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

Televised stage centuries