2003 Welsh Open (snooker)
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 22–26 January 2003 |
| Venue | Cardiff International Arena |
| City | Cardiff |
| Country | Wales |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £597,200 |
| Winner's share | £82,500 |
| Highest break |  Stephen Hendry (140) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Stephen Hendry |
| Runner-up |  Mark Williams |
| Score | 9–5 |
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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
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
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. Referee: Eirian Williams. Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff, Wales, 26 January 2003.[3] | ||
| Mark Williams (4) Wales
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5–9 | Stephen Hendry (7) Scotland
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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 | |||||||||||
 Kristján 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.