2004–05_snooker_season

2004–05 snooker season
Details
Duration	4 August 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 →

2004–05 snooker season

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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.

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Start	Finish	Country	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
2 Oct	10 Oct	ENG	Grand Prix	Guild Hall	Preston	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Ian McCulloch	9–5	^[1]
8 Nov	14 Nov	ENG	British Open	The Brighton Centre	Brighton	John Higgins	Stephen Maguire	9–6	^[2]
15 Nov	28 Nov	ENG	UK Championship	Barbican Centre	York	Stephen Maguire	David Gray	10–1	^[3]
17 Jan	23 Jan	WAL	Welsh Open	Newport Centre	Newport	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Stephen Hendry	9–8	^[4]^[5]
31 Jan	6 Feb	MLT	Malta Cup	Hilton Conference Center	Portomaso	Stephen Hendry	Graeme Dott	9–7	^[6]
13 Feb	20 Feb	ENG	Masters	Wembley Conference Centre	London	Ronnie O'Sullivan	John Higgins	10–3	^[7]^[8]
6 Mar	13 Mar	IRL	Irish Masters	Citywest Hotel	Dublin	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Matthew Stevens	10–8	^[9]
27 Mar	3 Apr	CHN	China Open	Haidian Stadium	Beijing	Ding Junhui	Stephen Hendry	9–5	^[10]
16 Apr	2 May	ENG	World Championship	Crucible Theatre	Sheffield	Shaun Murphy	Matthew Stevens	18–16	^[11]
6 Jan	8 May	ENG	Premier League	G-Mex Centre	Manchester	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Mark Williams	6–0	^[12]

Start	Finish	Country	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
2 Sep	3 Sep	ENG	British Open	Woking Snooker Centre	Woking	Reanne Evans	Katie Henrick	4–0	^[13]^[14]^[15]
31 Oct	1 Nov	ENG	UK Ladies Championship	Northern Snooker Centre	Leeds	Lynette Horsburgh	Reanne Evans	4–3	^[16]^[17]^[18]
5 Feb	5 Feb	ENG	Northern Championship	Regal Snooker Centre	Preston	Lynette Horsburgh	Maria Catalano	4–2	^[19]
5 Mar	6 Mar	ENG	Connie Gough National	Rileys Snooker Club	Luton	Lynette Horsburgh	Sarah Smith	3–1	^[20]^[21]
2 Apr	6 Apr	ENG	World Women's Championship	Cambridge Snooker Centre	Cambridge	Reanne Evans	Lynette Horsburgh	6–4	^[22]^[23]

Start	Finish	Country	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
24 Sep	30 Sep	WAL	Challenge Tour 1	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Jamie Cope	Chris Norbury	6–2	^[24]
6 Dec	12 Dec	WAL	Challenge Tour 2	Pontin's	Prestatyn	James Tatton	Matthew Barnes	6–4	^[25]
15 Mar	21 Mar	WAL	Challenge Tour 3	Pontin's	Prestatyn	James McBain	Mark Allen	6–3	^[26]^[27]
4 Apr	10 Apr	WAL	Challenge Tour 4	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Jamie Cope	Matthew Couch	6–0	^[28]^[29]

Start	Finish	Country	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
4 Aug	8 Aug	THA	World Champions v Asia Stars Challenge	BEC-Tero Hall	Bangkok	Marco Fu	John Higgins	5–1	^[30]
2 Sep	5 Sep	SUI	Swiss Open	Billard Center Im Funken	Zofingen	Ian McCulloch	Jimmy White	5–1	^[31]
11 Sep	16 Sep	HKG	General Cup International	General Snooker Club	Tsim Sha Tsui	Issara Kachaiwong	Dominic Dale	6–3	^[32]
18 Sep	19 Sep	GER	Grand Prix Fürth	Stadthalle	Fürth	Paul Hunter	Matthew Stevens	4–2	^[33]
18 Dec	19 Dec	NED	Dutch Open	De Dieze	's-Hertogenbosch	Bjorn Haneveer	Lennon Starkey	6–1	^[34]

No.	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

2004–05_snooker_season

2004–05 snooker season

Calendar

World Snooker Tour

World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association

Challenge Tour

Other events

Official rankings

Points distribution

Notes

References

External links

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Details
Duration	4 August 2004 – 8 May 2005 (2004-08-04 – 2005-05-08)
Tournaments	19 (8 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship	Stephen Maguire
Masters	Ronnie O'Sullivan
World Championship	Shaun Murphy
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

Tournament	Round →	L96	L80	L64	L48	L32	L16	QF	SF	F	W
Grand Prix^[41]	Unseeded loser	250	–	1000	–	1500	2050	2600	3150	3750	5000
Grand Prix^[41]	Seeded loser	–	–	500	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
British Open^[42]^[43]	Unseeded loser	200	650	900	1150	1450	1750	2050	2500	3000	4000
British Open^[42]^[43]	Seeded loser	–	325	450	575	725	–	–	–	–	–
UK Championship^[44]^[45]	Unseeded loser	300	975	1350	1725	2175	2625	3075	3750	4500	6000
UK Championship^[44]^[45]	Seeded loser	–	487	675	862	1087	–	–	–	–	–
Welsh Open^[46]^[47]	Unseeded loser	200	650	900	1150	1450	1750	2050	2500	3000	4000
Welsh Open^[46]^[47]	Seeded loser	–	325	450	575	725	–	–	–	–	–
Malta Cup^[48]^[49]	Unseeded loser	200	650	900	1150	1450	1750	2050	2500	3000	4000
Malta Cup^[48]^[49]	Seeded loser	–	325	450	575	725	–	–	–	–	–
Irish Masters^[50]^[51]	Unseeded loser	200	650	900	1150	1450	1750	2050	2500	3000	4000
Irish Masters^[50]^[51]	Seeded loser	–	325	450	575	725	–	–	–	–	–
China Open^[52]^[53]	Unseeded loser	200	650	900	1150	1450	1750	2050	2500	3000	4000
China Open^[52]^[53]	Seeded loser	–	325	450	575	725	–	–	–	–	–
World Championship^[54]	Unseeded loser	400	1300	1800	2300	2900	3500	4100	5000	6000	8000
World Championship^[54]	Seeded loser	–	650	900	1150	1450	–	–	–	–	–

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Non-ranking event