The 2004
Welsh Open was a professional
ranking
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snooker
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tournament that took place between 15 and 25 January at the
Welsh Institute of Sport
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in
Cardiff
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,
Wales
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.
Stephen Hendry
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was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarter-finals 4–5 against
Marco Fu
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.
Ronnie O'Sullivan
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recovered from 5–8 down to defeat
Steve Davis
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9–8 in the final. This was O'Sullivan's 14th
ranking
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title of his career.
Tournament summary
Defending champion Stephen Hendry
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was the number 1 seed with
World Champion
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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
Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place at
Pontins
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in
Prestatyn
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History Prehistory
There is evidence that the ...
,
Wales
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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
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* 139 Phil Williams
* 124 Mark Davis Mark Davis may refer to:
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* 122 Liu Song
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* 118 Andrew Higginson
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Career
Early years
After some success in amateur tourn ...
* 117 Ding Junhui
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* 117 Darren Morgan
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Morgan won the World Amateur Championship in 1987 and played on the professional main tour from 1988 until 2006. He earned just ov ...
* 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
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Career
A six ...
* 113 David Gilbert
* 110 James Wattana
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* 106, 100 Scott MacKenzie
* 100 Chris Melling
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Televised stage centuries
* 139, 125, 118, 116, 107, 103 Ronnie O'Sullivan
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* 137 Stuart Pettman
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* 133, 102 John Higgins
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* 133 Barry Pinches
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* 131 Anthony Hamilton
* 128 Joe Perry
* 127, 123, 117, 107 Robert Milkins
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Milkins ...
* 123, 119, 105 Peter Ebdon
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* 123, 102 Stephen Hendry
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* 123 Ali Carter
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* 122 Mark Selby
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* 119, 107 Patrick Wallace
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* 119 Marco Fu
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* 116 Bjorn Haneveer
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Career
A six ...
* 105, 102 Steve Davis
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* 103, 101 Tony Drago
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Known for his speed around the table, during his snooker career he won two professional titles: the 1993 Strachan Challenge Event 3 and the 1996 G ...
* 103, 100 Alan McManus
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* 103 Mark Williams
* 102 Mark King
* 100 Chris Small
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Career
At age 15, Small was the numbe ...
References
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