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The 2005 Rileys Club Masters took place between February 14 and February 20, 2005 at the Wembley Conference Centre.^[1]

Ronnie O'Sullivan won his second Masters title beating John Higgins whom he also beat during O'Sullivan's other title win in 1995 10-3. Not since Steve Davis whitewashed Mike Hallett 9-0 in 1988 had there been such a runaway London final.

Davis in 2005 meanwhile beat defending champion Paul Hunter 6-5 before losing to Peter Ebdon in the quarter-finals. Another veteran, Jimmy White, who had recently signed a madcap sponsorship deal with HP Sauce (which had sponsored the brown ball in the game) and renaming himself as 'James Brown' (but the new name was never mentioned by referees or commentators during the tournament), made it to the semi-finals again and played against O'Sullivan, but lost 1-6.

After not having a sponsor the previous year, Riley's Club took it in for the 2005 championship. But the gray set from 2004 still remains to this day.

Prize money

Winner: £125,000

Runner-up: £60,000

Highest break: £10,000

Wilcard round

Match		Score
WC1	Marco Fu (15)	4-6	Ding Junhui
WC2	Graeme Dott (16)	6-4	Stephen Maguire

Knockout stage

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Paul Hunter	5
	Steve Davis	6
					Steve Davis	1
					Peter Ebdon	6
	Peter Ebdon	6
	David Gray	0
									Peter Ebdon	3
									John Higgins	6
	John Higgins	6
	Chris Small	1
					John Higgins	6
					Stephen Hendry	2
	Stephen Hendry	6
	Stephen Lee	1
													John Higgins	3
													Ronnie O'Sullivan	10
	Mark Williams	6
	Alan McManus	4
					Jimmy White	6
					Mark Williams	5
	Matthew Stevens	5
	Jimmy White	6
									Jimmy White	1
									Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
	Ken Doherty	1
	Ding Junhui	6
					Ding Junhui	2
					Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
	Graeme Dott	3

Century breaks

• 141, 111 Ding Junhui
• 134, 130, 123, 107, 105, 102 Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 116 Mark Williams
• 115, 109 Jimmy White
• 110, 108 Stephen Hendry
• 110, 106 Peter Ebdon
• 106, 101 John Higgins
• 101 Stephen Maguire
• 100 Marco Fu

References