First round
Losers receiving 640 pts except seeds 1 to 32 who get 427.Mark Johnston-Allen      (44) btSTEPHEN HENDRY    SCO   (1) 5-4STEVE DAVIS               (2) bt Mark Flowerdew         (84) 5-1Euan Henderson      SCO (119) btJAMES WATTANA     THA   (3) 5-4JIMMY WHITE               (4) bt Nick Terry             (38) 5-3JOHN PARROTT              (5) bt Neil Mosley           (243) 5-0ALAN MCMANUS        SCO   (6) bt Wayne Jones       WAL  (52) 5-3KEN DOHERTY         IRE   (7) bt Rod Lawler             (45) 5-2DARREN MORGAN       WAL   (8) bt Cliff Thorburn    CAN  (54) 5-3RONNIE O'SULLIVAN         (9) bt Graeme Dott       SCO   (-) 5-3PETER EBDON              (10) bt Paul Davies       WAL  (55) 5-3NIGEL BOND               (11) bt David McLellan    SCO (156) 5-1John Higgins        SCO  (51) bt JOE SWAIL         NIR  (12) 5-1DAVID ROE                (13) bt Stephen Murphy    IRE  (63) 5-2TERRY GRIFFITHS     WAL  (14) bt Tai Pichit        THA   (-) 5-0Anton Bishop            (210) bt WILLIE THORNE          (15) 5-4TONY DRAGO          MLT  (16) bt Jason Prince      NIR  (47) 5-4Jim Wych            CAN  (56) bt STEVE JAMES            (17) 5-3Tony Jones               (34) bt MARTIN CLARK           (18) 5-4DAVE HAROLD              (19) wo Roger Garrett         (125) scr.Billy Snaddon       SCO  (36) bt DENE O'KANE        NZL (20) 5-3TONY KNOWLES             (21) bt Dave Finbow            (41) 5-1Mark J Williams     WAL  (58) bt GARY WILKINSON         (22) 5-2MIKE HALLETT             (23) bt Jeff Cundy            (138) 5-1DENNIS TAYLOR       NIR  (24) bt Terry Murphy      NIR  (91) 5-3NEAL FOULDS              (25) bt Paul McPhillips   SCO  (59) 5-2Peter Lines             (129) bt DOUG MOUNTJOY     WAL  (26) 5-4MICK PRICE               (27) btAnthony Hamilton       (35) 5-1JASON FERGUSON           (28) bt Silvino Francisco SAF  (57) 5-4Drew Henry          SCO  (39) bt DEAN REYNOLDS          (29) 5-2Mark Davis               (65) bt BRIAN MORGAN           (30) 5-1Andy Hicks               (33) bt MARK BENNETT      WAL  (31) 5-2ALAIN ROBIDOUX      CAN  (32) bt Tony Chappel      WAL  (53) 5-2Roger Garrett didn't show up for his match againstDave Harold. Noreason has yet been given.Mark Johnston-Allen, ranked 44 in the world, has now won three out ofthree matches againstStephen Hendry!   "That was among the three worst performances of my career," adejected Hendry said afterwards. "I feel like chucking it in when Iplay like that against people who should not even be in the sameroom," he added.
Second round
Losers receiving 855 ptsS DAVIS         (2) bt HAROLD       (19) 5-3WHITE           (4) bt Hicks        (33) 5-3PARROTT         (5) bt Snaddon      (36) 5-2MCMANUS         (6) bt M Davis      (65) 5-1DOHERTY         (7) bt Lines       (129) 5-1D MORGAN        (8) bt FOULDS       (25) 5-1O'SULLIVAN      (9) bt KNOWLES      (21) 5-2EBDON          (10) bt FERGUSON     (28) 5-1BOND           (11) bt T Jones      (34) 5-2HALLETT        (23) bt ROE          (13) 5-4GRIFFITHS      (14) bt Wych         (56) 5-0ROBIDOUX       (32) btDRAGO        (16) 5-2Henderson     (119) bt DN TAYLOR    (24) 5-2PRICE          (27) bt Bishop      (210) 5-1J Higgins      (51) bt Henry        (39) 5-3Johnston-Allen (44) btM J Williams (58) 5-1Jimmy White beat Andy Hicks after a tense eighth frame. The score was52-52 with only the black remaining. Andy Hicks took on a tough potbut missed and left a simple cut for White to win the match.Stephen Hendry's conqueror Mark Johnston-Allen beat Mark Williams 5-1and said: "I was shocked when I read his remarks (Hendry's). It was adisrespectful thing to say about a professional player. Obviously hewas cheesed off but that is not an excuse."
Third round
Losers receiving 1140 ptsS DAVIS         (2) btEBDON      (10) 5-2WHITE           (4) bt BOND       (11) 5-2PARROTT         (5) btROBIDOUX   (32) 5-2MCMANUS         (6) bt HALLETT    (23) 5-1J Higgins      (51) btDOHERTY     (7) 5-0PRICE          (27) btD MORGAN    (8) 5-1Johnston-Allen (44) btO'SULLIVAN  (9) 5-2Henderson     (119) bt GRIFFITHS  (14) 5-2John Higgins needed only 75 minutes of play to beatKen Doherty 5-0with breaks of 106, 101, 80 and 78 in the first four frames.After beatingPeter Ebdon 5-2,Steve Davis said: "Peter is the bravestplayer I've ever played against. He's definetely got the heart to goand win the world title soon."Jimmy White had previously playedNigel Bond six times and lost thelast five, but yesterday he won 5-2.White said: "I was pleased toclose that door because when he came back to 3-2 I was a litte bitanxious."Mark Johnston-Allen continued his giant-killing as he sentRonnieO'Sullivan crashing out.O'Sullivan battled in the seventh frame,gaining the three snookers he needed to stay alive, but then failed toclear up. Johnston-Allen now facesJimmy White in the quarter-finals.
Quarter-finals
Losers receiving 1520 ptsS DAVIS (2) bt PRICE (27) 5-0Frame Scores: 66-54, 62-48, 84(59)-0, 129(129)-0, 69-19WHITE (4) bt Johnston-Allen (44) 5-0Frame Scores: 77-21, 76(76)-6, 97(88)-0, 83(70)-5, 60-58(58)PARROTT (5) btMCMANUS (6) 5-1Frame Scores: 57-38, 76-34, 70-29, 22-102(54), 62(62)-50, 77-0J Higgins (51) bt Henderson (119) 5-2Frame Scores: 124(88)-5, 85(84)-8, 60-49, 88(60)-9, 48-72, 22-64,69(62)-62John Higgins sank a re-spotted black to beat Euan Henderson5-2. Henderson fought back superbly from 4-0 down, but his attempt tocut the black into the green pocket proved fatal.
Semi-finals
Losers receiving 2025 ptsS DAVIS (2) btWHITE (4) 6-4Frame Scores: 51-75(61), 62-9, 15-66, 1-64, 56-9, 68-46, 32-86(69),69-18, 67-7, 69(60)-22J Higgins (51) btPARROTT (5) 6-4Frame Scores: 81(52)-32, 45-56, 99(59)-8, 101(101)-16, 102(67)-0,1-117(77), 3-81, 44-52, 64-30, 65-1John Higgins has reached his third final in 21 days!
THE FINAL
Loser receiving  2700 pts. Winner receiving 3600.J Higgins (51) btS DAVIS (2) 9-5Frame Scores: 62-53(53), 17-65, 50-47, 1-67, 76-38, 71-37,66-73(60), 76(51)-29, 59-60, 70-54, 48-59,102(102)-32, 98-14, 77(65)-10John Higgins was rewarded with a 60.000 Pounds winner's cheque and thekeys to a 35.000 Pounds Mercedes car as he won his second rankingtitle of the season.