 Murphy won two qualifying matches to qualify for the 2005 World Championship . He defeated former world champions Higgins 13 – 8 , Davis 13 – 4 , and Peter Ebdon 17 – 12 to reach the final to face Stevens , the world number six . He trailed Stevens 6 – 10 at the end of the first day ( the World Championship final is played over two days ) , but made a comeback to bring the score to 16 – 16 . He then made two frame @-@ winning breaks to lift the title . His 11 century breaks were the most in that year 's tournament . 
