2004 Irish Masters


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.
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:
  • Winner: £48,000
  • Runner-up: £24,000
  • Semi-final: £12,000
  • Quarter-final: £7,900
  • Last 16: £6,900
  • Last 32: £5,500
  • Last 48: £2,900
  • Last 64: £2,100
  • Last 80: £1,600
  • Last 96: £1,050
  • 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: £400,000

Qualifying

Qualifying for the tournament took place between 5–10 January 2004 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales.
Round 1 – Best of 9 frames
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
Ryan Day 5–4 Philip Williams
Jason Prince 5–3 Ian Brumby
Ricky Walden 4–5 Scott MacKenzie
Craig Butler 4–5 Ding Junhui
Wayne Brown 5–2 Steve Mifsud
Billy Snaddon 5–0 Gary Thomson
Kwan Poomjang 3–5 Ian Preece
Atthasit Mahitthi w/o–w/d Alain Robidoux
Martin Dziewialtowski 2–5 Adrian Rosa
Terry Murphy w/d–w/o Luke Simmonds
Jamie Cope 5–4 Stuart Mann
Matthew Couch 5–1 Ian Sargeant
Munraj Pal 5–3 Andy Neck
Peter Lines 3–5 Darryn Walker
Leo Fernandez 4–5 Tom Ford
Colm Gilcreest 5–2 Garry Hardiman
Paul Wykes 2–5 Neil Robertson
Lee Walker 5–2 Michael Wild
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
Tony Jones 0–5 Martin Gould
Joe Johnson w/d–'''w/o Chris Melling'''

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

Televised stage centuries