2004 Premier League Snooker

Betfair Premier League Snooker
Tournament information
Dates	10 January- 14 May 2004
Country	United Kingdom
Organisation(s)	Matchroom Sport
Format	Non-ranking event
Highest break	146
Final
Champion	Stephen Hendry
Runner-up	John Higgins
Score	9–6
← 2003 2005 (1) →

The 2004 Betfair Premier League Snooker professional non-ranking snooker tournament was played from 10 January to 14 March 2004.

Stephen Hendry won in the final 9–6 against John Higgins.

1 Prize fund
2 League phase
3 League table
4 Play-offs
5 Century breaks
6 References

Prize fund

^[1]

Winner: £45,000
Runner-up: £20,000
Semi-final: £12,500

Frame-win: £500 (only in league phase)
Highest break: £6,000

Total: £180,000

League phase

(breaks above 50 shown between brackets); breaks 100 and above will be indicated bold.^[1]^[2]

January 10 – Legends Sports Centre, Crewe, England^[3]
- Mark Williams 6–2 John Higgins → 19–91, 0-(143), 62–32, 58–2, (52) 74–0, (103) 114–0, (114)-14, (50) 66–6
- Stephen Hendry 7–1 Steve Davis → (84)-14, (59) 82–18, (105) 127–7, 5–70 (62), (55) 103–21, 84–0, (62) 63–0, (61) 62–20

January 11 – Legends Sports Centre, Crewe, England^[3]
- Marco Fu 5–3 Jimmy White → 69–65, (56) 61–41, 61–46, (62)-61, (85)-32, 56–63, 46–49, 20–72
- Paul Hunter 5–3 Steve Davis → 77–43, 43–71 (50), 0–108 (102), (52) 73–1, 83–26, 62–50, 11–81 (80), (90)-37
- Mark Williams 4–4 Stephen Hendry → 51–72, (90)-0, 55–67, 67–42, 58–23, (57)-(69), (84)-0, 24-(106)

January 17 – Greenock Sports Centre, Renfrew, Scotland^[4]
- Stephen Hendry 5–3 Paul Hunter → 75–52, 83–0, (64)-(66), 17–96 (65), 70–1, (56) 63–62, 0-(83), 66–23
- Steve Davis 5–3 Jimmy White → 0-(86), 59–32, 67–24, 63–48, (94)-1, 45–70 (50), (79) 84–0, 30–73 (68)
- John Higgins 6–2 Marco Fu → (68) 76–1, 64–0, 89–37, 66-(51), 66–54, 32–94, 74–20, 1-(106)

January 18 – Greenock Sports Centre, Renfrew, Scotland^[4]
- Mark Williams 4–4 Paul Hunter → 0–60, 70–52, 72–37, (73) 86–11, (91)-0, 34–68, 0-(141), 1-(72)
- John Higgins 5–3 Steve Davis → 75–14, 1–113 (104), 33–68, 0–66 (58), (65) 73–14, (75)-0, (64) 73–7, 67–66
- Jimmy White 5–3 Stephen Hendry → (64) 98–15, 66–8, (68) 90–4, (72)-9, 1–117 (116), 2–64, 75–37, 42–65

February 14 – Civic Hall, Trowbridge, England^[5]
- Stephen Hendry 5–3 Marco Fu → (76)-0, (92)-12, (72)-60, (73) 80–68, 0-(91), 59–1, 18–66, 28–61 (56)
- John Higgins 5–3 Jimmy White → 0–89 (62), 12–93 (64), 8–70, (110)-0, (88)-32, 86–34, (53) 58–22, 66–6

February 15 – Civic Hall, Trowbridge, England^[5]
- Mark Williams 6–2 Jimmy White → 70–6, 0-(83), 17–86 (63), (53) 99–11, (84)-15, (77) 78–0, (67)-14, (84) 120–0
- Marco Fu 6–2 Steve Davis → 11–81, (123)-9, 66–1, (140)-0, (74, 56) 130–4, (100)-0, 48–85 (76), (79)-0
- John Higgins 6–2 Paul Hunter → 5–88 (64), (80)-0, (73)-21, (135)-4, (96)-0, 70-(56), 67–66 (62), 7-(120)

February 21 – Peterlee Leisure Centre, Peterlee, England^[6]
- Marco Fu 5–3 Mark Williams → (96) 101–0, (66) 74–53, 56–70, (120)-0, (129) 133–12, 25–66, 43–65 (64), (59) 65–13
- Paul Hunter 4–4 Jimmy White → 39–72, (51) 88–47, 76-(58), (54)-74 (66), 71–34, 1–116 (109), (94)-0, 9–78

February 22 – Peterlee Leisure Centre, Peterlee, England^[6]
- Mark Williams 5–3 Steve Davis → 48–58, 64–56, (94) 123–8, (118) 124–0, 64–61 (52), (75) 99–0, 13–61, 23–58
- Marco Fu 5–3 Paul Hunter → 0-(135), (73) 81–15, 61–6, 45–79, (70) 81–15, (102)-36, 0-(146), (120)-13
- Stephen Hendry 4–4 John Higgins → 53–64, (76) 82–24, (53) 77–33, (88)-0, 5–105 (97), 40–76, 0–101 (90), 84- 15

League table

Top four qualify for the play-offs. If points are level then most frames won. If two players have an identical record then the result in their match will determine their positions. If that ended 4–4 then the player who got to four first will be higher.^[1]^[2]^[6]

Ranking		HIG	HEN	WIL	FU	HUN	WHI	DAV	Frame W-L	Match W-D-L	Pld-Pts
1	John Higgins	x	2	4	6	6	5	5	28–20	4–1–1	6–9
2	Mark Williams	6	x	4	3	4	6	5	28–20	3–2–1	6–8
3	Stephen Hendry	4	4	x	5	5	3	7	28–20	3–2–1	6–8
4	Marco Fu	2	5	3	x	5	5	6	26–22	4–0–2	6–8
5	Paul Hunter	2	4	3	3	x	4	5	21–27	1–2–3	6–4
6	Jimmy White	3	2	5	3	4	x	3	20–28	1–1–4	6–3
7	Steve Davis	3	3	1	2	3	5	x	17–31	1–0–5	6–2

Play-offs

March 13–14 – Colwyn Bay Leisure Centre, Colwyn Bay, Wales^[1]^[2]

Semi-finals Best of 11 frames			Final Best of 17 frames

	John Higgins*	6
	Marco Fu	1
				John Higgins	6
				Stephen Hendry***	9
	Stephen Hendry**	6
	Mark Williams	4

*(80)-1, (79)-9, (68)-16, (85) 94–27, 0–77, 77–4, (81) 104–0
**21–65, (83)-0, (89) 90–1, (64)-65, (81) 104–0, 56–14, 17–76, (95)-40, 45–64, 53–52 (50)
***60-(62), (134)-0, 33–95 (70), 0-(88), (52) 66–4, 0–87 (86), 0-(80), (74) 78–4, 1–71 (70), 27–56 (55), 80–0, 18-(83), (67) 73–7, (69)-(59), 24–81 (57)

Century breaks

The highest break was worth £6,000.^[1]

146, 141, 135, 120 Paul Hunter
143, 135, 134, 110 John Higgins
140, 129, 123, 120, 120, 106, 102, 100 Marco Fu
116, 106, 105 Stephen Hendry
118, 114, 103 Mark Williams
109 Jimmy White
104, 102 Steve Davis

References

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^ ^a ^b "February 14–15, 2004". matchroomsport.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 20 April 2004. http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20040420110808/http://www.matchroomsport.com/snook4_info.htm.
^ ^a ^b ^c "February 21–22, 2004". matchroomsport.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 6 June 2004. http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20040606134918/http://www.matchroomsport.com/snook5_info.htm.

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