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2004–05 snooker season

The 2004–05 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 4 August 2004 and 8 May 2005. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events.

2004–05 snooker season
Details
Duration4 August 2004 – 8 May 2005 (2004-08-04 – 2005-05-08)
Tournaments19 (8 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK ChampionshipScotland Stephen Maguire
MastersEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
World ChampionshipEngland Shaun Murphy

Calendar edit

World Snooker Tour edit

Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
2 Oct 10 Oct   ENG Grand Prix Guild Hall Preston   Ronnie O'Sullivan   Ian McCulloch 9–5 [1]
8 Nov 14 Nov   ENG British Open The Brighton Centre Brighton   John Higgins   Stephen Maguire 9–6 [2]
15 Nov 28 Nov   ENG UK Championship Barbican Centre York   Stephen Maguire   David Gray 10–1 [3]
17 Jan 23 Jan   WAL Welsh Open Newport Centre Newport   Ronnie O'Sullivan   Stephen Hendry 9–8 [4][5]
31 Jan 6 Feb   MLT Malta Cup Hilton Conference Center Portomaso   Stephen Hendry   Graeme Dott 9–7 [6]
13 Feb 20 Feb   ENG Masters Wembley Conference Centre London   Ronnie O'Sullivan   John Higgins 10–3 [7][8]
6 Mar 13 Mar   IRL Irish Masters Citywest Hotel Dublin   Ronnie O'Sullivan   Matthew Stevens 10–8 [9]
27 Mar 3 Apr   CHN China Open Haidian Stadium Beijing   Ding Junhui   Stephen Hendry 9–5 [10]
16 Apr 2 May   ENG World Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield   Shaun Murphy   Matthew Stevens 18–16 [11]
6 Jan 8 May   ENG Premier League G-Mex Centre Manchester   Ronnie O'Sullivan   Mark Williams 6–0 [12]
Ranking event
Non-ranking event

World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association edit

Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
2 Sep 3 Sep   ENG British Open Woking Snooker Centre Woking   Reanne Evans   Katie Henrick 4–0 [13][14][15]
31 Oct 1 Nov   ENG UK Ladies Championship Northern Snooker Centre Leeds   Lynette Horsburgh   Reanne Evans 4–3 [16][17][18]
5 Feb 5 Feb   ENG Northern Championship Regal Snooker Centre Preston   Lynette Horsburgh   Maria Catalano 4–2 [19]
5 Mar 6 Mar   ENG Connie Gough National Rileys Snooker Club Luton   Lynette Horsburgh   Sarah Smith 3–1 [20][21]
2 Apr 6 Apr   ENG World Women's Championship Cambridge Snooker Centre Cambridge   Reanne Evans   Lynette Horsburgh 6–4 [22][23]

Challenge Tour edit

Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
24 Sep 30 Sep   WAL Challenge Tour 1 Pontin's Prestatyn   Jamie Cope   Chris Norbury 6–2 [24]
6 Dec 12 Dec   WAL Challenge Tour 2 Pontin's Prestatyn   James Tatton   Matthew Barnes 6–4 [25]
15 Mar 21 Mar   WAL Challenge Tour 3 Pontin's Prestatyn   James McBain   Mark Allen 6–3 [26][27]
4 Apr 10 Apr   WAL Challenge Tour 4 Pontin's Prestatyn   Jamie Cope   Matthew Couch 6–0 [28][29]

Other events edit

Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
4 Aug 8 Aug   THA World Champions v Asia Stars Challenge BEC-Tero Hall Bangkok   Marco Fu   John Higgins 5–1 [30]
2 Sep 5 Sep    SUI Swiss Open Billard Center Im Funken Zofingen   Ian McCulloch   Jimmy White 5–1 [31]
11 Sep 16 Sep   HKG General Cup International General Snooker Club Tsim Sha Tsui   Issara Kachaiwong   Dominic Dale 6–3 [32]
18 Sep 19 Sep   GER Grand Prix Fürth Stadthalle Fürth   Paul Hunter   Matthew Stevens 4–2 [33]
18 Dec 19 Dec   NED Dutch Open De Dieze 's-Hertogenbosch   Bjorn Haneveer   Lennon Starkey 6–1 [34]

Official rankings edit

Main article: Snooker world rankings 2004/2005

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.[35][36][37][38][39]

No. Ch. Player Points 2002/03 Points 2003/04 Total
1     Ronnie O'Sullivan 20125 26650 46775
2     Mark Williams 27550 16912 44462
3     Stephen Hendry 20150 20800 40950
4     Paul Hunter 21450 18925 40375
5     John Higgins 20275 16212 36487
6     Matthew Stevens 14875 18450 33325
7     Ken Doherty 18975 13237 32212
8     Peter Ebdon 16025 15525 31550
9     Stephen Lee 16675 14025 30700
10     Alan McManus 16425 12825 29250
11     Jimmy White 9962 18175 28137
12     Chris Small 15500 12050 27550
13     Steve Davis 15875 11212 27087
14     David Gray 14300 12612 26912
15     Graeme Dott 11500 14812 26312
16     Marco Fu 13850 12362 26212

Points distribution edit

2004/2005 Points distribution for world ranking events, all new players received double points:[40]

Tournament Round → L96 L80 L64 L48 L32 L16 QF SF F W
Grand Prix[41] Unseeded loser 250 – 1000 – 1500 2050 2600 3150 3750 5000
Seeded loser – – 500 – – – – – – –
British Open[42][43] Unseeded loser 200 650 900 1150 1450 1750 2050 2500 3000 4000
Seeded loser – 325 450 575 725 – – – – –
UK Championship[44][45] Unseeded loser 300 975 1350 1725 2175 2625 3075 3750 4500 6000
Seeded loser – 487 675 862 1087 – – – – –
Welsh Open[46][47] Unseeded loser 200 650 900 1150 1450 1750 2050 2500 3000 4000
Seeded loser – 325 450 575 725 – – – – –
Malta Cup[48][49] Unseeded loser 200 650 900 1150 1450 1750 2050 2500 3000 4000
Seeded loser – 325 450 575 725 – – – – –
Irish Masters[50][51] Unseeded loser 200 650 900 1150 1450 1750 2050 2500 3000 4000
Seeded loser – 325 450 575 725 – – – – –
China Open[52][53] Unseeded loser 200 650 900 1150 1450 1750 2050 2500 3000 4000
Seeded loser – 325 450 575 725 – – – – –
World Championship[54] Unseeded loser 400 1300 1800 2300 2900 3500 4100 5000 6000 8000
Seeded loser – 650 900 1150 1450 – – – – –

Notes edit

References edit

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External links edit

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