2005 Malta Cup

The 2005 Malta Cup was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 31 January to 6 February 2005 at the Hilton Conference Centre in Portomaso, Malta.

Malta Cup
Tournament information
Dates31 January – 6 February 2005 (2005-01-31 2005-02-06)
VenueHilton Conference Centre
CityPortomaso
CountryMalta
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£200,000
Winner's share£30,000
Highest break John Higgins (SCO) (141)
Final
Champion Stephen Hendry (SCO)
Runner-up Graeme Dott (SCO)
Score9–7
2004
2006

Stephen Hendry won in the final 9–7 against Graeme Dott.[1] This was the 36th and final ranking event he won in his 27-year professional career.[2]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[3]

Wildcard round

[4][5][6]

Match Score
WC1 England Tom Ford 5–1 Malta Joe Grech
WC2 England Mike Dunn 5–0 Malta Simon Zammit
WC3 Australia Neil Robertson 5–1 Malta Duncan Bezzina
WC4 England Adrian Gunnell 5–3 Malta Alex Borg

Main draw

[4][5][6][7]

Round 1
Best of 9 frames
Last 16
Best of 9 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 11 fames
Final
Best of 17 frames
               
1 Scotland Stephen Maguire 5
Northern Ireland Joe Swail 4
1 Scotland Stephen Maguire 3
11 Scotland Alan McManus 5
11 Scotland Alan McManus 5
England Barry Pinches 4
11 Scotland Alan McManus 2
7 Wales Matthew Stevens 5
15 England David Gray 0
England Mike Dunn 5
England Mike Dunn 3
7 Wales Matthew Stevens 5
7 Wales Matthew Stevens 5
England Shaun Murphy 4
7 Wales Matthew Stevens 3
4 Scotland Stephen Hendry 6
8 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 5
Wales Ryan Day 2
8 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 2
England Tom Ford 5
13 Scotland Chris Small 0
England Tom Ford 5
England Tom Ford 1
4 Scotland Stephen Hendry 5
10 England Stephen Lee 2
England Anthony Hamilton 5
England Anthony Hamilton 1
4 Scotland Stephen Hendry 5
4 Scotland Stephen Hendry 5
England Barry Hawkins 1
4 Scotland Stephen Hendry 9
16 Scotland Graeme Dott 7
3 Wales Mark Williams 1
Australia Neil Robertson 5
Australia Neil Robertson 5
12 England Jimmy White 2
12 England Jimmy White 5
England Robert Milkins 3
Australia Neil Robertson 2
4 Scotland John Higgins 5
9 England Peter Ebdon 5
England Michael Holt 1
9 England Peter Ebdon 2
6 Scotland John Higgins 5
6 Scotland John Higgins 5
Scotland Drew Henry 4
6 Scotland John Higgins 5
16 Scotland Graeme Dott 6
5 England Paul Hunter 3
England Stuart Pettman 5
England Stuart Pettman 3
14 England Steve Davis 5
14 England Steve Davis 5
Scotland Jamie Burnett 3
14 England Steve Davis 1
16 Scotland Graeme Dott 5
16 Scotland Graeme Dott 5
England Adrian Gunnell 1
16 Scotland Graeme Dott 5
2 England Ronnie O'Sullivan[n 1] 0
2 England Ronnie O'Sullivan w/o
Australia Quinten Hann[n 2] w/d

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams.
Hilton Conference Centre, Portomaso, Malta, 6 February 2005.[4][5]
Stephen Hendry (4)
 Scotland
9–7 Graeme Dott (16)
 Scotland
Afternoon: 92–0 (92), 114–0 (114), 39–70 (56), 0–73 (73), 102–7 (101), 1–71 (64), 75–40, 0–93 (93)
Evening: 109–0 (101), 80–0 (79), 81–0 (81), 24–81 (53), 0–84 (83), 24–67 (59), 61–9, 72–54
114 Highest break 93
3 Century breaks 0
6 50+ breaks 7

Qualifying

Qualifying for the tournament took place between 30 November and 3 December 2004 at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales.[5][8]

Round 1
Best of 9 frames
Round 2
Best of 9 frames
Round 3
Best of 9 frames
Round 4
Best of 9 frames
Wales Paul Davies4England Jonathan Birch1England Mark Davis5Northern Ireland Joe Swail5
England David McDonnell5England David McDonnell5England David McDonnell4England Mark Davis3
England Paul Wykes5England David Roe3Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace4England Barry Pinches5
England Steve James4England Paul Wykes5England Paul Wykes5England Paul Wykes2
Republic of Ireland Leo Fernandez5England Mike Dunn5Republic of Ireland Michael Judge1Hong Kong Marco Fu4
England Ben Woollaston3Republic of Ireland Leo Fernandez1England Mike Dunn5England Mike Dunn5
England Ricky Walden2Wales Anthony Davies5England Shaun Murphy5Northern Ireland Gerard Greene2
Scotland Hugh Abernethy5Scotland Hugh Abernethy4Wales Anthony Davies1England Shaun Murphy5
England Andrew Norman3Belgium Bjorn Haneveer3Wales Ryan Day5England Ali Carter3
England Joe Jogia5England Joe Jogia5England Joe Jogia2Wales Ryan Day5
England Tom Ford5England Nick Walker3England Dave Harold3Malta Tony Drago[n 3]4
England Gary Wilson2England Tom Ford5England Tom Ford5England Tom Ford5
England Alfie Burden5England Andy Hicks5England Stuart Bingham4England Anthony Hamilton5
England Paul Davison4England Alfie Burden0England Andy Hicks5England Andy Hicks3
England Craig Butler5England Jimmy Michie5England Barry Hawkins5England Ian McCulloch4
England Brian Salmon3England Craig Butler0England Jimmy Michie1England Barry Hawkins5
Wales Darren Morgan5Australia Neil Robertson5Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien4England Joe Perry3
England Mark Gray3Wales Darren Morgan0Australia Neil Robertson5Australia Neil Robertson5
England Simon Bedford5Scotland Marcus Campbell5Finland Robin Hull5England Robert Milkins5
China Liu Song3England Simon Bedford1Scotland Marcus Campbell4Finland Robin Hull2
England Rory McLeod5Wales Lee Walker0England Brian Morgan4England Michael Holt5
Northern Ireland Sean O'Neill0England Rory McLeod5England Rory McLeod5England Rory McLeod2
China Ding Junhuiw/oEngland Sean Storey5England Nigel Bond5Scotland Drew Henry5
Netherlands Stefan Mazrocisw/dChina Ding Junhui4England Sean Storey3England Nigel Bond3
Pakistan Shokat Ali5England Gary Wilkinson1England Stuart Pettman5England John Parrott0
England Mike Hallett3Pakistan Shokat Ali5Pakistan Shokat Ali1England Stuart Pettman5
Scotland Scott MacKenzie5Scotland Jamie Burnett5England Nick Dyson4Wales Dominic Dale1
England David Hall0Scotland Scott MacKenzie2Scotland Jamie Burnett5Scotland Jamie Burnett5
Republic of Ireland Rodney Goggins5England Adrian Gunnell5England Mark Selby3England Mark King1
England Adam Davies4Republic of Ireland Rodney Goggins3England Adrian Gunnell5England Adrian Gunnell5
Republic of Ireland Joe Delaney5England Rod Lawler2Thailand James Wattana5Australia Quinten Hann5
China Jin Long1Republic of Ireland Joe Delaney5Republic of Ireland Joe Delaney4Thailand James Wattana4

Century breaks

[5]

Qualifying stage centuries

Televised stage centuries

Notes

  1. O'Sullivan conceded frame three when leading 26–0.
  2. Quinten Hann withdrew from the event with a broken finger.
  3. Match was held over to the venue in Malta
  4. Stephen Hendrys 650th century break

References

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