Tournament information | |
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Dates | 8–16 October 2005 |
Venue | Guild Hall |
City | Preston |
Country | England |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £400,000 |
Winner's share | £60,000 |
Highest break | Barry Hawkins ( ENG) (145) |
Final | |
Champion | John Higgins ( SCO) |
Runner-up | Ronnie O'Sullivan ( ENG) |
Score | 9–2 |
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The 2005 Royal London Watches Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8 and 16 October 2005 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England.
John Higgins won in the final 9–2 against Ronnie O'Sullivan. In the final, Higgins set two records: His century breaks in the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth frames marked the first time a player had ever recorded centuries in four consecutive frames in a match during a ranking tournament. [1] He scored 494 points without reply, [2] the greatest number in any professional snooker tournament, until Ding Junhui made 495 points without reply against Stephen Hendry in the league stage of the 2007 Premier League. [3]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: [4]
Winner:
£60,000 |
Highest break: £4,000 Total: £400,000 |
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee:
Johan Oomen. Guild Hall, Preston, England, 16 October 2005. [5] | ||
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) England |
2–9 |
John Higgins (7) Scotland |
Afternoon: 0–76 (68), 16–76 (67), 69–31 (69), 90–28 (62), 4–88, 60–70 (64), 5–103 (103), 0–104 (104) Evening: 0–138 (138), 0–128 (128), 49–67 | ||
69 | Highest break | 138 |
0 | Century breaks | 4 |
2 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
Qualifying for the tournament took place between 27 and 28 September 2005 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales. All matches were best of 9 frames. [6]
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