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. The event was broadcast on the BBC between 22 and 30 November 2003 and was the third ranking event of the 2003/2004 season. This marked the first event of three consecutive events sponsored by building merchant Travis Perkins.

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:

Winner: £84,500 Final: £43,000 Semi-final: £21,700 Quarter-final: £11,900 Last 16: £9,800 Last 32: £7,850 Last 48: £4,400 Last 64: £3,200

Last 80: £2,250 Last 96: £1,600 Stage one highest break: £1,800 Stage two highest break: £7,500 Stage one maximum break: £5,000 Stage two maximum break: £25,000 Total: £615,000

Main draw

Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Colin Brinded.Barbican Centre, York, England, 30 November 2003. Matthew Stevens (9) 10–8 Stephen Hendry (2) Afternoon: 0–79 (68), , , , , , , Evening: 76–0 (76), , , , , , , , , 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.

Round 1 Best of 17 frames

Andrew Higginson 9–5 Stuart Mann Luke Fisher 4–9 Gary Thomson Joe Johnson w/d–w/o Carlo Giagnacovo Paul Wykes 9–8 Garry Hardiman Rory McLeod 9–2 Michael Wild Colm Gilcreest 8–9 Steve Mifsud Atthasit Mahitthi 9–4 Ian Sargeant Martin Dziewialtowski 9–3 Andy Neck Peter Lines 5–9 Tom Ford Johl Younger 4–9 Kurt Maflin Tony Jones 9–8 Chris Melling Terry Murphy 3–9 Alain Robidoux Ryan Day 9–4 Steven Bennie Matthew Couch 9–3 Ian Preece Leo Fernandez 9–7 Darryn Walker Ricky Walden 9–2 Martin Gould

Jason Ferguson 9–4 James Leadbetter Kwan Poomjang 9–5 Mehmet Husnu Munraj Pal 7–9 Joe Delaney Jason Prince 7–9 Paul Sweeny Lee Walker 8–9 Adrian Rosa Wayne Brown 5–9 Philip Williams Jamie Cope 9–6 Joe Meara Bradley Jones 3–9 Ding Junhui Simon Bedford 7–9 Liu Song Billy Snaddon 8–9 Stephen Croft Adrian Gunnell 6–9 Neil Robertson Craig Butler 9–6 Scott MacKenzie David Gilbert 9–8 Ian Brumby Andrew Norman 9–6 Supoj Saenla Kristján Helgason w/d–w/o Michael Rhodes Paul Davies 9–3 Luke Simmonds

Round 2–4

Century breaks

Televised stage centuries

143 Ali Carter 140, 138, 137, 134, 126, 125, 121, 115, 109, 104, 103, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan 137, 104, 101 Matthew Stevens 136 Joe Perry 135, 112 Dominic Dale 135, 111 Stephen Lee 132, 129, 119, 105, 104, 100 Paul Hunter 132, 113 Jimmy White 128, 120, 118, 109, 107, 105, 103, 101, 100 Stephen Hendry 128, 102 Quinten Hann

121, 104 Peter Ebdon 119, 112, 106 Alan McManus 116, 101 Steve Davis 104 Ian McCulloch 103 Nigel Bond 103 Gerard Greene 103 Mark Williams 100 John Higgins 100 Fergal O'Brien

Qualifying stage centuries

143, 129, 112 Stuart Bingham 140, 126, 119 Barry Pinches 139, 135, 100 Tom Ford 138 Michael Wild 137 Stephen Maguire 135 Michael Holt 132, 113, 108, 104, 102 Rory McLeod 132 Gerard Greene 129 Steve Mifsud 127, 115, 115, 111 Ryan Day 127 Scott MacKenzie 124, 120, 110, 102 Nigel Bond 123 Jamie Cope 121, 106 Munraj Pal 121 Martin Gould 121 Bjorn Haneveer

120, 118 Mark Davis 120 Andrew Norman 118 Atthasit Mahitthi 117, 108, 107, 102 Neil Robertson 117 Nick Dyson 115 Gary Thomson 114 Robin Hull 110 Craig Butler 107 Paul Wykes 105, 101 Adrian Rosa 105 Mike Dunn 104, 100 Anthony Hamilton 104 Simon Bedford 104 Liu Song 102 Chris Melling 102 Shaun Murphy

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