The 2003 British Open was the 2003 edition of the British Open professional ranking snooker tournament, that was held from 8–16 November 2003 at the Brighton Centre, Brighton, England. Stephen Hendry won the tournament by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan nine frames to six in the final. The final saw a record 5 centuries in a row from the two players (three from O'Sullivan and two from Hendry, including a 135), which remains a joint record for consecutive centuries made between two players in a professional tournament match and is a standalone record for ranking events and finals.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £52,000 Runner-up: £26,000 Semi-final: £13,000 Quarter-final: £9,500 Last 16: £7,450 Last 32: £5,600 Last 48: £3,900 Last 64: £2,750
Last 80: £1,750 Last 96: £1,100
Stage one highest break: £1,800 Stage two highest break: £5,000
Stage one maximum break: £5,000 Stage two maximum break: £20,000
Total: £450,000
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams.Brighton Centre, Brighton, England. 16 November 2003. Ronnie O'Sullivan (4) 6–9 Stephen Hendry (3) Afternoon: 103–29 (62), , , , , , , Evening: 28–84 (61), , , , , , 109 Highest break 135 3 Century breaks 3 7 50+ breaks 7
Qualifying Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales between 21 and 25 September 2003.
Round 1 Best of 9 frames
Kwan Poomjang 5–4 Stephen Croft Andrew Norman 5–2 Ian Sargeant Wayne Brown 5–1 Chris Melling Ryan Day 5–3 Supoj Saenla Paul Wykes 5–2 Garry Hardiman Jason Ferguson 1–5 Steve Mifsud Billy Snaddon 5–4 James Leadbetter Luke Fisher 5–2 Ding Junhui Andrew Higginson 5–2 Stuart Mann Terry Murphy 1–5 Neil Robertson Craig Butler 5–2 Paul Sweeny Simon Bedford 3–5 Philip Williams Leo Fernandez w/d–w/o Gary Thomson Paul Davies 5–1 Kurt Maflin Kristján Helgason 4–5 Michael Wild Munraj Pal 5–4 Carlo Giagnacovo
Martin Dziewialtowski 5–2 Joe Delaney Bradley Jones 5–1 Luke Simmonds Jason Prince 4–5 Michael Rhodes Lee Walker 2–5 Tom Ford Rory McLeod 5–3 Andy Neck Johl Younger 5–1 Steven Bennie Jamie Cope 5–4 Mehmet Husnu Matthew Couch 5–4 Liu Song Ricky Walden 5–0 Martin Gould David Gilbert 4–5 Darryn Walker Adrian Gunnell 5–3 Ian Preece Joe Johnson w/d–w/o Alain Robidoux Peter Lines 5–1 Scott MacKenzie Atthasit Mahitthi 5–2 Ian Brumby Tony Jones 0–5 Adrian Rosa Colm Gilcreest 5–4 Joe Meara
Round 2–4
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
145, 103 Ian McCulloch 138, 126, 110 Andy Hicks 138 Stephen Maguire 135, 130, 103 Adrian Rosa 134, 117 Ricky Walden 133 Fergal O'Brien 132 Stuart Bingham 132 Peter Lines 131 Kwan Poomjang 125 Darryn Walker 123, 112 Billy Snaddon 121 Barry Pinches 119 Gerard Greene 118, 109, 103 Tom Ford
117 Joe Swail 110, 107 Ryan Day 110, 104 Andrew Norman 106 Martin Dziewialtowski 106 Nick Dyson 105, 101 David Roe 104 Phil Williams 104 Wayne Brown 102 Ian Brumby 102 Craig Butler 102 Marco Fu 101 Andrew Higginson 101 Anthony Hamilton
Televised stage centuries
147, 135, 118 John Higgins 138 Michael Judge 135, 135, 134, 133, 121, 120 Stephen Hendry 130, 127 Ken Doherty 130 Jimmy White 123 Alan McManus 120 Stephen Lee 116, 100 Dominic Dale 115, 105 Quinten Hann
114 David Gray 112, 104 Paul Hunter 111, 109 Matthew Stevens 111, 104 Mark Williams 109, 106, 100, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan 107 Gerard Greene 107 Graeme Dott 104 Michael Holt
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