2004 Premier League Snooker

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

Betfair Premier League
Tournament information
Dates10 January – 14 March 2004 (2004-01-10 – 2004-03-14)
CountryUnited Kingdom
OrganisationMatchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£180,000[1]
Winner's share£45,000[1]
Highest break Paul Hunter (ENG) (146)[2]
Final
ChampionScotland Stephen Hendry
Runner-upScotland John Higgins
Score9–6
← 2003

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

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[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
Ranking Scotland
HIG		Scotland
HEN		Wales
WIL		Hong Kong
FU		England
HUN		England
WHI		England
DAV		Frame
W-L		Match
W-D-L		Pld-Pts
1 John Higgins x246655 28–204–1–16–9
2 Mark Williams 6x43465 28–203–2–16–8
3 Stephen Hendry 44x5537 28–203–2–16–8
4 Marco Fu 253x556 26–224–0–26–8
5 Paul Hunter 2433x45 21–271–2–36–4
6 Jimmy White 32534x3 20–281–1–46–3
7 Steve Davis 331235x 17–311–0–56–2

Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 4–4 then the player who got to four first was higher. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold.)[3][4]

  • 10 January – Legends Sports Centre, Crewe, England[5]
    • 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
  • 11 January – Legends Sports Centre, Crewe, England[5]
    • 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)
  • 17 January – Greenock Sports Centre, Renfrew, Scotland[6]
    • 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)
  • 18 January – Greenock Sports Centre, Renfrew, Scotland[6]
    • 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
  • 14 February – Civic Hall, Trowbridge, England[7]
    • 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
  • 15 February – Civic Hall, Trowbridge, England[7]
    • 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)
  • 21 February – Peterlee Leisure Centre, Peterlee, England[8]
    • 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
  • 22 February – Peterlee Leisure Centre, Peterlee, England[8]
    • 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

Play-offs

13–14 March – Colwyn Bay Leisure Centre, Colwyn Bay, Wales[2][3][4]

Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 17 frames
      
1 Scotland John Higgins* 6
4 Hong Kong Marco Fu 1
1 Scotland John Higgins 6
2 Scotland Stephen Hendry*** 9
2 Scotland Stephen Hendry** 6
3 Wales 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.[3]

References
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