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:
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 Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Paul Collier.Welsh Institute of Sport, Cardiff, Wales, 25 January 2004. Steve Davis (11) 8–9 Ronnie O'Sullivan (3) Afternoon: 78–30, 74–0 (74), , , , , , Evening: , , , , , , , , 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.
Round 1 Best of 9 frames
Craig Butler 5–4 Supoj Saenla Joe Johnson w/d–w/o Joe Delaney Ryan Day 5–3 Chris Melling Adrian Gunnell 0–5 Kurt Maflin Luke Fisher 0–5 Liu Song Kwan Poomjang 2–5 Paul Sweeny Colm Gilcreest 4–5 Steve Mifsud Jamie Cope w/o–w/d Alain Robidoux Ricky Walden 4–5 Philip Williams Jason Prince 3–5 James Leadbetter Paul Davies 5–1 Steven Bennie Jason Ferguson 1–5 Mehmet Husnu Kristján Helgason w/d–w/o Michael Wild Wayne Brown 5–1 Tom Ford Atthasit Mahitthi 3–5 Darryn Walker Johl Younger 5–1 Ian Sargeant
Martin Dziewialtowski 5–0 Stephen Croft Paul Wykes 5–3 Andy Neck Matthew Couch 5–4 Ian Preece Andrew Norman 5–1 Carlo Giagnacovo Peter Lines 5–4 Ding Junhui David Gilbert w/o–w/d Michael Rhodes Tony Jones 4–5 Scott MacKenzie Leo Fernandez 5–2 Garry Hardiman Lee Walker 5–1 Stuart Mann Bradley Jones 5–3 Ian Brumby Simon Bedford 5–1 Joe Meara Munraj Pal 3–5 Luke Simmonds Andrew Higginson 5–2 Neil Robertson Terry Murphy 4–5 Martin Gould Rory McLeod 5–4 Adrian Rosa Billy Snaddon 0–5 Gary Thomson
Round 2–4
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
141 Barry Pinches 139 Phil Williams 124 Mark Davis 122 Liu Song 118 Andrew Higginson 117 Ding Junhui 117 Darren Morgan
117 Mehmet Husnu 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 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
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