2004 World Snooker Championship
Tournament information | |
---|---|
Dates | 17 April–3 May 2004 |
Venue | Crucible Theatre |
City | Sheffield |
Country | England |
Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £1,378,920 |
Winner's share | £250,000 |
Highest break | Joe Perry (145) |
Final | |
Champion | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
Runner-up | Graeme Dott |
Score | 18–8 |
← 2003
2005 →
|
The 2004 Embassy World Snooker Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 17 April and 3 May 2004 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.
Mark Williams was the defending champion, but he lost in the second round 11–13 against Joe Perry.
Ronnie O'Sullivan won his second world title by defeating Graeme Dott 18–8 in the final, despite Dott having led 5–0. This was the fourth biggest margin in a World final, subsequently equalled by O'Sullivan against Ali Carter in 2008.[1]
Tournament summary
- Chris Small was forced to retire from his first round match against Alan McManus due to a degenerative spinal disease.[2] His condition would later force him to retire from the game permanently.[3]
- Andy Hicks reached the second round by beating Quinten Hann in a match memorable for a near punch-up between the two players at the end, triggered by Hicks pointing out to Hann that he was likely to drop out of the top 16 as a result of the loss.[4]
- O'Sullivan's 17–4 against Stephen Hendry was the biggest ever semi-final victory, replacing Hendry's 16–4 win over Terry Griffiths in 1992.[5]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[6][7][8]
|
|
Main draw
Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).[6][9][10]
First round | Second round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | |||||||||||
Best of 19 frames | Best of 25 frames | Best of 25 frames | Best of 33 frames | |||||||||||
17 April[11] | ||||||||||||||
Mark Williams (1) | 10 | |||||||||||||
22, 23 & 24 April[12] | ||||||||||||||
Dominic Dale | 7 | |||||||||||||
Mark Williams (1) | 11 | |||||||||||||
18 & 19 April[13] | ||||||||||||||
Joe Perry (16) | 13 | |||||||||||||
Joe Perry (16) | 10 | |||||||||||||
27 & 28 April[14] | ||||||||||||||
Robert Milkins | 7 | |||||||||||||
Joe Perry (16) | 10 | |||||||||||||
17 & 18 April[15] | ||||||||||||||
Matthew Stevens (9) | 13 | |||||||||||||
Matthew Stevens (9) | 10 | |||||||||||||
23 & 24 April[16] | ||||||||||||||
James Wattana | 7 | |||||||||||||
Matthew Stevens (9) | 13 | |||||||||||||
21 & 22 April[17] | ||||||||||||||
Paul Hunter (8) | 12 | |||||||||||||
Paul Hunter (8) | 10 | |||||||||||||
29, 30 April & 1 May[18] | ||||||||||||||
John Parrott | 7 | |||||||||||||
Matthew Stevens (9) | 15 | |||||||||||||
20 April[19] | ||||||||||||||
Graeme Dott (13) | 17 | |||||||||||||
Stephen Lee (5) | 7 | |||||||||||||
24, 25 & 26 April[20] | ||||||||||||||
Lee Walker | 10 | |||||||||||||
Lee Walker | 5 | |||||||||||||
21 April[21] | ||||||||||||||
David Gray (12) | 13 | |||||||||||||
David Gray (12) | 10 | |||||||||||||
27 & 28 April[22] | ||||||||||||||
Ali Carter | 7 | |||||||||||||
David Gray (12) | 7 | |||||||||||||
19 & 20 April[23] | ||||||||||||||
Graeme Dott (13) | 13 | |||||||||||||
Graeme Dott (13) | 10 | |||||||||||||
25 & 26 April[24] | ||||||||||||||
Mark King | 9 | |||||||||||||
Graeme Dott (13) | 13 | |||||||||||||
18 & 19 April[25] | ||||||||||||||
John Higgins (4) | 10 | |||||||||||||
John Higgins (4) | 10 | |||||||||||||
Ryan Day | 9 | |||||||||||||
20 & 21 April[26] | ||||||||||||||
Ronnie O'Sullivan (3) | 10 | |||||||||||||
22 & 23 April[27] | ||||||||||||||
Stephen Maguire | 6 | |||||||||||||
Ronnie O'Sullivan (3) | 13 | |||||||||||||
17 & 18 April[28] | ||||||||||||||
Andy Hicks | 11 | |||||||||||||
Quinten Hann (14) | 4 | |||||||||||||
27 April[29] | ||||||||||||||
Andy Hicks | 10 | |||||||||||||
Ronnie O'Sullivan (3) | 13 | |||||||||||||
21 & 22 April[30] | ||||||||||||||
Anthony Hamilton | 3 | |||||||||||||
Steve Davis (11) | 7 | |||||||||||||
23 & 24 April[31] | ||||||||||||||
Anthony Hamilton | 10 | |||||||||||||
Anthony Hamilton | 13 | |||||||||||||
17 & 18 April[32] | ||||||||||||||
Joe Swail | 11 | |||||||||||||
Ken Doherty (6) | 5 | |||||||||||||
29, 30 April & 1 May[33] | ||||||||||||||
Joe Swail | 10 | |||||||||||||
Ronnie O'Sullivan (3) | 17 | |||||||||||||
19 April[34] | ||||||||||||||
Stephen Hendry (2) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Peter Ebdon (7) | 8 | |||||||||||||
25 & 26 April[35] | ||||||||||||||
Ian McCulloch | 10 | |||||||||||||
Ian McCulloch | 13 | |||||||||||||
17 & 18 April[2] | ||||||||||||||
Alan McManus (10) | 6 | |||||||||||||
Alan McManus (10) | 10 | |||||||||||||
27 & 28 April[36] | ||||||||||||||
Chris Small | 1 | |||||||||||||
Ian McCulloch | 3 | |||||||||||||
19 & 20 April[37] | ||||||||||||||
Stephen Hendry (2) | 13 | |||||||||||||
Jimmy White (15) | 8 | |||||||||||||
24, 25 & 26 April[38] | ||||||||||||||
Barry Pinches | 10 | |||||||||||||
Barry Pinches | 12 | |||||||||||||
20 & 21 April[39] | ||||||||||||||
Stephen Hendry (2) | 13 | |||||||||||||
Stephen Hendry (2) | 10 | |||||||||||||
Stuart Pettman | 2 | |||||||||||||
Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 2 & 3 May 2004.[40] Referee: Paul Collier[41] | ||
Graeme Dott (13) Scotland |
8 – 18 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (3) England |
71–34, 77–9, 108–0, 97–0, 61–0, 0–100, 17–63, 0–87, 0–87, 59–0, 47–64, 0–78, 87–0, 48–68, 1–68, 0–69, 1–71, 0–85, 119–2, 30–76, 43–85, 8–69, 44–91, 13–72, 8–92, 16–88 | Century breaks: 2 (O'Sullivan 1, Dott 1). Highest break by Dott: 106 |
71–34, 77–9, 108–0, 97–0, 61–0, 0–100, 17–63, 0–87, 0–87, 59–0, 47–64, 0–78, 87–0, 48–68, 1–68, 0–69, 1–71, 0–85, 119–2, 30–76, 43–85, 8–69, 44–91, 13–72, 8–92, 16–88 |
Ronnie O'Sullivan wins the 2004 Embassy World Snooker Championship |
Qualifying
The matches were played at Pontin's, Prestatyn Sands in between 10–20 February 2004.[42]
- 1st Round (Best of 19 frames)
Brian Salmon 10–9 Chris Melling Ian Preece 10–8 Justin Astley |
Joe Delaney 10–6 Rodney Goggins Adrian Rosa 10–6 Steve James Adam Davies 10–8 David Hall |
- 2nd Round (Best of 19 frames)
Tom Ford 10–8 Martin Gould Craig Butler 10–9 Brian Salmon Luke Simmonds 10–8 Matthew Couch Ian Preece 10–0 Joe Johnson Lee Walker 10–6 Mike Hallett Gary Thomson 10–2 Luke Fisher Peter Lines 10–4 Ian Brumby David Gilbert 10–6 Michael Wild Rory McLeod 10–7 Mehmet Husnu Jason Prince 10–6 Darryn Walker Joe Delaney 10–4 Andrew Higginson Neil Robertson 10–8 Martin Dziewialtowski Simon Bedford 10–5 Ian Sargeant Liu Song 10–5 Wayne Brown Leo Fernandez 10–9 Paul Sweeny |
Kwan Poomjang 10–9 Philip Williams Gary Hardiman 10–6 Billy Snaddon Munraj Pal 10–0 Andy Neck Colm Gilcreest 10–7 Steven Bennie Ryan Day 10–7 Adrian Rosa Tony Jones 10–3 Adam Davies Jason Ferguson 10–9 Carlo Giagnacovo Ricky Walden 10–0 Stephen Croft Joe Meara 10–8 Andrew Norman Adrian Gunnell 10–5 Steve Mifsud Ding Junhui 10–6 Atthasit Mahitthi Paul Davies 10–4 Alain Robidoux Supoj Saenla 10–8 Bradley Jones Paul Wykes 10–4 Kurt Maflin Stuart Mann 10–8 Jamie Cope |
- Round 3–6
Century breaks
There were 55 centuries in this year's championship. The highest break of the tournament was 145 made by Joe Perry.[7][43][44]
|
|
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.