2005 China Open (snooker)
The 2005 China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 26 March to 3 April 2005 at the Haidian Stadium in Beijing, China. It was the penultimate ranking event of the 2004–05 season, preceding the 2005 World Championship. The event was last held in 2002, where Mark Williams won the tournament by defeating Anthony Hamilton 9–8. Ding Junhui won in the final 9–5 against Stephen Hendry. Ding became the second youngest player after Ronnie O'Sullivan to capture a ranking title. Along with several other Chinese players, Ding gave up his normal tournament  entry position in order to accept an offer to enter the tournament as a wild-card player and thus he did not receive either prize money or ranking points for his tournament win. 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 Stage one highest break: £500 Stage two highest break: £2,000 Stage one maximum break: £1,000 Stage two maximum break: £ 20,000 Main draw. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Steve Davis conceded match due to illness Qualifying. Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between January 25–28, 2005.