2005 China Open (snooker)
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 26 March–3 April 2005 |
| Venue | Chaoyang Stadium |
| City | Beijing |
| Country | China |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £200,000 |
| Winner's share | £30,000 |
| Highest break | 140 |
| Final | |
| Champion |
 Ding Junhui |
| Runner-up |
 Stephen Hendry |
| Score | 9–5 |
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← 2002 2006 → | |
The 2005 China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 26 March – 3 April 2005 at the Chaoyang Sports Centre in Beijing, China. This was the penultimate ranking event of the 2004/2005 season, preceding the 2005 World Championship.
The event was last held in 2002, where Mark Williams won the tournament by defeating Anthony Hamilton 9–8.[1]
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.[2] Because Ding entered the tournament as a wild-card player he did not receive either prize money or ranking points.[1]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[3]
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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
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames Chaoyang Stadium, Beijing, China, April 2, 2005.[4][6] | ||
| Ding Junhui China |
9–5 | Stephen Hendry (3) Scotland |
| 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
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between January 25–28, 2005.[6][8]
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Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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References
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 3 "China Open 2005". Snooker.org. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- 1 2 "2005 China Open Results". Snooker Database. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "2005 China Open". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 19 November 2005.
- 1 2 "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.