The 2005 Royal London Watches Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8 and 16 October 2005 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. John Higgins won in the final 9–2 against Ronnie O'Sullivan. In the final, Higgins set two records: His century breaks in the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth frames marked the first time a player had ever recorded centuries in four consecutive frames in a match during a ranking tournament. He scored 494 points without reply, the greatest number in any professional snooker tournament, until Ding Junhui made 495 points without reply against Stephen Hendry in the league stage of the 2007 Premier League. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner: £60,000 Runner-up: £30,000 Semi-final: £15,000 Quarter-final: £11,000 Last 16: £7,000 Last 32: £5,000 Last 64: £3,000 Highest break: £4,000 Maximum break: £20,000 Total: £400,000 Main draw Final Qualifying Qualifying for the tournament took place between 27 and 28 September 2005 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales. All matches were best of 9 frames. Century breaks Qualifying stage centuries 136 Patrick Wallace 136 Dominic Dale 130, 118 Ding Junhui 125 Stuart Bingham 122 Andrew Norman 121 Jamie Burnett 114 Matthew Couch 113 Chris Norbury Televised stage centuries 145, 141, 123 Barry Hawkins 140 Mark King 139, 127, 120 Shaun Murphy 138, 132, 128, 126, 104, 103, 102 John Higgins 135 Bjorn Haneveer 134 Anthony Hamilton 129, 115, 111, 107 Stephen Hendry 128, 117, 113, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan 123 Mark Williams 122 Neil Robertson 118, 116 Gerard Greene 118, 105 Jimmy White 117 Chris Norbury 113, 101, 100 Stuart Bingham 106 Andy Hicks 106 Fergal O'Brien 102 Stephen Maguire References 2005 Grand Prix Grand Prix (snooker) Grand Prix (snooker)