2004 Welsh Open (snooker)

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 ==Main draw==

Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales between 9 and 13 December 2003. Round 1 Best of 9 frames Round 2–4 ==Century breaks==

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 ==References==