2005 Welsh Open (snooker)

The 2005 Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 17 and 23 January 2005 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales.

Ronnie O'Sullivan successfully defended his title by beating Stephen Hendry 9–8.

Tournament summary
Defending champion and World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was the number 1 seed. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.

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


 * Winner: £35,000
 * Runner-up: £17,500
 * Semi-final: £8,750
 * Quarter-final: £6,500
 * Last 16: £4,275
 * Last 32: £2,750
 * Last 48: £1,725
 * Last 64: £1,325
 * Highest break: £2,000
 * Maximum break: £20,000
 * Total: £225,000
 * Total: £225,000

Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between 7 January and 9 January 2005.

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 143 – Alfie Burden
 * 137, 125, 106, 104 – Tom Ford
 * 133 – Jonathan Birch
 * 128, 110, 108 – Ryan Day
 * 121 – Mike Dunn
 * 113 – Stuart Bingham
 * 110, 100 – Robin Hull


 * 110, 105 – Andrew Norman
 * 105 – Gary Wilson
 * 104 – Anthony Hamilton
 * 103 – Ding Junhui
 * 100 – Fergal O'Brien
 * 100 – Neil Robertson
 * 100 – Mark Davis

Televised stage centuries

 * 146, 133, 131, 127, 126, 114, 110, 102, 102, 101 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * 140, 128, 125, 119, 119, 103 – Stephen Hendry
 * 138, 117 – Ali Carter
 * 133 – Ken Doherty
 * 132 – Joe Perry
 * 129 – Drew Henry


 * 123, 108 – Peter Ebdon
 * 120, 100 – Marco Fu
 * 116 – Alan McManus
 * 113, 102 – Barry Hawkins
 * 103 – David Gray
 * 103 – Ian McCulloch