying
editQualifying for the tournament took place between 27 and 28 September 2005 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales. All matches were best of 9 frames.[6]
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Century breaks
editQualifying stage centuries
edit- 136 – Patrick Wallace
- 136 – Dominic Dale
- 130, 118 – Ding Junhui
- 125 – Stuart Bingham
- 122 – Andrew Norman
- 121 – Jamie Burnett
- 114 – Matthew Couch
- 113 – Chris Norbury
Televised stage centuries
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References
edit- ^ "John Higgins: 'The Wizard of Wishaw'". stv.tv. Archived from the original on 7 May 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
- ^ Chowdhury, Saj (8 May 2007). "Reborn Higgins joins the greats". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
- ^ Everton, Clive (3 May 2008). "I've never been so outplayed, admits humiliated Hendry as O'Sullivan makes final with 'perfection'". London: guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
- ^ "Preisgeld Grand Prix 2005". Brownball.de. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ^ a b "Grand Prix 2005". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
- ^ a b c "2005 Grand Prix". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 15 April 2006.
- ^ "2005 Grand Prix results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 31 December 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
- ^ "Grand Prix". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.