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Snooker tournament
The 2005 (May)
Betfred
Premier League was a professional non-
ranking
snooker tournament that was played from 6 January to 8 May 2005. This was the first Premier League event to use the
shot clock .
Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 6–0 against
Mark Williams .
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
[1]
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),
century breaks shown in bold .)
[3]
[2]
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,
Colchester , 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,
Glenrothes ,
Scotland
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,
Kidderminster , 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 –
The Anvil, Basingstoke , 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,
Derby , 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 ,
Scotland
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 –
Corn Exchange, Ipswich , 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 ,
Doncaster , 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 –
G-Mex ,
Manchester , England
[3]
[2]
* 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.
[2]
134, 132, 121 –
Ronnie O'Sullivan
133, 110, 102 –
Marco Fu
130, 112 –
Stephen Hendry
124, 111, 108, 108, 106, 104, 103 –
Mark Williams
123 –
Steve Davis
118, 105 –
Jimmy White
106 –
Paul Hunter
References
Professional Snooker League Matchroom League International League European League Premier League Winners
Ranking events Non-ranking events