2003 UK Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 18–30 November 2003 (2003-11-18 – 2003-11-30) |
Venue | Barbican Centre |
City | York |
Country | England |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £615,000 |
Winner's share | £84,500 |
Highest break | Ali Carter (ENG) (143) |
Final | |
Champion | Matthew Stevens (WAL) |
Runner-up | Stephen Hendry (SCO) |
Score | 10–8 |
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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
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
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4]
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Main draw
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Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Colin Brinded. Barbican Centre, York, England, 30 November 2003.[2] | ||
Matthew Stevens (9) Wales | 10–8 | Stephen Hendry (2) 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
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between 14 and 23 October 2003.[6]
Round 1
Best of 17 frames
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Round 2–4
Round 2 Best of 17 frames | Round 3 Best of 17 frames | Round 4 Best of 17 frames | ||||||||
Andrew Higginson | 9 | Patrick Wallace | 4 | Fergal O'Brien | 9 | |||||
Gary Thomson | 7 | Andrew Higginson | 9 | Andrew Higginson | 6 | |||||
Carlo Giagnacovo | 9 | Dave Finbow | 9 | Michael Holt | 9 | |||||
Paul Wykes | 7 | Carlo Giagnacovo | 8 | Dave Finbow | 1 | |||||
Rory McLeod | 9 | Mike Dunn | 6 | Michael Judge | 2 | |||||
Steve Mifsud | 1 | Rory McLeod | 9 | Rory McLeod | 9 | |||||
Atthasit Mahitthi | 9 | Rod Lawler | 5 | Nigel Bond | 9 | |||||
Martin Dziewialtowski | 5 | Atthasit Mahitthi | 9 | Atthasit Mahitthi | 2 | |||||
Tom Ford | 9 | Shaun Murphy | 7 | Stephen Maguire | 9 | |||||
Kurt Maflin | 5 | Tom Ford | 9 | Tom Ford | 6 | |||||
Tony Jones | 8 | David Roe | 6 | Gary Wilkinson | 5 | |||||
Alain Robidoux | 9 | Alain Robidoux | 9 | Alain Robidoux | 9 | |||||
Ryan Day | 9 | Sean Storey | 4 | Gerard Greene | 9 | |||||
Matthew Couch | 5 | Ryan Day | 9 | Ryan Day | 6 | |||||
Leo Fernandez | 5 | Marcus Campbell | 9 | James Wattana | 9 | |||||
Ricky Walden | 9 | Ricky Walden | 8 | Marcus Campbell | 3 | |||||
Jason Ferguson | 2 | Nick Dyson | 9 | Stuart Pettman | 9 | |||||
Kwan Poomjang | 9 | Kwan Poomjang | 7 | Nick Dyson | 4 | |||||
Joe Delaney | 9 | Alfie Burden | 3 | Jamie Burnett | 6 | |||||
Paul Sweeny | 7 | Joe Delaney | 9 | Joe Delaney | 9 | |||||
Adrian Rosa | 5 | Andy Hicks | 9 | Jonathan Birch | 2 | |||||
Philip Williams | 9 | Philip Williams | 7 | Andy Hicks | 9 | |||||
Jamie Cope | 9 | Jimmy Michie | 7 | Stuart Bingham | 9 | |||||
Ding Junhui | 7 | Jamie Cope | 9 | Jamie Cope | 6 | |||||
Liu Song | 9 | Darren Morgan | 8 | Mark Davis | 9 | |||||
Stephen Croft | 6 | Liu Song | 9 | Liu Song | 4 | |||||
Neil Robertson | 9 | Shokat Ali | 7 | Barry Pinches | 9 | |||||
Craig Butler | 4 | Neil Robertson | 9 | Neil Robertson | 5 | |||||
David Gilbert | 6 | Bjorn Haneveer | 9 | Brian Morgan | 4 | |||||
Andrew Norman | 9 | Andrew Norman | 8 | Bjorn Haneveer | 9 | |||||
Michael Rhodes | 8 | Nick Walker | 3 | Barry Hawkins | 9 | |||||
Paul Davies | 9 | Paul Davies | 9 | Paul Davies | 5 | |||||
Century breaks
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Televised stage centuries
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Qualifying stage centuries
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References
- ^ a b "UK Championship results". BBC Sport. 27 November 2003. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
- ^ a b c "Travis Perkins UK Championship 2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
- ^ Turner, Chris. "UK Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ^ "UK Championship Prize Money". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 27 February 2004. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ "UK Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ^ a b "2003 UK Championship". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 15 March 2004. Retrieved 28 November 2020.