2005–06 snooker season

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2005–06 snooker season
Details
Duration17 May 2005 – 10 May 2006 (2005-05-17 – 2006-05-10)
Tournaments24 (6 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK ChampionshipChina Ding Junhui
MastersScotland John Higgins
World ChampionshipScotland Graeme Dott

The 2005–06 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 17 May 2005 and 10 May 2006. There were six ranking tournaments, and the British Open and Irish Masters tournaments were removed from calendar.[1][2] The Northern Ireland Trophy was held for the first time as non-ranking tournament,[3] and the Pot Black was held again after a 12-year hiatus.[4]

New professional players[]

Countries

Note: new in this case means that these players were not on the 2004/2005 professional Main Tour.

Calendar[]

The following table outlines the results and dates for the ranking and major invitational events that took place.[7]

Date[n 1] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score References
05–17 05–21  WAL OS PIOS I Pontin's Prestatyn China Tian Pengfei England Martin Gould 6–3 [8][9]
06–17 06–21  WAL OS PIOS II Pontin's Prestatyn England Mark Joyce England James Leadbetter 6–3 [10][11]
07–20 07–24  GER P/A World Games Duisburg United Kingdom Gerard Greene China Ding Junhui 4–3 [12][13]
08–17 08–21  NIR NR Northern Ireland Trophy Waterfront Hall Belfast Wales Matthew Stevens Scotland Stephen Hendry 9–7 [14][15]
09–02 09–07  WAL OS PIOS III Pontin's Prestatyn China Liu Song England Stephen Rowlings 6–1 [16][17]
10–01 10–03  GER P/A Fürth German Open Stadthalle Fürth England Mark King England Michael Holt 4–2 [18]
10–08 10–16  ENG WR Grand Prix Guild Hall Preston Scotland John Higgins England Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–2 [19]
10–14 10–19  WAL OS PIOS IV Pontin's Prestatyn Republic of Ireland Colm Gilcreest England Mark Joyce 6–3 [20][21]
10–22 10–26  IRL NR Irish Professional Championship Templeogue Northern Ireland Joe Swail Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 9–7 [22]
10–29  ENG NR Pot Black Royal Automobile Club London Wales Matthew Stevens England Shaun Murphy 1–0 [23]
11–20 11–23  WAL NR Masters Qualifying Event Pontin's Prestatyn England Stuart Bingham England Ali Carter 6–3 [24]
11–25 11–27   SUI P/A Swiss Open Billard Center Im Funken Zofingen England Ricky Walden Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 5–3 [25]
11–28 12–01  WAL OS PIOS V Pontin's Prestatyn England Chris Melling England Paul Davison 6–5 [26][27]
09–15 12–04  ENG NR Premier League G-Mex Centre Manchester England Ronnie O'Sullivan Scotland Stephen Hendry 6–0 [28]
12–05 12–18  ENG WR UK Championship Barbican Centre York China Ding Junhui England Steve Davis 10–6 [29]
12–17 12–18  NED P/A 's-Hertogenbosch Belgium Bjorn Haneveer England Michael Holt 6–1 [30]
01–15 01–22  ENG NR Masters Wembley Conference Centre London Scotland John Higgins England Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–9 [31][32]
01–30 02–05  MLT WR Malta Cup Portomaso Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty Scotland John Higgins 9–8 [33]
02–17 02–20  WAL OS PIOS VI Pontin's Prestatyn China Liu Song England Paul Davison 6–3 [34][35]
02–27 03–05  WAL WR Welsh Open Newport Centre Newport England Stephen Lee England Shaun Murphy 9–4 [36][37]
03–06 03–09  WAL OS PIOS VII Pontin's Prestatyn China Tian Pengfei China Liu Song 6–3 [38]
03–20 03–26  CHN WR China Open Beijing University Students' Gymnasium Beijing Wales Mark Williams Scotland John Higgins 9–8 [39][40]
04–15 05–01  ENG WR World Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield Scotland Graeme Dott England Peter Ebdon 18–14 [41]
05–08 05–10  WAL OS PIOS VIII Pontin's Prestatyn England Andrew Higginson England Jamie O'Neill 6–3 [42]
WR = World ranking event
OS = [Pontin's] International Open Series
NR = Non-ranking event
P/A = Pro–am event

Official rankings[]

Main article: Snooker world rankings 2005/2006

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.[43][44][45]

No. Ch. Player Points 2003/04 Points 2004/05 Total
1 Steady England Ronnie O'Sullivan 26650 23162 49812
2 Rise Scotland Stephen Hendry 20800 21337 42137
3 Rise Scotland Stephen Maguire 14025 19725 33750
4 Rise Wales Matthew Stevens 18450 19725 33712
5 Fall England Paul Hunter 18925 13200 32125
6 Fall Scotland John Higgins 16212 15812 32024
7 Rise England Peter Ebdon 15525 15650 31175
8 Rise England Jimmy White 18175 12787 30962
9 Fall Wales Mark Williams 16912 12837 29749
10 Fall England Stephen Lee 14025 15625 29650
11 Fall Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 13237 15887 29124
12 Fall Scotland Alan McManus 12825 15975 28800
13 Rise Scotland Graeme Dott 14812 13500 28312
14 Rise England Joe Perry 15900 11250 27150
15 Fall England Steve Davis 11212 15775 26987
16 Rise England Ian McCulloch 12075 14537 26612

World ranking points[]

Main article: Snooker world rankings 2006/2007

The rankings for the 2006–07 season were based on the total points from the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons. There were 6 ranking events during the 2005–06 season.

Points distribution[]

2005/2006 Points distribution for world ranking events:[46]

Tournament Round → L96 L80 L64 L48 L32 L16 QF SF F W
Grand Prix[47] Unseeded loser 400 – 900 – 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
Seeded loser 250 – 450 – – – – – – –
UK Championship[48][49] Unseeded loser 600 975 1350 1725 2100 2850 3750 4800 6000 7500
Seeded loser 300 488 675 863 1050 – – – – –
Malta Cup[50][51] Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –
Welsh Open[52] Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –
China Open[53][54] Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –
World Championship[55][56] Unseeded loser 800 1300 1800 2300 2800 3800 5000 6400 8000 10000
Seeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 – – – – –

Notes[]

  1. ^ Dates use the month day format

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