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.

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

Ranking event Non-ranking event

World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. 2 Sep 3 Sep British Open Woking Snooker Centre Woking Reanne Evans Katie Henrick 4–0 31 Oct 1 Nov UK Ladies Championship Northern Snooker Centre Leeds Lynette Horsburgh Reanne Evans 4–3 5 Feb 5 Feb Northern Championship Regal Snooker Centre Preston Lynette Horsburgh Maria Catalano 4–2 5 Mar 6 Mar Connie Gough National Rileys Snooker Club Luton Lynette Horsburgh Sarah Smith 3–1 2 Apr 6 Apr World Women's Championship Cambridge Snooker Centre Cambridge Reanne Evans Lynette Horsburgh 6–4

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

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

Official rankings

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.

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

Tournament Round → L96 L80 L64 L48 L32 L16 QF SF F WGrand Prix Unseeded loser 250 – 1000 – 1500 2050 2600 3150 3750 5000 Seeded loser – – 500 – – – – – – –British Open Unseeded loser 200 650 900 1150 1450 1750 2050 2500 3000 4000 Seeded loser – 325 450 575 725 – – – – –UK Championship Unseeded loser 300 975 1350 1725 2175 2625 3075 3750 4500 6000 Seeded loser – 487 675 862 1087 – – – – –Welsh Open Unseeded loser 200 650 900 1150 1450 1750 2050 2500 3000 4000 Seeded loser – 325 450 575 725 – – – – –Malta Cup Unseeded loser 200 650 900 1150 1450 1750 2050 2500 3000 4000 Seeded loser – 325 450 575 725 – – – – –Irish Masters Unseeded loser 200 650 900 1150 1450 1750 2050 2500 3000 4000 Seeded loser – 325 450 575 725 – – – – –China Open Unseeded loser 200 650 900 1150 1450 1750 2050 2500 3000 4000 Seeded loser – 325 450 575 725 – – – – – Unseeded loser 400 1300 1800 2300 2900 3500 4100 5000 6000 8000 Seeded loser – 650 900 1150 1450 – – – – –

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