2005 China Open (snooker)

The 2005 China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 26 March to 3 April 2005 at the Haidian Stadium in Beijing, China. It was the penultimate ranking event of the 2004–05 season, preceding the 2005 World Championship.

The event was last held in 2002, where Mark Williams won the tournament by defeating Anthony Hamilton 9–8.

Ding Junhui won in the final 9–5 against Stephen Hendry. Ding became the second youngest player after Ronnie O'Sullivan to capture a ranking title. Along with several other Chinese players, Ding gave up his normal tournament entry position in order to accept an offer to enter the tournament as a wild-card player and thus he did not receive either prize money or ranking points for his tournament win.

Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

Winner: £30,000

Runner-up: £15,000

Semi-final: £7,500

Quarter-final: £5,600

Last 16: £4,000

Last 32: £2,500

Last 48: £1,625

Last 64: £1,100

Stage one highest break: £500

Stage two highest break: £2,000

Stage one maximum break: £1,000

Stage two maximum break: £20,000

Main draw
* Steve Davis conceded match due to illness

Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between January 25–28, 2005.

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 139, 108 – Anthony Hamilton
 * 130, 117, 105 – Robert Milkins
 * 127, 101 – Darren Morgan
 * 125 – Gerard Greene
 * 120 – Mark Davis
 * 119 – Neil Robertson
 * 117 – Tom Ford
 * 114, 105, 102 – Adrian Gunnell


 * 112 – Ali Carter
 * 111 – Sean O'Neill
 * 108 – Gary Wilkinson
 * 105 – Paul Davison
 * 104, 101 – Nigel Bond
 * 103 – Mike Hallett
 * 100 – Ryan Day

Televised stage centuries

 * 140 – Paul Hunter
 * 139, 103 – Michael Holt
 * 138, 113 – John Higgins
 * 135, 129, 126, 117, 107 – Ding Junhui
 * 135 – Ricky Walden
 * 135 – Stephen Lee
 * 134 – Quinten Hann


 * 123 – Kobkit Palajin
 * 122 – Barry Pinches
 * 117, 114, 102, 101 – Mark Williams
 * 114, 112, 109, 108 – Stephen Hendry
 * 113 – Ken Doherty
 * 104 – Tom Ford