2005 Malta Cup

The 2005 Malta Cup was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 31 January to 6 February 2005 at the Hilton Conference Centre in Portomaso, Malta.

Stephen Hendry won in the final 9–7 against Graeme Dott. This was the 36th and final ranking event he won in his 27-year professional career.

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
 * Highest break: £2,000
 * Maximum break: £20,000
 * Total: £200,000
 * Total: £200,000

Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place between 30 November and 3 December 2004 at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales.

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 141 – Barry Hawkins
 * 134 – Joe Perry
 * 133 – Patrick Wallace
 * 132 – Jimmy Michie
 * 128 – Michael Holt
 * 127, 110 – Shaun Murphy
 * 126, 116, 107 – Neil Robertson
 * 126 – Rory McLeod


 * 124 – Anthony Davies
 * 122 – Barry Pinches
 * 121 – Marcus Campbell
 * 119 – Andrew Norman
 * 117 – Nick Dyson
 * 115 – Ryan Day
 * 114 – Tom Ford
 * 102 – Nigel Bond

Televised stage centuries

 * 141, 117, 104 – John Higgins
 * 138, 130, 114, 108, 103, 101, 101, 100 – Stephen Hendry
 * 136, 124 – Tom Ford
 * 120 – Neil Robertson
 * 114 – Shaun Murphy
 * 114 – Graeme Dott
 * 106 – Mike Dunn
 * 106 – Barry Hawkins