| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| 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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2002
2006 → | |
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.
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
The 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
* Steve Davis conceded match due to illness
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee:
Paul Collier. Haidian Stadium, Beijing, China, April 2, 2005. [5] [7] | ||
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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
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between January 25–28, 2005. [7] [9]
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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References
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- ^ 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.