World Snooker Championship 2005

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The 2005 Embassy World Snooker Championship took place between the 16 April and 2 May 2005 at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Ronnie O'Sullivan looked to defend his world title which he won in 2004, but the final winner was the relatively fresh faced Shaun Murphy, beating Matthew Stevens by 18 frames to 16 in the final.

[edit] Notable Moments

Notable moments from the championship include:

• The eventual winner, Shaun Murphy, was 150-1 to win at the start of the tournament & became the first qualifier to win the tournament since Terry Griffiths in 1979.

• Mark Williams made only the 6th 147 maximum break at the World Championships in his first round 10-1 win against Robert Milkins

• This was the very last Embassy sponsored World Championship due to new legislation preventing the advertising of tobacco products in the UK coming into force.

[edit] Results

	First Round				Second Round				Quarter-Finals				Semi-Finals
	Best of 19 frames				Best of 25 frames				Best of 25 frames				Best of 33 frames
	Stephen Hendry	10
	Neil Robertson	7
					Stephen Hendry	13
					Anthony Hamilton	3
	Anthony Hamilton	10
	David Gray	8
									Stephen Hendry	11
									Matthew Stevens	13
	Jimmy White	10
	Fergal O'Brien	5
					Jimmy White	5
					Matthew Stevens	13
	Matthew Stevens	10
	Andy Hicks	5
													Matthew Stevens	17
													Ian McCulloch	14
	Alan McManus	10
	Drew Henry	9
					Alan McManus	13
					Ken Doherty	11
	Ken Doherty	10
	Barry Pinches	5
									Alan McManus	8
									Ian McCulloch	13
	Ian McCulloch	10
	Graeme Dott	9
					Ian McCulloch	13
					Mark Williams	12
	Mark Williams	10
	Robert Milkins	1
	Ronnie O'Sullivan	10
	Stephen Maguire	9
					Ronnie O'Sullivan	13
					Ali Carter	7
	Ali Carter	10
	Marco Fu	4
									Ronnie O'Sullivan	11
									Peter Ebdon	13
	Stephen Lee	10
	Tony Drago	5
					Stephen Lee	9
					Peter Ebdon	13
	Peter Ebdon	10
	Quinten Hann	2
													Peter Ebdon	12
													Shaun Murphy	17
	John Higgins	10
	Mark Selby	5
					John Higgins	8
					Shaun Murphy	13
	Shaun Murphy	10
	Chris Small	5
									Shaun Murphy	13
									Steve Davis	4
	Steve Davis	10
	Gerard Greene	9
					Steve Davis	13
					Michael Holt	10
	Michael Holt	10
	Paul Hunter	8

Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 1 May & 2 May, 2005. Referee: Eirien Williams
Matthew Stevens	16-18	Shaun Murphy
30-67, 98-0, 103-20, 55-68, 65-29, 65-22, 34-76, 56-46, 58-53, 70-38, 0-125, 6-79, 105-24, 86-5, 9-103, 68-58, 22-78, 11-84, 64-5, 60-80, 0-137, 57-64, 88-20, 1-131, 35-72, 95-0, 4-81, 37-68, 83-1, 35-85, 124-0, 71-1, 0-97, 28-83	4 Century Breaks (1 for Matthew Stevens, 3 for Shaun Murphy). Highest break 137, by Shaun Murphy	30-67, 98-0, 103-20, 55-68, 65-29, 65-22, 34-76, 56-46, 58-53, 70-38, 0-125, 6-79, 105-24, 86-5, 9-103, 68-58, 22-78, 11-84, 64-5, 60-80, 0-137, 57-64, 88-20, 1-131, 35-72, 95-0, 4-81, 37-68, 83-1, 35-85, 124-0, 71-1, 0-97, 28-83
Shaun Murphy wins the 2005 Embassy World Snooker Championship

[edit] External links

• Full Qualifying results at Global Snooker Centre

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