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2003 Scottish Open (snooker)
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2003 Regal Scottish Open 2003 04 5 2003 04 13 y Royal Highland Centre Edinburgh Scotland WPBSA Ranking event £597,200 £82,500 Ali Carter ENG (142) David Gray ENG Mark Selby ENG 9–7 2002 2004
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.
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.Scottish Open http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/scotopen.html Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 20 December 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20100930185955/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/scotopen.html 30 September 2010 The tournament would be revived under the Scottish Open name in 2016.World Championship: Snooker tour to be revamped in 2016 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/32519199 BBC 20 December 2017
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Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:Prize Money (Main Tour 2002/2003) http://www.wpbsa.com/snooker_tournaments/main_tour/prize.asp wpbsa.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 19 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20020910173744/http://www.wpbsa.com/snooker_tournaments/main_tour/prize.asp 10 September 2002
70%
50%
Winner: £82,500
Runner-up: £42,500
Semi-final: £21,250
Quarter-final: £11,700
Last 16: £9,600
Last 32: £7,800
Last 48: £4,000
Last 64: £3,150
50%
Last 80: £2,150
Last 96: £1,450
Stage one highest break: £1,800
Stage two highest break: £7,500
Stage one maximum break: £5,000
Stage two maximum break: £20,000
Total: £597,200
Main draw
Regal Scottish Open 2003 http://www.snooker.org/trn/0203/so2003_res.shtml Snooker.org 20 December 2017Scottish Open http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=30 https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071820/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=30 dead 24 January 2013 Snooker Scene 20 December 2017
Last 48Best of 9 frames Last 32Best of 9 frames Last 16Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 17 frames 24 IRL Michael Judge 2 43 ENG Ian McCulloch 5 30 ENG Nigel Bond 3 33 ENG Robert Milkins 5 28 MLT Tony Drago 3 ENG Rory McLeod 5 26 WAL Anthony Davies 5 WAL Ryan Day 2 25 ENG Steve Davis 5 52 SCO Stephen Maguire 2 19 ENG David Gray 5 ENG David Gilbert 3 27 HKG Marco Fu 4 38 ENG Alfie Burden 5 29 SCO Chris Small 3 35 ENG Michael Holt 5 22 SCO Drew Henry 5 ENG Shaun Murphy 3 18 ENG John Parrott 4 36 NIR Patrick Wallace 5 23 IRL Fergal O'Brien 1 ENG Sean Storey 5 17 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 ENG Wayne Brown 1 32 THA James Wattana 5 ISL Kristján Helgason 4 20 WAL Dominic Dale 2 53 ENG Mark Selby 5 21 ENG Dave Harold 5 57 ENG Stuart Bingham 3 31 ENG Ali Carter 5 62 ENG Nick Dyson 1 1 ENG Stephen Lee 5 43 ENG Ian McCulloch 2 11 ENG Mark King 5 33 ENG Robert Milkins 3 10 ENG Jimmy White 5 ENG Rory McLeod 2 5 SCO John Higgins 5 26 WAL Anthony Davies 0 7 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 25 ENG Steve Davis 2 13 ENG Joe Perry 1 19 ENG David Gray 5 16 NIR Joe Swail 5 38 ENG Alfie Burden 2 4 WAL Mark Williams 5 35 ENG Michael Holt 3 3 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 22 SCO Drew Henry 2 15 SCO Alan McManus 5 36 NIR Patrick Wallace 4 14 AUS Quinten Hann 5 ENG Sean Storey 0 6 IRL Ken Doherty 5 17 ENG Anthony Hamilton 2 8 WAL Matthew Stevens 5 32 THA James Wattana 3 9 ENG Paul Hunter 3 53 ENG Mark Selby 5 12 SCO Graeme Dott 4 21 ENG Dave Harold 5 2 ENG Peter Ebdon 2 31 ENG Ali Carter 5 1 ENG Stephen Lee 5 11 ENG Mark King 1 10 ENG Jimmy White 2 5 SCO John Higgins 5 7 SCO Stephen Hendry 4 19 ENG David Gray 5 16 NIR Joe Swail 5 4 WAL Mark Williams 3 3 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 1 15 SCO Alan McManus 5 14 AUS Quinten Hann 3 6 IRL Ken Doherty 5 8 WAL Matthew Stevens 2 53 ENG Mark Selby 5 21 ENG Dave Harold 4 31 ENG Ali Carter 5 1 ENG Stephen Lee 1 5 SCO John Higgins 5 19 ENG David Gray 5 16 NIR Joe Swail 4 15 SCO Alan McManus 3 6 IRL Ken Doherty 5 53 ENG Mark Selby 5 31 ENG Ali Carter 3 5 SCO John Higgins 3 19 ENG David Gray 6 6 IRL Ken Doherty 5 53 ENG Mark Selby 6 19 ENG David Gray 9 53 ENG Mark Selby 7
Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland, 13 April 2003. 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
WAL Paul Davies 4–5 IRL Leo Fernandez ENG Tony Jones 1–5 IRL Colm Gilcreest ENG Andrew Higginson 5–3 WAL James Reynolds ENG Jeff Cundy 5–2 ENG Jamie Cope ENG Paul Davison 5–1 ENG Ricky Walden ENG Rory McLeod 5–2 CAN Bob Chaperon WAL Ryan Day 5–0 ENG Matthew Selt ENG Jason Ferguson 3–5 SCO Hugh Abernethy ENG Craig Butler 3–5 WAL David John ENG Rod Lawler 5–1 IND Manan Chandra ENG Adrian Gunnell 5–2 ENG Jason Weston SCO Euan Henderson w/d–w/o ENG David Gilbert ENG Stephen Kershaw 0–5 ENG Munraj Pal ENG Luke Fisher 4–5 ENG Simon Bedford WAL Lee Walker w/o–w/d ENG Eddie Manning CAN Alain Robidoux 1–5 ENG Lee Spick
ENG Shaun Murphy 5–2 THA Atthasit Mahitthi ENG Matthew Couch 4–5 THA Kwan Poomjang ENG John Read 5–1 NLD Mario Wehrman NIR Jason Prince 5–2 WAL Peter Roscoe ENG Paul Wykes 5–1 CHN Jin Long ENG Sean Storey 5–2 WAL David Donovan THA Phaitoon Phonbun 5–3 CHN Pang Weiguo ENG Wayne Brown 5–2 NLD Stefan Mazrocis Iceland Kristján Helgason w/o–w/d WAL Matthew Farrant ENG Neal Foulds 2–5 ENG Darren Clarke ENG Andrew Norman 4–5 AUS Johl Younger ENG Antony Bolsover 5–3 ENG Jimmy Robertson ENG Peter Lines 3–5 ENG Mark Gray SCO Martin Dziewialtowski 5–4 SCO David McLellan ENG Joe Johnson 0–5 ENG Nick Pearce ENG Troy Shaw 5–2 ENG Justin Astley
Round 2–4
no 200 Round 2Best of 9 frames Round 3Best of 9 frames Round 4Best of 9 frames IRL Leo Fernandez 5 IRL Colm Gilcreest 0 ENG Andrew Higginson 5 ENG Jeff Cundy 0 ENG Paul Davison 0 ENG Rory McLeod 5 WAL Ryan Day 5 SCO Hugh Abernethy 2 WAL David John 4 ENG Rod Lawler 5 ENG Adrian Gunnell 2 ENG David Gilbert 5 ENG Munraj Pal 2 ENG Simon Bedford 5 WAL Lee Walker 5 ENG Lee Spick 4 ENG Shaun Murphy 5 THA Kwan Poomjang 3 ENG John Read 5 NIR Jason Prince 2 ENG Paul Wykes 0 ENG Sean Storey 5 THA Phaitoon Phonbun 3 ENG Wayne Brown 5 Iceland Kristján Helgason 5 ENG Darren Clarke 2 AUS Johl Younger 2 ENG Antony Bolsover 5 ENG Mark Gray 5 SCO Martin Dziewialtowski 4 ENG Nick Pearce 3 ENG Troy Shaw 5 ENG Andy Hicks 2 IRL Leo Fernandez 5 ENG Barry Hawkins 5 ENG Andrew Higginson 4 ENG Dave Finbow 1 ENG Rory McLeod 5 ENG Barry Pinches 1 WAL Ryan Day 5 SCO Stephen Maguire 5 ENG Rod Lawler 1 BEL Bjorn Haneveer 3 ENG David Gilbert 5 ENG Nick Walker 5 ENG Simon Bedford 3 NIR Gerard Greene 4 WAL Lee Walker 5 WAL Darren Morgan 1 ENG Shaun Murphy 5 ENG Mike Dunn 5 ENG John Read 2 ENG Jimmy Michie 0 ENG Sean Storey 5 ENG Stuart Pettman 3 ENG Wayne Brown 5 ENG Bradley Jones 2 Iceland Kristján Helgason 5 ENG Mark Selby 5 ENG Antony Bolsover 0 ENG Stuart Bingham 5 ENG Mark Gray 2 ENG Nick Dyson 5 ENG Troy Shaw 1 ENG Ian McCulloch 5 IRL Leo Fernandez 2 ENG Robert Milkins 5 ENG Barry Hawkins 3 SCO Jamie Burnett 4 ENG Rory McLeod 5 ENG Mark Davis 3 WAL Ryan Day 5 ENG Gary Wilkinson 3 SCO Stephen Maguire 5 ENG Brian Morgan 3 ENG David Gilbert 5 ENG Alfie Burden 5 ENG Nick Walker 4 ENG Michael Holt 5 WAL Lee Walker 2 ENG Jonathan Birch 2 ENG Shaun Murphy 5 NIR Patrick Wallace 5 ENG Mike Dunn 3 FIN Robin Hull 1 ENG Sean Storey 5 SCO Marcus Campbell 4 ENG Wayne Brown 5 ENG David Roe 0 Iceland Kristján Helgason 5 PAK Shokat Ali 4 ENG Mark Selby 5 SCO Billy Snaddon 4 ENG Stuart Bingham 5 NIR Terry Murphy 1 ENG Nick Dyson 5
Century breaks
2003 Regal Scottish http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2003RegScot.htm Global Snooker Centre 19 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20040604152001/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk:80/files/Results/2003RegScot.htm 4 June 2004
Qualifying stage centuries
141 Stuart Bingham
138 Shaun Murphy
136 Rory McLeod
135 Michael Holt
133 Lee Spick
128, 113 Kristjan Helgason
121 David Gray
120 Bradley Jones
120 Wayne Brown
119 Johl Younger
119 Tony Drago
117 David Gilbert
115 Adrian Gunnell
114 Ian McCulloch
112, 104, 101 Ryan Day
110 Robin Hull
108, 100 Mark Gray
103 Nick Walker
Televised stage centuries
142, 116 Ali Carter
136, 120, 102, 101, 100 Stephen Hendry
134, 100 Mark Selby
131, 124 Ken Doherty
128, 102 John Higgins
117 Mark King
101 Matthew Stevens
101 Ian McCulloch
101 Quinten Hann
101 Anthony Hamilton
References
2003
Scottish Open
Open (Snooker), 2003
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