Dates 17 April–3 May 2004 Organisation(s) WPBSA | Country England Format Ranking event | |
The 2004 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 2004 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 17 April and 3 May 2004 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.
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Mark Williams was the defending champion, but he lost in the second round 11–13 against Joe Perry.
Ronnie O'Sullivan won his second world title by defeating Graeme Dott 18–8 in the final, despite Dott having led 5–0. This was the fourth biggest margin in a World final, subsequently equalled by O'Sullivan against Ali Carter in 2008. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.
Tournament summary
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Main draw
Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).
Qualifying
The matches were played at Pontin's, Prestatyn Sands in between 10–20 February 2004.
1st Round (Best of 19 frames)
2nd Round (Best of 19 frames)
Rounds 3–6
Century breaks
There were 55 centuries in this year's championship. The highest break of the tournament was 145 made by Joe Perry.