| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 18–30 November 2003 |
| Venue | Barbican Centre |
| City | York |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £615,000 |
| Winner's share | £84,500 |
| Final | |
| Champion | Matthew Stevens |
| Runner-up | Stephen Hendry |
| Score | 10–8 |
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The 2003 Travis Perkins UK Championship professional snooker tournament took place between 18 and 30 November 2003 at the Barbican Centre in York, England.[1] The event was broadcasted on BBC between 22 and 30 November 2003 and was the third ranking event of the 2003/2004 season.[2] The sponsor for this year's event was building merchant Travis Perkins, who also sponsored the championship in 2004 and 2005.
Matthew Stevens won his first ranking title when he beat five times UK champion Stephen Hendry 10–8. In the final, Hendry failed a 147 attempt when he missed the yellow while on 120. The highest break of the tournament was 143 made by Ali Carter
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1st Round Best of 17 frames Stephen Maguire 9–8 Anthony Davies Ian McCulloch 9–4 Stuart Pettman |
2nd Round Best of 17 frames Fergal O'Brien 9–7 Mark Williams Joe Perry 9–6 Tony Drago Paul Hunter 9–7 Stephen Maguire Mark King 9–8 David Gray Matthew Stevens 9–7 Gerard Greene James Wattana 9–4 John Higgins Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–3 Ian McCulloch |
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| Jimmy White | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Fergal O'Brien | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Nigel Bond | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Nigel Bond | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Perry | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Matthew Stevens | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Paul Hunter | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Mark King | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Paul Hunter | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Matthew Stevens | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Matthew Stevens | 9 | |||||||||||||
| James Wattana | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Matthew Stevens | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Alan McManus | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Quinten Hann | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Quinten Hann | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Peter Ebdon | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Barry Pinches | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Lee | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Barry Pinches | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Ali Carter | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Barbican Centre, York, England, 30 November 2003[2] |
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| Matthew Stevens Wales |
10–8 | Stephen Hendry Scotland |
| Afternoon: 0–79 (68), 0–100 (100), 30–57, 46–77 (65), 71–40 (66), 81–5 (50), 137–0 (137), 99–1 (99) Evening: 76–0 (76), 11–107 (67), 0–94 (93), 0–101 (101), 78–27 (61), 63–61 (61 Hendry), 80–22, 63–59, 0–120 (120), 69–54 (53 Hendry) |
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| 137 | Highest break | 120 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 3 |
| 6 | 50+ breaks | 9 |
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