2003 Welsh Open (snooker)
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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.
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
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:
| 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: £1,450Stage one highest break: £1,800 Stage two highest break: £7,500Stage one maximum break: £5,000 Stage two maximum break: £20,000Total: £597,200 |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams. Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff, Wales, 26 January 2003. | ||
| 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
Round 1
Best of 9 frames
Round 2–5
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