2003 Welsh Open (snooker)

the Darts tournament of the same name Welsh Open (darts) 2003 Regal Welsh Open 2003 01 22 2003 01 26 y Cardiff International Arena Cardiff Wales WPBSA Ranking event £597,200 £82,500 Stephen Hendry SCO (140) Stephen Hendry SCO Mark Williams WAL 9–5 2002 2004 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.Turner Chris Welsh Open http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/welshopen.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155616/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/welshopen.html 16 February 2012 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 3 January 2011 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:Prize Money (Main Tour 2002/2003) http://www.wpbsa.com/snooker_tournaments/main_tour/prize.asp wpbsa.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 9 October 2012 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 Welsh Open 2003 http://www.snooker.org/trn/0203/wo2003_res.shtml Snooker.org 3 January 20112003 Regal Welsh Open http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2002-3welsh.htm Global Snooker Centre https://web.archive.org/web/20061017145833/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2002-3welsh.htm 17 October 2006 Last 32 Best of 9 frames Last 16 Best of 9 frames Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames Semi-finals Best of 11 frames Final Best of 17 frames 1 ENG Paul Hunter 5 53 ENG Mark Selby 1 11 ENG Mark King 2 IRL Leo Fernandez 5 16 NIR Joe Swail 5 56 ENG Barry Pinches 3 6 IRL Ken Doherty 5 25 ENG Steve Davis 2 5 SCO John Higgins 5 31 ENG Ali Carter 4 12 SCO Graeme Dott 3 39 FIN Robin Hull 5 13 ENG Joe Perry 5 51 ENG Barry Hawkins 2 4 WAL Mark Williams 5 19 ENG David Gray 2 3 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 17 ENG Anthony Hamilton 4 9 WAL Matthew Stevens 1 28 MLT Tony Drago 5 14 AUS Quinten Hann 2 27 HKG Marco Fu 5 8 ENG Stephen Lee 5 21 ENG Dave Harold 3 7 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 20 WAL Dominic Dale 1 15 SCO Alan McManus 5 44 SCO Jamie Burnett 3 10 ENG Jimmy White 2 ENG Rod Lawler 5 2 ENG Peter Ebdon 2 35 ENG Michael Holt 5 1 ENG Paul Hunter 5 IRL Leo Fernandez 1 16 NIR Joe Swail 4 6 IRL Ken Doherty 5 5 SCO John Higgins 1 39 FIN Robin Hull 5 13 ENG Joe Perry 2 4 WAL Mark Williams 5 3 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 28 MLT Tony Drago 4 27 HKG Marco Fu 5 8 ENG Stephen Lee 0 7 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 15 SCO Alan McManus 4 ENG Rod Lawler 5 35 ENG Michael Holt 3 1 ENG Paul Hunter 5 6 IRL Ken Doherty 2 39 FIN Robin Hull 4 4 WAL Mark Williams 5 3 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 3 27 HKG Marco Fu 5 7 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 ENG Rod Lawler 2 1 ENG Paul Hunter 2 4 WAL Mark Williams 6 27 HKG Marco Fu 4 7 SCO Stephen Hendry 6 4 WAL Mark Williams 5 7 SCO Stephen Hendry 9 Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams.Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff, Wales, 26 January 2003. Mark Williams (4) 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 ENG Shaun Murphy 1–5 WAL David John ENG Joe Johnson 2–5 ENG Justin Astley SCO Martin Dziewialtowski 4–5 IRL Leo Fernandez ENG Paul Wykes 4–5 ENG Mark Gray ENG Troy Shaw 3–5 ENG Munraj Pal ENG Paul Davison 5–3 SCO David McLellan ENG Neal Foulds 1–5 AUS Johl Younger ENG Craig Butler 5–1 ENG Jimmy Robertson ENG Jeff Cundy 4–5 ENG Jamie Cope ENG John Read 4–5 WAL Peter Roscoe ENG Adrian Gunnell 5–4 ENG David Gilbert ENG Peter Lines 5–4 ENG Darren Clarke ENG Jason Ferguson 5–2 NLD Stefan Mazrocis ENG Stephen Kershaw 5–0 SCO Hugh Abernethy ENG Matthew Couch 5–0 CAN Bob Chaperon ENG Wayne Brown 1–5 CHN Pang Weiguo WAL Lee Walker 5–3 WAL Matthew Farrant ENG Luke Fisher 5–1 ENG Nick Pearce ENG Tony Jones 5–3 ENG Eddie Manning NIR Jason Prince 5–1 IND Manan Chandra THA Phaitoon Phonbun 3–5 ENG Jason Weston WAL Paul Davies 5–4 CHN Jin Long WAL Ryan Day 5–3 WAL James Reynolds ENG Sean Storey 5–0 THA Kwan Poomjang ENG Andrew Higginson 4–5 ENG Lee Spick Iceland Kristján Helgason 5–2 IRL Colm Gilcreest SCO Euan Henderson 5–1 NLD Mario Wehrman CAN Alain Robidoux 3–5 ENG Simon Bedford ENG Rod Lawler 5–1 THA Atthasit Mahitthi ENG Andrew Norman 5–2 WAL David Donovan ENG Rory McLeod 5–3 ENG Matthew Selt ENG Antony Bolsover 4–5 ENG Ricky Walden Round 2–5 no 200 Round 2Best of 9 frames Round 3Best of 9 frames Round 4Best of 9 frames Round 5Best of 9 frames WAL David John 5 ENG Justin Astley 4 IRL Leo Fernandez 5 ENG Mark Gray 3 ENG Munraj Pal 5 ENG Paul Davison 2 AUS Johl Younger 3 ENG Craig Butler 5 ENG Jamie Cope 5 WAL Peter Roscoe 2 ENG Adrian Gunnell 5 ENG Peter Lines 4 ENG Jason Ferguson 5 ENG Stephen Kershaw 2 ENG Matthew Couch 5 CHN Pang Weiguo 1 WAL Lee Walker 4 ENG Luke Fisher 5 ENG Tony Jones 5 NIR Jason Prince 2 ENG Jason Weston 4 WAL Paul Davies 5 WAL Ryan Day 4 ENG Sean Storey 5 ENG Lee Spick 5 Iceland Kristján Helgason 4 SCO Euan Henderson 4 ENG Simon Bedford 5 ENG Rod Lawler 5 ENG Andrew Norman 4 ENG Rory McLeod 3 ENG Ricky Walden 5 ENG Mark Selby 5 WAL David John 4 ENG Dave Finbow 2 IRL Leo Fernandez 5 ENG Barry Pinches 5 ENG Munraj Pal 2 ENG Nick Walker 3 ENG Craig Butler 5 NIR Gerard Greene 5 ENG Jamie Cope 3 ENG Stuart Pettman 5 ENG Adrian Gunnell 1 ENG Barry Hawkins 5 ENG Jason Ferguson 3 ENG Jimmy Michie 5 ENG Matthew Couch 3 ENG Bradley Jones 0 ENG Luke Fisher 5 WAL Darren Morgan 4 ENG Tony Jones 5 BEL Bjorn Haneveer 2 WAL Paul Davies 5 ENG Stuart Bingham 3 ENG Sean Storey 5 ENG Andy Hicks 5 ENG Lee Spick 3 ENG Mike Dunn 5 ENG Simon Bedford 2 SCO Stephen Maguire 4 ENG Rod Lawler 5 ENG Nick Dyson 5 ENG Ricky Walden 4 ENG Jonathan Birch 0 ENG Mark Selby 5 NIR Terry Murphy 3 IRL Leo Fernandez 5 SCO Billy Snaddon 4 ENG Barry Pinches 5 ENG Robert Milkins 5 ENG Craig Butler 4 SCO Marcus Campbell 5 NIR Gerard Greene 3 FIN Robin Hull 5 ENG Stuart Pettman 2 ENG Alfie Burden 4 ENG Barry Hawkins 5 ENG David Roe 3 ENG Jimmy Michie 5 ENG Mark Davis 5 ENG Luke Fisher 0 ENG Brian Morgan 5 ENG Tony Jones 3 ENG Gary Wilkinson 5 WAL Paul Davies 2 PAK Shokat Ali 5 ENG Sean Storey 1 ENG Ian McCulloch 5 ENG Andy Hicks 1 SCO Jamie Burnett 5 ENG Mike Dunn 2 NIR Patrick Wallace 4 ENG Rod Lawler 5 ENG Michael Holt 5 ENG Nick Dyson 2 SCO Drew Henry 3 ENG Mark Selby 5 IRL Fergal O'Brien 1 IRL Leo Fernandez 5 ENG Nigel Bond 4 ENG Barry Pinches 5 ENG Steve Davis 5 ENG Robert Milkins 3 ENG Ali Carter 5 SCO Marcus Campbell 3 SCO Chris Small 3 FIN Robin Hull 5 ENG John Parrott 1 ENG Barry Hawkins 5 ENG David Gray 5 ENG Jimmy Michie 3 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 ENG Mark Davis 0 MLT Tony Drago 5 ENG Brian Morgan 4 HKG Marco Fu 5 ENG Gary Wilkinson 3 ENG Dave Harold 5 PAK Shokat Ali 2 WAL Dominic Dale 5 ENG Ian McCulloch 4 IRL Michael Judge 1 SCO Jamie Burnett 5 THA James Wattana 2 ENG Rod Lawler 5 WAL Anthony Davies 2 ENG Michael Holt 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 2003 Welsh Open Open (snooker) Welsh Open, 2003