The 2005 Malta Cup was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 31 January to 6 February 2005 at the Hilton Conference Centre in Portomaso, Malta.
Stephen Hendry won in the final 9–7 against Graeme Dott. This was the 36th and final ranking event he won in his 27-year professional career.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
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 Highest break: £2,000 Maximum break: £20,000 Total: £200,000
Wildcard round
Match Score WC1 Tom Ford 5–1 Joe Grech WC2 Mike Dunn 5–0 Simon Zammit WC3 Neil Robertson 5–1 Duncan Bezzina WC4 Adrian Gunnell 5–3 Alex Borg
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams.Hilton Conference Centre, Portomaso, Malta, 6 February 2005. Stephen Hendry (4) 9–7 Graeme Dott (16) Afternoon: 92–0 (92), , , , , , , Evening: 109–0 (101), , , , , , , 114 Highest break 93 3 Century breaks 0 6 50+ breaks 7
Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place between 30 November and 3 December 2004 at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
141 Barry Hawkins 134 Joe Perry 133 Patrick Wallace 132 Jimmy Michie 128 Michael Holt 127, 110 Shaun Murphy 126, 116, 107 Neil Robertson 126 Rory McLeod
124 Anthony Davies 122 Barry Pinches 121 Marcus Campbell 119 Andrew Norman 117 Nick Dyson 115 Ryan Day 114 Tom Ford 102 Nigel Bond
Televised stage centuries 141, 117, 104 John Higgins 138, 130, 114, 108, 103, 101, 101, 100Stephen Hendrys 650th century break Stephen Hendry 136, 124 Tom Ford 120 Neil Robertson 114 Shaun Murphy 114 Graeme Dott 106 Mike Dunn 106 Barry Hawkins
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