2003 UK Championship
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 18–30 November 2003 |
| Venue | Barbican Centre |
| City | York |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £615,000 |
| Winner's share | £84,500 |
| Highest break | File:Flag of England.svg Ali Carter (ENG) (143) |
| Final | |
| Champion | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Matthew Stevens (WAL) |
| Runner-up | File:Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Hendry (SCO) |
| Score | 10–8 |
← 2002 2004 → | |
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The 2003 UK Championship (officially the 2003 Travis Perkins UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 18 and 30 November 2003 at the Barbican Centre in York, England.[1] The event was broadcast on the BBC between 22 and 30 November 2003 and was the third ranking event of the 2003/2004 season.[2] This marked the first event of three consecutive events sponsored by building merchant Travis Perkins.[3]
Mark Williams was the defending champion, but he lost his last 32 match against Fergal O'Brien.
Matthew Stevens won his first ranking title when by defeating five times UK champion Stephen Hendry 10–8. In the final Hendry failed a 147 attempt, when he missed the yellow while on 120. The highest break of the tournament was 143 made by Ali Carter.
Tournament summary
[edit | edit source]Defending champion and World Champion Mark Williams was the number 1 seed. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.
Prize fund
[edit | edit source]The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4]
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Main draw
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Final
[edit | edit source]| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Colin Brinded. Barbican Centre, York, England, 30 November 2003.[2] | ||
| Matthew Stevens (9) File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales |
10–8 | Stephen Hendry (2) File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland |
| Afternoon: 0–79 (68), 0–100 (100), 30–57, 46–77 (65), 71–40 (66), 81–5 (50), 137–0 (137), 99–1 (99) Evening: 76–0 (76), 11–107 (67), 0–94 (93), 0–101 (101), 78–27 (61), 63–61 (Hendry 61), 80–22, 63–59, 0–120 (120), 69–54 (Hendry 53) | ||
| 137 | Highest break | 120 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 3 |
| 6 | 50+ breaks | 9 |
Qualifying
[edit | edit source]Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between 14 and 23 October 2003.[6]
Round 1
[edit | edit source]Best of 17 frames
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Round 2–4
[edit | edit source]| Round 2 Best of 17 frames | Round 3 Best of 17 frames | Round 4 Best of 17 frames | ||||||||
| England Andrew Higginson | 9 | Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace | 4 | Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien | 9 | |||||
| Scotland Gary Thomson | 7 | England Andrew Higginson | 9 | England Andrew Higginson | 6 | |||||
| England Carlo Giagnacovo | 9 | England Dave Finbow | 9 | England Michael Holt | 9 | |||||
| England Paul Wykes | 7 | England Carlo Giagnacovo | 8 | England Dave Finbow | 1 | |||||
| England Rory McLeod | 9 | England Mike Dunn | 6 | Republic of Ireland Michael Judge | 2 | |||||
| Australia Steve Mifsud | 1 | England Rory McLeod | 9 | England Rory McLeod | 9 | |||||
| Thailand Atthasit Mahitthi | 9 | England Rod Lawler | 5 | England Nigel Bond | 9 | |||||
| Scotland Martin Dziewialtowski | 5 | Thailand Atthasit Mahitthi | 9 | Thailand Atthasit Mahitthi | 2 | |||||
| England Tom Ford | 9 | England Shaun Murphy | 7 | Scotland Stephen Maguire | 9 | |||||
| Norway Kurt Maflin | 5 | England Tom Ford | 9 | England Tom Ford | 6 | |||||
| England Tony Jones | 8 | England David Roe | 6 | England Gary Wilkinson | 5 | |||||
| Canada Alain Robidoux | 9 | Canada Alain Robidoux | 9 | Canada Alain Robidoux | 9 | |||||
| Wales Ryan Day | 9 | England Sean Storey | 4 | Northern Ireland Gerard Greene | 9 | |||||
| England Matthew Couch | 5 | Wales Ryan Day | 9 | Wales Ryan Day | 6 | |||||
| Republic of Ireland Leo Fernandez | 5 | Scotland Marcus Campbell | 9 | Thailand James Wattana | 9 | |||||
| England Ricky Walden | 9 | England Ricky Walden | 8 | Scotland Marcus Campbell | 3 | |||||
| England Jason Ferguson | 2 | England Nick Dyson | 9 | England Stuart Pettman | 9 | |||||
| Thailand Kwan Poomjang | 9 | Thailand Kwan Poomjang | 7 | England Nick Dyson | 4 | |||||
| Republic of Ireland Joe Delaney | 9 | England Alfie Burden | 3 | Scotland Jamie Burnett | 6 | |||||
| England Paul Sweeny | 7 | Republic of Ireland Joe Delaney | 9 | Republic of Ireland Joe Delaney | 9 | |||||
| England Adrian Rosa | 5 | England Andy Hicks | 9 | England Jonathan Birch | 2 | |||||
| Wales Philip Williams | 9 | Wales Philip Williams | 7 | England Andy Hicks | 9 | |||||
| England Jamie Cope | 9 | England Jimmy Michie | 7 | England Stuart Bingham | 9 | |||||
| China Ding Junhui | 7 | England Jamie Cope | 9 | England Jamie Cope | 6 | |||||
| China Liu Song | 9 | Wales Darren Morgan | 8 | England Mark Davis | 9 | |||||
| England Stephen Croft | 6 | China Liu Song | 9 | China Liu Song | 4 | |||||
| Australia Neil Robertson | 9 | Pakistan Shokat Ali | 7 | England Barry Pinches | 9 | |||||
| England Craig Butler | 4 | Australia Neil Robertson | 9 | Australia Neil Robertson | 5 | |||||
| England David Gilbert | 6 | Belgium Bjorn Haneveer | 9 | England Brian Morgan | 4 | |||||
| England Andrew Norman | 9 | England Andrew Norman | 8 | Belgium Bjorn Haneveer | 9 | |||||
| England Michael Rhodes | 8 | England Nick Walker | 3 | England Barry Hawkins | 9 | |||||
| Wales Paul Davies | 9 | Wales Paul Davies | 9 | Wales Paul Davies | 5 | |||||
Century breaks
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Qualifying stage centuries
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