Records
The 1985 final between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor is the longest one-day final in snooker history. It lasted 10 hours and 21 minutes.
In the 2005 final, John 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 2007 Premier League. Higgins's tally remains the record for a ranking tournament.
John Higgins and Stephen Hendry are the only players to have won this tournament four times each.
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