China Open 2005 (Snooker)
China Open 2005
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Venue: | Haidian Stadium, Beijing , People's Republic of China |
| Opening: | March 27, 2005 |
| Endgame: | April 3, 2005
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| Winner: |
 Ding Junhui
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| Finalist: |
 Stephen Hendry
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| Highest Break: | 140 ( Paul Hunter )
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The China Open 2005 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 2004/05 season , which was held from March 27 to April 3, 2005 in Beijing. After the tournament was discontinued after three editions at different Chinese venues in 2002, there was a restart this year in the capital of the People's Republic.
The 2002 winner Mark Williams missed his third finals in a row and was eliminated in the quarterfinals. With Ding Junhui won for the first time a wild card poker players a ranking tournament. He prevailed in the final against the world number three Stephen Hendry with 9: 5. The Chinese turned 18 on the day of the quarter-finals, just a few days older than Ronnie O'Sullivan , the youngest winner, when he won his first win.
Prize money / ranking points
The China Open, like all tournaments on the Main Tour, could not keep up the high prize money of £ 450,000 from 2002. Only £ 173,000 were left as bonuses for the participants. The winner, who got £ 62,500 in 2002, didn't even get half this time. You also had to reach at least the third qualifying round to get money. The last time a first round win was enough.
However, the value of the tournament for the world rankings remained the same. For almost all placements there were the same number of points as three years ago, only the 400 points of the second qualifying round were dropped, as there were fewer participants due to the reduced professional field. However, the winner Ding Junhui received neither money nor points because he entered the main tournament with a wild card.
| placement | Prize money | Points a |
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| winner | £ 30,000 | 4,000 |
| final | £ 15,000 | 3,000 |
| Semifinals | £ 7,500 | 2,500 |
| Quarter finals | £ 5,600 | 2,050 |
| Round of 16 | £ 4,000 | 1,750 |
| Last 32 | £ 2,500 | 1,450 |
| Last 48 | £ 1,625 | 1,150 |
| Last 64 | £ 1,100 | 900 |
| Last 80 | - | 650 |
| Last 96 | - | 200 |
| Highest Break (Final Round) | £ 2,000 | |
| Highest Break (Qualification) | £ 500 | |
| All in all | £ 173,000 |
Wildcard round
After 2 or 3 Chinese players with a wildcard were allowed to play against qualified professionals for entry into the main tournament with a wildcard in the first three editions , this time a complete opening round with wildcard players was played for the first and only time. All 16 professionals who passed the qualification competed against 16 players selected by the Asian Association. Among them were the 3 current Chinese professionals who did not have to go through the 4 qualifying rounds and who were able to enter the opening round of the main tournament in Beijing. In addition to the talents Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo , who became the two most successful players from China in the following 10 years, the only two non-Chinese wildcard players Habib Subah from Bahrain and Kobkit Palajin from Thailand survived the round.
The games of the wildcard round were played on March 27th and 28th. Game mode for all games was Best of 9 .
Final roundFor round 1, the 16 winners of the wildcard round were drawn from the top 16 of the world rankings . kl. = without a fight
a Steve Davis had to give up when the score was 0: 3 due to illness
finalDing Junhui had gained confidence six weeks earlier at the Masters , where he - also as a wildcard player - had reached the quarter-finals. In ranked tournaments he had never made it past the round of 16 in his young career. Veteran Stephen Hendry , on the other hand, had won the Malta Open before the Masters and was in the final for the third time this season alone. 71 Main Tour victories, 36 of them in ranking tournaments, had made the Scot the most successful player of modern times. Ding, who defeated two top 8 players to zero on his way to the final, fell behind due to two high breaks from Hendry. But he was able to shorten the 1: 3 at the first break to 3: 4 by the evening session. The game was evenly balanced up to 5: 5, then the Chinese achieved four frame wins in a row and with a century break he finished with a 9: 5 victory. Though Ding did not benefit from the win in the world rankings because he did not get any points from his wildcard, he nevertheless quickly rose to become the most successful Chinese player. However, Hendry did not win a final until the end of his career.
qualificationThe qualifying games took place from January 25 to 28, 2005 in Prestatyn . In round 1, places 65 to 96 of the world rankings played against each other, the winners met in round 2 on places 49 to 64, in round 3 numbers 33 to 48 and in round 4 numbers 17 to 32. kl. = without a fight Century breaks13 players achieved 25 breaks of at least 100 points in the main tournament. The tournament winner Ding Junhui got 2 of his 5 century breaks in the final. There were 22 Centurys in the qualification divided between 15 players. Main tournament
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