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
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.
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