2005 Malta Cup
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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.
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 31 January – 6 February 2005 |
| Venue | Hilton Conference Centre |
| City | Portomaso |
| Country | Malta |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking 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) |
| Score | 9–7 |
← 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]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[3]
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| Match | Score | ||
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| WC1 | Tom Ford | 5–1 | Joe Grech |
| WC2 | Mike Dunn | 5–0 | Simon Zammit |
| WC3 | Neil Robertson | 5–1 | Duncan Bezzina |
| WC4 | Adrian Gunnell | 5–3 | Alex Borg |
| 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 for the tournament took place between 30 November and 3 December 2004 at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales.[5][8]
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
- 141, 117, 104 – John Higgins
- 138, 130, 114, 108, 103, 101, 101, 100[n 4] – Stephen Hendry
- 136, 124 – Tom Ford
- 120 – Neil Robertson
- 114 – Shaun Murphy
- 114 – Graeme Dott
- 106 – Mike Dunn
- 106 – Barry Hawkins
- ^ "Stephen Hendry takes the Malta Cup". Snookerclub. Archived from the original on 5 June 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ "Stephen Hendry profile". World Snooker. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
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- ^ a b "2005 Malta Cup results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 12 February 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
- ^ "Malta Cup". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
- ^ "2005 Malta Cup qualifying results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 5 November 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2012.