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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:

  • Winner: £52,000
  • Runner-up: £26,000
  • Semi-final: £13,000
  • Quarter-final: £9,500
  • Last 16: £7,450
  • Last 32: £5,600
  • Last 48: £3,900
  • Last 64: £2,750
  • Last 80: £1,750
  • Last 96: £1,100
  • Stage one highest break: £1,800
  • Stage two highest break: £5,000
  • Stage one maximum break: £5,000
  • Stage two maximum break: £20,000
  • Total: £450,000

03Main draw

Last 48
Best of 9 frames
Last 32
Best of 9 frames
Last 16
Best of 9 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 17 frames
1 Stephen Hendry5
29 Mark Selby529 Mark Selby1
1 Stephen Hendry5
34 James Wattana3
15 Jimmy White3
15 Jimmy White5
27 Joe Swail527 Joe Swail2
1 Stephen Hendry4
35 Mark Davis2
19 Marco Fu5
9 Matthew Stevens2
19 Marco Fu519 Marco Fu5
19 Marco Fu5
Liu Song3
6 Ken Doherty1
6 Ken Doherty5
32 Robin Hull039 Michael Holt3
19 Marco Fu3
39 Michael Holt5
11 Steve Davis6
5 Stephen Lee5
24 Tony Drago436 Barry Pinches3
5 Stephen Lee1
36 Barry Pinches5
21 Robert Milkins5
12 David Gray2
21 Robert Milkins521 Robert Milkins5
21 Robert Milkins4
Paul Davies2
11 Steve Davis5
11 Steve Davis5
22 Mark King522 Mark King3
11 Steve Davis5
55 Nick Dyson3
4 John Higgins1
4 John Higgins5
23 Dave Haroldw/d56 Marcus Campbell1
11 Steve Davis8
56 Marcus Campbellw/o
3 Ronnie O'Sullivan9
3 Ronnie O'Sullivan5
31 Anthony Davies237 Michael Judge0
3 Ronnie O'Sullivan5
37 Michael Judge5
16 Joe Perry2
16 Joe Perry5
26 Ian McCulloch358 Mike Dunn1
3 Ronnie O'Sullivan5
58 Mike Dunn5
8 Paul Hunter2
14 Quinten Hann2
20 Anthony Hamilton520 Anthony Hamilton5
20 Anthony Hamilton0
61 Bjorn Haneveer3
8 Paul Hunter5
8 Paul Hunter5
25 Drew Henry525 Drew Henry1
3 Ronnie O'Sullivan6
63 Darren Morgan1
28 Dominic Dale1
7 Peter Ebdon5
18 Chris Small518 Chris Small4
7 Peter Ebdon4
41 Stephen Maguire4
10 Alan McManus5
10 Alan McManus5
30 John Parrott530 John Parrott3
10 Alan McManus4
Patrick Wallace2
28 Dominic Dale5
13 Graeme Dott1
28 Dominic Dale528 Dominic Dale5
28 Dominic Dale5
42 Barry Hawkins3
2 Mark Williams3
2 Mark Williams5
17 Ali Carter247 Stuart Pettman3
47 Stuart Pettman5

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

Round 2-4

06Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

Televised stage centuries

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