British Open 2004

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British Open 2004

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Tournament type: World ranking tournament
Venue: Brighton Center ,
Brighton , England
Opening: November 8, 2004
Endgame: November 14, 2004

Winner: ScotlandScotland John Higgins
Finalist: ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire
Highest Break: 144 ( John Higgins ) ScotlandScotland
2003
 

The 2004 British Open was a snooker tournament for the 2004/05 season that was held from November 8-14, 2004 at the Brighton Center . The second tournament in a row in the southern English seaside resort of Brighton was the 21st and last edition of the British Open.

Defending champion Stephen Hendry from Scotland was eliminated in the quarter-finals this time. His two compatriots John Higgins and Stephen Maguire contested the final. Higgins won 9-6 and tied four wins with record winner Hendry.

Prize money / world ranking points

The prize money plummeted from £ 470,000 in the previous year to £ 200,000 and heralded the end of the traditional tournament. It had only been at this low level once: that was the first time the tournament had been without a main sponsor. The winner got £ 22,000 less than last year and instead of the bottom 96, only the bottom 64 got any prize money. Nevertheless, there was no change in the points for the world rankings apart from an adjustment to the qualifying rounds.

Prize money World ranking
points a
winner £ 30,000 4,000
finalist £ 15,000 3,000
Semi-finalist £ 7,500 2,500
Quarter finalist £ 5,600 2,050
Round of 16 £ 4,000 1,750
Last 32 £ 2,500 1,450
Last 48 £ 1,625 1,150
Last 64 £ 1,100 900
Last 80 - 650
Last 96 - 200
Highest Break (Final Round) £ 2,000
All in all £ 200,000
a Seeded players who lost their first game only received half the score.

Final round

As in the previous year, the main round in Brighton was played with 48 players, with the top 16 of the world rankings being set for round 2.

Round 1

16 players had qualified in three rounds in Prestatyn . They competed against the players from 17th to 32nd place in the world rankings.

game Player 1 Result Player 2
1 (28)  Robert Milkins EnglandEngland 35 : 35 EnglandEngland David Roe  (52)
2 (19)  Ali Carter EnglandEngland 05 : 05 BelgiumBelgium Bjorn Haneveer  (53)
3 (21)  Barry Pinches EnglandEngland 25 : 25 EnglandEngland Nigel Bond  (35)
4th (27)  Drew Henry ScotlandScotland 4th5 : 45 EnglandEngland Mark Davis  (40)
5 (20)  Joe Perry EnglandEngland 54: 54th EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins  (43)
6th (26)  Gerard Greene Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland 51: 51 EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham  (37)
7th (29)  Michael Holt EnglandEngland 25 : 25 EnglandEngland Dave Harold  (34)
8th (17)  Ian McCulloch EnglandEngland 52: 52 EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy  (48)
9 (30)  Joe Swail Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland 54: 54th EnglandEngland Joe Jogia
10 (25)  Anthony Hamilton EnglandEngland 15 : 15 EnglandEngland Mike Dunn  (58)
11 (22)  Tony Drago MaltaMalta 50: 50 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui  (74)
12 (24)  Stephen Maguire ScotlandScotland 35 : 35 AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson  (68)
13 (18)  Quinten Hann AustraliaAustralia 35 : 35 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day  (45)
14th (32)  Dominic Dale WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 50: 50 EnglandEngland Andy Hicks  (50)
15th (23)  Mark King EnglandEngland 25 : 25 EnglandEngland Mark Selby  (36)
16 (31)  John Parrott EnglandEngland 35 : 35 ScotlandScotland Jamie Burnett  (49)

Top 32 to the final

The top 16 of the world rankings were set for round 2 and played against the 16 winners from round 1.

  Round 2
best of 9 frames
Round of 16
best of 9 frames
Quarterfinals
Best of 9 Frames
Semi-final
best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 17 frames
                                               
1  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 5                
28  EnglandEngland Robert Milkins 1  
1  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 5
  19th  EnglandEngland Ali Carter 4th  
10  ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 2
19th  EnglandEngland Ali Carter 5  
1  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 2
  5  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 5  
14th  EnglandEngland David Gray 3    
21st  EnglandEngland Barry Pinches 5  
21st  EnglandEngland Barry Pinches 3
  5  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 5  
5  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 5
27  ScotlandScotland Drew Henry 1  
5  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 6th
  48  EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 0  
8th  EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 3
43  EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 5  
43  EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 5
  37  EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 4th  
13  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 4th
37  EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 5  
43  EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 3
  48  EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 5  
15th  ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 1    
29  EnglandEngland Michael Holt 5  
7th  EnglandEngland Michael Holt 3
  48  EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 5  
4th  EnglandEngland Paul Hunter 3
48  EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 5  
5  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 9
24  ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 6th
3  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 5
 EnglandEngland Joe Jogia 1  
3  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 3
  25th  EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 5  
12  ScotlandScotland Chris Small 2
25th  EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 5  
25th  EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 0
  24  ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 5  
11  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 1    
76  China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 5  
76  China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 2
  24  ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 5  
6th  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens 0
24  ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 5  
24  ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 6th
  2  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 1  
7th  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 5
18th  AustraliaAustralia Quinten Hann 1  
7th  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 4th
  50  EnglandEngland Andy Hicks 5  
16  Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 2
50  EnglandEngland Andy Hicks 5  
50  EnglandEngland Andy Hicks 1
  2  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 5  
9  EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 5    
23  EnglandEngland Mark King 4th  
9  EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 0
  2  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 5  
2  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 5
31  EnglandEngland John Parrott 2  

final

In spring 2004, John Higgins and Stephen Maguire met for the first time after five years as a professional together in the quarter-finals of the European Open . The Scottish duel was won by Maguire, who was six years his junior and who had won his first rankings at the time. Their second encounter was for him his second final, his opponent, on the other hand, was alone at the British Open for the fifth time in the final, he had won three times before.

Higgins had the better start, winning three out of four frames by the first mid-session break. But then Maguire got three frames in a row and by winning the eighth frame, Higgins was just barely able to avoid going into the evening session behind. There they shared the first two frames before Higgins achieved a series of three frame wins with two century breaks and a break of 68. It was 8: 5 and he was only missing one frame to win. Maguire was able to shorten it by one frame, but with a nearly century of 97 points, Higgins made the 9: 6 victory perfect.

Final: Best of 17 Frames
Referee: Jan Verhaas Brighton CenterBrighton , England , November 14, 2004 NetherlandsNetherlands
ScotlandScotland John Higgins 9 : 6 ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire
Afternoon : 39: 81 (77), 61 : 26, 100 : 29 (100), 79 : 1, 0: 72 (72), 17: 95 (55), 20: 91 (76), 72 : 19 (53 );
Evening : 64 : 10, 13: 110 (56, 54), 144 : 0 (144), 107 : 0 (107), 74 : 50 (68), 1: 93 (50), 104: 0 (97)
144 Highest break 77
3 Century breaks -
6th 50+ breaks 7th

qualification

The qualifiers took place from November 2-4, 2004 at the Pontin's Center in Prestatyn ( Wales ). Since the number of professionals had been reduced by 32 this season, a qualifying round was omitted. In round 1, the places 65 to 96 of the world rankings played against each other, the winners met in round 2 on places 49 to 64, in round 3 numbers 33 to 48 were added.

  Round 1 (Top 96)
Best of 9 frames
  Round 2 (Top 80)
Best of 9 frames
  Round 3 (Top 64)
Best of 9 frames
                       
EnglandEngland  Andrew Norman 4th   EnglandEngland  David Roe 5   IrelandIreland  Michael Judge 3
ScotlandScotland  Hugh Abernethy 5   ScotlandScotland  Hugh Abernethy 3   EnglandEngland  David Roe 5
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg  Darren Morgan 4th   BelgiumBelgium  Bjorn Haneveer 5   Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland  Patrick Wallace 4th
EnglandEngland  Adam Davies 5   EnglandEngland  Adam Davies 5   BelgiumBelgium  Bjorn Haneveer 5
EnglandEngland  Rory McLeod kl.   EnglandEngland  Sean Storey 5   EnglandEngland  Nigel Bond 5
EnglandEngland  Mark Gray -   EnglandEngland  Rory McLeod 3   EnglandEngland  Sean Storey 1
EnglandEngland  Alfie Burden kl.   ScotlandScotland  Marcus Campbell 5   EnglandEngland  Mark Davis 5
EnglandEngland  Steve James -   EnglandEngland  Alfie Burden 3   ScotlandScotland  Marcus Campbell 1
EnglandEngland  Tom Ford 5   EnglandEngland  Jonathan Birch 0   EnglandEngland  Barry Hawkins 5
IrelandIreland  Sean O'Neill 4th   EnglandEngland  Tom Ford 5   EnglandEngland  Tom Ford 0
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg  Paul Davies 5   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg  Anthony Davies 3   EnglandEngland  Stuart Bingham 5
EnglandEngland  Mike Hallett 3   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg  Paul Davies 5   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg  Paul Davies 4th
PakistanPakistan  Shokat Ali 5   EnglandEngland  Rod Lawler 5   EnglandEngland  Dave Harold 5
EnglandEngland  Gary Wilson 2   PakistanPakistan  Shokat Ali 1   EnglandEngland  Rod Lawler 1
EnglandEngland  Ricky Walden 4th   EnglandEngland  Adrian Gunnell 5   EnglandEngland  Shaun Murphy 5
EnglandEngland  Paul Davison 5   EnglandEngland  Paul Davison 3   EnglandEngland  Adrian Gunnell 0
EnglandEngland  Craig Butler 2   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg  Lee Walker 0   EnglandEngland  Stuart Pettman 3
EnglandEngland  Joe Jogia 5   EnglandEngland  Joe Jogia 5   EnglandEngland  Joe Jogia 5
EnglandEngland  Paul Wykes 4th   EnglandEngland  Mike Dunn 5   IrelandIreland  Fergal O'Brien 2
EnglandEngland  Ben Woollaston 5   EnglandEngland  Ben Woollaston 2   EnglandEngland  Mike Dunn 5
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  Ding Junhui 5   EnglandEngland  Jimmy Michie 2   FinlandFinland  Robin Hull 2
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  Jin Long 3   China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  Ding Junhui 5   China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  Ding Junhui 5
IrelandIreland  Leo Fernandez 2   AustraliaAustralia  Neil Robertson 5   EnglandEngland  Brian Morgan 2
IrelandIreland  David McDonnell 5   IrelandIreland  David McDonnell 2   AustraliaAustralia  Neil Robertson 5
NetherlandsNetherlands  Stefan Mazrocis 4th   EnglandEngland  Nick Walker 5   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg  Ryan Day 5
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  Liu Song 5   China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  Liu Song 3   EnglandEngland  Nick Walker 1
EnglandEngland  Simon Bedford 5   EnglandEngland  Andy Hicks 5   ThailandThailand  James Wattana 3
EnglandEngland  David Hall 0   EnglandEngland  Simon Bedford 1   EnglandEngland  Andy Hicks 5
IrelandIreland  Joe Delaney 5   EnglandEngland  Gary Wilkinson 3   EnglandEngland  Mark Selby 5
EnglandEngland  Brian Salmon 3   IrelandIreland  Joe Delaney 5   IrelandIreland  Joe Delaney 2
ScotlandScotland  Scott MacKenzie 5   ScotlandScotland  Jamie Burnett 5   EnglandEngland  Nick Dyson 4th
IrelandIreland  Rodney Goggins 3   ScotlandScotland  Scott MacKenzie 4th   ScotlandScotland  Jamie Burnett 5

kl. = without a fight

Century breaks

17 players scored 33 breaks of at least 100 points in the main tournament. The two finalists John Higgins and Stephen Maguire achieved a total of 14 breaks, including the four highest breaks of the tournament. There were 13 Centurys in the qualification divided between 12 players.

Main tournament

ScotlandScotland John Higgins 144 (2 ×), 141, 116, 114, 112, 107, 100
ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 140, 134, 113, 104, 101, 100
EnglandEngland Andy Hicks 134, 103
EnglandEngland Joe Perry 133 a
EnglandEngland Barry Pinches 133
EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 129 a , 112
IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 129
EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 127, 100
EnglandEngland Michael Holt 121
EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 115
EnglandEngland Ian McCulloch 104 a
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 104
EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 104 a , 103
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 103
EnglandEngland John Parrott 101 a
ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 100
AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 100 a
a scored in round 1 (round of the last 48 without the top 16 players)

qualification

EnglandEngland Dave Harold 137
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liu Song 125
EnglandEngland Stefan Mazrocis 124
ScotlandScotland Jamie Burnett 117
EnglandEngland Craig Butler 116
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 113
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 109
IrelandIreland Leo Fernandez 108
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 108, 102
PakistanPakistan Shokat Ali 105
EnglandEngland Adrian Gunnell 103
BelgiumBelgium Bjorn Haneveer 101

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