2003 Welsh Open (snooker)
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 22–26 January 2003 |
| Venue | Cardiff International Arena |
| City | Cardiff |
| Country | Wales |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Highest break | 140 |
| Final | |
| Champion |
 Stephen Hendry |
| Runner-up |
 Mark Williams |
| Score | 9–5 |
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The 2003 Regal Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 22 to 26 January at the Cardiff International Arena in Cardiff, Wales.[1]
Paul Hunter was the defending champion, but he lost in the semi-finals 2–6 against Mark Williams.
Stephen Hendry won in the final 9–5 against Williams.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[2]
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Winner: £82,500 |
Last 80: £2,150 Stage one highest break: £1,800 Stage one maximum break: £5,000 Total: £597,200 |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff, Wales, 26 January 2003.[3] | ||
| Mark Williams (3) Wales |
5–9 | Stephen Hendry (7) |
| 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
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Round 2–5
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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
References
- ↑ Turner, Chris. "Welsh Open". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ↑ "Prize Money (Main Tour 2002/2003)". wpbsa.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 10 September 2002. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- 1 2 "Regal Welsh Open 2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- 1 2 3 "2003 Regal Welsh Open". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 17 October 2006.
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