The 2004
Welsh Open was a professional
ranking snooker
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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
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.
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
Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place at
Pontins in
Prestatyn,
Wales between 9 and 13 December 2003.
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Round 1
Best of 9 frames
Round 2–4
Century breaks
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Qualifying stage centuries
* 141 Barry Pinches
* 139 Phil Williams
* 124 Mark Davis Mark Davis may refer to:
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* 122 Liu Song
* 118 Andrew Higginson
* 117 Ding Junhui
* 117 Darren Morgan
* 117 Mehmet Husnu
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Career
Born in 1972, Husnu turned professional in 1991, becoming the first Cypriot professional snooker player in the history of the game.
Husnu's career highl ...
* 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
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* 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
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2004
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Events January
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