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2004 Premier League Snooker

Field	Value
tournament_name	Betfair Premier League
dates
country	United Kingdom
organisation	Matchroom Sport
format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£180,000
winners_share	£45,000
highest_break	Paul Hunter (146)
winner	SCO Stephen Hendry
runner_up	SCO John Higgins
score	9–6
previous	2003
next	2005 (May)

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

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

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

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

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.)

10 January – Legends Sports Centre, Crewe, England
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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

*(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.

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

"2004 Betfair Premier Snooker League Event Information". Matchroom Sport.
"2004 Matchroom Premier League". Global Snooker Centre.
"2004 Results". Matchroom Sport.
"January 10–11, 2004". Matchroom Sport.
"January 17–18, 2004". Matchroom Sport.
"February 14–15, 2004". Matchroom Sport.
"February 21–22, 2004". Matchroom Sport.
"March 13–14, 2004". Matchroom Sport.

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