2005 Grand Prix (snooker)
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| Dates | 8–16 October 2005 |
| Venue | Guild Hall |
| City | Preston |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £400,000 |
| Winner's share | £60,000 |
| Highest break | 145 |
| Final | |
| Champion |  John Higgins |
| Runner-up |  Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| Score | 9–2 |
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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.[1] He scored 494 points without reply,[2] 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.[3]
Contents
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4]
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Winner: £60,000 |
Highest break: £4,000 Total: £400,000 |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Guild Hall, Preston, England, 16 October 2005.[5] |
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| Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) England |
2–9 | John Higgins (7) Scotland |
| Afternoon: 0–76 (68), 16–76 (67), 69–31 (69), 90–28 (62), 4–88, 60–70 (64), 5–103 (103), 0–104 (104) Evening: 0–138 (138), 0–128 (128), 49–67 |
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| 69 | Highest break | 138 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 4 |
| 2 | 50+ breaks | 3 |
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.[6]
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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
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