# 2004–05 snooker season

The 2004–05 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 4 August 2004 and 8 May 2005. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events.

## Calendar
### World Snooker Tour

| Start | Finish | Country | Tournament name | Venue | City | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
| 2 Oct | 10 Oct | ENG | Grand Prix | Guild Hall | Preston | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Ian McCulloch | 9–5 |
| 8 Nov | 14 Nov | ENG | British Open | The Brighton Centre | Brighton | John Higgins | Stephen Maguire | 9–6 |
| 15 Nov | 28 Nov | ENG | UK Championship | Barbican Centre | York | Stephen Maguire | David Gray | 10–1 |
| 17 Jan | 23 Jan | WAL | Welsh Open | Newport Centre | Newport | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Stephen Hendry | 9–8 |
| 31 Jan | 6 Feb | MLT | Malta Cup | Hilton Conference Center | Portomaso | Stephen Hendry | Graeme Dott | 9–7 |
| 13 Feb | 20 Feb | ENG | Masters | Wembley Conference Centre | London | Ronnie O'Sullivan | John Higgins | 10–3 |
| 6 Mar | 13 Mar | IRL | Irish Masters | Citywest Hotel | Dublin | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Matthew Stevens | 10–8 |
| 27 Mar | 3 Apr | CHN | China Open | Haidian Stadium | Beijing | Ding Junhui | Stephen Hendry | 9–5 |
| 16 Apr | 2 May | ENG | World Championship | Crucible Theatre | Sheffield | Shaun Murphy | Matthew Stevens | 18–16 |
| 6 Jan | 8 May | ENG | Premier League | G-Mex Centre | Manchester | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Mark Williams | 6–0 |
* Ranking event
* Non-ranking event

### World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association

| Start | Finish | Country | Tournament name | Venue | City | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
| 2 Sep | 3 Sep | ENG | British Open | Woking Snooker Centre | Woking | Reanne Evans | Katie Henrick | 4–0 |
| 31 Oct | 1 Nov | ENG | UK Ladies Championship | Northern Snooker Centre | Leeds | Lynette Horsburgh | Reanne Evans | 4–3 |
| 5 Feb | 5 Feb | ENG | Northern Championship | Regal Snooker Centre | Preston | Lynette Horsburgh | Maria Catalano | 4–2 |
| 5 Mar | 6 Mar | ENG | Connie Gough National | Rileys Snooker Club | Luton | Lynette Horsburgh | Sarah Smith | 3–1 |
| 2 Apr | 6 Apr | ENG | World Women's Championship | Cambridge Snooker Centre | Cambridge | Reanne Evans | Lynette Horsburgh | 6–4 |

### Challenge Tour

| Start | Finish | Country | Tournament name | Venue | City | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
| 24 Sep | 30 Sep | WAL | Challenge Tour 1 | Pontin's | Prestatyn | Jamie Cope | Chris Norbury | 6–2 |
| 6 Dec | 12 Dec | WAL | Challenge Tour 2 | Pontin's | Prestatyn | James Tatton | Matthew Barnes | 6–4 |
| 15 Mar | 21 Mar | WAL | Challenge Tour 3 | Pontin's | Prestatyn | James McBain | Mark Allen | 6–3 |
| 4 Apr | 10 Apr | WAL | Challenge Tour 4 | Pontin's | Prestatyn | Jamie Cope | Matthew Couch | 6–0 |

### Other events

| Start | Finish | Country | Tournament name | Venue | City | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
| 4 Aug | 8 Aug | THA | World Champions v Asia Stars Challenge | BEC-Tero Hall | Bangkok | Marco Fu | John Higgins | 5–1 |
| 2 Sep | 5 Sep | SUI | Swiss Open | Billard Center Im Funken | Zofingen | Ian McCulloch | Jimmy White | 5–1 |
| 11 Sep | 16 Sep | HKG | General Cup International | General Snooker Club | Tsim Sha Tsui | Issara Kachaiwong | Dominic Dale | 6–3 |
| 18 Sep | 19 Sep | GER | Grand Prix Fürth | Stadthalle | Fürth | Paul Hunter | Matthew Stevens | 4–2 |
| 18 Dec | 19 Dec | NED | Dutch Open | De Dieze | 's-Hertogenbosch | Bjorn Haneveer | Lennon Starkey | 6–1 |

## Official rankings

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.
| No. | Player | Points 2002/03 | Points 2003/04 | Total |
| 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 20125 | 26650 | 46775 |
| 2 | Mark Williams | 27550 | 16912 | 44462 |
| 3 | Stephen Hendry | 20150 | 20800 | 40950 |
| 4 | Paul Hunter | 21450 | 18925 | 40375 |
| 5 | John Higgins | 20275 | 16212 | 36487 |
| 6 | Matthew Stevens | 14875 | 18450 | 33325 |
| 7 | Ken Doherty | 18975 | 13237 | 32212 |
| 8 | Peter Ebdon | 16025 | 15525 | 31550 |
| 9 | Stephen Lee | 16675 | 14025 | 30700 |
| 10 | Alan McManus | 16425 | 12825 | 29250 |
| 11 | Jimmy White | 9962 | 18175 | 28137 |
| 12 | Chris Small | 15500 | 12050 | 27550 |
| 13 | Steve Davis | 15875 | 11212 | 27087 |
| 14 | David Gray | 14300 | 12612 | 26912 |
| 15 | Graeme Dott | 11500 | 14812 | 26312 |
| 16 | Marco Fu | 13850 | 12362 | 26212 |

## Points distribution

2004/2005 Points distribution for world ranking events, all new players received double points:
| Tournament | Round → | L96 | L80 | L64 | L48 | L32 | L16 | QF | SF | F | W |
| Grand Prix | Unseeded loser | 250 | – | 1000 | – | 1500 | 2050 | 2600 | 3150 | 3750 | 5000 |
| Grand Prix | Seeded loser | – | – | 500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| British Open | Unseeded loser | 200 | 650 | 900 | 1150 | 1450 | 1750 | 2050 | 2500 | 3000 | 4000 |
| British Open | Seeded loser | – | 325 | 450 | 575 | 725 | – | – | – | – | – |
| UK Championship | Unseeded loser | 300 | 975 | 1350 | 1725 | 2175 | 2625 | 3075 | 3750 | 4500 | 6000 |
| UK Championship | Seeded loser | – | 487 | 675 | 862 | 1087 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Welsh Open | Unseeded loser | 200 | 650 | 900 | 1150 | 1450 | 1750 | 2050 | 2500 | 3000 | 4000 |
| Welsh Open | Seeded loser | – | 325 | 450 | 575 | 725 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Malta Cup | Unseeded loser | 200 | 650 | 900 | 1150 | 1450 | 1750 | 2050 | 2500 | 3000 | 4000 |
| Malta Cup | Seeded loser | – | 325 | 450 | 575 | 725 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Irish Masters | Unseeded loser | 200 | 650 | 900 | 1150 | 1450 | 1750 | 2050 | 2500 | 3000 | 4000 |
| Irish Masters | Seeded loser | – | 325 | 450 | 575 | 725 | – | – | – | – | – |
| China Open | Unseeded loser | 200 | 650 | 900 | 1150 | 1450 | 1750 | 2050 | 2500 | 3000 | 4000 |
| China Open | Seeded loser | – | 325 | 450 | 575 | 725 | – | – | – | – | – |
| World Championship | Unseeded loser | 400 | 1300 | 1800 | 2300 | 2900 | 3500 | 4100 | 5000 | 6000 | 8000 |
| World Championship | Seeded loser | – | 650 | 900 | 1150 | 1450 | – | – | – | – | – |