2003 European Open (snooker)

November 2019 2003 European Open 2003 03 11 2003 03 16 y Palace Hotel Torquay England WPBSA Ranking event £250,000 £44,000 Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG (142) Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG Stephen Hendry SCO 9–6 2001 2004 The 2003 European Open was a professional snooker tournament and the fifth of eight WPBSA ranking events in the 2002/2003 season, following the Welsh Open. It was held from 11 to 16 March 2003 at the Palace Hotel in Torquay, England. This marked the first and only time when any of the editions of this tournament was not held outside the British Isles. Ronnie O'Sullivan won his 12th ranking title by defeating Stephen Hendry 9–6 in the final.O'Sullivan triumphs in Torquay http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/2854589.stm BBC Sport 16 March 2003 6 October 2020 O'Sullivan went on to win back-to-back ranking titles – his next coming at the 2003 Irish Masters, just two weeks later, where he triumphed over John Higgins in a deciding frame. Tournament summary Defending champion Stephen Hendry 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:European Open 2003 Prize Money http://www.worldsnooker.com/snooker_media_centre/europeanopen2003/points.asp worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 25 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20030314024321/http://www.worldsnooker.com:80/snooker_media_centre/europeanopen2003/points.asp 14 March 2003 70% 50% Winner: £44,000 Final: £22,000 Semi-final: £11,000 Quarter-final: £6,800 Last 16: £4,000 Last 32: £2,600 Last 48: £1,450 Last 64: £1,050 50% Last 80: £700 Last 96: £375 Stage one highest break: £1,000 Stage two highest break: £3,000 Stage one maximum break: £5,000 Stage two maximum break: £20,000 Total: £250,000 Main draw http://www.snooker.org/trn/0203/eo2003_res.shtml European Open 2003 26 November 2014 snooker.org 6 October 2020 Last 32 Best of 9 frames Last 16Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 17 frames 1 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 ENG Dave Harold 3 12 SCO Graeme Dott 5 MLT Tony Drago 3 10 ENG Jimmy White 3 NIR Gerard Greene 5 5 SCO John Higgins 5 ENG Barry Pinches 1 6 IRL Ken Doherty 5 ENG David Gray 1 9 ENG Paul Hunter 5 FIN Robin Hull 2 15 SCO Alan McManus 1 BEL Bjorn Haneveer 5 4 WAL Mark Williams 5 ENG Steve Davis 1 3 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 ENG Michael Holt 3 13 ENG Joe Perry 4 ENG Dave Finbow 5 14 AUS Quinten Hann 5 SCO Jamie Burnett 4 7 ENG Stephen Lee 5 ENG Robert Milkins 4 8 WAL Matthew Stevens 5 ENG Ian McCulloch 1 11 ENG Mark King 5 ENG David Roe 3 16 NIR Joe Swail 5 ENG Mark Davis 4 2 ENG Peter Ebdon 5 HKG Marco Fu 2 1 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 12 SCO Graeme Dott 4 NIR Gerard Greene 4 5 SCO John Higgins 5 6 IRL Ken Doherty 3 9 ENG Paul Hunter 5 BEL Bjorn Haneveer 1 4 WAL Mark Williams 5 3 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 ENG Dave Finbow 3 14 AUS Quinten Hann 3 7 ENG Stephen Lee 5 8 WAL Matthew Stevens 3 11 ENG Mark King 5 16 NIR Joe Swail 2 2 ENG Peter Ebdon 5 1 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 5 SCO John Higgins 2 9 ENG Paul Hunter 2 4 WAL Mark Williams 5 3 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 7 ENG Stephen Lee 2 11 ENG Mark King 4 2 ENG Peter Ebdon 5 1 SCO Stephen Hendry 6 4 WAL Mark Williams 3 3 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 2 ENG Peter Ebdon 3 1 SCO Stephen Hendry 6 3 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 9 Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas.Palace Hotel, Torquay, England, 16 March 2003. Stephen Hendry (1) 6–9 Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)Afternoon: 0–140 (140), 100–11, 101–7 (101), 0–76 (76), 5–65 (52), 3–131 (126), 8–76 (76), 88–33 (88)Evening: 0–142 (142), 97–25 (53), 123–1 (117), 0–77 (77), 72–37 (72), 50–79 (Hendry 50), 0–79 (79) 117 Highest break 142 2 Century breaks 3 6 50+ breaks 8 Qualifying 2003 European Open http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2003EuroOpen.htm Global Snooker Centre https://web.archive.org/web/20040604032036/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2003EuroOpen.htm 2004-06-04 2023-01-25 dead Round 1 Best of 9 frames ENG Craig Butler 5–3 IND Manan Chandra ENG Peter Lines 0–5 ENG Simon Bedford ENG Sean Storey 5–2 CHN Pang Weiguo NIR Jason Prince 5–2 ENG Ricky Walden THA Phaitoon Phonbun 5–2 SCO Hugh Abernethy ENG Adrian Gunnell 5–1 THA Atthasit Mahitthi ENG Jason Ferguson 5–4 ENG Jamie Cope ENG Stephen Kershaw 5–3 WAL Peter Roscoe Iceland Kristján Helgason 5–4 ENG David Gilbert ENG John Read w/o–w/d WAL Matthew Farrant ENG Andrew Higginson 5–0 ENG Justin Astley ENG Andrew Norman 5–2 WAL James Reynolds ENG Paul Wykes 5–0 IRL Colm Gilcreest SCO Martin Dziewialtowski w/o–w/d ENG Eddie Manning ENG Matthew Couch 5–0 ENG Jimmy Robertson WAL Paul Davies 5–0 IRL Leo Fernandez ENG Neal Foulds 3–5 WAL David John SCO Euan Henderson w/d–w/o CHN Jin Long ENG Paul Davison 1–5 CAN Bob Chaperon ENG Jeff Cundy 3–5 NLD Stefan Mazrocis ENG Shaun Murphy 5–1 ENG Jason Weston ENG Luke Fisher 5–1 ENG Lee Spick ENG Joe Johnson 4–5 SCO David McLellan ENG Rod Lawler 5–2 NLD Mario Wehrman ENG Troy Shaw 5–2 ENG Darren Clarke CAN Alain Robidoux 5–3 ENG Mark Gray ENG Antony Bolsover 5–2 WAL David Donovan ENG Rory McLeod 3–5 ENG Munraj Pal WAL Lee Walker 2–5 THA Kwan Poomjang WAL Ryan Day 4–5 ENG Matthew Selt ENG Wayne Brown 5–4 AUS Johl Younger ENG Tony Jones 3–5 ENG Nick Pearce Round 2–5 no 200 Round 2 Best of 9 frames Round 3 Best of 9 frames Round 4 Best of 9 frames Round 5 Best of 9 frames ENG Craig Butler 5 ENG Simon Bedford 4 ENG Sean Storey 5 NIR Jason Prince 0 THA Phaitoon Phonbun 3 ENG Adrian Gunnell 5 ENG Jason Ferguson 5 ENG Stephen Kershaw 4 Iceland Kristján Helgason 5 ENG John Read 4 ENG Andrew Higginson 5 ENG Andrew Norman 1 ENG Paul Wykes 4 SCO Martin Dziewialtowski 5 ENG Matthew Couch 5 WAL Paul Davies 3 WAL David John 4 CHN Jin Long 5 CAN Bob Chaperon 2 NLD Stefan Mazrocis 5 ENG Shaun Murphy 4 ENG Luke Fisher 5 SCO David McLellan 3 ENG Rod Lawler 5 ENG Troy Shaw 1 CAN Alain Robidoux 5 ENG Antony Bolsover 4 ENG Munraj Pal 5 THA Kwan Poomjang 5 ENG Matthew Selt 2 ENG Wayne Brown 3 ENG Nick Pearce 5 ENG Stuart Pettman 5 ENG Craig Butler 2 ENG Andy Hicks 2 ENG Sean Storey 5 NIR Gerard Greene 5 ENG Adrian Gunnell 4 ENG Barry Pinches 5 ENG Jason Ferguson 4 ENG Nick Walker 5 Iceland Kristján Helgason 1 ENG Bradley Jones 4 ENG Andrew Higginson 5 BEL Bjorn Haneveer 5 SCO Martin Dziewialtowski 1 ENG Jimmy Michie 2 ENG Matthew Couch 5 ENG Mike Dunn 5 CHN Jin Long 1 ENG Dave Finbow 5 NLD Stefan Mazrocis 3 SCO Stephen Maguire 5 ENG Luke Fisher 1 ENG Barry Hawkins 5 ENG Rod Lawler 3 ENG Nick Dyson 5 CAN Alain Robidoux 4 ENG Mark Selby 3 ENG Munraj Pal 5 ENG Stuart Bingham 4 THA Kwan Poomjang 5 WAL Darren Morgan 5 ENG Nick Pearce 2 ENG Jonathan Birch 5 ENG Stuart Pettman 4 SCO Marcus Campbell 5 ENG Sean Storey 3 NIR Terry Murphy 0 NIR Gerard Greene 5 ENG Alfie Burden 3 ENG Barry Pinches 5 PAK Shokat Ali 4 ENG Nick Walker 5 FIN Robin Hull 5 ENG Andrew Higginson 1 SCO Billy Snaddon 3 BEL Bjorn Haneveer 5 NIR Patrick Wallace 4 ENG Matthew Couch 5 ENG Michael Holt 5 ENG Mike Dunn 1 ENG Gary Wilkinson 2 ENG Dave Finbow 5 SCO Jamie Burnett 5 SCO Stephen Maguire 2 ENG Robert Milkins 5 ENG Barry Hawkins 4 ENG Ian McCulloch 5 ENG Nick Dyson 0 ENG David Roe 5 ENG Munraj Pal 1 ENG Mark Davis 5 THA Kwan Poomjang 0 ENG Brian Morgan 2 WAL Darren Morgan 5 ENG Dave Harold 5 ENG Jonathan Birch 4 MLT Tony Drago 5 SCO Marcus Campbell 2 WAL Dominic Dale 1 NIR Gerard Greene 5 ENG John Parrott 0 ENG Barry Pinches 5 ENG David Gray 5 ENG Nick Walker 2 THA James Wattana 2 FIN Robin Hull 5 ENG Nigel Bond 4 BEL Bjorn Haneveer 5 ENG Steve Davis 5 ENG Matthew Couch 2 SCO Drew Henry 4 ENG Michael Holt 5 ENG Anthony Hamilton 4 ENG Dave Finbow 5 IRL Fergal O'Brien 4 SCO Jamie Burnett 5 IRL Michael Judge 0 ENG Robert Milkins 5 WAL Anthony Davies 4 ENG Ian McCulloch 5 SCO Chris Small 3 ENG David Roe 5 ENG Ali Carter 4 ENG Mark Davis 5 HKG Marco Fu 5 WAL Darren Morgan 3 Century breaks Qualifying stage centuries 140 Barry Pinches 138, 111 Robert Milkins 133, 133, 101 Adrian Gunnell 131, 115 Stephen Maguire 130 Antony Bolsover 128 Marco Fu 128 Ali Carter 121 Jin Long 119 David Gray 114, 103 Stefan Mazrocis 114 Andrew Higginson 113, 111 Troy Shaw 113 Mike Dunn 113 Luke Fisher 109, 106 Barry Hawkins 108 Shaun Murphy 101 Mark Davis 101 Bjorn Haneveer 100 Sean Storey 100 Rod Lawler 100 Munraj Pal Televised stage centuries 142, 140, 139, 129, 126, 121, 112, 102 Ronnie O'Sullivan 136 Mark King 132 Paul Hunter 123, 117, 110, 101 Stephen Hendry 118 Mark Williams 113, 111 Peter Ebdon 112 John Higgins 102 Robin Hull 101 Stephen Lee References 2003 European Open European Open European Open Category:Snooker competitions in England Category:Sport in Torquay