With this win Gary Emerson secured his first European Tour International Schedule victory in his 238th European Tour event ensuring a Tour Exemption until the end of 2005 and in the process beat his best previous European Tour performance of tied fourth at the 2001 Trophée Lancome.
Second victory on the European Challenge Tour, following the 1998 Netcom Norwegian Open.
The 206th English win on The European Tour.
The 69th different Englishman to win on The European Tour.
The 300th different player in total to win on The European Tour International Schedule.
The 12th first-time winner on The 2004 European Tour.
The third consecutive first-time winner, following Luke Donald (Scandinavian Masters by Carlsberg) and David Lynn (The KLM Open)
First time The European Tour has seen three consecutive first time winners since 2003 - Brett Rumford ( Aa St Omer Open), Søren Kjeldsen ( The Diageo Championship at Gleneagles) and Philip Golding (Open de France).
First time The European Tour has witnessed three consecutive English winners since 1997 - Peter Mitchell (Madeira Island Open), Stuart Cage (Europe 1 Cannes Open) and Mark James (Peugeot Open de España).
First time since 1972 that three consecutive events have been won by English players winning their first official European Tour title since 1972 : Tommy Horton (Piccadilly Medal), Peter Oosterhuis (Penfold-Bournemoth Tournament) and Ross Whitehead (John Player Trophy). Horton and Oosterhuis had won events prior to 1972, but official European Tour wins count from 1972).
The fourth English first-time winner in 2004, following Simon Khan (The Celtic Manor Wales Open), Luke Donald (Scandinavian Masters by Carlsberg) and David Lynn (The KLM Open)
The seventh English victory on the 2004 European Tour International Schedule, following Brian Davis (ANZ Championship), Barry Lane (The Daily Telegraph Damovo British Masters), Simon Khan (The Celtic Manor Wales Open), Miles Tunnicliff (The Diageo Championship at Gleneagles), Luke Donald (Scandinavian Masters by Carlsberg) and David Lynn (The KLM Open).
The 124th European Tour victory by a former European Challenge Tour player.
The 66th former European Challenge Tour player to win on The European Tour.
The 16th European Tour victory in 2004 by a former European Challenge Tour player.
First top ten finish of the 2004 European Tour season and 13th of his European Tour career.
The fifth English victory in the event, following, Carl Watts (1996), Warren Bennett (1998) and Iain Pyman (1999 & 2002).
Becomes the second player to make the BMW Russian Open their debut European Tour victory, following Marcus Fraser (2003).
The sixth English winner on the 2004 European Challenge Tour.
Second top two finish of the Challenge Tour season.
