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For the Darts tournament of the same name, see Welsh Open (darts).

2004 Welsh Open

Tournament information
Dates	15–25 January 2004 (2004-01-15 – 2004-01-25)
Venue	Welsh Institute of Sport
City	Cardiff
Country	Wales
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£450,000
Winner's share	£52,000
Highest break	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (139)
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Runner-up	Steve Davis (ENG)
Score	9–8
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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

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

	Round 2 Best of 9 frames					Round 3 Best of 9 frames					Round 4 Best of 9 frames
	Craig Butler		5			Dave Finbow		5			James Wattana		5
	Joe Delaney		3			Craig Butler		2			Dave Finbow		4
	Ryan Day		5			Alfie Burden		5			Mark Davis		5
	Kurt Maflin		3			Ryan Day		1			Alfie Burden		1
	Liu Song		5			Andy Hicks		2			Fergal O'Brien		4
	Paul Sweeny		4			Liu Song		5			Liu Song		5
	Steve Mifsud		2			Jimmy Michie		5			Michael Holt		5
	Jamie Cope		5			Jamie Cope		3			Jimmy Michie		0
	Philip Williams		5			Shokat Ali		5			Barry Pinches		5
	James Leadbetter		0			Philip Williams		2			Shokat Ali		3
	Paul Davies		5			Rod Lawler		1			Jamie Burnett		0
	Mehmet Husnu		3			Paul Davies		5			Paul Davies		5
	Michael Wild		1			Nick Dyson		5			Stuart Bingham		4
	Wayne Brown		5			Wayne Brown		4			Nick Dyson		5
	Darryn Walker		5			Marcus Campbell		5			Nigel Bond		3
	Johl Younger		4			Darryn Walker		4			Marcus Campbell		5
	Martin Dziewialtowski		4			David Roe		5			Michael Judge		5
	Paul Wykes		5			Paul Wykes		1			David Roe		3
	Matthew Couch		4			Mike Dunn		5			Gerard Greene		4
	Andrew Norman		5			Andrew Norman		2			Mike Dunn		5
	Peter Lines		3			Bjorn Haneveer		5			Gary Wilkinson		1
	David Gilbert		5			David Gilbert		3			Bjorn Haneveer		5
	Scott MacKenzie		5			Darren Morgan		5			Jonathan Birch		2
	Leo Fernandez		2			Scott MacKenzie		1			Darren Morgan		5
	Lee Walker		1			Nick Walker		5			Stephen Maguire		5
	Bradley Jones		5			Bradley Jones		3			Nick Walker		3
	Simon Bedford		3			Patrick Wallace		5			Brian Morgan		1
	Luke Simmonds		5			Luke Simmonds		4			Patrick Wallace		5
	Andrew Higginson		5			Sean Storey		3			Barry Hawkins		5
	Martin Gould		4			Andrew Higginson		5			Andrew Higginson		1
	Rory McLeod		1			Shaun Murphy		3			Stuart Pettman		5
	Gary Thomson		5			Gary Thomson		5			Gary Thomson		4

Main draw

	Last 48 Best of 9 frames					Last 32 Best of 9 frames					Last 16 Best of 9 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames					Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 17 frames
						1	Stephen Hendry	5
	29	Mark Selby	5			29	Mark Selby	1
											1	Stephen Hendry	5
	34	James Wattana	3
											15	Jimmy White	3
						15	Jimmy White	5
	27	Joe Swail	5			27	Joe Swail	2
																1	Stephen Hendry	4
	35	Mark Davis	2
																19	Marco Fu	5
						9	Matthew Stevens	2
	19	Marco Fu	5			19	Marco Fu	5
											19	Marco Fu	5
		Liu Song	3
											6	Ken Doherty	1
						6	Ken Doherty	5
	32	Robin Hull	0			39	Michael Holt	3
																					19	Marco Fu	3
	39	Michael Holt	5
																					11	Steve Davis	6
						5	Stephen Lee	5
	24	Tony Drago	4			36	Barry Pinches	3
											5	Stephen Lee	1
	36	Barry Pinches	5
											21	Robert Milkins	5
						12	David Gray	2
	21	Robert Milkins	5			21	Robert Milkins	5
																21	Robert Milkins	4
		Paul Davies	2
																11	Steve Davis	5
						11	Steve Davis	5
	22	Mark King	5			22	Mark King	3
											11	Steve Davis	5
	55	Nick Dyson	3
											4	John Higgins	1
						4	John Higgins	5
	23	Dave Harold	w/d			56	Marcus Campbell	1
																										11	Steve Davis	8
	56	Marcus Campbell	w/o
																										3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9
						3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
	31	Anthony Davies	2			37	Michael Judge	0
											3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
	37	Michael Judge	5
											16	Joe Perry	2
						16	Joe Perry	5
	26	Ian McCulloch	3			58	Mike Dunn	1
																3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
	58	Mike Dunn	5
																8	Paul Hunter	2
						14	Quinten Hann	2
	20	Anthony Hamilton	5			20	Anthony Hamilton	5
											20	Anthony Hamilton	0
	61	Bjorn Haneveer	3
											8	Paul Hunter	5
						8	Paul Hunter	5
	25	Drew Henry	5			25	Drew Henry	1
																					3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
	63	Darren Morgan	1
																					28	Dominic Dale	1
						7	Peter Ebdon	5
	18	Chris Small	5			18	Chris Small	4
											7	Peter Ebdon	4
	41	Stephen Maguire	4
											10	Alan McManus	5
						10	Alan McManus	5
	30	John Parrott	5			30	John Parrott	3
																10	Alan McManus	4
		Patrick Wallace	2
																28	Dominic Dale	5
						13	Graeme Dott	1
	28	Dominic Dale	5			28	Dominic Dale	5
											28	Dominic Dale	5
	42	Barry Hawkins	3
											2	Mark Williams	3
						2	Mark Williams	5
	17	Ali Carter	2			47	Stuart Pettman	3
	47	Stuart Pettman	5

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Welsh Institute of Sport, Cardiff, Wales, 25 January 2004.
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

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