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Snooker tournament From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 15–25 January 2004 |
Venue | Welsh Institute of Sport |
City | Cardiff |
Country | Wales |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £450,000[1] |
Winner's share | £52,000[1] |
Highest break | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (139) |
Final | |
Champion | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) |
Runner-up | Steve Davis (ENG) |
Score | 9–8 |
← 2003 2005 → |
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.
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.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]
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Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Welsh Institute of Sport, Cardiff, Wales, 25 January 2004.[2] | ||
Steve Davis (11) England |
8–9 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (3) England |
Afternoon: 78–30, 74–0 (74), 72–30, 9–76 (58), 67–65, 45–84, 12–129 (125), 0–139 (139) Evening: 68–63 (O'Sullivan 62), 71–25 (66), 4–103 (103), 79–42 (53), 53–48, 0–118 (118), 40–81 (77), 55–74, 26–92 | ||
74 | Highest break | 139 |
0 | Century breaks | 4 |
3 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales between 9 and 13 December 2003.[3]
Best of 9 frames
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