The 2003–04 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 21 August 2003 and 20 May 2004. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events.

LG Corporation signed a sponsorship agreement with World Snooker, and the seven world ranking events before the World Championship were branded as the "LG Electronics Tour". These tournaments carried conventional ranking points but also had a separate points system, with a £50,000 prize for the player who accumulated the most points during the LG Electronics Tour. Ronnie O'Sullivan was the eventual winner of the cash prize, but both the sponsorship and format would only last for one season.

Calendar World Snooker Tour Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. LG Cup Guild Hall Preston Mark Williams John Higgins 9–5 8 Nov 16 Nov British Open The Brighton Centre Brighton Stephen Hendry Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–6 18 Nov 30 Nov UK Championship Barbican Centre York Matthew Stevens Stephen Hendry 15 Dec 21 Dec Masters Qualifying Event Pontin's Prestatyn Neil Robertson Dominic Dale 6–5 19 Jan 25 Jan Welsh Open Newport Centre Newport Ronnie O'Sullivan Steve Davis 9–8 1 Feb 8 Feb Masters Wembley Conference Centre London Paul Hunter Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–9 1 Mar 6 Mar European Open Hilton Conference Center Portomaso Stephen Maguire Jimmy White 9–3 10 Jan 14 Mar Premier League Colwyn Bay Leisure Centre Colwyn Bay Stephen Hendry John Higgins 9–6 23 Mar 28 Mar Irish Masters Citywest Hotel Dublin Peter Ebdon Mark King 10–7 3 Apr 11 Apr Players Championship S.E.C.C. Glasgow Jimmy White Paul Hunter 9–7 17 Apr 3 May Crucible Theatre Sheffield Ronnie O'Sullivan Graeme Dott 18–8

Ranking event Non-ranking event

Challenge Tour Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. 13 Sep 19 Sep Challenge Tour 1 Pontin's Prestatyn Stefan Mazrocis Paul Davison 6–2 2 Dec 8 Dec Challenge Tour 2 Pontin's Prestatyn Hugh Abernethy Gary Wilson 6–0 21 Feb 29 Feb Challenge Tour 3 Pontin's Prestatyn Brian Salmon Steve James 6–1 12 May 20 May Challenge Tour 4 Pontin's Prestatyn Gary Wilson Jin Long 6–4

Other events Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. 21 Aug 24 Aug Euro-Asia Masters Challenge – Event 1 HKCEC Wan Chai James Wattana Ken Doherty 6–4 28 Aug 31 Aug Euro-Asia Masters Challenge – Event 2 Merchant Court Hotel Bangkok Ken Doherty Marco Fu 5–2

Ladies event Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. 1 May 1 May Connie Gough National Rileys Snooker Centre Luton Reanne Evans Emma Bonney 4–2

Official rankings

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.

No. Ch. Player Points 2001/02 Points 2002/03 Total 1 Mark Williams 25050 27550 52600 2 Stephen Hendry 24650 20150 44800 3 Ronnie O'Sullivan 24625 20125 44750 4 John Higgins 22300 20275 42575 5 Stephen Lee 25725 16675 42400 6 Ken Doherty 21400 18975 40375 7 Peter Ebdon 23875 16025 39900 8 Paul Hunter 15500 21450 36950 9 Matthew Stevens 18000 14875 32875 10 Alan McManus 13550 16425 29975 11 Steve Davis 12900 15875 28775 12 David Gray 13712 14300 28012 13 Graeme Dott 15762 11500 27262 14 Quinten Hann 14837 12312 27149 15 Jimmy White 16925 9962 26887 16 Joe Perry 17700 8937 26637

Points distribution 2003/2004 Points distribution for world ranking events, all new players received double points:

Tournament Round → L128 L96 L80 L64 L48 L32 L16 QF SF F WLG Cup Unseeded loser 200 400 650 900 1150 1450 1750 2050 2500 3000 4000 Seeded loser – – 325 450 575 725 – – – – –British Open Unseeded loser 200 400 650 900 1150 1450 1750 2050 2500 3000 4000 Seeded loser – – 325 450 575 725 – – – – –UK Championship Unseeded loser 300 600 975 1350 1725 2175 2625 3075 3750 4500 6000 Seeded loser – – 487 675 862 1087 – – – – –Welsh Open Unseeded loser 200 400 650 900 1150 1450 1750 2050 2500 3000 4000 Seeded loser – – 325 450 575 725 – – – – –European Open Unseeded loser 200 400 650 900 1150 1450 1750 2050 2500 3000 4000 Seeded loser – – 325 450 575 725 – – – – –Irish Masters Unseeded loser 200 400 650 900 1150 1450 1750 2050 2500 3000 4000 Seeded loser – – 325 450 575 725 – – – – – Unseeded loser 200 400 650 900 1150 1450 1750 2050 2500 3000 4000 Seeded loser – – 325 450 575 725 – – – – –World Championship Unseeded loser 400 800 1300 1800 2300 2900 3500 4100 5000 6000 8000 Seeded loser – – 650 900 1150 1450 – – – – –

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