The 2004 Betfair Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 10 January to 14 March 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

Ranking HIG HEN WIL FU HUN WHI DAV FrameW-L MatchW-D-L Pld-Pts 1 John Higgins x 2 4 6 6 5 5 28–20 4–1–1 6–9 2 Mark Williams 6 x 4 3 4 6 5 28–20 3–2–1 6–8 3 Stephen Hendry 4 4 x 5 5 3 7 28–20 3–2–1 6–8 4 Marco Fu 2 5 3 x 5 5 6 26–22 4–0–2 6–8 5 Paul Hunter 2 4 3 3 x 4 5 21–27 1–2–3 6–4 6 Jimmy White 3 2 5 3 4 x 3 20–28 1–1–4 6–3 7 Steve Davis 3 3 1 2 3 5 x 17–31 1–0–5 6–2

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, Crewe, England 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, Renfrew, Scotland 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, Wales

*(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 Jimmy White 104, 102 Steve Davis

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