2003 Masters (snooker)

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Benson and Hedges Masters
Tournament information
Dates 2–9 February 2003
Venue Wembley Conference Centre
City London
Country England
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Non-ranking event
Total prize fund £695,000
Winner's share £210,000
Highest break 144
Final
Champion Wales Mark Williams
Runner-up Scotland Stephen Hendry
Score 10–4
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The 2003 Benson and Hedges Masters professional non-ranking snooker tournament took place between 2 and 9 February 2003 at the Wembley Conference Centre, London, England.

Paul Hunter, who was aiming to win his third title in a row lost 3-6 to Mark Williams in the semi-final, before Williams went on to beat Stephen Hendry in the final 10-4 to win his second Masters title. Hendry meanwhile got the highest break of the championship with a 144 against Ken Doherty in his semi-final match. Hendry also failed a 147 during his quarter-final match against local favourite Jimmy White after failing to pot the final pink.

This was the last Masters to be sponsored by Benson and Hedges after the ban on tobacco advertising which came in summer 2003. The Regal sponsored Scottish Masters, Welsh and Scottish Open also ended that season (2002/2003) but Embassy did continue to sponsor the World Championship until 2005.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

  • Winner: £210,000
  • Runner-up: £105,000
  • Total: £695,000

Wildcard Round

[1][2][3]

Match Score
WC1[4] Scotland Alan McManus (15) 6-5 England Mark Davis
WC2[5] Northern Ireland Joe Swail (16) 3-6 England Steve Davis

Main draw

[1][2][3][6]

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
[7]            
 England Paul Hunter  6
[8]
 Scotland Alan McManus  4  
 England Paul Hunter  6
[5]
   England Stephen Lee  1  
 England Stephen Lee  6
[9]
 Australia Quinten Hann  4  
 England Paul Hunter  3
[7]
   Wales Mark Williams  6  
 Scotland John Higgins  6
[10]
 England Steve Davis  2  
 Scotland John Higgins  3
[4]
   Wales Mark Williams  6  
 Wales Mark Williams  6
[11]
 Scotland Graeme Dott  3  
 Wales Mark Williams  10
[5]
   Scotland Stephen Hendry  4
 England Ronnie O'Sullivan  6
[12]
 England Joe Perry  1  
 England Ronnie O'Sullivan  5
[4]
   Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty  6  
 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty  6
[13]
 Wales Matthew Stevens  5  
 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty  3
[14]
   Scotland Stephen Hendry  6  
 Scotland Stephen Hendry  6
[15]
 England Mark King  1  
 Scotland Stephen Hendry  6
[16]
   England Jimmy White  4  
 England Jimmy White  6
 England Peter Ebdon  5  

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames.
Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 9 February 2003.[1][11]
Mark Williams
 Wales 		10–4 Stephen Hendry
 Scotland
Afternoon: 69-5, 0-123 (70), 82-1 (82), 76-1, 67-47, 74-35 (59), 67-43, 0-102 (102)
Evening: 59-12, 27-101 (101), 50-67, 68-36, 61-1 (60), 83-0 (82)
82 Highest break 102
0 Century breaks 2
4 50+ breaks 3

Qualifying

The 2002 Masters Qualifying Event was held between 21 and 31 November 2002 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales. The winner of this series of matches, who qualified for the tournament, was Mark Davis.[17] Tony Drago made his first and to date only maximum break against Stuart Bingham.[18]

Century breaks

[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Benson & Hedges Masters 2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 April 2011. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "2003 Benson & Hedges Masters". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 3 September 2006. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "The Masters". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2012. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Doherty edges past Stevens". BBC Sport. 16 February 2003. Retrieved 4 April 2011. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Shea, Julian (16 February 2003). "O'Sullivan sails through". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 April 2011. 
  6. ↑ "2003 Benson and Hedges Masters". BBC Sport. 16 February 2003. Retrieved 4 April 2011. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Shea, Julian (16 February 2003). "Hunter masters McManus". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 April 2011. 
  8. ↑ Shea, Julian (6 February 2003). "Hunter demolishes Lee". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 April 2011. 
  9. ↑ Jones, Clive (16 February 2003). "Williams eases past Hunter". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 April 2011. 
  10. ↑ Jones, Clive (7 February 2003). "Williams strides into semis". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 April 2011. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Jones, Clive (17 February 2003). "Williams hammers Hendry". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 April 2011. 
  12. ↑ Shea, Julian (6 February 2003). "Doherty ousts O'Sullivan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 April 2011. 
  13. ↑ Jones, Clive (8 February 2003). "Hendry breaks Doherty resistance". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 April 2011. 
  14. ↑ Shea, Julian (5 February 2003). "Hendry sets up White clash". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 April 2011. 
  15. ↑ Jones, Clive (16 February 2003). "Hendry battles into last four". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 April 2011. 
  16. ↑ Shea, Julian (16 February 2003). "White comeback sinks Ebdon". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 April 2011. 
  17. ↑ "The 2002/2003 Season". Snooker.org. Retrieved 26 February 2011. 
  18. ↑ Turner, Chris. "Maximum Breaks". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 April 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2010. 
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