page_title: 2005 UK Championship
section_title: Round 2
hierarchical_section_title: 2005 UK Championship / Tournament summary / Round 2
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Bild aufgenommen in Berlin während der German Masters im Snooker 2012. Ronnie O’Sullivan. English: Picture taken in Berlin during the Snooker German Masters in 2011. Ronnie O’Sullivan.
context_page_description: The 2005 UK Championship was the 2005 edition of the UK Championship, a professional snooker tournament that is one of the sport's three Triple Crown events. It was held at the Barbican Centre in York, North Yorkshire from 5 to 18 December 2005. The competition was the second of six World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association ranking events in the 2005/2006 season and the tournament's 29th edition. It was broadcast in the United Kingdom and Europe on the BBC and Eurosport.
  Ding Junhui won the tournament, defeating six-time world champion Steve Davis ten frames to six in the final for his second career ranking title. He was the first non-British and Irish person to win the UK Championship, the second youngest player to win it since Ronnie O'Sullivan triumphed in the 1993 competition. In the semi-finals Ding beat Joe Perry 9–4 and Davis defeated seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry 9–6. The tournament's highest break of 145 was shared by Davis, John Higgins and Michael Holt. The UK Championship preceded the Malta Cup and followed the Grand Prix.
context_section_description: The winners of round one went through to face members of the top 16 in the second round. In this round world number 6 Paul Hunter, suffering from neuroendocrine tumours, won the deciding frame of his near seven-hour match over Burnett 9–8 on both the pink and black balls and Hunter received a standing ovation from the crowd. Higgins was tied 2–2 with Greene but he claimed seven of the next eight frames of the match that had a break of 145 in frame ten from Higgins who won 9–3. Fu came from 8–5 down against Ken Doherty to tie the match at 8–8 and force a final frame decider that Doherty won with a score of 9–8. At one point in his match eighth seed Peter Ebdon was equal 4–4 with Dale but he claimed five successive frames for a 9–4 success. After dominating Holt 7–1 with breaks of 110, 91, 73 and 64, number 10 seed and two-time world champion Mark Williams followed up with two of the next three frames to advance into the third round 9–2, after which he spoke of his relief that the win would prevent him from losing his top 32 world ranking status.
  World number 4 and Pot Black and Northern Ireland Trophy champion Matthew Stevens was the second highest ranked player to lose in the round when he lost 9–3 over Bingham as the match's second session lasted more than an hour. Ninth seed and 1992 UK champion Jimmy White was beaten 9–3 by Ding who led 8–0 after the first session. White won three successive frames in the second session with a best break of 106 on the pink ball in frame ten to prevent a whitewash before Ding won the match with a 77 run. Stephen Lee lost 4–9 to Robertson. Trailing 3–2 Robertson concluded the first session 5–3 ahead. Lee won frame nine with a break of 124 and led 52–0 before Robertson cleared with 76 for 64. Robertson added the next three frames with runs of 90, 55 and 53 to win. Six-time world champion Steve Davis led Allen 8–3 but he was temporarily prevented from winning as Allen took the score to 8–7 before Davis claimed a 9–7 success. Shaun Murphy, the surprise world champion, beat Bond 9–7 despite taking painkillers before and during the match to ease pain from prior dental surgery that saw four of his teeth removed and affected his vision.
  World number one Ronnie O'Sullivan established a 5–3 advantage over King but he lost the first three frames of the evening session. O'Sullivan conceded the eleventh frame early, leading to a warning by referee Alan Chamberlain for transgressing tournament rules, and he later scolded O'Sullivan for draping a white towel over his face and head during a prolonged safety shot exchange in frame 15. Down 8–6 O'Sullivan made breaks 106 and 86 to force a final frame decider that King won with a run of 46. World number two and seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry overcame Wattana 9–7. Coming from 7–5 behind Hendry accumulated breaks of 100, 79, 109 and 69 with a sequence of 355 unanswered points to win 9–7. Stephen Maguire, the 2004 UK Champion, took less than an hour to clinch the three match-winning frames for 9–2 victory against Swail. Of the other seeded players in round two, Graeme Dott was edged out by Mark Davis 9–8, Joe Perry overcame Hawkins 9–7 and Alan McManus lost 9–4 to Carter.
caption: Ronnie O'Sullivan (pictured in 2012) lost 9–8 in the second round to qualifier Mark King.
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