European Open 2004

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European Open 2004
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Tournament type: World ranking tournament
Venue: Hilton Conference Center, Portomaso , Malta
Opening: March 1, 2004
Endgame: March 6, 2004

Winner: ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire
Finalist: EnglandEngland Jimmy White
Highest Break: 137 ( Stephen Maguire ) ScotlandScotland
2003
 

The European Open 2004 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 2003/04 season , which took place in Malta from March 1 to 6, 2004 . The tournament had already taken place three times before on the Mediterranean island in Valletta , this time Portomaso in St. Julian's was the venue. It was the 12th and final edition of the European Open, but the following year they were replaced by the Malta Cup in the same place.

Last year, Ronnie O'Sullivan won the tournament in Torquay, England , but this time he only reached the quarter-finals. The qualifier Stephen Maguire survived after two qualifying rounds also all rounds of the main tournament and won his first professional title. He defeated Jimmy White 9-3 in the final.

Prize money / ranking points

After having been below previous years in the previous two years, the prize pool rose this year to a new high of £ 250,000 to £ 400,000 . The additional money went on: The winner received £ 4,000 and thus 10% more, whoever was eliminated in the second qualifying round received almost three times the amount of the previous year.

placement Prize money Points a
winner £ 48,000 4,000
final £ 24,000 3,000
Semifinals £ 12,000 2,500
Quarter finals £ 7,900 2,050
Round of 16 £ 6,900 1,750
Last 32 £ 5,550 1,450
Last 48 £ 2,900 1,150
Last 64 £ 2,100 900
Last 80 £ 1,600 650
Last 96 £ 1,050 400
Last 128 - 200
Highest Break (Final Round) £ 5,000
Highest Break (Qualification) £ 1,800
All in all £ 400,800
a Seeded players who lost their first game in qualifying only received half the number of points.

Final round

For round 1, the 16 winners of the qualification were drawn from the top 16 of the world rankings .

  Round 1
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  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 5                
19th  Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 1  
1  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 5
  18th  ScotlandScotland Chris Small 1  
9  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens 0
18th  ScotlandScotland Chris Small 5  
1  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 4th
  5  EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 5  
11  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 5    
27  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail 4th  
11  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 3
  5  EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 5  
5  EnglandEngland Stephen Lee kl.
32  FinlandFinland Robin Hull -  
5  EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 4th
  41  ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 6th  
7th  EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 4th
41  ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 5  
41  ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 5
  16  EnglandEngland Joe Perry 4th  
16  EnglandEngland Joe Perry 5
57  EnglandEngland David Roe 3  
41  ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 5
  4th  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 3  
13  ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 5    
25th  ScotlandScotland Drew Henry 3  
13  ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 0
  4th  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 5  
4th  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 5
36  EnglandEngland Barry Pinches 0  
41  ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 9
15th  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 3
3  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 5
60  EnglandEngland Jimmy Michie 1  
3  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 3
  15th  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 5  
15th  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 5
34  ThailandThailand James Wattana 4th  
15th  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 5
   AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 3  
12  EnglandEngland David Gray 5    
33  IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien 3  
12  EnglandEngland David Gray 2
   AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 5  
6th  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 3
 AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 5  
15th  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 6th
  24  MaltaMalta Tony Drago 4th  
8th  EnglandEngland Paul Hunter 5
45  EnglandEngland Brian Morgan 1  
8th  EnglandEngland Paul Hunter 2
  24  MaltaMalta Tony Drago 5  
10  ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 4th
24  MaltaMalta Tony Drago 5  
24  MaltaMalta Tony Drago 5
  14th  AustraliaAustralia Quinten Hann 1  
14th  AustraliaAustralia Quinten Hann 5    
93  EnglandEngland Simon Bedford 0  
14th  AustraliaAustralia Quinten Hann 5
  20th  EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 1  
2  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 1
20th  EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 5  

kl. = without a fight

final

Stephen Maguire made it into a final for the first time in his fifth year as a professional . Jimmy White , on the other hand, could look back on a career spanning more than 20 years, winning 27 professional titles and the European Open once in 1992 . But it hadn't been successful for 5 years. This time too he was on the losing track from the start. Maguire won four of the first five frames with high breaks, two of them over 100 points. Only when the 6th frame was counted as lost after three misses for White did the Englishman wake up and then win his first hard-fought frame. But in the second session Maguire restored the lead of 6 frames and defended it until the 9-3 victory.

Final: Best of 17 Frames
Referee: Jan Verhaas Hilton Conference Center,  Portomaso , Malta , March 6, 2004 NetherlandsNetherlands
ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 9 : 3 EnglandEngland Jimmy White
Afternoon : 121 : 2 (96), 79 : 44 (72), 137 : 0 (137), 81 : 23, 113 : 8 (103), 58 : 6, 63: 67 ;
Evening : 62 : 60 (62), 18: 91 (78), 77 : 1, 0: 125 (125), 86 : 6 (57)
137 Highest break 125
2 Century breaks 1
6th 50+ breaks 2

qualification

The qualifying matches took place in 2003 from October 31 to November 5 at the Pontin's Center in Prestatyn ( Wales ). In round 1, places 65 to 128 in the world rankings played against each other. From round 2, 32 players competed against each other, with places 49 to 64 being set for round 3 and numbers 33 to 48 for round 4. The only Maltese professional, Tony Drago , was number 24 in the world for round 4, but his game was postponed and played in front of a home crowd on March 1, 2004 as the opening game of the main tournament in Portomaso .

Round 1

game Player 1 Result Player 2
1 Andrew Norman EnglandEngland 54: 54th ScotlandScotland Steven Bennie
2 Andrew Higginson EnglandEngland 52: 52 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ian Preece
3 Billy Snaddon ScotlandScotland 54: 54th EnglandEngland Martin Gould
4th Paul Wykes EnglandEngland 53: 53 EnglandEngland Paul Sweeny
5 Rory McLeod EnglandEngland 25 : 25 EnglandEngland Carlo Giagnacovo
6th Peter Lines EnglandEngland 52: 52 EnglandEngland Tom Ford
7th Paul Davies WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 53: 53 EnglandEngland Adrian Rosa
8th Colm Gilcreest IrelandIreland 4th5 : 45 NorwayNorway Kurt Maflin
9 Munraj Pal EnglandEngland 4th5 : 45 EnglandEngland Chris Melling
10 Ryan Day WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 35 : 35 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liu Song
11 Matthew Couch EnglandEngland 51: 51 EnglandEngland Michael Rhodes
12 Craig Butler EnglandEngland 15 : 15 ThailandThailand Supoj Saenla
13 Martin Dziewialtowski ScotlandScotland 15 : 15 EnglandEngland Michael Wild
14th Atthasit Mahitthi ThailandThailand 35 : 35 EnglandEngland Andy Neck
15th Leo Fernandez IrelandIreland 4th5 : 45 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ian Sargeant
16 Kwan Poomjang ThailandThailand 4th5 : 45 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Mehmet Husnu
game Player 1 Result Player 2
17th Ricky Walden EnglandEngland 15 : 15 EnglandEngland James Leadbetter
18th Lee Walker WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 25 : 25 CanadaCanada Alain Robidoux
19th Luke Fisher EnglandEngland 52: 52 ScotlandScotland Scott MacKenzie
20th Jason Prince Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland 4th5 : 45 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui
21st Joe Johnson EnglandEngland kl. IrelandIreland Garry Hardiman
22nd Terry Murphy Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland 15 : 15 ScotlandScotland Gary Thomson
23 Wayne Brown EnglandEngland 51: 51 AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson
24 Kristjan Helgason IcelandIceland kl. EnglandEngland Luke Simmonds
25th Tony Jones EnglandEngland 52: 52 EnglandEngland Darryn Walker
26th David Gilbert EnglandEngland 53: 53 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Phil Williams
27 Adrian Gunnell EnglandEngland 15 : 15 IrelandIreland Joe Delaney
28 Jason Ferguson EnglandEngland 25 : 25 EnglandEngland Stuart Mann
29 Simon Bedford EnglandEngland 35 : 35 EnglandEngland Stephen Croft
30th Jamie Cope EnglandEngland 4th5 : 45 EnglandEngland Ian Brumby
31 Johl Younger AustraliaAustralia 52: 52 AustraliaAustralia Steve Mifsud
32 Bradley Jones EnglandEngland 51: 51 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Meara
  Round 1 (Top 96)
Best of 9 frames
  Round 2 (Top 80)
Best of 9 frames
  Round 3 (Top 64)
Best of 9 frames
  Round 4 (Top 48)
Best of 9 frames
                               
ScotlandScotland  Steven Bennie 3   EnglandEngland  Shaun Murphy 4th   EnglandEngland  Jon Birch 5   Hong KongHong Kong  Marco Fu 5
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg  Ian Preece 5   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg  Ian Preece 5   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg  Ian Preece 3   EnglandEngland  Jon Birch 0
EnglandEngland  Martin Gould 5   EnglandEngland  Dave Finbow 3   IrelandIreland  Michael Judge 5   ScotlandScotland  Chris Small 5
EnglandEngland  Paul Sweeny 4th   EnglandEngland  Martin Gould 5   EnglandEngland  Martin Gould 2   IrelandIreland  Michael Judge 2
EnglandEngland  Rory McLeod 5   EnglandEngland  Alfie Burden 0   EnglandEngland  Barry Hawkins 5   Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland  Joe Swail 5
EnglandEngland  Tom Ford 3   EnglandEngland  Rory McLeod 5   EnglandEngland  Rory McLeod 2   EnglandEngland  Barry Hawkins 3
EnglandEngland  Adrian Rosa 2   EnglandEngland  Andy Hicks 3   EnglandEngland  Stuart Bingham 5   FinlandFinland  Robin Hull 5
IrelandIreland  Colm Gilcreest 5   IrelandIreland  Colm Gilcreest 5   IrelandIreland  Colm Gilcreest 2   EnglandEngland  Stuart Bingham 1
EnglandEngland  Munraj Pal 5   Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland  Patrick Wallace 5   ScotlandScotland  Stephen Maguire 5   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg  Dominic Dale 0
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg  Ryan Day 4th   EnglandEngland  Munraj Pal 4th   Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland  Patrick Wallace 2   ScotlandScotland  Stephen Maguire 5
EnglandEngland  Michael Rhodes 4th   EnglandEngland  David Roe 5   EnglandEngland  Gary Wilkinson 2   EnglandEngland  Mark King 4th
EnglandEngland  Craig Butler 5   EnglandEngland  Craig Butler 0   EnglandEngland  David Roe 5   EnglandEngland  David Roe 5
ScotlandScotland  Martin Dziewialtowski 5   EnglandEngland  Sean Storey 5   ScotlandScotland  Jamie Burnett 3   ScotlandScotland  Drew Henry 5
ThailandThailand  Atthasit Mahitthi 2   ScotlandScotland  Martin Dziewialtowski 3   EnglandEngland  Sean Storey 5   EnglandEngland  Sean Storey 1
IrelandIreland  Leo Fernandez 4th   PakistanPakistan  Shokat Ali 5   EnglandEngland  Barry Pinches 5   EnglandEngland  Robert Milkins 1
ThailandThailand  Kwan Poomjang 5   ThailandThailand  Kwan Poomjang 2   PakistanPakistan  Shokat Ali 2   EnglandEngland  Barry Pinches 5
EnglandEngland  Ricky Walden 0   EnglandEngland  Jimmy Michie 5   EnglandEngland  Nigel Bond 4th   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg  Anthony Davies 4th
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg  Lee Walker 5   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg  Lee Walker 1   EnglandEngland  Jimmy Michie 5   EnglandEngland  Jimmy Michie 5
ScotlandScotland  Scott MacKenzie 5   ScotlandScotland  Marcus Campbell 4th   ThailandThailand  James Wattana 5   EnglandEngland  Ali Carter 4th
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland  Jason Prince 2   ScotlandScotland  Scott MacKenzie 5   ScotlandScotland  Scott MacKenzie 3   ThailandThailand  James Wattana 5
IrelandIreland  Garry Hardiman 5   EnglandEngland  Mike Dunn 5   IrelandIreland  Fergal O'Brien 5   EnglandEngland  John Parrott 4th
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland  Terry Murphy 4th   IrelandIreland  Garry Hardiman 1   EnglandEngland  Mike Dunn 3   IrelandIreland  Fergal O'Brien 5
AustraliaAustralia  Neil Robertson 5   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg  Darren Morgan 2   EnglandEngland  Mark Davis 1   EnglandEngland  Ian McCulloch 1
EnglandEngland  Luke Simmonds 0   AustraliaAustralia  Neil Robertson 5   AustraliaAustralia  Neil Robertson 5   AustraliaAustralia  Neil Robertson 5
EnglandEngland  Darryn Walker 1   BelgiumBelgium  Bjorn Haneveer 5   EnglandEngland  Brian Morgan 5   EnglandEngland  Mark Selby 1
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg  Phil Williams 5   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg  Phil Williams 3   BelgiumBelgium  Bjorn Haneveer 4th   EnglandEngland  Brian Morgan 5
EnglandEngland  Adrian Gunnell 5   EnglandEngland  Nick Walker 0   Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland  Gerard Greene 4th   MaltaMalta  Tony Drago 5
EnglandEngland  Jason Ferguson 1   EnglandEngland  Adrian Gunnell 5   EnglandEngland  Adrian Gunnell 5   EnglandEngland  Adrian Gunnell 2
EnglandEngland  Simon Bedford 5   EnglandEngland  Nick Dyson 4th   EnglandEngland  Stuart Pettman 2   EnglandEngland  Dave Harold 4th
EnglandEngland  Jamie Cope 3   EnglandEngland  Simon Bedford 5   IrelandIreland  Simon Bedford 5   EnglandEngland  Simon Bedford 5
AustraliaAustralia  Steve Mifsud 4th   EnglandEngland  Rod Lawler 5   EnglandEngland  Michael Holt 5   EnglandEngland  Anthony Hamilton 5
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland  Joe Meara 5   Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland  Joe Meara 1   EnglandEngland  Rod Lawler 3   EnglandEngland  Michael Holt 2

kl. = without a fight

Century breaks

8 players achieved 13 breaks of at least 100 points in the main tournament. Stephen Maguire was awarded the £ 5,000 highest break award for his 137 points in the final. There were 32 century breaks in the qualification, distributed among 29 players. 144 points from Michael Judge were still worth £ 1,800 as the highest qualifying break.

Main tournament

ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 137, 103
EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 133
ScotlandScotland John Higgins 132
EnglandEngland Jimmy White 125, 104, 103
EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 112, 110
AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 109, 100
MaltaMalta Tony Drago 109
EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 100

qualification

IrelandIreland Michael Judge 144
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Lee Walker 140
EnglandEngland Barry Pinches 139, 102
ScotlandScotland Martin Dziewialtowski 135
EnglandEngland Ali Carter 135
EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 134, 100
EnglandEngland Mike Dunn 131
IrelandIreland Leo Fernandez 129
ThailandThailand Kwan Poomjang 128
EnglandEngland Ian Brumby 128
EnglandEngland Rory McLeod 121
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail 121
EnglandEngland David Roe 120
EnglandEngland Brian Morgan 120
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Philip Williams 119
NorwayNorway Kurt Maflin 117
EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 116
ScotlandScotland Chris Small 115
EnglandEngland Adrian Gunnell 114
EnglandEngland Dave Harold 111
FinlandFinland Robin Hull 108, 101
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liu Song 107
EnglandEngland Tom Ford 106
EnglandEngland John Parrott 106
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Patrick Wallace 106
ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 106
EnglandEngland Jamie Cope 105
EnglandEngland Jimmy Michie 104
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 102

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