The 2005 China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 26 March to 3 April 2005 at the Haidian Stadium in Beijing, China.[1] It was the penultimate ranking event of the 2004–05 season, preceding the 2005 World Championship.
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| Dates | 26 March – 3 April 2005 |
| Venue | Haidian Stadium |
| City | Beijing |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £200,000 |
| Winner's share | £30,000 |
| Highest break |  Paul Hunter (ENG) (140) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Ding Junhui (CHN) |
| Runner-up |  Stephen Hendry (SCO) |
| Score | 9–5 |
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The event was last held in 2002, where Mark Williams won the tournament by defeating Anthony Hamilton 9–8.[2]
Ding Junhui won in the final 9–5 against Stephen Hendry. Ding became the second youngest player after Ronnie O'Sullivan to capture a ranking title.[3] Along with several other Chinese players, Ding gave up his normal tournament entry position in order to accept an offer to enter the tournament as a wild-card player and thus he did not receive either prize money or ranking points for his tournament win.[2]
Prize fund
editThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4]
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Winner: £30,000 |
Stage one highest break: £500 Stage one maximum break: £1,000 |
Wildcard round
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Main draw
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* Steve Davis conceded match due to illness
Final
edit| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Haidian Stadium, Beijing, China, April 2, 2005.[5][7] | ||
| Ding Junhui China
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9–5 | Stephen Hendry (3) Scotland
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| Afternoon: 1–108 (92), 10–108 (108), 103–30 (65), 8–86, 0–71 (57), 84–0 (84), 63–31 Evening: 46–31, 109–11 (107), 1–61, 56–26, 79–30 (53), 103–34 (87), 106–0 (103) | ||
| 107 | Highest break | 108 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 6 | 50+ breaks | 3 |
Qualifying
editQualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between January 25–28, 2005.[7][9]
Century breaks
editQualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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References
edit- ^ "Teenager wins snooker crown". Chinadaily.com.cn. 4 April 2005. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ a b Turner, Chris. "Major Snooker Events in China". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
- ^ "Super Ding seals title". The Journal on TheFreeLibrary.com. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
- ^ "Preisgeld China Open 2005". brownball.de. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ a b c "China Open 2005". Snooker.org. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ a b "2005 China Open Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 27 August 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "2005 China Open". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 19 November 2005.
- ^ a b "2005 China Open results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 30 August 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
- ^ "2005 China Open qualifying results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 9 April 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2012.