The 2004 Betfair

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tournament that was played from 10 January to 14 May 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: *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

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.) * 10 January – Legends Sports Centre,

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** 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,

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** 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, England ** 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, England ** 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,

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*(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

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*104, 102 Steve Davis

References

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