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. 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.
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. 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.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £30,000
Runner-up: £15,000
Semi-final: £7,500
Quarter-final: £5,600
Last 16: £4,000
Last 32: £2,500
Last 48: £1,625
Last 64: £1,100
Stage one highest break: £500
Stage two highest break: £2,000
Stage one maximum break: £1,000
Stage two maximum break: £20,000
Wildcard round
Main draw
* Steve Davis conceded match due to illness
Final
Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between January 25–28, 2005.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
139, 108 Anthony Hamilton
130, 117, 105 Robert Milkins
127, 101 Darren Morgan
125 Gerard Greene
120 Mark Davis
119 Neil Robertson
117 Tom Ford
114, 105, 102 Adrian Gunnell
112 Ali Carter
111 Sean O'Neill
108 Gary Wilkinson
105 Paul Davison
104, 101 Nigel Bond
103 Mike Hallett
100 Ryan Day
Televised stage centuries
140 Paul Hunter
139, 103 Michael Holt
138, 113 John Higgins
135, 129, 126, 117, 107 Ding Junhui
135 Ricky Walden
135 Stephen Lee
134 Quinten Hann
123 Kobkit Palajin
122 Barry Pinches
117, 114, 102, 101 Mark Williams
114, 112, 109, 108 Stephen Hendry
113 Ken Doherty
104 Tom Ford
References
2005
China Open
Open (snooker) Sports competitions in Beijing