2004 World Snooker Championship

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Embassy World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates17 April – 3 May 2004
VenueCrucible Theatre
CitySheffield
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£1,378,920
Winner's share£250,000
Highest breakEngland Joe Perry (145)
Final
ChampionEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-upScotland Graeme Dott
Score18–8
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The 2004 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 2004 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) 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] The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.

Tournament summary

  • Ryan Day was the only debutant this year. Day narrowly lost 9–10 to 1998 champion John Higgins in round one.
  • Chris Small was forced to retire from his first round match against Alan McManus due to pain from 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]
  • Barry Pinches reached the last 16 for the first time in his career. defeated Jimmy White 10–8 in a match which overran and had to be completed after other matches. In the second round, he led Stephen Hendry 11–9 before losing a tight match 12–13. The 13-year gap between Pinches' first two Crucible appearances (1991–2004) remains an all-time record.
  • Six seeded players, Stephen Lee; Hann; Steve Davis; Peter Ebdon; Ken Doherty and Jimmy White, lost in the first round. Lee was defeated 7–10 by Lee Walker and Davis lost to Anthony Hamilton by the same score; 1997 champion Doherty was beaten by two-time semi-finalist Joe Swail 6–10 and Ebdon lost 8–10 against Ian McCulloch.
  • Doherty's defeat was the first time he had lost in round one since 1995.
  • O'Sullivan won both his quarter-final and semi-final matches with a session to spare; he defeated Hamilton 13–3 in the last eight.
  • O'Sullivan's 17–4 against 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] Template:World Snooker Championship Rounds

Qualifying

The matches were played at Pontin's, Prestatyn Sands in between 10–20 February 2004.[11]

1st Round (Best of 19 frames)

2nd Round (Best of 19 frames)

Rounds 3–6

Round 3 (Best of 19 Frames) Round 4 (Best of 19 Frames) Round 5 (Best of 19 Frames) Round 6 (Best of 19 Frames)
England Craig Butler 10–4 England Tom Ford Wales Darren Morgan 10–8 England Craig Butler Thailand James Wattana 10–1 Wales Darren Morgan Thailand James Wattana 10–8 England Dave Harold
Wales Ian Preece 10–5 England Luke Simmonds England Dave Finbow 10–9 Wales Ian Preece England Brian Morgan 10–9 England Dave Finbow Northern Ireland Joe Swail 10–3 England Brian Morgan
Wales Lee Walker 10–6 Scotland Gary Thomson Wales Lee Walker 10–7 England Alfie Burden Wales Lee Walker 10–8 England Barry Hawkins Wales Lee Walker 10–2 England Mark Selby
England Peter Lines 10–6 England Dave Gilbert England Peter Lines 10–4 England Nick Walker England Nigel Bond 10–6 England Peter Lines England Ian McCulloch 10–7 England Nigel Bond
England Rory McLeod 10–3 Northern Ireland Jason Prince England Rory McLeod 10–5 Belgium Bjorn Haneveer England Rory McLeod 10–6 England Stuart Bingham England Robert Milkins 10–1 England Rory McLeod
Australia Neil Robertson 10–2 Republic of Ireland Joe Delaney Australia Neil Robertson 10–4 England Rod Lawler Scotland Stephen Maguire 10–6 Australia Neil Robertson Scotland Stephen Maguire w-o Finland Robin Hull
England Simon Bedford 10–6 China Liu Song England Andy Hicks 10–7 England Simon Bedford England Andy Hicks 10–4 Scotland Jamie Burnett England Andy Hicks 10–8 Wales Anthony Davies
Republic of Ireland Leo Fernandez 10–5 England Michael Rhodes Republic of Ireland Leo Fernandez 10–8 England Sean Storey Republic of Ireland Leo Fernandez 10–9 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene Wales Dominic Dale 10–8 Republic of Ireland Leo Fernandez
England Garry Hardiman 10–7 Thailand Kwan Poomjang Pakistan Shokat Ali 10–4 England Garry Hardiman England Michael Holt 10–6 Pakistan Shokat Ali England Anthony Hamilton 10–9 England Michael Holt
England Munraj Pal 10- 5 Republic of Ireland Colm Gilcreest England Nick Dyson 10–9 England Munraj Pal England Nick Dyson 10–4 England Gary Wilkinson England Ali Carter 10–6 England Nick Dyson
Wales Ryan Day 10–0 England Tony Jones Wales Ryan Day 10–7 England Mike Dunn Wales Ryan Day 10–6 England Mark Davis Wales Ryan Day 10–7 Scotland Drew Henry
England Ricky Walden 10–4 England Jason Ferguson England David Roe 10–5 England Ricky Walden Republic of Ireland Michael Judge 10–9 England David Roe England John Parrott 10–9 Republic of Ireland Michael Judge
England Adrian Gunnell 10–5 Northern Ireland Joe Meara England Adrian Gunnell 10–5 England Jimmy Michie England Adrian Gunnell 10–7 Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien England Mark King 10–8 England Adrian Gunnell
China Ding Junhui 10–5 Wales Paul Davies China Ding Junhui 10–3 Scotland Marcus Campbell England Barry Pinches 10–7 China Ding Junhui England Barry Pinches 10–2 Malta Tony Drago
England Paul Wykes 10–8 Thailand Supoj Saenla Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace 10–4 England Paul Wykes Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace 10–5 England Jonathan Birch Scotland Chris Small 10–7 Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace
England Stuart Mann 10–2 Scotland Scott MacKenzie England Shaun Murphy 10–5 England Stuart Mann England Stuart Pettman 10–7 England Shaun Murphy England Stuart Pettman 10–7 Hong Kong Marco Fu

Century breaks

There were 55 centuries in this year's championship. The highest break of the tournament was 145 made by Joe Perry.[7][12][13]

References

  1. ^ Turner, Chris. "World Professional Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference McManus vs. Small was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Small forced to give up snooker". BBC Sport. 23 September 2005. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  4. ^ Tracey, Ted. "SNOOKER: Tempers flare as things get out of Hann". Daily Record on HighBeam Research. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  5. ^ Yates, Phil (2 May 2004). "Unstoppable O'Sullivan". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  6. ^ a b "World Snooker Championship 2004". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 10 March 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  7. ^ a b "2004 Embassy World Championship". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 25 December 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  8. ^ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 130.
  9. ^ "2004 World Snooker draw". BBC Sport. 26 April 2004. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  10. ^ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. pp. 58–59.
  11. ^ "2004 Embassy World Championship Stage 3 Qualifying". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 25 December 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  12. ^ "Crucible Centuries". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  13. ^ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 151.
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