2005–06 snooker season

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2005–06 snooker season
Details
Duration 17 May 2005–10 May 2006
Tournaments 22
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship China Ding Junhui
Masters Scotland John Higgins
World Championship Scotland Graeme Dott

The snooker season 2005/2006 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  Bahrain
 China  England  Malaysia
 Malta  Northern Ireland  Scotland

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 World Games Saalbau Bottrop Duisburg United Kingdom Gerard Greene China Ding Junhui 4–3 [12][13]
08–17 08–21  NIR 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 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 Irish Professional Championship Spawell Sport & Leisure Complex Templelogue Northern Ireland Joe Swail Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 9–7 [22]
10–29  ENG Pot Black Royal Automobile Club London Wales Matthew Stevens England Shaun Murphy 1–0 [23]
11–20 11–23  WAL Masters Qualifying Event Pontin's Prestatyn England Stuart Bingham England Ali Carter 6–3 [24]
11–28 12–01  WAL OS PIOS V Pontin's Prestatyn England Chris Melling England Paul Davison 6–5 [25][26]
09–15 12–04  ENG MS Premier League Snooker GMex Centre Manchester England Ronnie O'Sullivan Scotland Stephen Hendry 6–0 [27]
12–05 12–18  ENG WR UK Championship Barbican Centre York China Ding Junhui England Steve Davis 10–6 [28]
01–15 01–22  ENG Masters Wembley Conference Centre London Scotland John Higgins England Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–9 [29][30]
01–30 02–05  MLT WR Malta Cup Hilton Conference Center Portomaso Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty Scotland John Higgins 9–8 [31]
02–17 02–20  WAL OS PIOS VI Pontin's Prestatyn China Liu Song England Paul Davison 6–3 [32][33]
02–27 03–05  WAL WR Welsh Open Newport Centre Newport England Stephen Lee England Shaun Murphy 9–4 [34][35]
03–06 03–09  WAL OS PIOS VII Pontin's Prestatyn China Tian Pengfei China Liu Song 6–3 [36]
03–20 03–26  CHN WR China Open Beijing University Students' Gymnasium Beijing Wales Mark Williams Scotland John Higgins 9–8 [37][38]
04–15 05–01  ENG WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield Scotland Graeme Dott England Peter Ebdon 18–14 [39]
05–08 05–10  WAL OS PIOS VIII Pontin's Prestatyn England Andrew Higginson England Jamie O'Neill 6–3 [40]
WR = World ranking event
OS = [Pontin's] International Open Series
Other, non-ranking event

Official rankings

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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.[41][42][43]

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

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No. Player Points 2004/05 GP UK WO MC CO WSC Points 2005/06 Total
1 Scotland Stephen Hendry 21337 3200 4800 700 2500 2500 1400 15100 36437
2 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 15887 1400 3750 1900 5000 3200 5000 20250 36137
3 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 23162 4000 1050 700 0 700 6400 12850 36012
4 Scotland John Higgins 15812 5000 2850 1900 4000 4000 1400 19150 34962
5 England Shaun Murphy 16375 1900 2850 4000 1900 700 5000 16350 32725
6 Scotland Graeme Dott 13500 450 1050 2500 3200 1900 10000 19100 32600
7 England Peter Ebdon 15650 1400 2850 700 700 1900 8000 15550 31200
8 Wales Mark Williams 12837 450 2850 2500 2500 5000 5000 18300 31137
9 Scotland Stephen Maguire 19725 450 2850 700 2500 700 3800 11000 30725
10 England Stephen Lee 15625 450 1050 5000 700 2500 3800 13500 29125
11 England Steve Davis 15775 1900 6000 700 700 0 3800 13100 28875
12 England Barry Hawkins 13225 3200 2100 3200 1900 1400 2800 14600 27825
13 Australia Neil Robertson 14425 450 3750 575 1400 1400 5000 12575 27000
14 Wales Matthew Stevens 15262 450 1050 1900 700 700 3800 8600 23862
15 England Allister Carter 14175 450 3750 575 1400 575 2800 9550 23725
16 England Anthony Hamilton 14312 1400 863 3200 575 575 2800 9413 23725

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

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