2003 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 |
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← 2002 2004 → | |
The 2003 Hasseröder Premier League Snooker was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 11 January to 11 May 2003.
Marco Fu won in the final 9–5 against Mark Williams.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]
- 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
| 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 |
Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had 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 was higher. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold.)[1][2]
- 11 January – 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
- 12 January – 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)
- 18 January – 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
- 19 January – 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
- 15 February – 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
- 16 February – 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)
- 22 March – 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)
- 23 March – 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)
Play-offs
10–11 May – Crowtree Leisure Centre, Sunderland, England[1][2][7]
| Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
| 4 | |||||||
| 4 | Marco Fu*
| 6 | |||||||
| 4 | Marco Fu***
| 9 | |||||||
| 2 | Mark Williams
| 5 | |||||||
| 2 | Mark Williams**
| 6 | |||||||
| 3 | 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
- 139, 111, 103, 102, 100 Marco Fu
- 138, 125, 123, 102, 100 Mark Williams
- 134, 125, 108, 106 Peter Ebdon
- 132, 122, 104 John Higgins
- 131 Jimmy White
- 114, 105, 101, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 110, 104 Steve Davis
References
- 1 2 3 4 "2003 Premier League". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 11 December 2006.
- 1 2 "2003 Results". premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
- 1 2 "January 11–12, 2003". matchroomsport.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 20 February 2003.
- 1 2 "January 18–19, 2003". matchroomsport.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 14 April 2003.
- 1 2 "February 16–17, 2003". matchroomsport.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 14 April 2003.
- 1 2 "February 22–23, 2003". www.matchroomsport.com/. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 14 April 2003.
- ↑ "May 10–11, 2003". matchroomsport.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 25 June 2003.
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