2003 British Open
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 8–16 November 2003 |
| Venue | Brighton Centre |
| City | Brighton |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £450,000 |
| Winner's share | £52,000 |
| Highest break | File:Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins (SCO) (147) |
| Final | |
| Champion | File:Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Hendry (SCO) |
| Runner-up | File:Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) |
| Score | 9–6 |
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The 2003 British Open was the 2003 edition of the British Open professional ranking snooker tournament, that was held from 8–16 November 2003 at the Brighton Centre, Brighton, England. Stephen Hendry won the tournament by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan nine frames to six in the final. The final saw a record 5 centuries in a row from the two players (three from O'Sullivan and two from Hendry, including a 135), which remains a joint record for consecutive centuries made between two players in a professional tournament match and is a standalone record for ranking events and finals.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]
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Winner: £52,000 |
Last 80: £1,750 |
Main draw
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Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams. Brighton Centre, Brighton, England. 16 November 2003.[3] | ||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (4) File:Flag of England.svg England |
6–9 | Stephen Hendry (3) File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland |
| Afternoon: 103–29 (62), 78–37 (61), 2–59, 0–135 (135), 106–0 (106), 104–0 (100), 0–135 (121), 109–0 (109) Evening: 28–84 (61), 4–89 (50), 0–135 (135), 56–78 (56, 78), 0–95 (95), 70–5 (64), 12–72 | ||
| 109 | Highest break | 135 |
| 3 | Century breaks | 3 |
| 7 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales between 21 and 25 September 2003.[2]
Round 1
Best of 9 frames
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Round 2–4
| Round 2 Best of 9 frames | Round 3 Best of 9 frames | Round 4 Best of 9 frames | |||||||||||
| Thailand Kwan Poomjang | 3 | England Shaun Murphy | 5 | England Gary Wilkinson | 4 | ||||||||
| England Andrew Norman | 5 | England Andrew Norman | 2 | England Shaun Murphy | 5 | ||||||||
| England Wayne Brown | 3 | England Nick Dyson | 5 | Scotland Jamie Burnett | 2 | ||||||||
| Wales Ryan Day | 5 | Wales Ryan Day | 1 | England Nick Dyson | 5 | ||||||||
| England Paul Wykes | 5 | England David Roe | 5 | England Nigel Bond | 5 | ||||||||
| Australia Steve Mifsud | 4 | England Paul Wykes | 3 | England David Roe | 0 | ||||||||
| Scotland Billy Snaddon | 5 | England Dave Finbow | 1 | England Barry Hawkins | 5 | ||||||||
| England Luke Fisher | 4 | Scotland Billy Snaddon | 5 | Scotland Billy Snaddon | 0 | ||||||||
| England Andrew Higginson | 5 | Belgium Bjorn Haneveer | 3 | Northern Ireland Gerard Greene | 5 | ||||||||
| Australia Neil Robertson | 1 | England Andrew Higginson | 5 | England Andrew Higginson | 1 | ||||||||
| England Craig Butler | 5 | England Sean Storey | 3 | England Stuart Bingham | 5 | ||||||||
| Wales Philip Williams | 1 | England Craig Butler | 5 | England Craig Butler | 1 | ||||||||
| Scotland Gary Thomson | 5 | England Andy Hicks | 5 | England Stuart Pettman | 3 | ||||||||
| Wales Paul Davies | 2 | Scotland Gary Thomson | 4 | England Andy Hicks | 5 | ||||||||
| England Michael Wild | 5 | England Mike Dunn | 5 | Scotland Stephen Maguire | 5 | ||||||||
| England Munraj Pal | 3 | England Michael Wild | 4 | England Mike Dunn | 2 | ||||||||
| Scotland Martin Dziewialtowski | 5 | Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace | 5 | England Jonathan Birch | 0[n 1] | ||||||||
| England Bradley Jones | 0 | Scotland Martin Dziewialtowski | 0 | Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace | 5 | ||||||||
| England Michael Rhodes | 1 | England Alfie Burden | 1 | England Brian Morgan | 2 | ||||||||
| England Tom Ford | 5 | England Tom Ford | 5 | England Tom Ford | 5 | ||||||||
| England Rory McLeod | 3 | Pakistan Shokat Ali | 4 | England Mark Davis | 5 | ||||||||
| Australia Johl Younger | 5 | Australia Johl Younger | 5 | Australia Johl Younger | 0 | ||||||||
| England Jamie Cope | 4 | England Nick Walker | 5 | Republic of Ireland Michael Judge | 5 | ||||||||
| England Matthew Couch | 5 | England Matthew Couch | 3 | England Nick Walker | 1 | ||||||||
| England Ricky Walden | 5 | Wales Darren Morgan | 1 | Thailand James Wattana | 3 | ||||||||
| England Darryn Walker | 1 | England Ricky Walden | 5 | England Ricky Walden | 5 | ||||||||
| England Adrian Gunnell | 5 | Scotland Marcus Campbell | 5 | England Barry Pinches | 5 | ||||||||
| Canada Alain Robidoux | 1 | England Adrian Gunnell | 0 | Scotland Marcus Campbell | 2 | ||||||||
| England Peter Lines | 3 | England Rod Lawler | 4 | Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien | 5 | ||||||||
| Thailand Atthasit Mahitthi | 5 | Thailand Atthasit Mahitthi | 5 | Thailand Atthasit Mahitthi | 4 | ||||||||
| England Adrian Rosa | 5 | England Jimmy Michie | 1 | England Michael Holt | 5 | ||||||||
| Republic of Ireland Colm Gilcreest | 3 | England Adrian Rosa | 5 | England Adrian Rosa | 4 | ||||||||
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- ↑ Birch conceded the match at 0–3 down.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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References
- ↑ "2003 British Open – Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 13 May 2004. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "2003 British Open". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 5 September 2006.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "British Open 2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 18 March 2014.