Welsh Open 2005
Welsh Open 2005
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Venue: | Newport Center, Newport , Wales |
| Opening: | January 17, 2005 |
| Endgame: | January 23, 2005
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| Winner: |
 Ronnie O'Sullivan
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| Finalist: |
 Stephen Hendry
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| Highest Break: | 146 ( Ronnie O'Sullivan )
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The Welsh Open 2005 was a snooker tournament of the 2004/05 season that was held from January 17 to 23, 2005. After being held in the Welsh capital, Cardiff, for 6 years, the tournament returned this year to its original venue, the Newport Center in the coastal town of Newport .
Ronnie O'Sullivan met his eternal rival Stephen Hendry for the 13th time in the final . O'Sullivan won just under 9: 8 and thus defended his title from the previous year. It was the last final between the two.
Prize money / world ranking points
After the prize money had already dropped considerably in the previous year, this time it was almost halved compared to 2004 and went back to the level of the mid-1990s. The previous year the winner had got £ 52,000 and down to the last 96 there was £ 1,100. In contrast, there were no changes to the previous year in terms of the points for the world rankings .
| Prize money | World ranking points a |
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| winner | £ 35,000 | 4,000 |
| finalist | £ 17,500 | 3,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 8,750 | 2,500 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 6,500 | 2,050 |
| Round of 16 | £ 4,275 | 1,750 |
| Last 32 | £ 2,750 | 1,450 |
| Last 48 | £ 1,725 | 1,150 |
| Last 64 | £ 1,325 | 900 |
| Last 80 | - | 650 |
| Last 96 | - | 200 |
| Highest Break (Final Round) | £ 2,000 | |
| All in all | £ 225,000 |
Final round
The Welsh Open was one of three tournaments in which 48 players started in the main tournament.
Round 1
As in previous years, three qualifying rounds had been played before the main tournament in Prestatyn . The fourth round was played as the opening round in Newport. The 16 qualifiers competed against the world ranking players from 17th to 32nd place.
Top 32 to the finalThe top 16 in the world were seeded for round 2. The winners from round 1 were drawn to them. final
qualificationThe qualifiers took place from January 7th to 9th, 2005 at the Pontin's Center in Prestatyn . In round 1, the 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 were added. kl. = without a fight Century breaks16 players achieved 36 breaks of at least 100 points in the main tournament. The two finalists united 16 of them, with Ronnie O'Sullivan setting a tournament record with 10 Centurys. There were 15 century breaks in the qualification divided between 10 players. Main tournament
a scored in round 1 (round of the last 48 without the top 16 players)
qualification
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