2004–05 snooker season

The 2004–05 snooker season 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.

2004–05 snooker season

Details
Duration	11 September 2004 – 8 May 2005
Tournaments	19 (8 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship	Stephen Maguire
Masters	Ronnie O'Sullivan
World Championship	Shaun Murphy
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

Calendar

Date[n 1]			Rank	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score[1]	References
08–04	08–08	THA	NR	World Champions v Asia Stars Challenge	BEC-Tero Hall	Bangkok	Marco Fu	John Higgins	5–1	[2]
09–02	09–05	SUI	P/A	Swiss Open	Billard Center Im Funken	Zofingen	Ian McCulloch	Jimmy White	5–1	[3]
09–11	09–16	HKG	NR	General Cup	General Snooker Club	Tsim Sha Tsui	Issara Kachaiwong	Dominic Dale	6–3	[4]
09–18	09–19	GER	P/A	Grand Prix Fürth	Stadthalle	Fürth	Paul Hunter	Matthew Stevens	4–2	[5]
09–24	09–30	WAL	CT	Challenge Tour 1	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Jamie Cope	Chris Norbury	6–2	[6]
10–02	10–10	ENG	WR	Grand Prix	Guild Hall	Preston	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Ian McCulloch	9–5	[7]
11–08	11–14	ENG	WR	British Open	The Brighton Centre	Brighton	John Higgins	Stephen Maguire	9–6	[8]
11–15	11–28	ENG	WR	UK Championship	Barbican Centre	York	Stephen Maguire	David Gray	10–1	[9]
12–06	12–12	WAL	CT	Challenge Tour 2	Pontin's	Prestatyn	James Tatton	Matthew Barnes	6–4	[10]
12–18	12–19	NED	P/A	Dutch Open	De Dieze	's-Hertogenbosch	Bjorn Haneveer	Lennon Starkey	6–1	[11]
01–17	01–23	WAL	WR	Welsh Open	Newport Centre	Newport	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Stephen Hendry	9–8	[12][13]
01–31	02–06	MLT	WR	Malta Cup	Hilton Conference Center	Portomaso	Stephen Hendry	Graeme Dott	9–7	[14]
02–13	02–20	ENG	NR	Masters	Wembley Conference Centre	London	Ronnie O'Sullivan	John Higgins	10–3	[15][16]
03–06	03–13	IRL	WR	Irish Masters	Citywest Hotel	Dublin	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Matthew Stevens	10–8	[17]
03–05	03–21	WAL	CT	Challenge Tour 3	Pontin's	Prestatyn	James McBain	Mark Allen	6–3	[18][19]
03–27	04–03	CHN	WR	China Open	Haidian Stadium	Beijing	Ding Junhui	Stephen Hendry	9–5	[20]
04–04	04–10	WAL	CT	Challenge Tour 4	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Jamie Cope	Matthew Couch	6–0	[21][22]
04–16	05–02	ENG	WR	World Championship	Crucible Theatre	Sheffield	Shaun Murphy	Matthew Stevens	18–16	[23]
01–06	05–08	ENG	NR	Premier League	G-Mex Centre	Manchester	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Mark Williams	6–0	[24]

WR = World ranking event

CT = Challenge Tour event

NR = Non-ranking event

P/A = Pro–am 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.[25][26][27][28][29]

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:[30]

Tournament	Round →	L96	L80	L64	L48	L32	L16	QF	SF	F	W
Grand Prix[31]	Unseeded loser	250	–	1000	–	1500	2050	2600	3150	3750	5000
	Seeded loser	–	–	500	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
British Open[32][33]	Unseeded loser	200	650	900	1150	1450	1750	2050	2500	3000	4000
	Seeded loser	–	325	450	575	725	–	–	–	–	–
UK Championship[34][35]	Unseeded loser	300	975	1350	1725	2175	2625	3075	3750	4500	6000
	Seeded loser	–	487	675	862	1087	–	–	–	–	–
Welsh Open[36][37]	Unseeded loser	200	650	900	1150	1450	1750	2050	2500	3000	4000
	Seeded loser	–	325	450	575	725	–	–	–	–	–
Malta Cup[38][39]	Unseeded loser	200	650	900	1150	1450	1750	2050	2500	3000	4000
	Seeded loser	–	325	450	575	725	–	–	–	–	–
Irish Masters[40][41]	Unseeded loser	200	650	900	1150	1450	1750	2050	2500	3000	4000
	Seeded loser	–	325	450	575	725	–	–	–	–	–
China Open[42][43]	Unseeded loser	200	650	900	1150	1450	1750	2050	2500	3000	4000
	Seeded loser	–	325	450	575	725	–	–	–	–	–
World Championship[44]	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

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