Dates 26 March–3 April 2005 City Beijing Organisation(s) WPBSA | Venue Chaoyang Stadium Country China Format Ranking event | |
The 2005 China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 26 March – 3 April 2005 at the Chaoyang Sports Centre in Beijing, China. This was the penultimate ranking event of the 2004/2005 season, preceding the 2005 World Championship.
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The event was last held in 2002, where Mark Williams won the tournament by defeating Anthony Hamilton 9–8.
Ding Junhui won in the final 9–5 against Stephen Hendry. Ding became the second youngest player after Ronnie O'Sullivan to capture a ranking title. Because Ding entered the tournament as a wild-card player he did not receive either prize money or ranking points.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between January 25–28, 2005.