Grand Prix 2005

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Grand Prix 2005
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Tournament type: World ranking tournament
Venue: Guild Hall,
Preston , England
Opening: October 8, 2005
Endgame: October 16, 2005

Winner: ScotlandScotland John Higgins
Finalist: EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
Highest Break: 145 ( Barry Hawkins ) EnglandEngland
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The 2005 Grand Prix was a 2005/06 season snooker tournament held at the Preston Guild Hall from October 8-16, 2005 . The north-west English city hosted the tournament for the fifth time in a row and for the seventh time overall.

Last year's winner Ronnie O'Sullivan reached the final again, but could not defend his title. John Higgins from Scotland won the final 9-2 and took the Grand Prix title for the third time.

Prize money / world ranking points

The prize money remained unchanged compared to the previous year. In terms of the points for the world rankings , there was a small plus for final and semi-final losers. From the quarterfinals down, there were 100 points less this time.

Prize money World ranking
points a
winner £ 60,000 5,000
finalist £ 30,000 4,000
Semi-finalist £ 15,000 3,200
Quarter finalist £ 11,000 2,500
Round of 16 £ 7,000 1,900
Last 32 £ 5,000 1,400
Last 64 £ 3,000 900
Last 96 - 250
Highest break TV break: £ 20,000
without TV: £ 4,000
All in all £ 417,000
a Seeded players who lost their opening game in the first main round received only 50% of the points.

Final round

The top 32 of the world rankings were set for the main tournament. The 32 players who had prevailed in the Prestatyn qualification two weeks earlier were drawn.

  First round
best of 9 frames 		Second round
best of 9 frames 		Round of 16
best of 9 frames 		Quarterfinals
Best of 9 Frames 		Semi-final
best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 17 frames
                                                         
1  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 5                    
71  BelgiumBelgium Bjorn Haneveer 3  
1  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 5
  18th  EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 2  
18th  EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 5
63  EnglandEngland Joe Jogia 1  
1  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 5
  40  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail 2  
20th  EnglandEngland Ali Carter 3    
40  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail 5  
40  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail 5
  12  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 4th  
12  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 5
61  EnglandEngland David Roe 2  
1  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 5
  19th  EnglandEngland Barry Pinches 2  
9  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 5
53  EnglandEngland Mike Dunn 2  
9  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 5
  48  EnglandEngland Ricky Walden 2  
22nd  AustraliaAustralia Quinten Hann -
48  EnglandEngland Ricky Walden kl.  
9  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 4th
  19th  EnglandEngland Barry Pinches 5  
19th  EnglandEngland Barry Pinches 5    
51  EnglandEngland Tom Ford 2  
19th  EnglandEngland Barry Pinches 5
  49  EnglandEngland Rory McLeod 4th  
6th  EnglandEngland Paul Hunter 4th
49  EnglandEngland Rory McLeod 5  
1  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 6th
  30th  EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 5  
8th  EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 5
57  EnglandEngland Jimmy Michie 3  
8th  EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 3
  30th  EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 5  
30th  EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 5
36  MaltaMalta Tony Drago 1  
30th  EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 5
  85  EnglandEngland Jamie Cope 4th  
32  ThailandThailand James Wattana 2    
 EnglandEngland Chris Norbury 5  
 EnglandEngland Chris Norbury 2
  85  EnglandEngland Jamie Cope 5  
15th  EnglandEngland Joe Perry 3
85  EnglandEngland Jamie Cope 5  
30th  EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 5
  24  EnglandEngland Michael Holt 1  
13  ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 4th
66  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 5  
66  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 1
  24  EnglandEngland Michael Holt 5  
24  EnglandEngland Michael Holt 5
60  EnglandEngland Rod Lawler 2  
24  EnglandEngland Michael Holt 5
  72  EnglandEngland Andrew Norman 4th  
28  AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 1    
72  EnglandEngland Andrew Norman 5  
72  EnglandEngland Andrew Norman 5
  43  IrelandIreland Michael Judge 1  
4th  ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 3
43  IrelandIreland Michael Judge 5  
1  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 2
7th  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 9
3  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 5
34  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale 1  
3  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 5
  21st  EnglandEngland Mark King 3  
21st  EnglandEngland Mark King 5
92  EnglandEngland Stuart Mann 1  
3  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 5
  37  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Gerard Greene 4th  
29  EnglandEngland John Parrott 3    
46  EnglandEngland Adrian Gunnell 5  
46  EnglandEngland Adrian Gunnell 2
  37  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Gerard Greene 5  
11  EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 0
37  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Gerard Greene 5  
3  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 5
  23  EnglandEngland David Gray 1  
14th  ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 2
47  EnglandEngland Stuart Pettman 5  
47  EnglandEngland Stuart Pettman 5
  58  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Lee Walker 3  
25th  Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 1
58  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Lee Walker 5  
47  EnglandEngland Stuart Pettman 4th
  23  EnglandEngland David Gray 5  
23  EnglandEngland David Gray 5    
98  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 2  
23  EnglandEngland David Gray 5
  45  EnglandEngland Dave Harold 2  
5  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens 4th
45  EnglandEngland Dave Harold 5  
3  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 4th
7th  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 6th  
7th  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 5
65  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Paul Davies 3  
7th  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 5
  17th  EnglandEngland Ian McCulloch 2  
17th  EnglandEngland Ian McCulloch 5
 FinlandFinland Robin Hull 1  
7th  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 5
  16  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 1  
27  EnglandEngland Nigel Bond 5    
33  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 1  
27  EnglandEngland Nigel Bond 2
  16  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 5  
16  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 5
79  EnglandEngland Gary Wilson 2  
7th  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 5
  37  EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 1  
10  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 3
44  IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien 5  
44  IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien 2
  37  EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 5  
26th  EnglandEngland Robert Milkins 3
37  EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 5  
37  EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 5
  2  EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 4th  
31  EnglandEngland Andy Hicks 5    
68  EnglandEngland Sean Storey 3  
31  EnglandEngland Andy Hicks 2
  2  EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 5  
2  EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 5
38  EnglandEngland Mark Selby 2  

kl. = without a fight

final

The final was one of the numerous duels between two of the best players of modern times. For the 14th time, Ronnie O'Sullivan and John Higgins faced each other in a professional final. The Englishman had won 9 of the previous finals and had not lost to Higgins since 2001. He was also the defending champion. At first it looked like an even game, the 2-0 lead by Higgins immediately countered O'Sullivan and 2-2 it went into the mid-session break. After the break the Scot got better and better and after two frames he ended the afternoon session with two century breaks . In the evening he continued exactly at this point, he let two more Centurys follow and was not only the first player in a ranking tournament to score four breaks of over 100 points in a row across sessions, but also 494 points in a row without giving the opponent a point could make were a new record. O'Sullivan scored again, but John Higgins also won the 7th frame in a row and the game clearly 9: 2. It was the third time that he emerged victorious from his sixth Grand Prix final.

Final: Best of 17 Frames
Referee: Johan Oomen Guild Hall,  Preston , England , October 16, 2005 NetherlandsNetherlands
EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 2: 9 ScotlandScotland John Higgins
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
- Century breaks 4th
2 50+ breaks 7th

qualification

On September 27 and 28, 2005, a qualifying round was held at the Pontin's Center in Prestatyn ( Wales ). The players from 33rd to 96th place in the world rankings played out who could challenge the top 32 in the main tournament.

Qualifying round

game Player 1 Result Player 2
1 Shokat Ali PakistanPakistan 51: 51 BelgiumBelgium Bjorn Haneveer
2 Justin Astley EnglandEngland 51: 51 EnglandEngland Joe Jogia
3 Joe Swail Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland 15 : 15 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Jin Long
4th Patrick Wallace Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland 53: 53 EnglandEngland David Roe
5 Mike Dunn EnglandEngland 25 : 25 IrelandIreland David McDonnell
6th Ricky Walden EnglandEngland 15 : 15 ScotlandScotland Hugh Abernethy
7th Tom Ford EnglandEngland 35 : 35 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui
8th Rory McLeod EnglandEngland 25 : 25 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liang Wenbo
9 Jimmy Michie EnglandEngland 05 : 05 BahrainBahrain Habib Subah
10 Tony Drago MaltaMalta 25 : 25 EnglandEngland Steve James
11 Chris Norbury EnglandEngland 25 : 25 EnglandEngland Simon Bedford
12 Jamie Cope EnglandEngland 15 : 15 EnglandEngland Alfie Burden
13 Jamie Burnett ScotlandScotland 53: 53 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan
14th Matthew Couch EnglandEngland 54: 54th EnglandEngland Rod Lawler
15th Marcus Campbell ScotlandScotland 54: 54th EnglandEngland Andrew Norman
16 Michael Judge IrelandIreland 15 : 15 EnglandEngland Gary Wilkinson
game Player 1 Result Player 2
17th Dominic Dale WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 15 : 15 ScotlandScotland James McBain
18th Drew Henry ScotlandScotland 54: 54th EnglandEngland Stuart Mann
19th Adrian Gunnell EnglandEngland 4th5 : 45 ScotlandScotland Scott MacKenzie
20th Gerard Greene Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland 15 : 15 MaltaMalta Alex Borg
21st Stuart Pettman EnglandEngland 4th5 : 45 IrelandIreland Leo Fernandez
22nd Lee Walker WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 35 : 35 EnglandEngland Adam Davies
23 James Tatton EnglandEngland 50: 50 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen
24 Dave Harold EnglandEngland 05 : 05 IrelandIreland Joe Delaney
25th Lee Spick EnglandEngland 51: 51 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Paul Davies
26th Robin Hull FinlandFinland 4th5 : 45 EnglandEngland Nick Dyson
27 Ryan Day WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 05 : 05 MalaysiaMalaysia Moh Keen Hoo
28 Mark Davis EnglandEngland 53: 53 EnglandEngland Gary Wilson
29 Fergal O'Brien IrelandIreland 25 : 25 EnglandEngland Judd Trump
30th Stuart Bingham EnglandEngland 25 : 25 EnglandEngland David Gilbert
31 Brian Morgan EnglandEngland 51: 51 EnglandEngland Sean Storey
32 Mark Selby EnglandEngland 15 : 15 EnglandEngland Paul Wykes

Century breaks

18 players scored 37 breaks of at least 100 points in the main tournament. John Higgins scored 4 of his century breaks in the finals in four consecutive frames, something that no one had ever achieved in a world ranking tournament. There were another 10 Centurys in the qualification divided between 10 players.

Main tournament

EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 145, 141, 123
EnglandEngland Mark King 140
EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 139, 127, 120
ScotlandScotland John Higgins 138, 132, 128, 126, 104, 103, 102
BelgiumBelgium Bjorn Haneveer 135
EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 134
ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 129, 115, 111, 107
EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 128, 117, 113, 100
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 123
AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 122
EnglandEngland Jimmy White 119
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Gerard Greene 118, 116
EnglandEngland Chris Norbury 117
EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 113, 101, 100
IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien 106
EnglandEngland Andy Hicks 106
EnglandEngland Jimmy White 105
ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 102

qualification

WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale 136
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Patrick Wallace 135
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 130
EnglandEngland Mark Davis 128
EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 125
EnglandEngland Andrew Norman 122
ScotlandScotland Jamie Burnett 121
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 118
EnglandEngland Matthew Couch 114
EnglandEngland Chris Norbury 113

swell

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