2003 British Open

October 2017 October 2017 2003 British Open 2003 11 8 2003 11 16 y Brighton Centre Brighton England WPBSA Ranking event £450,000 £52,000 John Higgins SCO (147) Stephen Hendry SCO Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 9–6 2002 2004 The 2003 British Open was the 2003 edition of the British Open professional ranking snooker tournament, that was held from 8–16 November 2003 at the Brighton Centre, Brighton, England. Stephen Hendry won the tournament by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan nine frames to six in the final. The final saw a record 5 centuries in a row from the two players (three from O'Sullivan and two from Hendry, including a 135), which remains a joint record for consecutive centuries made between two players in a professional tournament match and is a standalone record for ranking events and finals. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:2003 British Open – Information http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res_03_4/03BOinfo.htm Global Snooker Centre https://web.archive.org/web/20040513112230/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res_03_4/03BOinfo.htm 13 May 2004 19 January 2023 70% 50% Winner: £52,000 Runner-up: £26,000 Semi-final: £13,000 Quarter-final: £9,500 Last 16: £7,450 Last 32: £5,600 Last 48: £3,900 Last 64: £2,750 50% Last 80: £1,750 Last 96: £1,100 Stage one highest break: £1,800 Stage two highest break: £5,000 Stage one maximum break: £5,000 Stage two maximum break: £20,000 Total: £450,000 Main draw 2003 British Open http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res_03_4/03BO.htm Global Snooker Centre https://web.archive.org/web/20060905181902/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res_03_4/03BO.htm 5 September 2006British Open 2003 http://www.snooker.org/trn/0304/bo2003_res.shtml Snooker.org 18 March 2014 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 23 ENG Dave Harold 1 64 ENG Shaun Murphy 5 18 SCO Chris Small 3 55 ENG Nick Dyson 5 24 MLT Tony Drago 5 40 ENG Nigel Bond 2 19 HKG Marco Fu 5 42 ENG Barry Hawkins 4 17 ENG Ali Carter 1 50 NIR Gerard Greene 5 27 NIR Joe Swail 5 43 ENG Stuart Bingham 1 30 ENG John Parrott 4 62 ENG Andy Hicks 5 29 ENG Mark Selby 3 41 SCO Stephen Maguire 5 28 WAL Dominic Dale 5 NIR Patrick Wallace 2 26 ENG Ian McCulloch 3 ENG Tom Ford 5 21 ENG Robert Milkins 3 35 ENG Mark Davis 5 32 FIN Robin Hull 1 37 IRL Michael Judge 5 25 SCO Drew Henry 3 ENG Ricky Walden 5 22 ENG Mark King 5 36 ENG Barry Pinches 0 31 WAL Anthony Davies 2 33 IRL Fergal O'Brien 5 20 ENG Anthony Hamilton 2 39 ENG Michael Holt 5 1 ENG Paul Hunter 5 64 ENG Shaun Murphy 2 12 ENG David Gray 5 55 ENG Nick Dyson 2 15 ENG Jimmy White 2 24 MLT Tony Drago 5 6 ENG Stephen Lee 5 19 HKG Marco Fu 2 7 IRL Ken Doherty 2 50 NIR Gerard Greene 5 11 ENG Steve Davis 3 27 NIR Joe Swail 5 14 AUS Quinten Hann 5 62 ENG Andy Hicks 3 4 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 41 SCO Stephen Maguire 3 3 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 28 WAL Dominic Dale 2 16 ENG Joe Perry 5 ENG Tom Ford 1 10 SCO Alan McManus 4 35 ENG Mark Davis 5 5 SCO John Higgins 5 37 IRL Michael Judge 1 8 ENG Peter Ebdon 5 ENG Ricky Walden 2 9 WAL Matthew Stevens 5 22 ENG Mark King 1 13 SCO Graeme Dott 4 33 IRL Fergal O'Brien 5 2 WAL Mark Williams 5 39 ENG Michael Holt 2 1 ENG Paul Hunter 5 12 ENG David Gray 3 24 MLT Tony Drago 0 6 ENG Stephen Lee 5 50 NIR Gerard Greene 5 27 NIR Joe Swail 1 14 AUS Quinten Hann 1 4 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 3 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 16 ENG Joe Perry 0 35 ENG Mark Davis 2 5 SCO John Higgins 5 8 ENG Peter Ebdon 3 9 WAL Matthew Stevens 5 33 IRL Fergal O'Brien 2 2 WAL Mark Williams 5 1 ENG Paul Hunter 3 6 ENG Stephen Lee 5 50 NIR Gerard Greene 4 4 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 3 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 5 SCO John Higgins 4 9 WAL Matthew Stevens 5 2 WAL Mark Williams 1 6 ENG Stephen Lee 2 4 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 3 SCO Stephen Hendry 6 9 WAL Matthew Stevens 3 4 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 3 SCO Stephen Hendry 9 Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams.Brighton Centre, Brighton, England. 16 November 2003. Ronnie O'Sullivan (4) 6–9 Stephen Hendry (3) Afternoon: 103–29 (62), 78–37 (61), 2–59, 0–135 (135), 106–0 (106), 104–0 (100), 0–135 (121), 109–0 (109) Evening: 28–84 (61), 4–89 (50), 0–135 (135), 56–78 (56, 78), 0–95 (95), 70–5 (64), 12–72 109 Highest break 135 3 Century breaks 3 7 50+ breaks 7 Qualifying Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales between 21 and 25 September 2003. Round 1 Best of 9 frames THA Kwan Poomjang 5–4 ENG Stephen Croft ENG Andrew Norman 5–2 WAL Ian Sargeant ENG Wayne Brown 5–1 ENG Chris Melling WAL Ryan Day 5–3 THA Supoj Saenla ENG Paul Wykes 5–2 IRL Garry Hardiman ENG Jason Ferguson 1–5 AUS Steve Mifsud SCO Billy Snaddon 5–4 ENG James Leadbetter ENG Luke Fisher 5–2 CHN Ding Junhui ENG Andrew Higginson 5–2 ENG Stuart Mann NIR Terry Murphy 1–5 AUS Neil Robertson ENG Craig Butler 5–2 ENG Paul Sweeny ENG Simon Bedford 3–5 WAL Philip Williams IRL Leo Fernandez w/d–w/o SCO Gary Thomson WAL Paul Davies 5–1 NOR Kurt Maflin Iceland Kristján Helgason 4–5 ENG Michael Wild ENG Munraj Pal 5–4 ENG Carlo Giagnacovo SCO Martin Dziewialtowski 5–2 IRL Joe Delaney ENG Bradley Jones 5–1 ENG Luke Simmonds NIR Jason Prince 4–5 ENG Michael Rhodes WAL Lee Walker 2–5 ENG Tom Ford ENG Rory McLeod 5–3 ENG Andy Neck AUS Johl Younger 5–1 ENG Steven Bennie ENG Jamie Cope 5–4 CYP 1960 Mehmet Husnu ENG Matthew Couch 5–4 CHN Liu Song ENG Ricky Walden 5–0 ENG Martin Gould ENG David Gilbert 4–5 ENG Darryn Walker ENG Adrian Gunnell 5–3 WAL Ian Preece ENG Joe Johnson w/d–w/o CAN Alain Robidoux ENG Peter Lines 5–1 SCO Scott MacKenzie THA Atthasit Mahitthi 5–2 ENG Ian Brumby ENG Tony Jones 0–5 ENG Adrian Rosa IRL Colm Gilcreest 5–4 NIR Joe Meara Round 2–4 Round 2Best of 9 frames Round 3Best of 9 frames Round 4Best of 9 frames THA Kwan Poomjang 3 ENG Andrew Norman 5 ENG Wayne Brown 3 WAL Ryan Day 5 ENG Paul Wykes 5 AUS Steve Mifsud 4 SCO Billy Snaddon 5 ENG Luke Fisher 4 ENG Andrew Higginson 5 AUS Neil Robertson 1 ENG Craig Butler 5 WAL Philip Williams 1 SCO Gary Thomson 5 WAL Paul Davies 2 ENG Michael Wild 5 ENG Munraj Pal 3 SCO Martin Dziewialtowski 5 ENG Bradley Jones 0 ENG Michael Rhodes 1 ENG Tom Ford 5 ENG Rory McLeod 3 AUS Johl Younger 5 ENG Jamie Cope 4 ENG Matthew Couch 5 ENG Ricky Walden 5 ENG Darryn Walker 1 ENG Adrian Gunnell 5 CAN Alain Robidoux 1 ENG Peter Lines 3 THA Atthasit Mahitthi 5 ENG Adrian Rosa 5 IRL Colm Gilcreest 3 ENG Shaun Murphy 5 ENG Andrew Norman 2 ENG Nick Dyson 5 WAL Ryan Day 1 ENG David Roe 5 ENG Paul Wykes 3 ENG Dave Finbow 1 SCO Billy Snaddon 5 BEL Bjorn Haneveer 3 ENG Andrew Higginson 5 ENG Sean Storey 3 ENG Craig Butler 5 ENG Andy Hicks 5 SCO Gary Thomson 4 ENG Mike Dunn 5 ENG Michael Wild 4 NIR Patrick Wallace 5 SCO Martin Dziewialtowski 0 ENG Alfie Burden 1 ENG Tom Ford 5 PAK Shokat Ali 4 AUS Johl Younger 5 ENG Nick Walker 5 ENG Matthew Couch 3 WAL Darren Morgan 1 ENG Ricky Walden 5 SCO Marcus Campbell 5 ENG Adrian Gunnell 0 ENG Rod Lawler 4 THA Atthasit Mahitthi 5 ENG Jimmy Michie 1 ENG Adrian Rosa 5 ENG Gary Wilkinson 4 ENG Shaun Murphy 5 SCO Jamie Burnett 2 ENG Nick Dyson 5 ENG Nigel Bond 5 ENG David Roe 0 ENG Barry Hawkins 5 SCO Billy Snaddon 0 NIR Gerard Greene 5 ENG Andrew Higginson 1 ENG Stuart Bingham 5 ENG Craig Butler 1 ENG Stuart Pettman 3 ENG Andy Hicks 5 SCO Stephen Maguire 5 ENG Mike Dunn 2 ENG Jonathan Birch 0Birch conceded the match at 0–3 down. NIR Patrick Wallace 5 ENG Brian Morgan 2 ENG Tom Ford 5 ENG Mark Davis 5 AUS Johl Younger 0 IRL Michael Judge 5 ENG Nick Walker 1 THA James Wattana 3 ENG Ricky Walden 5 ENG Barry Pinches 5 SCO Marcus Campbell 2 IRL Fergal O'Brien 5 THA Atthasit Mahitthi 4 ENG Michael Holt 5 ENG Adrian Rosa 4 Century breaks Qualifying stage centuries 145, 103 Ian McCulloch 138, 126, 110 Andy Hicks 138 Stephen Maguire 135, 130, 103 Adrian Rosa 134, 117 Ricky Walden 133 Fergal O'Brien 132 Stuart Bingham 132 Peter Lines 131 Kwan Poomjang 125 Darryn Walker 123, 112 Billy Snaddon 121 Barry Pinches 119 Gerard Greene 118, 109, 103 Tom Ford 117 Joe Swail 110, 107 Ryan Day 110, 104 Andrew Norman 106 Martin Dziewialtowski 106 Nick Dyson 105, 101 David Roe 104 Phil Williams 104 Wayne Brown 102 Ian Brumby 102 Craig Butler 102 Marco Fu 101 Andrew Higginson 101 Anthony Hamilton Televised stage centuries 147, 135, 118 John Higgins 138 Michael Judge 135, 135, 134, 133, 121, 120 Stephen Hendry 130, 127 Ken Doherty 130 Jimmy White 123 Alan McManus 120 Stephen Lee 116, 100 Dominic Dale 115, 105 Quinten Hann 114 David Gray 112, 104 Paul Hunter 111, 109 Matthew Stevens 111, 104 Mark Williams 109, 106, 100, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan 107 Gerard Greene 107 Graeme Dott 104 Michael Holt References Category:British Open (snooker) British Open Open (snooker) British Open Category:Sports competitions in Brighton and Hove