2003 Welsh Open (snooker)

2003 Regal Welsh Open
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 (SCO) (140)
Final
Champion	Stephen Hendry (SCO)
Runner-up	Mark Williams (WAL)
Score	9–5
	← 2002 2004 →

The 2003 Welsh Open (officially 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. Williams in turn lost to Stephen Hendry 9–5 in the final. Hendry won his third Welsh Open title and 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
Runner-up: £42,500
Semi-final: £21,250
Quarter-final: £11,700
Last 16: £9,600
Last 32: £7,800
Last 48: £4,000
Last 64: £3,150

Last 80: £2,150
Last 96: £1,450

Stage one highest break: £1,800
Stage two highest break: £7,500

Stage one maximum break: £5,000
Stage two maximum break: £20,000

Total: £597,200

Main draw edit

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Last 32 Best of 9 frames			Last 16 Best of 9 frames			Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames			Semi-finals Best of 11 frames			Final Best of 17 frames

1	Paul Hunter	5

53	Mark Selby	1
			1	Paul Hunter	5

				Leo Fernandez	1
11	Mark King	2

	Leo Fernandez	5
						1	Paul Hunter	5

						6	Ken Doherty	2
16	Joe Swail	5

56	Barry Pinches	3
			16	Joe Swail	4

			6	Ken Doherty	5
6	Ken Doherty	5

25	Steve Davis	2
									1	Paul Hunter	2

									4	Mark Williams	6
5	John Higgins	5

31	Ali Carter	4
			5	John Higgins	1

			39	Robin Hull	5
12	Graeme Dott	3

39	Robin Hull	5
						39	Robin Hull	4

						4	Mark Williams	5
13	Joe Perry	5

51	Barry Hawkins	2
			13	Joe Perry	2

			4	Mark Williams	5
4	Mark Williams	5

19	David Gray	2
												4	Mark Williams	5

												7	Stephen Hendry	9
3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5

17	Anthony Hamilton	4
			3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5

			28	Tony Drago	4
9	Matthew Stevens	1

28	Tony Drago	5
						3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	3

						27	Marco Fu	5
14	Quinten Hann	2

27	Marco Fu	5
			27	Marco Fu	5

			8	Stephen Lee	0
8	Stephen Lee	5

21	Dave Harold	3
									27	Marco Fu	4

									7	Stephen Hendry	6
7	Stephen Hendry	5

20	Dominic Dale	1
			7	Stephen Hendry	5

			15	Alan McManus	4
15	Alan McManus	5

44	Jamie Burnett	3
						7	Stephen Hendry	5

							Rod Lawler	2
10	Jimmy White	2

	Rod Lawler	5
				Rod Lawler	5

			35	Michael Holt	3
2	Peter Ebdon	2

35	Michael Holt	5

Final edit

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams. Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff, Wales, 26 January 2003.^[3]
Mark Williams (4) Wales	5–9	Stephen Hendry (7) Scotland
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

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Round 1 edit

Best of 9 frames

Shaun Murphy	1–5	David John
Joe Johnson	2–5	Justin Astley
Martin Dziewialtowski	4–5	Leo Fernandez
Paul Wykes	4–5	Mark Gray
Troy Shaw	3–5	Munraj Pal
Paul Davison	5–3	David McLellan
Neal Foulds	1–5	Johl Younger
Craig Butler	5–1	Jimmy Robertson
Jeff Cundy	4–5	Jamie Cope
John Read	4–5	Peter Roscoe
Adrian Gunnell	5–4	David Gilbert
Peter Lines	5–4	Darren Clarke
Jason Ferguson	5–2	Stefan Mazrocis
Stephen Kershaw	5–0	Hugh Abernethy
Matthew Couch	5–0	Bob Chaperon
Wayne Brown	1–5	Pang Weiguo

Lee Walker	5–3	Matthew Farrant
Luke Fisher	5–1	Nick Pearce
Tony Jones	5–3	Eddie Manning
Jason Prince	5–1	Manan Chandra
Phaitoon Phonbun	3–5	Jason Weston
Paul Davies	5–4	Jin Long
Ryan Day	5–3	James Reynolds
Sean Storey	5–0	Kwan Poomjang
Andrew Higginson	4–5	Lee Spick
Kristján Helgason	5–2	Colm Gilcreest
Euan Henderson	5–1	Mario Wehrman
Alain Robidoux	3–5	Simon Bedford
Rod Lawler	5–1	Atthasit Mahitthi
Andrew Norman	5–2	David Donovan
Rory McLeod	5–3	Matthew Selt
Antony Bolsover	4–5	Ricky Walden

Round 2–5 edit


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 edit

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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.

[1] 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.

[2] "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.

[Snooker.org-3] "Regal Welsh Open 2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 January 2011.

[GSC-4] "2003 Regal Welsh Open". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 17 October 2006.

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Tournament information
Dates	22–26 January 2003 (2003-01-22 – 2003-01-26)
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 (SCO) (140)
Final
Champion	Stephen Hendry (SCO)
Runner-up	Mark Williams (WAL)
Score	9–5
← 2002 2004 →