The 2005 Fáilte Ireland Irish Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 6–13 March 2005 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland. This was the last time the tournament was run as a ranking event.
Ronnie O'Sullivan won the title by defeating Matthew Stevens 10–8 in the final.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £40,000 Runner-up: £20,000 Semi-final: £10,000 Quarter-final: £7,000 Last 16: £5,000 Last 32: £3,100
Last 48: £1,775 Last 64: £1,375 Stage two highest break: £2,000 Stage two maximum break: £20,000 Total: £250,000
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 19 framesCitywest Hotel, Dublin, Ireland, 13 March 2005. Matthew Stevens (7) 8–10 Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) Afternoon: 77–22, 2–66 (57), , , , , , Evening: , , , , , , , , , 135 Highest break 108 1 Century breaks 1 6 50+ breaks 11
Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place between 10 and 13 January 2005 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
141, 125, 110 Ding Junhui 138 Mark Selby 138 Jamie Burnett 132 Barry Pinches 130 Gary Wilson 128 Sean Storey 127 Alfie Burden 126 Joe Delaney 125, 114 Dave Harold 123, 104 Michael Holt 116 Ali Carter
115 Robert Milkins 115 Sean O'Neill 113 Shokat Ali 111 Darren Morgan 108 Mark Davis 108 Brian Salmon 103 Liu Song 103 Joe Swail 102 Ryan Day 100 Barry Hawkins
Televised stage centuries
141, 105 Mark Williams 140, 137, 128, 114, 108, 107, 104, 102 Ronnie O'Sullivan 136 Stephen Maguire 135, 133 Stephen Hendry 135, 113, 101, 100 Matthew Stevens 135 Chris Small 132 Paul Hunter
128 Barry Hawkins 113 Robert Milkins 112 David Gray 110 Peter Ebdon 110 Michael Judge 105 Jimmy White
References