2003 Masters (snooker)

Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Feb 2003 April 2022 2003 Benson & Hedges Masters 2003 02 2 2003 02 9 y Wembley Conference Centre London England WPBSA Non-ranking event £695,000 £210,000 Stephen Hendry SCO (144) Mark Williams WAL Stephen Hendry SCO 10–4 2002 2004 The 2003 Masters (officially the 2003 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 2 and 9 February 2003 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England. Paul Hunter, who was aiming to complete a hat-trick of Masters titles, lost 3–6 to Mark Williams in the semi-final. Williams then beat Stephen Hendry 10–4 in the final to win his second Masters title. Hendry made the highest break of the championship with a 144 in his semi-final match against Ken Doherty, but missed out on a 147 during his quarter-final match against local favourite Jimmy White when he failed to pot the final pink. This was the last Masters to be sponsored by Benson & Hedgeshttps://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent-doherty-rides-luck-to-th/199826829/ Doherty rides luck to thwart Stevens Brian Burnside London 29 3 February 2003 Newspapers.com 18 June 2026 after the ban on tobacco advertising which came into effect in summer 2003. Regal's sponsorship of the Scottish Masters, the Welsh Open and the Scottish Open also ended during the 2002/2003 season. However, Embassy continued to sponsor the World Championship until 2005. A total attendance of 24,329 was the events highest since 1988. Field Defending champion Paul Hunter was the number 1 seed with World Champion Peter Ebdon seeded 2. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the qualifying event, Mark Davis (ranked 37), and Steve Davis (ranked 25), who was the wild-card selection. Mark Davis, Quinten Hann and Joe Perry were making their debuts in the Masters. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner: £210,000 Runner-up: £105,000 Highest break: £22,000 Maximum break: £100,000 Total: £695,000 Wild-card round Benson & Hedges Masters 2003 http://www.snooker.org/trn/0203/bm2003_res.shtml Snooker.org 4 April 20112003 Benson & Hedges Masters http://globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/03BHMast.htm Global Snooker Centre https://web.archive.org/web/20060903222455/http://globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/03BHMast.htm 3 September 2006The Masters http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=60 https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071627/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=60 24 January 2013 Snooker Scene 8 August 2012 Match Date Score WC1Doherty edges past Stevens https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/2718625.stm BBC Sport 4 April 2011 16 February 2003 Sunday 2 February Alan McManus SCO (15) 6–5 Mark Davis ENG WC2O'Sullivan sails through https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/2721519.stm BBC Sport 4 April 2011 Julian Shea 16 February 2003 Monday 3 February Joe Swail NIR (16) 4–6 Steve Davis ENG Main draw 2003 Benson and Hedges Masters https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/2674725.stm BBC Sport 4 April 2011 16 February 2003 180 Last 16 Best of 11 frames Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames Semi-finals Best of 11 frames Final Best of 19 frames 1 England Paul HunterShea Julian Hunter masters McManus https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/2725887.stm BBC Sport 4 April 2011 16 February 2003 6 15 Scotland Alan McManus 4 8 England Stephen Lee 6 14 Australia Quinten Hann 4 5 Scotland John Higgins 6 England Steve Davis 2 4 Wales Mark Williams 6 12 Scotland Graeme Dott 3 3 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 13 England Joe Perry 1 6 Ireland Ken Doherty 6 9 Wales Matthew Stevens 5 7 Scotland Stephen HendryShea Julian Hendry sets up White clash https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/2731055.stm BBC Sport 4 April 2011 5 February 2003 6 11 England Mark King 3 2 England Peter EbdonShea Julian White comeback sinks Ebdon https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/2730269.stm BBC Sport 4 April 2011 16 February 2003 5 10 England Jimmy White 6 1 England Paul HunterShea Julian Hunter demolishes Lee https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/2733581.stm BBC Sport 4 April 2011 6 February 2003 6 8 England Stephen Lee 1 5 Scotland John HigginsJones Clive Williams strides into semis https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/2737573.stm BBC Sport 4 April 2011 7 February 2003 3 4 Wales Mark Williams 6 3 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 6 Ireland Ken DohertyShea Julian Doherty ousts O'Sullivan https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/2734887.stm BBC Sport 4 April 2011 6 February 2003 6 7 Scotland Stephen Hendry 6 10 England Jimmy WhiteJones Clive Hendry battles into last four https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/2739283.stm BBC Sport 4 April 2011 16 February 2003 4 1 England Paul HunterJones Clive Williams eases past Hunter https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/2740807.stm BBC Sport 4 April 2011 16 February 2003 3 4 Wales Mark Williams 6 6 Ireland Ken DohertyJones Clive Hendry breaks Doherty resistance https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/2741375.stm BBC Sport 4 April 2011 8 February 2003 3 7 Scotland Stephen Hendry 6 4 Wales Mark WilliamsJones Clive Williams hammers Hendry https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/2741905.stm BBC Sport 4 April 2011 17 February 2003 10 7 Scotland Stephen Hendry 4 Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Alan Chamberlain Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 9 February 2003. Mark Williams (4) 10–4 Stephen Hendry (7) Afternoon: 69–5, 0–123 (70), 82–1 (82), 76–1, 67–47, 74–35 (59), 67–43, 0–102 (102) Evening: 59–12, 27–101 (101), 50–67, 68–36, 61–1 (60), 83–0 (82) 82 Highest break 102 0 Century breaks 2 4 50+ breaks 3 Qualifying The 2002 Masters Qualifying Event was held between 21 and 31 October 2002 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales. The winner of this series of matches, who qualified for the tournament, was Mark Davis.The 2002/2003 Season http://www.snooker.org/trn/0203/ Snooker.org 26 February 2011 Tony Drago made his first and to date only maximum break against Stuart Bingham.Turner Chris http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Max.html Maximum Breaks Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 2 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100407085342/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Max.html 7 April 2010Everton Clive Sport in brief: Snooker https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian-drago-max/165445575/ The Guardian 29 October 2002 27 newspapers.com 14 February 2025 14 February 2025 https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250214151154/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian-drago-max/165445575/ live Century breaks Total: 25 144, 134, 107, 106, 102, 101, 101 Stephen Hendry 138, 104 Paul Hunter 122 Quinten Hann 121, 115, 103, 102, 100 Mark Williams 117, 101 John Higgins 112, 105 Ronnie O'Sullivan 111 Jimmy White 107, 104 Mark Davis 104 Steve Davis 104 Matthew Stevens 100 Ken Doherty References 2 2003 2003 2003 Masters Masters Snooker Masters