2004 Welsh Open (snooker)

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

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