Embassy World Championship
Tour: Main Tour;
Date: 16 Apr - 2 May 2005;
Venue: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England;
Type: Ranking;
Defending champion: Ronnie O'Sullivan;
Notes: See also results (101)
Final | ||||||||||
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Shaun Murphy (a) | 18 | - | 16 | Matthew Stevens (a) | Murphy's first ranking event final and the first time that a qualifier won the championship since Terry Griffiths in 1979. Murphy aged 22 years and 265 days is the second youngest winner of the event after Stephen Hendry in 1990. | |||||
67-30, 0-98, 20-103, 68-55, 29-65, 22-61, 76-34, 46-56 Referee: Eirian Williams |
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Semifinals | ||||||||||
played 28-30 April | ||||||||||
Shaun Murphy (a) | 17 | - | 12 | Peter Ebdon (a) | In the final session, Murphy won all five frames to win the match. He was only the fourth qualifier to reach the final. | |||||
Matthew Stevens (a) | 17 | - | 14 | Ian McCulloch (a) | maximum break attempt in frame 27 by Stevens | |||||
Quarterfinals | ||||||||||
played on 26 and 27 April | ||||||||||
Peter Ebdon (a) | 13 | - | 11 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) | Ebdon took five and a half minutes to make a break of 12, significantly longer than O'Sullivan's maximum break in 1997. | |||||
Shaun Murphy (a) | 13 | - | 4 | Steve Davis (a) | Davis reached his first quarter-final since 1996. | |||||
Matthew Stevens (a) | 13 | - | 11 | Stephen Hendry (a) | ||||||
Ian McCulloch (a) | 13 | - | 8 | Alan McManus (a) | ||||||
Round 2 (Last 16) |
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1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) | 13 | - | 7 | Ali Carter (a) | |||||
O'Sullivan played the last frame left-handed with a break of 125. Watch it on YouTube |
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2 | Peter Ebdon (a) | 13 | - | 9 | Stephen Lee (a) | |||||
Ebdon trailed 3-8. |
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3 | Shaun Murphy (a) | 13 | - | 8 | John Higgins (a) | |||||
4 | Steve Davis (a) | 13 | - | 10 | Michael Holt (a) | |||||
5 | Stephen Hendry (a) | 13 | - | 3 | Anthony Hamilton (a) | |||||
6 | Matthew Stevens (a) | 13 | - | 5 | Jimmy White (a) | |||||
7 | Alan McManus (a) | 13 | - | 11 | Ken Doherty (a) | |||||
8 | Ian McCulloch (a) | 13 | - | 12 | Mark J Williams (a) | |||||
Round 1 (Last 32) |
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1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) | 10 | - | 9 | Stephen Maguire (a) | |||||
2 | Ali Carter (a) | 10 | - | 4 | Marco Fu (a) | |||||
3 | Stephen Lee (a) | 10 | - | 5 | Tony Drago (a) | |||||
4 | Peter Ebdon (a) | 10 | - | 2 | Quinten Hann (a) | Hann turned up to the event with a hangover and using a friend's cue. | ||||
5 | John Higgins (a) | 10 | - | 5 | Mark Selby (a) | |||||
This was Selby's first time at the crucible. |
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6 | Shaun Murphy (a) | 10 | - | 5 | Chris Small (a) | Chris Small had been struggling with the spinal condition ankylosing spondylitis all season. He retired from professional snooker shortly after the match. | ||||
7 | Steve Davis (a) | 10 | - | 9 | Gerard Greene (a) | |||||
8 | Michael Holt (a) | 10 | - | 8 | Paul Hunter (a) | Hunter had recently been diagnosed with stomach cancer; the match against Holt being his first since the diagnosis. | ||||
This was Holt's first time at the crucible. |
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9 | Stephen Hendry (a) | 10 | - | 7 | Neil Robertson (a) | |||||
This was Robertson's first time at the crucible. |
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10 | Anthony Hamilton (a) | 10 | - | 8 | David Gray (a) | |||||
11 | Jimmy White (a) | 10 | - | 5 | Fergal O'Brien (a) | |||||
12 | Matthew Stevens (a) | 10 | - | 5 | Andy Hicks (a) | |||||
13 | Ken Doherty (a) | 10 | - | 5 | Barry Pinches (a) | |||||
14 | Alan McManus (a) | 10 | - | 9 | Drew Henry (a) | |||||
15 | Ian McCulloch (a) | 10 | - | 9 | Graeme Dott (a) | McCulloch celebrated his victory wildly, even dancing a jig. | ||||
16 | Mark J Williams (a) | 10 | - | 1 | Robert Milkins (a) | Mark Williams made his first career maximum break in frame 11. It was the sixth maximum break in all at the world championships. |
World Championship Qualifiers
Tour: Main Tour;
Date: 23 Feb - 24 Mar 2005;
Venue: Pontins, Prestatyn, Wales;
View on separate page;
Notes: See also results (70)