The 2003 Welsh Open (officially the 2003 Regal Welsh Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 22 to 26 January at the Cardiff International Arena in Cardiff, Wales.[1]
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 22–26 January 2003 |
Venue | Cardiff International Arena |
City | Cardiff |
Country | Wales |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £597,200 |
Winner's share | £82,500 |
Highest break | Stephen Hendry (SCO) (140) |
Final | |
Champion | Stephen Hendry (SCO) |
Runner-up | Mark Williams (WAL) |
Score | 9–5 |
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Paul Hunter was the defending champion, but he lost in the semi-finals 2–6 against Mark Williams. Williams in turn lost to Stephen Hendry 9–5 in the final. Hendry won his third Welsh Open title and the 34th ranking title of his career.
Tournament summary
Defending champion Paul Hunter was the number 1 seed with World Champion Peter Ebdon seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[2]
Main draw
Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams. Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff, Wales, 26 January 2003.[3] | ||
Mark Williams (4) Wales | 5–9 | Stephen Hendry (7) Scotland |
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
Lee Walker | 5–3 | Matthew Farrant |
Luke Fisher | 5–1 | Nick Pearce |
Tony Jones | 5–3 | Eddie Manning |
Jason Prince | 5–1 | Manan Chandra |
Phaitoon Phonbun | 3–5 | Jason Weston |
Paul Davies | 5–4 | Jin Long |
Ryan Day | 5–3 | James Reynolds |
Sean Storey | 5–0 | Kwan Poomjang |
Andrew Higginson | 4–5 | Lee Spick |
Kristján Helgason | 5–2 | Colm Gilcreest |
Euan Henderson | 5–1 | Mario Wehrman |
Alain Robidoux | 3–5 | Simon Bedford |
Rod Lawler | 5–1 | Atthasit Mahitthi |
Andrew Norman | 5–2 | David Donovan |
Rory McLeod | 5–3 | Matthew Selt |
Antony Bolsover | 4–5 | Ricky Walden |
Round 2–5
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
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