The 2005 Royal London Watches Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8 and 16 October 2005 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England.
John Higgins won in the final 9–2 against Ronnie O'Sullivan. In the final, Higgins set two records: His century breaks in the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth frames marked the first time a player had ever recorded centuries in four consecutive frames in a match during a ranking tournament. He scored 494 points without reply, the greatest number in any professional snooker tournament, until Ding Junhui made 495 points without reply against Stephen Hendry in the league stage of the 2007 Premier League.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £60,000 Runner-up: £30,000 Semi-final: £15,000 Quarter-final: £11,000 Last 16: £7,000 Last 32: £5,000 Last 64: £3,000
Highest break: £4,000 Maximum break: £20,000
Total: £400,000
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Johan Oomen.Guild Hall, Preston, England, 16 October 2005. Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) 2–9 John Higgins (7) Afternoon: 0–76 (68), , , , , , , Evening: 0–138 (138), , 69 Highest break 138 0 Century breaks 4 2 50+ breaks 7
Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place between 27 and 28 September 2005 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales. All matches were best of 9 frames.
Shokat Ali 1–5 Bjorn Haneveer Justin Astley 1–5 Joe Jogia Joe Swail 5–1 Jin Long Patrick Wallace 3–5 David Roe Mike Dunn 5–2 David McDonnell Ricky Walden 5–1 Hugh Abernethy Tom Ford 5–3 Ding Junhui Rory McLeod 5–2 Liang Wenbo Jimmy Michie 5–0 Habib Subah Tony Drago 5–2 Steve James Chris Norbury 5–2 Simon Bedford Jamie Cope 5–1 Alfie Burden Jamie Burnett 3–5 Darren Morgan Matthew Couch 4–5 Rod Lawler Marcus Campbell 4–5 Andrew Norman Michael Judge 5–1 Gary Wilkinson
Dominic Dale 5–1 James McBain Drew Henry 4–5 Stuart Mann Adrian Gunnell 5–4 Scott MacKenzie Gerard Greene 5–1 Alex Borg Stuart Pettman 5–4 Leo Fernandez Lee Walker 5–3 Adam Davies James Tatton 0–5 Mark Allen Dave Harold 5–0 Joe Delaney Lee Spick 1–5 Paul Davies Robin Hull 5–4 Nick Dyson Ryan Day 5–0 Moh Keen Ho Mark Davis 3–5 Gary Wilson Fergal O'Brien 5–2 Judd Trump Stuart Bingham 5–2 David Gilbert Brian Morgan 1–5 Sean Storey Mark Selby 5–1 Paul Wykes
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries 136 Patrick Wallace 136 Dominic Dale 130, 118 Ding Junhui 125 Stuart Bingham 122 Andrew Norman 121 Jamie Burnett 114 Matthew Couch 113 Chris Norbury
Televised stage centuries
145, 141, 123 Barry Hawkins 140 Mark King 139, 127, 120 Shaun Murphy 138, 132, 128, 126, 104, 103, 102 John Higgins 135 Bjorn Haneveer 134 Anthony Hamilton 129, 115, 111, 107 Stephen Hendry 128, 117, 113, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan 123 Mark Williams
122 Neil Robertson 118, 116 Gerard Greene 118, 105 Jimmy White 117 Chris Norbury 113, 101, 100 Stuart Bingham 106 Andy Hicks 106 Fergal O'Brien 102 Stephen Maguire
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