2004 Premier League Snooker

March 2023 Betfair Premier League 2004 01 10 2004 03 14 y United Kingdom Matchroom Sport Non-ranking event £180,000 £45,000 Paul Hunter ENG (146) SCO Stephen Hendry SCO John Higgins 9–6 2003 2005 (May) The 2004 Betfair Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 10 January to 14 March 2004. Stephen Hendry won in the final 9–6 against John Higgins. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:2004 Betfair Premier Snooker League Event Information http://www.matchroomsport.com/snook1_info.htm matchroomsport.com Matchroom Sport https://web.archive.org/web/20040409112958/http://www.matchroomsport.com/snook1_info.htm 9 April 2004 Winner: £45,000 Runner-up: £20,000 Semi-final: £12,500 Frame-win: £500 (only in league phase) Highest break: £6,000 Total: £180,000 League phase Ranking SCO HIG SCO HEN WAL WIL HKG FU ENG HUN ENG WHIENG DAV FrameW-L MatchW-D-L Pld-Pts 1 John Higgins x 2 4 6 6 5 5 28–20 4–1–1 6–9 2 Mark Williams 6 x 4 3 4 6 5 28–20 3–2–1 6–8 3 Stephen Hendry 4 4 x 5 5 3 7 28–20 3–2–1 6–8 4 Marco Fu 2 5 3 x 5 5 6 26–22 4–0–2 6–8 5 Paul Hunter 2 4 3 3 x 4 5 21–27 1–2–3 6–4 6 Jimmy White 3 2 5 3 4 x 3 20–28 1–1–4 6–3 7 Steve Davis 3 3 1 2 3 5 x 17–31 1–0–5 6–2 Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 4–4 then the player who got to four first was higher. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold.)2004 Matchroom Premier League http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res_03_4/03_4premresults.htm Global Snooker Centre https://web.archive.org/web/20061212202854/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res_03_4/03_4premresults.htm 12 December 20062004 Results http://premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com/results/2004_results.htm premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com Matchroom Sport 5 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120227195716/http://premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com/results/2004_results.htm 27 February 2012 10 January – Legends Sports Centre, Crewe, EnglandJanuary 10–11, 2004 http://www.matchroomsport.com/snook2_info.htm matchroomsport.com Matchroom Sport https://web.archive.org/web/20040420110432/http://www.matchroomsport.com/snook2_info.htm 20 April 2004 Mark Williams 6–2 John Higgins → 19–91, 0-(143), 62–32, 58–2, (52) 74–0, (103) 114–0, (114)-14, (50) 66–6 Stephen Hendry 7–1 Steve Davis → (84)-14, (59) 82–18, (105) 127–7, 5–70 (62), (55) 103–21, 84–0, (62) 63–0, (61) 62–20 11 January – Legends Sports Centre, Crewe, England Marco Fu 5–3 Jimmy White → 69–65, (56) 61–41, 61–46, (62)-61, (85)-32, 56–63, 46–49, 20–72 Paul Hunter 5–3 Steve Davis → 77–43, 43–71 (50), 0–108 (102), (52) 73–1, 83–26, 62–50, 11–81 (80), (90)-37 Mark Williams 4–4 Stephen Hendry → 51–72, (90)-0, 55–67, 67–42, 58–23, (57)-(69), (84)-0, 24-(106) 17 January – Greenock Sports Centre, Renfrew, ScotlandJanuary 17–18, 2004 http://www.matchroomsport.com/snook3_info.htm matchroomsport.com Matchroom Sport https://web.archive.org/web/20040420110617/http://www.matchroomsport.com/snook3_info.htm 20 April 2004 Stephen Hendry 5–3 Paul Hunter → 75–52, 83–0, (64)-(66), 17–96 (65), 70–1, (56) 63–62, 0-(83), 66–23 Steve Davis 5–3 Jimmy White → 0-(86), 59–32, 67–24, 63–48, (94)-1, 45–70 (50), (79) 84–0, 30–73 (68) John Higgins 6–2 Marco Fu → (68) 76–1, 64–0, 89–37, 66-(51), 66–54, 32–94, 74–20, 1-(106) 18 January – Greenock Sports Centre, Renfrew, Scotland Mark Williams 4–4 Paul Hunter → 0–60, 70–52, 72–37, (73) 86–11, (91)-0, 34–68, 0-(141), 1-(72) John Higgins 5–3 Steve Davis → 75–14, 1–113 (104), 33–68, 0–66 (58), (65) 73–14, (75)-0, (64) 73–7, 67–66 Jimmy White 5–3 Stephen Hendry → (64) 98–15, 66–8, (68) 90–4, (72)-9, 1–117 (116), 2–64, 75–37, 42–65 14 February – Civic Hall, Trowbridge, EnglandFebruary 14–15, 2004 http://www.matchroomsport.com/snook4_info.htm matchroomsport.com Matchroom Sport https://web.archive.org/web/20040420110808/http://www.matchroomsport.com/snook4_info.htm 20 April 2004 Stephen Hendry 5–3 Marco Fu → (76)-0, (92)-12, (72)-60, (73) 80–68, 0-(91), 59–1, 18–66, 28–61 (56) John Higgins 5–3 Jimmy White → 0–89 (62), 12–93 (64), 8–70, (110)-0, (88)-32, 86–34, (53) 58–22, 66–6 15 February – Civic Hall, Trowbridge, England Mark Williams 6–2 Jimmy White → 70–6, 0-(83), 17–86 (63), (53) 99–11, (84)-15, (77) 78–0, (67)-14, (84) 120–0 Marco Fu 6–2 Steve Davis → 11–81, (123)-9, 66–1, (140)-0, (74, 56) 130–4, (100)-0, 48–85 (76), (79)-0 John Higgins 6–2 Paul Hunter → 5–88 (64), (80)-0, (73)-21, (135)-4, (96)-0, 70-(56), 67–66 (62), 7-(120) 21 February – Peterlee Leisure Centre, Peterlee, EnglandFebruary 21–22, 2004 http://www.matchroomsport.com/snook5_info.htm matchroomsport.com Matchroom Sport https://web.archive.org/web/20040606134918/http://www.matchroomsport.com/snook5_info.htm 6 June 2004 Marco Fu 5–3 Mark Williams → (96) 101–0, (66) 74–53, 56–70, (120)-0, (129) 133–12, 25–66, 43–65 (64), (59) 65–13 Paul Hunter 4–4 Jimmy White → 39–72, (51) 88–47, 76-(58), (54)-74 (66), 71–34, 1–116 (109), (94)-0, 9–78 22 February – Peterlee Leisure Centre, Peterlee, England Mark Williams 5–3 Steve Davis → 48–58, 64–56, (94) 123–8, (118) 124–0, 64–61 (52), (75) 99–0, 13–61, 23–58 Marco Fu 5–3 Paul Hunter → 0-(135), (73) 81–15, 61–6, 45–79, (70) 81–15, (102)-36, 0-(146), (120)-13 Stephen Hendry 4–4 John Higgins → 53–64, (76) 82–24, (53) 77–33, (88)-0, 5–105 (97), 40–76, 0–101 (90), 84- 15 Play-offs 13–14 March – Colwyn Bay Leisure Centre, Colwyn Bay, WalesMarch 13–14, 2004 http://www.matchroomsport.com/snook6_info.htm matchroomsport.com Matchroom Sport https://web.archive.org/web/20040606174137/http://www.matchroomsport.com/snook6_info.htm 6 June 2004 Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 17 frames 1 SCO John Higgins* 6 4 HKG Marco Fu 1 2 SCO Stephen Hendry** 6 3 WAL Mark Williams 4 1 SCO John Higgins 6 2 SCO Stephen Hendry*** 9 *(80)-1, (79)-9, (68)-16, (85) 94–27, 0–77, 77–4, (81) 104–0 **21–65, (83)-0, (89) 90–1, (64)-65, (81) 104–0, 56–14, 17–76, (95)-40, 45–64, 53–52 (50) ***60-(62), (134)-0, 33–95 (70), 0-(88), (52) 66–4, 0–87 (86), 0-(80), (74) 78–4, 1–71 (70), 27–56 (55), 80–0, 18-(83), (67) 73–7, (69)-(59), 24–81 (57) Century breaks The highest break was worth £6,000. 146, 141, 135, 120 Paul Hunter 143, 135, 134, 110 John Higgins 140, 129, 123, 120, 120, 106, 102, 100 Marco Fu 116, 106, 105 Stephen Hendry 118, 114, 103 Mark Williams 109 Jimmy White 104, 102 Steve Davis References 2004 Premier League Premier League Snooker