2004 Irish Masters
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 21–28 March 2004 |
| Venue | Citywest Hotel |
| City | Dublin |
| Country | Ireland |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £400,000[1] |
| Winner's share | £48,000[1] |
| Highest break | Mark King (ENG) (138)[2] |
| Final | |
| Champion | Peter Ebdon (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Mark King (ENG) |
| Score | 10–7 |
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The 2004 Citywest Irish Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 21 and 28 March 2004 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland.[3]
Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, however he lost 2–6 to eventual champion Peter Ebdon in the quarter-finals.
Peter Ebdon won the title by defeating Mark King 10–7 in the final.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]
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Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames Citywest Hotel, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, 28 March 2004.[3] | ||
| Peter Ebdon (7) England |
10–7 | Mark King England |
| Afternoon: 49–56, 78–8, 73–45, 9–70, 131–0 (131), 71–6 (57), 46–79 (79), 35–76 Evening: 78–40, 0–138 (138), 92–0 (92), 53–51, 76–38, 28–74, 73–46, 1–75, 94–37 | ||
| 131 | Highest break | 138 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 3 | 50+ breaks | 2 |
Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place between 5–10 January 2004 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales.[4] Round 1 – Best of 9 frames
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Andrew Higginson 3–5 Mehmet Husnu Adrian Gunnell 4–5 Paul Sweeny David Gilbert 2–5 Supoj Saenla Kristján Helgason w/d–w/o Kurt Maflin Luke Fisher 3–5 Michael Rhodes Jason Prince 5–3 Ian Brumby Ricky Walden 4–5 Scott MacKenzie Billy Snaddon 5–0 Gary Thomson Atthasit Mahitthi w/o–w/d Alain Robidoux Martin Dziewialtowski 2–5 Adrian Rosa Terry Murphy w/d–w/o Luke Simmonds |
Matthew Couch 5–1 Ian Sargeant Munraj Pal 5–3 Andy Neck Peter Lines 3–5 Darryn Walker Colm Gilcreest 5–2 Garry Hardiman Simon Bedford 5–0 Carlo Giagnacovo Rory McLeod 5–0 James Leadbetter Andrew Norman 5–2 Stephen Croft Jason Ferguson 0–5 Steven Bennie Johl Younger 3–5 Joe Delaney Paul Davies 5–2 Liu Song Bradley Jones 5–1 Joe Meara Joe Johnson w/d–w/o Chris Melling |
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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References
- ^ a b c "2004 Irish Masters – Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 11 August 2004. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "Ebdon conquers King for Irish crown". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 11 April 2004. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ a b c "Citywest Irish Masters 2004". Snooker.org. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ a b c "2004 Irish Masters". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 15 June 2004. Retrieved 19 January 2023.