2004 Welsh Open (snooker)

the Darts tournament of the same name Welsh Open (darts) 2004 Welsh Open 2004 01 15 2004 01 25 y Welsh Institute of Sport Cardiff Wales WPBSA Ranking event £450,000 £52,000 Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG (139) Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG Steve Davis ENG 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:2003-4 Welsh Open – Information http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res_03_4/03_4welshinfo.htm Global Snooker Centre 19 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20040302033801/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res_03_4/03_4welshinfo.htm 2 March 2004 70% 50% 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 50% 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 Welsh Open 2004 https://www.snooker.org/trn/0304/wo2004_res.shtml Snooker.org 3 January 20112003-4 Welsh Open http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res_03_4/03-4welsh.htm Global Snooker Centre 19 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20060905025507/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res_03_4/03-4welsh.htm 5 September 2006 Last 48Best of 9 frames Last 32Best of 9 frames Last 16Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 17 frames 29 ENG Mark Selby 5 34 THA James Wattana 3 27 NIR Joe Swail 5 35 ENG Mark Davis 2 19 HKG Marco Fu 5 CHN Liu Song 3 32 FIN Robin Hull 0 39 ENG Michael Holt 5 24 MLT Tony Drago 4 36 ENG Barry Pinches 5 21 ENG Robert Milkins 5 WAL Paul Davies 2 22 ENG Mark King 5 55 ENG Nick Dyson 3 23 ENG Dave Harold w/d 56 SCO Marcus Campbell w/o 31 WAL Anthony Davies 2 37 IRL Michael Judge 5 26 ENG Ian McCulloch 3 58 ENG Mike Dunn 5 20 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 61 BEL Bjorn Haneveer 3 25 SCO Drew Henry 5 63 WAL Darren Morgan 1 18 SCO Chris Small 5 41 SCO Stephen Maguire 4 30 ENG John Parrott 5 NIR Patrick Wallace 2 28 WAL Dominic Dale 5 42 ENG Barry Hawkins 3 17 ENG Ali Carter 2 47 ENG Stuart Pettman 5 1 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 29 ENG Mark Selby 1 15 ENG Jimmy White 5 27 NIR Joe Swail 2 9 WAL Matthew Stevens 2 19 HKG Marco Fu 5 6 IRL Ken Doherty 5 39 ENG Michael Holt 3 5 ENG Stephen Lee 5 36 ENG Barry Pinches 3 12 ENG David Gray 2 21 ENG Robert Milkins 5 11 ENG Steve Davis 5 22 ENG Mark King 3 4 SCO John Higgins 5 56 SCO Marcus Campbell 1 3 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 37 IRL Michael Judge 0 16 ENG Joe Perry 5 58 ENG Mike Dunn 1 14 AUS Quinten Hann 2 20 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 8 ENG Paul Hunter 5 25 SCO Drew Henry 1 7 ENG Peter Ebdon 5 18 SCO Chris Small 4 10 SCO Alan McManus 5 30 ENG John Parrott 3 13 SCO Graeme Dott 1 28 WAL Dominic Dale 5 2 WAL Mark Williams 5 47 ENG Stuart Pettman 3 1 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 15 ENG Jimmy White 3 19 HKG Marco Fu 5 6 IRL Ken Doherty 1 5 ENG Stephen Lee 1 21 ENG Robert Milkins 5 11 ENG Steve Davis 5 4 SCO John Higgins 1 3 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 16 ENG Joe Perry 2 20 ENG Anthony Hamilton 0 8 ENG Paul Hunter 5 7 ENG Peter Ebdon 4 10 SCO Alan McManus 5 28 WAL Dominic Dale 5 2 WAL Mark Williams 3 1 SCO Stephen Hendry 4 19 HKG Marco Fu 5 21 ENG Robert Milkins 4 11 ENG Steve Davis 5 3 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 8 ENG Paul Hunter 2 10 SCO Alan McManus 4 28 WAL Dominic Dale 5 19 HKG Marco Fu 3 11 ENG Steve Davis 6 3 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 28 WAL Dominic Dale 1 11 ENG Steve Davis 8 3 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 9 Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Paul Collier.Welsh Institute of Sport, Cardiff, Wales, 25 January 2004. Steve Davis (11) 8–9 Ronnie O'Sullivan (3) 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 ENG Craig Butler 5–4 THA Supoj Saenla ENG Joe Johnson w/d–w/o IRL Joe Delaney WAL Ryan Day 5–3 ENG Chris Melling ENG Adrian Gunnell 0–5 NOR Kurt Maflin ENG Luke Fisher 0–5 CHN Liu Song THA Kwan Poomjang 2–5 ENG Paul Sweeny IRL Colm Gilcreest 4–5 AUS Steve Mifsud ENG Jamie Cope w/o–w/d CAN Alain Robidoux ENG Ricky Walden 4–5 WAL Philip Williams NIR Jason Prince 3–5 ENG James Leadbetter WAL Paul Davies 5–1 ENG Steven Bennie ENG Jason Ferguson 1–5 CYP 1960 Mehmet Husnu Iceland Kristján Helgason w/d–w/o ENG Michael Wild ENG Wayne Brown 5–1 ENG Tom Ford THA Atthasit Mahitthi 3–5 ENG Darryn Walker AUS Johl Younger 5–1 WAL Ian Sargeant SCO Martin Dziewialtowski 5–0 ENG Stephen Croft ENG Paul Wykes 5–3 ENG Andy Neck ENG Matthew Couch 5–4 WAL Ian Preece ENG Andrew Norman 5–1 ENG Carlo Giagnacovo ENG Peter Lines 5–4 CHN Ding Junhui ENG David Gilbert w/o–w/d ENG Michael Rhodes ENG Tony Jones 4–5 SCO Scott MacKenzie IRL Leo Fernandez 5–2 IRL Garry Hardiman WAL Lee Walker 5–1 ENG Stuart Mann ENG Bradley Jones 5–3 ENG Ian Brumby ENG Simon Bedford 5–1 NIR Joe Meara ENG Munraj Pal 3–5 ENG Luke Simmonds ENG Andrew Higginson 5–2 AUS Neil Robertson NIR Terry Murphy 4–5 ENG Martin Gould ENG Rory McLeod 5–4 ENG Adrian Rosa SCO Billy Snaddon 0–5 SCO Gary Thomson Round 2–4 Round 2Best of 9 frames Round 3Best of 9 frames Round 4Best of 9 frames ENG Craig Butler 5 IRL Joe Delaney 3 WAL Ryan Day 5 NOR Kurt Maflin 3 CHN Liu Song 5 ENG Paul Sweeny 4 AUS Steve Mifsud 2 ENG Jamie Cope 5 WAL Philip Williams 5 ENG James Leadbetter 0 WAL Paul Davies 5 CYP 1960 Mehmet Husnu 3 ENG Michael Wild 1 ENG Wayne Brown 5 ENG Darryn Walker 5 AUS Johl Younger 4 SCO Martin Dziewialtowski 4 ENG Paul Wykes 5 ENG Matthew Couch 4 ENG Andrew Norman 5 ENG Peter Lines 3 ENG David Gilbert 5 SCO Scott MacKenzie 5 IRL Leo Fernandez 2 WAL Lee Walker 1 ENG Bradley Jones 5 ENG Simon Bedford 3 ENG Luke Simmonds 5 ENG Andrew Higginson 5 ENG Martin Gould 4 ENG Rory McLeod 1 SCO Gary Thomson 5 ENG Dave Finbow 5 ENG Craig Butler 2 ENG Alfie Burden 5 WAL Ryan Day 1 ENG Andy Hicks 2 CHN Liu Song 5 ENG Jimmy Michie 5 ENG Jamie Cope 3 PAK Shokat Ali 5 WAL Philip Williams 2 ENG Rod Lawler 1 WAL Paul Davies 5 ENG Nick Dyson 5 ENG Wayne Brown 4 SCO Marcus Campbell 5 ENG Darryn Walker 4 ENG David Roe 5 ENG Paul Wykes 1 ENG Mike Dunn 5 ENG Andrew Norman 2 BEL Bjorn Haneveer 5 ENG David Gilbert 3 WAL Darren Morgan 5 SCO Scott MacKenzie 1 ENG Nick Walker 5 ENG Bradley Jones 3 NIR Patrick Wallace 5 ENG Luke Simmonds 4 ENG Sean Storey 3 ENG Andrew Higginson 5 ENG Shaun Murphy 3 SCO Gary Thomson 5 THA James Wattana 5 ENG Dave Finbow 4 ENG Mark Davis 5 ENG Alfie Burden 1 IRL Fergal O'Brien 4 CHN Liu Song 5 ENG Michael Holt 5 ENG Jimmy Michie 0 ENG Barry Pinches 5 PAK Shokat Ali 3 SCO Jamie Burnett 0 WAL Paul Davies 5 ENG Stuart Bingham 4 ENG Nick Dyson 5 ENG Nigel Bond 3 SCO Marcus Campbell 5 IRL Michael Judge 5 ENG David Roe 3 NIR Gerard Greene 4 ENG Mike Dunn 5 ENG Gary Wilkinson 1 BEL Bjorn Haneveer 5 ENG Jonathan Birch 2 WAL Darren Morgan 5 SCO Stephen Maguire 5 ENG Nick Walker 3 ENG Brian Morgan 1 NIR Patrick Wallace 5 ENG Barry Hawkins 5 ENG Andrew Higginson 1 ENG Stuart Pettman 5 SCO Gary Thomson 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 References 2004 Welsh Open Open (snooker) Welsh Open, 2004 Welsh Open