2004 Welsh Open (snooker)
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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:
| 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
Final
| 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 |
Qualifying
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
Century breaks
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 |