2004 Welsh Open (snooker)
| Tournament information | |
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| 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 |
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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.
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]
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Main draw
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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
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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
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Televised stage centuries
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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.
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