Manish Jain (born 25 August 1988) is an Indian Billiards and Snooker player.
 Manish started his career in 2004 after being Ranked 2nd at the West Bengal State Junior Billiards Championship and Ranked 3rd in the Snooker Championship.
 In 2005 he represented West Bengal in the National Billiards & Snooker Championship at the Goregaon Sports Club, Mumbai.
 In 2006 he represented West Bengal in the National Billiards & Snooker Championship at Vijaya Mehal Chennai.In 2007 he Represented West Bengal in the National Billiards & Snooker Championship at Hyderabad and Ranked 2nd In Billiards & Snooker both in India.
 He also won the State Junior Snooker Championship in 2007 and Ranked2nd in the State Senior Snooker Championship at West Bengal.
 In 2008 Manish represented India at the Asian U-21Snooker Championship held at Yangon,Myanmar.
 In 2008 he won the State Junior Snooker & Billiards Championship both held at the Bengal Rowing Club.
 In 2009 he represented India in the Asian U-21 Snooker Championship at Pune.
 In 2010 Manish joined Eastern Railways under Sports Quota to become a full time professional in Billiards & Snooker.
 In 2011 he Represented India in the World Sooker Q- School.
 He also won the State Snooker Championship at the Bengal Rowing Club.He also represented India in the World Professional Billiards Championship at Leeds, U.K.
 In 2012 he won the State Senior Billiards Championship at the Bengal Rowing Club.
 He then went on to represent India in the World Billiards Championship at the Northern Snooker Centre at Leeds, U.K.
 He participated in the All India Invitation Billiards & Snooker Championship, Baroda and Beat 9 times World Champion Geet Sethi in the Group Stage and Participated.
 In 2013 he represented India at the Australian Open Billiards Championship and made it to the Round of 16.
 He represented West Bengal in the National Billiards & Snooker Championship at Gwalior and finished Ranked 6th in the National Senior Billiards Championship.
 In 2014 he won both the State Billiards & Snooker Championship at the Bengal Rowing Club.
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The 2004 European Open was the 2004 edition of the European Open snooker tournament, held from 1 to 6 March 2004, at the Hilton Conference Centre, Portomaso, Malta.
 It was the final year the event was known as European Open, as the event was renamed to Malta Cup in next year.
 Stephen Maguire defeated Jimmy White by nine <dfn id="">frames</dfn> to three (9–3) in the final to claim his first ranking-event title, transforming him from "talented underachiever into a world-ranking event winner", according to "The Times".
 In the semi-finals Maguire defeated Stephen Lee and White beat Tony Drago.
 The tournament was the fifth of eight WPBSA ranking events in the 2003/2004 season, following the Welsh Open and preceding the Irish Masters.
Barry Hawkins (born 23 April 1979) is an English professional snooker player from Ditton in Kent.
 He turned professional in 1996, but only rose to prominence in the 2004/2005 snooker season, when he reached the last 16 of the 2004 UK Championship, the quarter-finals of the 2004 British Open, and the semi-finals of the 2005 Welsh Open.
 He has now spent twelve successive seasons ranked inside the top 32.
 He reached his first ranking final and won his first ranking title at the 2012 Australian Goldfields Open.
Judd Trump (born 20 August 1989) is an English professional snooker player from Bristol and former world number one.
 He enjoyed considerable success in youth tournaments before turning professional in 2005.
 On 3 April 2011, Trump won his first ranking title, beating Mark Selby 10–8 in the final of the China Open.
 Following this success in China, he reached the final of the 2011 World Snooker Championship where he was defeated by John Higgins.
 He then went on to win the 2011 UK Championship where he defeated Mark Allen 10–8 in the final.
Shawn Budd (born 2 March 1974 in Sydney, Australia), is a professional snooker and pool player that has won major snooker and pool tournaments in Australia, New Zealand, England and America.
 He is the only Australian snooker player ever to win the Australian Open Snooker, Australian National Snooker, Australian 9 Ball and 8 Ball titles.
 Also he has won the Oceania Snooker championships and was runner up in the Oceania Billiards Championship in the same year.
 In 2002 he was a quarter finalist in the IBSF World Billiards Championships (50 up).
 In 1994 he won the Valley National Open 8-ball tournament in Las Vegas (over 5000 entries) and in 2001 he won the Masters 8-ball event.
 The event is now called the World Pool Championships.
The 2004 Totesport Grand Prix was the 2004 edition of the Grand Prix snooker tournament and was held from 2 to 10 October 2004 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England.
 World number one Ronnie O'Sullivan won the tournament defeating Ian McCulloch by nine frames to five (9–5) in the final.
 In the semi-finals O'Sullivan defeated Paul Hunter 6–3 and McCulloch beat Michael Judge 6–1.
 Mark Williams, who won the same event under the name LG Cup the year before, lost in the first round.
 John Higgins made the highest break with a 147.
 The 64-man tournament was the first of eight WPBSA ranking events in the 2004/2005 snooker season and the next event following last season's World Championship, which was won by O'Sullivan.
 It preceded the second ranking event of the season, the British Open.
The 2011/2012 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 1 June 2011 and 7 May 2012.
 The Brazil Masters became the first professional event held in South America, and the Australian Goldfields Open the first ranking event in Australia.
 The World Cup was held again after 1996.
 At the end of the season Ronnie O'Sullivan was named the "World Snooker Player of the Year" and the "Snooker Writers Player of the Year", Judd Trump the "Fans Player of the Year" and Luca Brecel the "Rookie of the Year".
 Stuart Bingham received the "Performance of the Year" for winning his first ranking event, the Australian Goldfields Open.
 Stephen Hendry's maximum break at the World Championship received "The Magic Moment" award.
 Walter Donaldson, Mark Williams, John Higgins and Ronnie O'Sullivan were inducted into the Hall of Fame.
The 2004 British Open was the 2004 edition of the British Open snooker tournament, held from 8 to 14 November 2004 at Brighton Centre, Brighton, England.
 John Higgins won the tournament, defeating Stephen Maguire nine <dfn id="">frames</dfn> to six in the all-Scottish final to lift his first ranking-event title since the 2001 edition of this event.
 In the semi-finals, Higgins defeated Shaun Murphy 6–0 and Maguire defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–1.
 The defending champion Stephen Hendry lost in the quarter-finals.
 Higgins made the highest tournament <dfn id=">break</dfn> with his two breaks of 144.
 The tournament, which has not been held since, was the second of eight WPBSA ranking events in the 2004/2005 snooker season, following the Grand Prix in October, which was won by O'Sullivan.
 It preceded the third ranking event of the season, the UK Championship.
Shaun Murphy (born 10 August 1982) is an English professional snooker player, who won the 2005 World Championship.
 Nicknamed "The Magician", Murphy is noted for his straight cue action and his long potting.
The 1997 European Open was the 1997 edition of the European Open snooker tournament, held from 23 February to 2 March 1997 at the Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta, Malta.
 John Higgins defeated John Parrott by nine frames to five (9−5) in the final to claim his sixth ranking-event title.
 In the semi-finals Higgins defeated James Wattana and Parrott beat Ken Doherty.
 The tournament was the seventh of ten WPBSA ranking events in the 1996/1997 season, following the International Open and preceding the Thailand Open.

Question: What is the nickname of the snooker player who was defeated by John Higgins in the 2004 British Open snooker tournament?
Answer: The Magician