Stephen Hendry became the first player to make two maximum breaks in the tournament's history after scoring a 147 against Paul Wykes in the last 16.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: [1] [3][4] Round of 128 Best of 11 frames David McLellan 6–4 Mark Bennett Stuart Bingham 6–5 Kristján Helgason Ian Brumby 6–1 Chris Scanlon Paul Sweeny 6–5 Leigh Griffin Sean Storey 6–2 Adrian Gunnell Gareth Chilcott 6–2 Dene O'Kane Ali Carter 6–3 Stephen O'Connor Michael Holt 6–5 James Reynolds Tony Jones 6–5 Hugh Abernethy Mark Fenton 6–1 Dennis Taylor Nick Pearce 6–2 Peter McCullagh Martin Dziewialtowski 6–2 Munraj Pal Mehmet Husnu 6–5 Tony Chappel Craig Harrison 6–3 Craig MacGillivray
Mark Selby 6–3 Tony Knowles Michael Judge 6–3 Mario Geudens Robert Milkins 6–2 Karl Broughton Wayne Jones 6–3 Leo Fernandez Shokat Ali 6–3 Nick Dyson John Lardner 6–3 Wayne Saidler Mark Davis 6–2 Patrick Delsemme Patrick Wallace 6–5 Darren Clarke Mark Gray 6–0 Eddie Manning Anthony Davies 6–2 Ryan Day Steve Judd 6–2 Nick Terry Phaitoon Phonbun 6–2 Richard King Stephen Maguire 6–5 Stefan Mazrocis Willie Thorne 6–2 Mike Dunn Stuart Pettman 6–3 Noppadon Noppachorn Troy Shaw 6–3 Robin Hull
Round of 96 Best of 11 frames David McLellan w/o–w/d Alain Robidoux Jonathan Birch 6–3 Stuart Bingham Ian Brumby 6–2 Euan Henderson Paul Sweeny 6–2 Matthew Couch Lee Walker 6–4 Sean Storey Jimmy Michie 6–4 Gareth Chilcott Gary Ponting 6–3 Ali Carter Michael Holt 6–4 Peter Lines Joe Johnson 6–4 Tony Jones Mark Fenton 6–0 Jason Prince Alfie Burden 6–5 Nick Pearce Joe Perry 6–3 Martin Dziewialtowski David Roe 6–5 Mehmet Husnu Marco Fu 6–0 Craig Harrison Wayne Brown 6–2 Nick Walker Steve James 6–4 Karl Burrows
Mark Selby 6–4 John Read Michael Judge 6–3 Gerard Greene Robert Milkins 6–2 Rod Lawler Paul Davies 6–3 Wayne Jones Shokat Ali 6–3 Dean Reynolds David Gray 6–4 John Lardner Drew Henry 6–2 Mark Davis Patrick Wallace 6–4 Marcus Campbell Mark Gray 6–2 Martin Clark Anthony Davies 6–3 Bradley Jones Mick Price 6–5 Steve Judd Phaitoon Phonbun 6–5 Dave Finbow Stephen Maguire 6–4 Ian McCulloch Paul Wykes 6–2 Willie Thorne Stuart Pettman 6–2 Neal Foulds Jason Ferguson 6–3 Troy Shaw