2003 LG Cup (snooker)
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 4–12 October 2003 |
| Venue | Guild Hall |
| City | Preston |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £597,200[1] |
| Winner's share | £82,500[1] |
| Highest break |  John Higgins (SCO) (147)[2] |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Mark Williams (WAL) |
| Runner-up | John Higgins (SCO) |
| Score | 9–5 |
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The 2003 LG Cup was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4 and 12 October 2003 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England.
Mark Williams won the 15th ranking title of his career by defeating John Higgins 9–5 in the final. In the 11th frame of the final, Higgins made his 3rd maximum in professional competition.[2]
Chris Small came into the tournament as defending champion, however he lost 5–3 to John Parrott in the quarter-finals.
Tournament summary
[edit]Defending champion Chris Small was the number 1 seed with World Champion Mark Williams seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.
Prize fund
[edit]The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]
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Main draw
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Final
[edit]| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Lawrie Annandale. Guild Hall, Preston, England, 12 October 2003.[3] | ||
| John Higgins (5) Scotland
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5–9 | Mark Williams (2) Wales
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| Afternoon: 23–74 (74), 0–83 (83), 32–96 (65), 142–0 (142), 46–41, 0–127 (127), 84–33 (84), 33–70 Evening: 39–53, 91–8 (91), 147–0 (147), 0–78 (78), 42–68, 64–69 (Williams 51) | ||
| 147 | Highest break | 127 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 4 | 50+ breaks | 6 |
Qualifying
[edit]Qualifying for the tournament took place between 4 and 18 September 2003 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales.[4]
- Round 1
Best of 9 frames
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- Round 2–4
Century breaks
[edit]Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c "LG Cup Prize Money". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 10 December 2003. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Wizard magic can't stop Williams". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 3 February 2004. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ a b "LG Cup 2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
- ^ a b c "2003 LG Cup". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 5 September 2006.
- ^ "Grand Prix". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.