2003 Euro-Asia Masters Challenge – Event 1

Euro-Asia Masters Challenge 2003 08 21 2003 08 24 y HKCEC Wan Chai Hong Kong 110 Sport Management Group Non-ranking event £30,000 James Wattana THA (131) James Wattana THA Ken Doherty IRL 6–4 Event 2 (2003) The 2003 Euro-Asia Masters Challenge – Event 1 was an invitational professional non-ranking snooker tournament held in Hong Kong in August 2003. Featuring eight players in two groups of four, James Wattana defeated Ken Doherty 6–4 in the final to win the £30,000 prize.Hayton Eric Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker 184Euro-Asia Snooker Masters Challenge http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc4.html#Euro_Asia https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155703/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc4.html#Euro_Asia dead 16 February 2012 Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 21 November 2020 It was Wattana's first notable title win since the 1995 Thailand Open.Thaiphoon Wattana blows hot Telegraph and Argus 30 August 2003 32 https://www.newspapers.com/article/telegraph-and-argus/194807995/ Newspapers.com His break of 131 against Stephen Hendry in the semi-finals was the highest of the tournament. Results Round-robin stage Group A POSPlayerMPMWFWFLFDPTS1James Wattana THA3362+462Mark Williams WAL3134-13* 3Jimmy White ENG3134-13 4Ding Junhui CHN3124−22 *Mark Williams finished in the playoffs ahead of Jimmy White due to winning their head to head match 2–0 Results: Ding Junhui 2–0 Mark Williams James Wattana 2–0 Ding Junhui Jimmy White 2–0 Ding Junhui Mark Williams 2–0 Jimmy White James Wattana 2–1 Mark Williams James Wattana 2–1 Jimmy White Group B POSPlayerMPMWFWFLFDPTS1Ken Doherty IRL3360+662Stephen Hendry SCO3242+243Shokat Ali PAK3124−224Marco Fu HKG3006−60 Results: Ken Doherty 2–0 Stephen Hendry Ken Doherty 2–0 Shokat Ali Ken Doherty 2–0 Marco Fu Shokat Ali 2–0 Marco Fu Stephen Hendry 2–0 Marco Fu Stephen Hendry 2–0 Shokat Ali Knock-out stage Semi-finalsBest of 9 frames FinalBest of 11 frames James Wattana THA 5 Stephen Hendry SCO 1 Ken Doherty IRL 5 Mark Williams WAL 1 James Wattana THA 6 Ken Doherty IRL 4 References Category:Euro-Asia Masters Challenge Category:2003 in Hong Kong sport Category:2003 in snooker