The 2003 Scottish Open (officially the 2003 Regal Scottish Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 5–13 April 2003 at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was the seventh and penultimate ranking event of the 2002/2003 season.
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 5–13 April 2003 |
Venue | Royal Highland Centre |
City | Edinburgh |
Country | Scotland |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £597,200 |
Winner's share | £82,500 |
Highest break | ![]() |
Final | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 9–7 |
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David Gray won his first ranking title by defeating Mark Selby 9–7 in the final. This was Gray's only ranking final victory, and was Selby's first appearance in a ranking final. The defending champion, Stephen Lee, was defeated in the quarter-finals by John Higgins.
This was the final tournament held under the Scottish Open name, being re-branded the following season as the Players Championship before being discontinued.[1] The tournament would be revived under the Scottish Open name in 2016.[2]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[3]
Main draw
Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland, 13 April 2003.[4] | ||
David Gray (19)![]() | 9–7 | Mark Selby (53)![]() |
Afternoon: 73–32 (65), 77–0 (60), 47–34, 47–76, 78–47 (52), 70–24, 0–63, 41–66 (60) Evening: 9–102, 24–67, 77–30, 71–62, 21–70, 57–75, 71–56, 65–18 | ||
65 | Highest break | 60 |
0 | Century breaks | 0 |
3 | 50+ breaks | 1 |
Qualifying
Round 1
Best of 9 frames
![]() | 5–2 | ![]() |
![]() | 4–5 | ![]() |
![]() | 5–1 | ![]() |
![]() | 5–2 | ![]() |
![]() | 5–1 | ![]() |
![]() | 5–2 | ![]() |
![]() | 5–3 | ![]() |
![]() | 5–2 | ![]() |
![]() | w/o–w/d | ![]() |
![]() | 2–5 | ![]() |
![]() | 4–5 | ![]() |
![]() | 5–3 | ![]() |
![]() | 3–5 | ![]() |
![]() | 5–4 | ![]() |
![]() | 0–5 | ![]() |
![]() | 5–2 | ![]() |