2003 Premier League Snooker

Hasseröder Premier League Snooker
Tournament information
Dates	11 January- 11 May 2003
Country	United Kingdom
Organisation(s)	Matchroom Sport
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£180,000
Winner's share	£45,000
Highest break	139
Final
Champion	Marco Fu
Runner-up	Mark Williams
Score	9–5
← 2002 2004 →

The 2003 Hasseröder Premier League Snooker professional non-ranking snooker tournament was played from 11 January to 11 May 2003.

Marco Fu won in the final 9–5 against Mark Williams.

1 Prize fund
2 League phase
3 League table
4 Play-offs
5 Century breaks
6 References

Prize fund

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Winner: £45,000
Runner-up: £20,000
Semi-final: £12,500

Frame-win: £500 (only in league phase)
Highest break: £6,000

Total: £180,000

League phase

(breaks above 50 shown between brackets); breaks 100 and above will be indicated bold.^[1]^[2]

January 11 – Borough Hall, Hartlepool, England^[3]
- John Higgins 6–2 Steve Davis → (50) 83–30, 35–85, (97)-31, 62–68, (59) 63–39, (66) 94–36, 67–47, (122)-18
- Mark Williams 1–7 Marco Fu → 0–74, 73–34, 4–94 (68), 46–59, 0-(139), 0–134 (84), 51–53, 0–85 (79)
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–2 Jimmy White → 44–63, (54) 68–42, (51) 86–11, 64–16, (67) 112–14, (78)-21, (100)-1, 41–67

January 12 – Borough Hall, Hartlepool, England^[3]
- John Higgins 3–5 Jimmy White → 24–63, 42–55(49), 15-(72), (55) 69–57, 4-(81), 69–14, 0-(131), 77–9
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–3 Steve Davis → (105) 110–11, (62) 72–48, 59–64, 54–53, (92)-6, 5–92 (88), 0-(95), (70) 71–5
- Mark Williams 6–2 Peter Ebdon → (102) 106–7, (125) 137–0, 1–86 (52), 60–31, (71) 75–33, (78) 82–0, 73–31, 21–114 (108)

January 18 – Floral Hall, Southport, England^[4]
- Peter Ebdon 6–2 John Higgins → 70–26, 75-(67), 0-(90), 0–136 (104), 57–49, 65–45, (67)-12, 69–5
- Steve Davis 6–2 Jimmy White → 68–27, 0–72, 65–41, (53) 65–12, 53–42, 64–25, (54)-66, (91) 92–8

January 19 – Floral Hall, Southport, England^[4]
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–3 Marco Fu → 0-(100), (101) 105–0, 0–97 (89), 50–65, 65–40, (55) 72–9, (80)-4, (51) 82–31
- Peter Ebdon 4–4 Jimmy White → 8-(58), 56–27, 51–67, 24–57, (53) 54–63 (57), 69–46, (85) 90–7, 61–33
- Mark Williams 5–3 John Higgins → (123) 124–0, (50) 71–31, (56) 83–32, 0–72, 0-(132), 0-(73), (69) 70–0, 81–31

February 15 – Flint Pavilion, Flint, Wales^[5]
- Steve Davis 4–4 Marco Fu → (61) 73–25, 18–59, 26-(88), 56–21, 1–107 (102), 14-(111), (50) 68–66, 60–29
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–3 Mark Williams → 0–67 (53), 28–65, 9–66, (114) 118–0, (77)-0, (58) 73–55, 67–34, (93) 101–0

February 16 – Flint Pavilion, Flint, Wales^[5]
- Peter Ebdon 5–3 Steve Davis → (62) 97–24, (134) 138–1, 0-(104), 22–114 (110), (53) 82–0, 39–72 (55), (53) 65–53, (52) 75–6
- John Higgins 4–4 Marco Fu → 38–84, (83) 97–18, 76–0, 1–79 (52), (88)-4, 63–29, 44- 62, 43–58
- Mark Williams 6–2 Jimmy White → 67–16, 64–63, 8–76 (53), 78–11, 70–14, (52) 58–50, (56) 60–37, 29–60 (51)

March 22 – Colwyn Bay Leisure Centre, Colwyn Bay, Wales^[6]
- Peter Ebdon 4–4 Marco Fu → 0–84, 42–73, (69)-16, 17–67, 60–12, 1–81 (57), 70–54, 57–56
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–3 John Higgins → 65–64 (56), (91)-0, 50–63, (61) 69–1, 73–14, 42–83 (73), 62–25, 5–88 (79)

March 23 – Colwyn Bay Leisure Centre, Colwyn Bay, Wales^[6]
- Mark Williams 6–2 Steve Davis → 1–62 (61), 70–45, 53–20, 17–63, (62) 89–26, 65–58 (50), 78–41, 75–24
- Jimmy White 6–2 Marco Fu → 65–52, (71) 72–16, 73–29, 57–43, (75) 81–24, 11–72 (59), 14–75 (68), (50) 74–1
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–3 Peter Ebdon → 0–134 (125), 75–41, (52) 89–6, (93) 101–27, (72) 85–39, 56–83, (90) 121–1, 0-(106)

League table

Top four qualify for the play-offs. If points are level then most frames won. If two players have an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 4–4 then the player who got to four first is higher.^[1]^[2]^[6]

Ranking		OSU	WIL	EBD	FU	WHI	HIG	DAV	Frame W-L	Match W-D-L	Pld-Pts
1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	x	5	5	5	6	5	5	31–17	6–0–0	6–12
2	Mark Williams	3	x	6	1	6	5	6	27–21	4–0–2	6–8
3	Peter Ebdon	3	2	x	4	4	6	5	24–24	2–2–2	6–6
4	Marco Fu	3	7	4	x	2	4	4	24–24	1–3–2	6–5
5	Jimmy White	2	2	4	6	x	5	2	21–27	2–1–3	6–5
6	John Higgins	3	3	2	4	3	x	6	21–27	1–1–4	6–3
7	Steve Davis	3	2	3	4	6	2	x	20–28	1–1–4	6–3

Play-offs

May 10–11 – Crowtree Leisure Centre, Sunderland, England^[1]^[2]^[7]

Semi-finals Best of 11 frames			Final Best of 17 frames

	Ronnie O'Sullivan	4
	Marco Fu*	6
				Marco Fu***	9
				Mark Williams	5
	Mark Williams**	6
	Peter Ebdon	2

*58–69, 83–25, 24–66, (63) 75–8, 9-(67), 0–98 (57), 72–60 (53), 39–80 (55), (67)-(60), 42–61
**(58) 73–26, (80)-(52), (100) 104–32, 23–82 (57), (54) 74–57, 49–57, (56) 71–48, 59–32
***(59) 83–22, 44–82, 68-(57), 50–65, 0-(138'), 69–52, 0–113 (99), 0–66 (65), (103)-0, (57) 58–33, (71) 85–49, 80–30, (51) 52–11, (66) 78–0

Century breaks