2003 Welsh Open (snooker)
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 22–26 January 2003 |
Venue | Cardiff International Arena |
City | Cardiff |
Country | Wales |
Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £597,200 |
Winner's share | £82,500 |
Highest break | ![]() |
Final | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 9–5 |
← 2002 2004 → |
The 2003 Regal Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 22 to 26 January at the Cardiff International Arena in Cardiff, Wales.[1]
Paul Hunter was the defending champion, but he lost in the semi-finals 2–6 against Mark Williams.
Stephen Hendry defeated Williams 9–5 in the final to win the 34th ranking title of his career.
Tournament summary[edit]
Defending champion Paul Hunter was the number 1 seed with World Champion Peter Ebdon 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:[2]
Winner: £82,500 |
Last 80: £2,150 Stage one highest break: £1,800 Stage one maximum break: £5,000 Total: £597,200 |
Main draw[edit]
Final[edit]
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: ![]() Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff, Wales, 26 January 2003.[3] | ||
Mark Williams (4)![]() |
5–9 | Stephen Hendry (7)![]() |
Afternoon: 64–0 (62), 0–127 (127), 26–90 (89), 0–140 (140), 25–83 (64), 59–49, 0–104 (104), 0–108 (108) Evening: 87–0 (87), 65–1 (54), 51–61, 62–0 (50), 31–79 (79), 0–91 (91) | ||
87 | Highest break | 140 |
0 | Century breaks | 4 |
4 | 50+ breaks | 8 |
Qualifying[edit]
Round 1[edit]
Best of 9 frames
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Century breaks[edit]
- 140, 127, 124, 113, 108, 104
Stephen Hendry
- 139
Robin Hull
- 133
Leo Fernandez
- 132
Ali Carter
- 128
Michael Holt
- 127
John Higgins
- 120
Anthony Hamilton
- 116, 100
Mark Williams
- 110
Paul Hunter
- 109, 104
Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 109
Alan McManus
- 101, 101
Marco Fu
References[edit]
- ^ Turner, Chris. "Welsh Open". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ "Prize Money (Main Tour 2002/2003)". wpbsa.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 10 September 2002. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- ^ a b "Regal Welsh Open 2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ a b c "2003 Regal Welsh Open". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 17 October 2006.