2004 Welsh Open (snooker)
Snooker tournament
The 2004 Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 15 and 25 January at the Welsh Institute of Sport in Cardiff, Wales.
Stephen Hendry was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarter-finals 4-5 against Marco Fu.
Ronnie O'Sullivan recovered from 5-8 down to defeat Steve Davis 9-8 in the final. This was O'Sullivan's 14th ranking title of his career.
01Tournament summary
Defending champion Stephen Hendry was the number 1 seed with World Champion Mark Williams seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.
02Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
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03Main draw
04Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Welsh Institute of Sport, Cardiff, Wales, 25 January 2004. | ||
| Steve Davis (11) England |
8, 9 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (3) England |
| Afternoon: 78, 30, 74, 0 (74), 72, 30, 9, 76 (58), 67, 65, 45, 84, 12, 129 (125), 0, 139 (139) Evening: 68, 63 (O'Sullivan 62), 71, 25 (66), 4, 103 (103), 79, 42 (53), 53, 48, 0, 118 (118), 40, 81 (77), 55, 74, 26, 92 | ||
| 74 | Highest break | 139 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 4 |
| 3 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
05Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales between 9 and 13 December 2003.
Round 1
Best of 9 frames
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Round 2-4
06Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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