2004 Welsh Open (snooker)

2004 Welsh Open
Tournament information
Dates	15–25 January 2004
Venue	Welsh Institute of Sport
City	Cardiff
Country	Wales
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£450,000
Winner's share	£52,000
Highest break	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (139)
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Runner-up	Steve Davis (ENG)
Score	9–8
	← 2003 2005 →

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.

Tournament 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.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[1]

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

Main draw

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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 Hendry	5

29	Mark Selby	5	29	Mark Selby	1
						1	Stephen Hendry	5
34	James Wattana	3
						15	Jimmy White	3
			15	Jimmy White	5

27	Joe Swail	5	27	Joe Swail	2
									1	Stephen Hendry	4
35	Mark Davis	2
									19	Marco Fu	5
			9	Matthew Stevens	2

19	Marco Fu	5	19	Marco Fu	5
						19	Marco Fu	5
	Liu Song	3
						6	Ken Doherty	1
			6	Ken Doherty	5

32	Robin Hull	0	39	Michael Holt	3
												19	Marco Fu	3
39	Michael Holt	5
												11	Steve Davis	6
			5	Stephen Lee	5

24	Tony Drago	4	36	Barry Pinches	3
						5	Stephen Lee	1
36	Barry Pinches	5
						21	Robert Milkins	5
			12	David Gray	2

21	Robert Milkins	5	21	Robert Milkins	5
									21	Robert Milkins	4
	Paul Davies	2
									11	Steve Davis	5
			11	Steve Davis	5

22	Mark King	5	22	Mark King	3
						11	Steve Davis	5
55	Nick Dyson	3
						4	John Higgins	1
			4	John Higgins	5

23	Dave Harold	w/d	56	Marcus Campbell	1
															11	Steve Davis	8
56	Marcus Campbell	w/o
															3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9
			3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5

31	Anthony Davies	2	37	Michael Judge	0
						3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
37	Michael Judge	5
						16	Joe Perry	2
			16	Joe Perry	5

26	Ian McCulloch	3	58	Mike Dunn	1
									3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
58	Mike Dunn	5
									8	Paul Hunter	2
			14	Quinten Hann	2

20	Anthony Hamilton	5	20	Anthony Hamilton	5
						20	Anthony Hamilton	0
61	Bjorn Haneveer	3
						8	Paul Hunter	5
			8	Paul Hunter	5

25	Drew Henry	5	25	Drew Henry	1
												3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
63	Darren Morgan	1
												28	Dominic Dale	1
			7	Peter Ebdon	5

18	Chris Small	5	18	Chris Small	4
						7	Peter Ebdon	4
41	Stephen Maguire	4
						10	Alan McManus	5
			10	Alan McManus	5

30	John Parrott	5	30	John Parrott	3
									10	Alan McManus	4
	Patrick Wallace	2
									28	Dominic Dale	5
			13	Graeme Dott	1

28	Dominic Dale	5	28	Dominic Dale	5
						28	Dominic Dale	5
42	Barry Hawkins	3
						2	Mark Williams	3
			2	Mark Williams	5

17	Ali Carter	2	47	Stuart Pettman	3

47	Stuart Pettman	5

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Welsh Institute of Sport, Cardiff, Wales, 25 January 2004.^[2]
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

Qualifying

Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales between 9 and 13 December 2003.^[3]

Round 1

Best of 9 frames

Craig Butler	5–4	Supoj Saenla
Joe Johnson	w/d–w/o	Joe Delaney
Ryan Day	5–3	Chris Melling
Adrian Gunnell	0–5	Kurt Maflin
Luke Fisher	0–5	Liu Song
Kwan Poomjang	2–5	Paul Sweeny
Colm Gilcreest	4–5	Steve Mifsud
Jamie Cope	w/o–w/d	Alain Robidoux
Ricky Walden	4–5	Philip Williams
Jason Prince	3–5	James Leadbetter
Paul Davies	5–1	Steven Bennie
Jason Ferguson	1–5	Mehmet Husnu
Kristján Helgason	w/d–w/o	Michael Wild
Wayne Brown	5–1	Tom Ford
Atthasit Mahitthi	3–5	Darryn Walker
Johl Younger	5–1	Ian Sargeant

Martin Dziewialtowski	5–0	Stephen Croft
Paul Wykes	5–3	Andy Neck
Matthew Couch	5–4	Ian Preece
Andrew Norman	5–1	Carlo Giagnacovo
Peter Lines	5–4	Ding Junhui
David Gilbert	w/o–w/d	Michael Rhodes
Tony Jones	4–5	Scott MacKenzie
Leo Fernandez	5–2	Garry Hardiman
Lee Walker	5–1	Stuart Mann
Bradley Jones	5–3	Ian Brumby
Simon Bedford	5–1	Joe Meara
Munraj Pal	3–5	Luke Simmonds
Andrew Higginson	5–2	Neil Robertson
Terry Murphy	4–5	Martin Gould
Rory McLeod	5–4	Adrian Rosa
Billy Snaddon	0–5	Gary Thomson

Round 2–4


Round 2 Best of 9 frames		Round 3 Best of 9 frames		Round 4 Best of 9 frames


Craig Butler	5	Dave Finbow	5	James Wattana	5

Joe Delaney	3	Craig Butler	2	Dave Finbow	4


Ryan Day	5	Alfie Burden	5	Mark Davis	5

Kurt Maflin	3	Ryan Day	1	Alfie Burden	1


Liu Song	5	Andy Hicks	2	Fergal O'Brien	4

Paul Sweeny	4	Liu Song	5	Liu Song	5


Steve Mifsud	2	Jimmy Michie	5	Michael Holt	5

Jamie Cope	5	Jamie Cope	3	Jimmy Michie	0


Philip Williams	5	Shokat Ali	5	Barry Pinches	5

James Leadbetter	0	Philip Williams	2	Shokat Ali	3


Paul Davies	5	Rod Lawler	1	Jamie Burnett	0

Mehmet Husnu	3	Paul Davies	5	Paul Davies	5


Michael Wild	1	Nick Dyson	5	Stuart Bingham	4

Wayne Brown	5	Wayne Brown	4	Nick Dyson	5


Darryn Walker	5	Marcus Campbell	5	Nigel Bond	3

Johl Younger	4	Darryn Walker	4	Marcus Campbell	5


Martin Dziewialtowski	4	David Roe	5	Michael Judge	5

Paul Wykes	5	Paul Wykes	1	David Roe	3


Matthew Couch	4	Mike Dunn	5	Gerard Greene	4

Andrew Norman	5	Andrew Norman	2	Mike Dunn	5


Peter Lines	3	Bjorn Haneveer	5	Gary Wilkinson	1

David Gilbert	5	David Gilbert	3	Bjorn Haneveer	5


Scott MacKenzie	5	Darren Morgan	5	Jonathan Birch	2

Leo Fernandez	2	Scott MacKenzie	1	Darren Morgan	5


Lee Walker	1	Nick Walker	5	Stephen Maguire	5

Bradley Jones	5	Bradley Jones	3	Nick Walker	3


Simon Bedford	3	Patrick Wallace	5	Brian Morgan	1

Luke Simmonds	5	Luke Simmonds	4	Patrick Wallace	5


Andrew Higginson	5	Sean Storey	3	Barry Hawkins	5

Martin Gould	4	Andrew Higginson	5	Andrew Higginson	1


Rory McLeod	1	Shaun Murphy	3	Stuart Pettman	5

Gary Thomson	5	Gary Thomson	5	Gary Thomson	4

Century breaks

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Qualifying stage centuries

141 – Barry Pinches
139 – Phil Williams
124 – Mark Davis
122 – Liu Song
118 – Andrew Higginson
117 – Ding Junhui
117 – Darren Morgan

117 – Mehmet Husnu
115, 108 – Ryan Day
114 – Bjorn Haneveer
113 – David Gilbert
110 – James Wattana
106, 100 – Scott MacKenzie
100 – Chris Melling

Televised stage centuries

139, 125, 118, 116, 107, 103 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
137 – Stuart Pettman
133, 102 – John Higgins
133 – Barry Pinches
131 – Anthony Hamilton
128 – Joe Perry
127, 123, 117, 107 – Robert Milkins
123, 119, 105 – Peter Ebdon
123, 102 – Stephen Hendry
123 – Ali Carter

122 – Mark Selby
119, 107 – Patrick Wallace
119 – Marco Fu
116 – Bjorn Haneveer
105, 102 – Steve Davis
103, 101 – Tony Drago
103, 100 – Alan McManus
103 – Mark Williams
102 – Mark King
100 – Chris Small

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "2003-4 Welsh Open – Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 2 March 2004. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Welsh Open 2004". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2003-4 Welsh Open". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 5 September 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2023.

[GSCInfo-1] "2003-4 Welsh Open – Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 2 March 2004. Retrieved 19 January 2023.

[Snooker.org-2] "Welsh Open 2004". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 January 2011.

[GSC-3] "2003-4 Welsh Open". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 5 September 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2023.

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Tournament information
Dates	15–25 January 2004 (2004-01-15 – 2004-01-25)
Venue	Welsh Institute of Sport
City	Cardiff
Country	Wales
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£450,000^[1]
Winner's share	£52,000^[1]
Highest break	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (139)
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Runner-up	Steve Davis (ENG)
Score	9–8
← 2003 2005 →