The 2005 (May)

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snooker tournament that was played from 6 January to 8 May 2005. This was the first Premier League event to use the

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won in the final 6–0 against Mark Williams. __TOC__

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: *Winner: £50,000 *Runner-up: £25,000 *Semi-final: £12,500 *Frame-win: £1,000 *Century break: £1,000 *Total: £250,000

League phase

Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 3–3 then the player who got to three first was higher. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses),

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s shown in bold.) * 6 January – Sands Centre, Carlisle, England ** ''Jimmy White 3–3 Stephen Hendry'' → 34–75, (50) 52–28, 70–25, (58) 67–9, 0–77 (76), 22–94 ** Steve Davis 1–5 Marco Fu → 14–97, 27–75, 10–63, 14–66 (58), (76)–30, 47–71 (64) * 13 January – Charter Hall,

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, England ** Mark Williams 5–1 Paul Hunter → 74–17, 40–85, (111)–14, 70–32, (104)–0, (106) 122–0 ** Ronnie O'Sullivan 2–4 Jimmy White → 60–52, 0–71 (62), 1–(73), 6–(77), 35–78, (77)–41 * 27 January – Rothes Hall,

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** Stephen Hendry 4–2 Marco Fu → 7–114 (102), 80–19, (72) 73–5, (93) 94–0, (112) 124–13, 55–71 (51) ** Mark Williams 4–2 Steve Davis → (61) 76–0, 59–29, 15–64, 40–55, (58) 63–0, (62) 105–0 * 10 February – Glades Arena,

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, England ** Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–2 Paul Hunter → 50–69, 70–38, (83) 101–3, (83)–0, 51–68, 63–49 ** Jimmy White 2–4 Marco Fu → 7–59, 10–112 (93), 26–64 (63), (68) 81–0, 11–60, 72–37 * 24 February –

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, England ** ''Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Steve Davis'' → 0–108 (76), (67) 80–32, 91–32, 8–68, 72–(63), 13–(123) ** Stephen Hendry 5–1 Paul Hunter → 72–60 (52), (66) 70–(59), (60)–68 (62), 78–25, 71–70, (130)–0 * 3 March – Assembly Rooms,

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, England ** Mark Williams 4–2 Jimmy White → 7–(118), 66–33, 74–7, 24–73 (70), (73) 110–0, (97)–8 ** Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–2 Stephen Hendry → 0–(80), 86–4, (95)–1, 2–82, (67) 72–1, 73–32 * 17 March – King's Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, England ** ''Jimmy White 3–3 Steve Davis'' → 0–121 (93), (105)–4, 18–61, (82) 90–4, 54–63, (92)–0 ** ''Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Marco Fu'' → 0–90 (84), 78–25, 75–56, 4–100 (92), 77–64 (59), 4–128 (110) * 24 March – Magnum Centre, Irvine,

** ''Mark Williams 3–3 Stephen Hendry'' → 0–(88), (52) 62–34, (108) 139–5, 24–93, (73)–(64), 14–59 ** Paul Hunter 2–4 Steve Davis → (60) 67–74, 38–77 (51), 13–95 (50), 58–67, 66–45, (88)–6 * 7 April –

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, England ** Mark Williams 1–5 Marco Fu → 16–74 (62), 53–(65), 29–68 (64), (103)–25, 56–67, 0–(133) ** Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–2 Mark Williams → (78)–4, 0–76, (63) 78–37, 60–25, 30–(108), (132)–0 * 14 April – The Dome,

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, England ** ''Paul Hunter 3–3 Jimmy White'' → 34–66, 6–70, 44–79, 67–52, (50) 72–1, 61–46 ** Stephen Hendry 4–2 Steve Davis → 10–99 (85), 37–70, (55) 68–24, (66) 86–35, (76)–1, 71–43 ** ''Paul Hunter 3–3 Marco Fu'' → 4–80 (63), (106) 110–5, 13–78, 64–33, 65–59, 15–62

Play-offs

7–8 May –

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, England * 34–71 (55), 0–68, 0–134 (124), 15–61, 9–(73)
** 36–61, 38–85 (78), 6–74, 8–(121), 33–81
*** 52–70, 19–(75), 0–(134), 1–(71), 34–60, 0–(95)

Century breaks

Each century break was worth a £1,000 per break. *134, 132, 121

*133, 110, 102

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*130, 112

Stephen Hendry Stephen Gordon Hendry (born 13 January 1969) is a Scottish professional snooker player who dominated the sport during the 1990s, becoming one of the most successful players in its history. After turning professional in 1985 at age 16, Hendry ...

*124, 111, 108, 108, 106, 104, 103 Mark Williams *123

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*118, 105

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*106

Paul Hunter Paul Alan Hunter (14 October 1978 – 9 October 2006) was an English professional snooker player. He was a three-time Masters champion, winning the event in 2001, 2002, and 2004, recovering from a deficit in the final to win 10–9 on a ...

References

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