2003 Welsh Open (snooker)
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 22–26 January 2003 |
| Venue | Cardiff International Arena |
| City | Cardiff |
| Country | Wales |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Highest break | 140 |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Stephen Hendry |
| Runner-up |  Mark Williams |
| 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 won in the final 9–5 against Williams.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[2]
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Winner: £82,500 |
Last 80: £2,150 Stage one highest break: £1,800 Stage one maximum break: £5,000 Total: £597,200 |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff, Wales, 26 January 2003.[3] | ||
| Mark Williams (3) Wales
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5–9 | Stephen Hendry (7)
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| 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
Round 1
Best of 9 frames
Round 2–5
| Round 2 Best of 9 frames | Round 3 Best of 9 frames | Round 4 Best of 9 frames | Round 5 Best of 9 frames | |||||||||||||||
| David John | 5 |  Mark Selby | 5 | Jonathan Birch | 0 | Drew Henry | 3 | |||||||||||
| Justin Astley | 4 | David John | 4 | Mark Selby | 5 | Mark Selby | 5 | |||||||||||
 Leo Fernandez | 5 | Dave Finbow | 2 |  Terry Murphy | 3 | Fergal O'Brien | 1 | |||||||||||
| Mark Gray | 3 | Leo Fernandez | 5 | Leo Fernandez | 5 | Leo Fernandez | 5 | |||||||||||
| Munraj Pal | 5 | Barry Pinches | 5 | Billy Snaddon | 4 | Nigel Bond | 4 | |||||||||||
| Paul Davison | 2 | Munraj Pal | 2 | Barry Pinches | 5 | Barry Pinches | 5 | |||||||||||
 Johl Younger | 3 | Nick Walker | 3 | Robert Milkins | 5 | Steve Davis | 5 | |||||||||||
| Craig Butler | 5 | Craig Butler | 5 | Craig Butler | 4 | Robert Milkins | 3 | |||||||||||
| Jamie Cope | 5 | Gerard Greene | 5 | Marcus Campbell | 5 | Ali Carter | 5 | |||||||||||
| Peter Roscoe | 2 | Jamie Cope | 3 | Gerard Greene | 3 | Marcus Campbell | 3 | |||||||||||
| Adrian Gunnell | 5 | Stuart Pettman | 5 |  Robin Hull | 5 | Chris Small | 3 | |||||||||||
| Peter Lines | 4 | Adrian Gunnell | 1 | Stuart Pettman | 2 | Robin Hull | 5 | |||||||||||
| Jason Ferguson | 5 | Barry Hawkins | 5 | Alfie Burden | 4 | John Parrott | 1 | |||||||||||
| Stephen Kershaw | 2 | Jason Ferguson | 3 | Barry Hawkins | 5 | Barry Hawkins | 5 | |||||||||||
| Matthew Couch | 5 | Jimmy Michie | 5 | David Roe | 3 | David Gray | 5 | |||||||||||
 Pang Weiguo | 1 | Matthew Couch | 3 | Jimmy Michie | 5 | Jimmy Michie | 3 | |||||||||||
| Lee Walker | 4 | Bradley Jones | 0 | Mark Davis | 5 | Anthony Hamilton | 5 | |||||||||||
| Luke Fisher | 5 | Luke Fisher | 5 | Luke Fisher | 0 | Mark Davis | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tony Jones | 5 | Darren Morgan | 4 | Brian Morgan | 5 |  Tony Drago | 5 | |||||||||||
| Jason Prince | 2 | Tony Jones | 5 | Tony Jones | 3 | Brian Morgan | 4 | |||||||||||
| Jason Weston | 4 |  Bjorn Haneveer | 2 | Gary Wilkinson | 5 |  Marco Fu | 5 | |||||||||||
| Paul Davies | 5 | Paul Davies | 5 | Paul Davies | 2 | Gary Wilkinson | 3 | |||||||||||
| Ryan Day | 4 | Stuart Bingham | 3 |  Shokat Ali | 5 | Dave Harold | 5 | |||||||||||
| Sean Storey | 5 | Sean Storey | 5 | Sean Storey | 1 | Shokat Ali | 2 | |||||||||||
| Lee Spick | 5 | Andy Hicks | 5 | Ian McCulloch | 5 | Dominic Dale | 5 | |||||||||||
 Kristjan Helgason | 4 | Lee Spick | 3 | Andy Hicks | 1 | Ian McCulloch | 4 | |||||||||||
| Euan Henderson | 4 | Mike Dunn | 5 | Jamie Burnett | 5 | Michael Judge | 1 | |||||||||||
| Simon Bedford | 5 | Simon Bedford | 2 | Mike Dunn | 2 | Jamie Burnett | 5 | |||||||||||
| Rod Lawler | 5 | Stephen Maguire | 4 | Patrick Wallace | 4 |  James Wattana | 2 | |||||||||||
| Andrew Norman | 4 | Rod Lawler | 5 | Rod Lawler | 5 | Rod Lawler | 5 | |||||||||||
| Rory McLeod | 3 | Nick Dyson | 5 | Michael Holt | 5 | Anthony Davies | 2 | |||||||||||
| Ricky Walden | 5 | Ricky Walden | 4 | Nick Dyson | 2 | Michael Holt | 5 | |||||||||||
Century breaks
- 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
- ^ 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.