Snooker season 2004/2005

Snooker season 2004/2005
Details
Duration 11 September 2004 – 8 May 2005
Tournaments 15 (8 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship Scotland Stephen Maguire
Masters England Ronnie O'Sullivan
World Championship England Shaun Murphy

The snooker season 2004/2005 was a series of snooker tournaments played between 11 September 2004 and 8 May 2005. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events.

Calendar

Date[n 1] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score[1] References
09–11 09–16  HKG General Cup International General Snooker Club Hong Kong Thailand Issara Kachaiwong Wales Dominic Dale 6–3 [2]
09–24 09–30  WAL CT Challenge Tour 1 Pontin's Prestatyn England Jamie Cope England Chris Norbury 6–2 [3]
10–02 10–10  ENG WR Grand Prix Guild Hall Preston England Ronnie O'Sullivan England Ian McCulloch 9–5 [4]
11–08 11–14  ENG WR British Open The Brighton Centre Brighton Scotland John Higgins Scotland Stephen Maguire 9–6 [5]
11–15 11–28  ENG WR UK Championship Barbican Centre York Scotland Stephen Maguire England David Gray 10–1 [6]
12–06 12–12  WAL CT Challenge Tour 2 Pontin's Prestatyn England James Tatton England Matthew Barnes 6–4 [7]
01–17 01–23  WAL WR Welsh Open Newport Centre Newport England Ronnie O'Sullivan Scotland Stephen Hendry 9–8 [8][9]
01–31 02–06  MLT WR Malta Cup Hilton Conference Center Portomaso Scotland Stephen Hendry Scotland Graeme Dott 9–7 [10]
02–13 02–20  ENG Masters Wembley Conference Centre London England Ronnie O'Sullivan Scotland John Higgins 10–3 [11][12]
03–06 03–13  IRL WR Irish Masters Citywest Hotel Dublin England Ronnie O'Sullivan Wales Matthew Stevens 10–8 [13]
03–05 03–21  WAL CT Challenge Tour 3 Pontin's Prestatyn Scotland James McBain Northern Ireland Mark Allen 6–3 [14][15]
03–27 04–03  CHN WR China Open Chaoyang Stadium Beijing China Ding Junhui Scotland Stephen Hendry 9–5 [16]
04–04 04–10  WAL CT Challenge Tour 4 Pontin's Prestatyn England Jamie Cope England Matthew Couch 6–0 [17][18]
04–16 05–02  ENG WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield England Shaun Murphy Wales Matthew Stevens 18–16 [19]
01–06 05–08  ENG Premier League Snooker GMex Centre Manchester England Ronnie O'Sullivan Wales Mark Williams 6–0 [20]
WR = World ranking event
CT = Challenge Tour event
Other, non-ranking event

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.[21][22][23][24][25]

No. Ch. Player Points 2002/03 Points 2003/04 Total
1 Rise England Ronnie O'Sullivan 20125 26650 46775
2 Fall Wales Mark Williams 27550 16912 44462
3 Fall Scotland Stephen Hendry 20150 20800 40950
4 Rise England Paul Hunter 21450 18925 40375
5 Fall Scotland John Higgins 20275 16212 36487
6 Rise Wales Matthew Stevens 14875 18450 33325
7 Fall Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 18975 13237 32212
8 Fall England Peter Ebdon 16025 15525 31550
9 Fall England Stephen Lee 16675 14025 30700
10 Steady Scotland Alan McManus 16425 12825 29250
11 Rise England Jimmy White 9962 18175 28137
12 Rise Scotland Chris Small 15500 12050 27550
13 Fall England Steve Davis 15875 11212 27087
14 Fall England David Gray 14300 12612 26912
15 Fall Scotland Graeme Dott 11500 14812 26312
16 Rise Hong Kong Marco Fu 13850 12362 26212

Points distribution

2004/2005 Points distribution for world ranking events, all new players received double points:[26]

Tournament Round → L96 L80 L64 L48 L32 L16 QF SF F W
Grand Prix[27] Unseeded loser 250 – 1000 – 1500 2050 2600 3150 3750 5000
Seeded loser – – 500 – – – – – – –
British Open[28][29] Unseeded loser 200 650 900 1150 1450 1750 2050 2500 3000 4000
Seeded loser – 325 450 575 725 – – – – –
UK Championship[30][31] Unseeded loser 300 975 1350 1725 2175 2625 3075 3750 4500 6000
Seeded loser – 487 675 862 1087 – – – – –
Welsh Open[32][33] Unseeded loser 200 650 900 1150 1450 1750 2050 2500 3000 4000
Seeded loser – 325 450 575 725 – – – – –
Malta Cup[34][35] Unseeded loser 200 650 900 1150 1450 1750 2050 2500 3000 4000
Seeded loser – 325 450 575 725 – – – – –
Irish Masters[36][37] Unseeded loser 200 650 900 1150 1450 1750 2050 2500 3000 4000
Seeded loser – 325 450 575 725 – – – – –
China Open[38][39] Unseeded loser 200 650 900 1150 1450 1750 2050 2500 3000 4000
Seeded loser – 325 450 575 725 – – – – –
World Championship[40] Unseeded loser 400 1300 1800 2300 2900 3500 4100 5000 6000 8000
Seeded loser – 650 900 1150 1450 – – – – –

Notes

  1. ↑ Dates use the month day format

References

  1. ↑ "The 2004/2005 Season". Snooker.org. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  2. ↑ "2004 General Cup International". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 19 August 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "WSA Challenge Tour 1". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 9 December 2004.
  4. ↑ "totesport Grand Prix 2004". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  5. ↑ "British Open 2004". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  6. ↑ "Travis Perkins UK Championship 2004". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  7. ↑ "WSA Challenge Tour 2". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 5 May 2005.
  8. ↑ "Welsh Open 2005". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  9. ↑ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: Werbeniuk passes away". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 22 January 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  10. ↑ "Malta Cup 2005". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  11. ↑ "Rileys Club Masters 2005". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  12. ↑ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: Hallett wins English Pro title". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  13. ↑ "Fáilte Ireland Irish Masters 2005". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  14. ↑ "WSA Challenge Tour 3". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 22 March 2005.
  15. ↑ "Challenge Tour Event 3 results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 7 April 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  16. ↑ "China Open 2005". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  17. ↑ "WSA Challenge Tour 4". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 4 September 2005.
  18. ↑ "Challenge Tour Event 4". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 5 November 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  19. ↑ "Embassy World Championship 2005". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  20. ↑ "2005 Premier League Snooker (Spring) Results". premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com. Matchroom Sport. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  21. ↑ Turner, Chris. "World Rankings (1990/91 to 2004/05)". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  22. ↑ "Embassy World Rankings 2004/2005". Snooker.org. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  23. ↑ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 119–123. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.
  24. ↑ "Embassy World Rankings issued after the 2004 Embassy World Championship". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 3 June 2004. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  25. ↑ "The Official Rankings for the 2004/2005 Season". Embassy Snooker. Archived from the original on 4 December 2004. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  26. ↑ "2004/2005 Season Points Schedules". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 6 February 2005. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  27. ↑ "2004 Totesport Grand Prix Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 20 June 2006. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  28. ↑ "2004 British Open Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 19 March 2006. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  29. ↑ "Weltranglistenpunkte British Open 2004". brownball.de. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  30. ↑ "2004 Travis Perkins UK Championship Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 29 March 2006. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  31. ↑ "Weltranglistenpunkte UK Championship 2004". brownball.de. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  32. ↑ "2005 Welsh Open Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 18 April 2007. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  33. ↑ "Weltranglistenpunkte Welsh Open 2005". brownball.de. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  34. ↑ "2005 Malta Cup Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 16 January 2007. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  35. ↑ "Weltranglistenpunkte Malta Cup 2005". brownball.de. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  36. ↑ "2005 Citywest Irish Masters Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 28 March 2007. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  37. ↑ "Weltranglistenpunkte Irish Masters 2005". brownball.de. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  38. ↑ "2005 China Open Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 19 November 2005. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  39. ↑ "Weltranglistenpunkte China Open 2005". brownball.de. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  40. ↑ "Weltranglistenpunkte Weltmeisterschaft 2005". brownball.de. Retrieved 28 October 2011.

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