LG Cup 2003

LG Cup 2003
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Venue:	Guild Hall, Preston , England
Opening:	October 4, 2003
Endgame:	October 12, 2003
Winner:	Mark Williams
Finalist:	John Higgins
Highest Break:	147 ( John Higgins )
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The LG Cup 2003 was a snooker tournament of the 2003/04 season , which was played from October 4 to 12, 2003 in the Guild Hall of Preston . For the third time in a row, the tournament, named after the sponsor LG Electronics , was held in the north-west of England.

The Scot Chris Small , who had won the previous year's tournament, only reached the quarter-finals this time. After finishing last season by winning his second world title , Mark Williams started the new season with another tournament victory. He defeated John Higgins in the final 9-5. In doing so, he took revenge for the 1999 Grand Prix final , which he had lost to Higgins.

Nor did the Scots help that he scored a maximum break in the game . It was his third and 47th in snooker history. After Stephen Hendry, Higgins was only the second player to break 147 points in a final.

Prize money / world ranking points

The prize money has changed slightly from last year, ranging from £ 50 to £ 200 . There were no changes in the points for the world rankings .

	Prize money	World ranking points a
winner	£ 82,500	4,000
finalist	£ 42,500	3,000
Semi-finalist	£ 21,500	2,500
Quarter finalist	£ 11,800	2,050
Round of 16	£ 9,700	1,750
Last 32	£ 7,600	1,450
Last 48	£ 4,200	1,150
Last 64	£ 3,100	900
Last 80	£ 2,200	650
Last 96	£ 1,500	400
Last 128	-	200
Highest TV break	£ 5,000
All in all	£ 597,200

^a Seeded players who lost their opening game in qualification or the main round received only 50% of the points.

There was an additional £ 20,000 bonus for the Maximum Break .

Final round

As usual since 2000, 48 players started in the main tournament. The top 16 of the world rankings were set for round 2.

Round 1

In Prestatyn , 16 players had qualified for the tournament in four rounds. They competed in round 1 against the world ranking players from 17th to 32nd.

game Player 1 Result Player 2 1 Robert Milkins  52: 52  Stuart Pettman 2 Mark Selby  52: 52  Stuart Bingham 3 Tony Drago  54: 54th  Lee Walker 4th John Parrott  35 : 35  Mark Davis 5 Anthony Hamilton  52: 52  Alfie Burden 6th Ian McCulloch  52: 52  Shaun Murphy 7th Joe Perry  35 : 35  Michael Judge 8th Dave Harold  35 : 35  David Roe 9 Joe Swail  53: 53  Michael Holt 10 Marco Fu  05 : 05  Simon Bedford 11 Anthony Davies  50: 50  Patrick Wallace 12 Dominic Dale  50: 50  Gerard Greene 13 Mark King  53: 53  Barry Hawkins 14th Ali Carter  4th5 : 45  Mike Dunn 15th Drew Henry  53: 53  James Wattana 16 Robin Hull  25 : 25  Barry Pinches kl. = without a fight Top 32 to the final   Round 1 best of 9 frames Round of 16 best of 9 frames Quarterfinals Best of 9 Frames Semi-final best of 11 frames Final Best of 17 frames                                                 1   Chris Small 5                 47   Stuart Pettman 4th   1   Chris Small 5   9   Paul Hunter 3   9   Paul Hunter 5 43   Stuart Bingham 1   1   Chris Small 3   30th   John Parrott 5   15th   Quinten Hann 1     81   Lee Walker 5   81   Lee Walker 3   30th   John Parrott 5   6th   Stephen Lee 4th 30th   John Parrott 5   30th   John Parrott 2   5   John Higgins 6th   5   John Higgins 5 59   Alfie Burden 0   5   John Higgins 5   64   Shaun Murphy 2   12   Steve Davis 4th 64   Shaun Murphy 5   5   John Higgins 5   10   Matthew Stevens 2   10   Matthew Stevens 5     17th   Joe Perry 1   10   Matthew Stevens 5   4th   Ronnie O'Sullivan 0   4th   Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 23   Dave Harold 0   5   John Higgins 5 2   Mark Williams 9 3   Stephen Hendry 3 39   Michael Holt 5   39   Michael Holt 5   19th   Marco Fu 4th   13   David Gray 4th 19th   Marco Fu 5   39   Michael Holt 3   7th   Ken Doherty 5   16   Jimmy White 5     50   Patrick Wallace 3   16   Jimmy White 4th   7th   Ken Doherty 5   7th   Ken Doherty 5 38   Gerard Greene 2   7th   Ken Doherty 3   2   Mark Williams 5   8th   Peter Ebdon 4th 42   Barry Hawkins 5   42   Barry Hawkins 3   18th   Ali Carter 5   14th   Graeme Dott 3 18th   Ali Carter 5   18th   Ali Carter 3   2   Mark Williams 5   11   Alan McManus 1     34   James Wattana 5   34   James Wattana 3   2   Mark Williams 5   2   Mark Williams 5 32   Robin Hull 2   final Mark Williams came to Preston with the May World Championship behind him. He also had the opportunity to make up for the 8: 9 defeat in 1999 in his own place. John Higgins , on the other hand, had an untitled season with two lost finals behind him. He had also lost the last four meetings with the Welshman. Both players had good experiences with the LG Cup and the Grand Prix: each had already won the tournament twice. Williams then started confidently and took a 3-0 lead before Higgins set an exclamation point with the highest tournament break of 142 points to date. After the break, the players kept the gap of 2 frames and went 5: 3 for Williams from the first session. The Welshman also won the first frame of the evening, but Higgins stayed on and with a maximum break he made the 5-6 connection. However, the "perfect break" didn't seem to stimulate him, the next frame went back to Williams and the following two frames were contested and although Higgins scored many points, they both went to Williams. He won 9: 5 and took his third title at the tournament and his 15th overall title. Final: Best of 17 Frames Referee: Lawrie Annandale Guild Hall,  Preston , England , October 12, 2003 John Higgins 5: 9 Mark Williams Afternoon : 23: 74 (74), 0: 83 (83), 32: 96 (65), 142 : 0 (142), 46 : 41, 0: 127 (127), 84 : 33 (84), 33: 70 ; Evening : 39: 53 , 91 : 8 (91), 147 : 0 (147), 0: 78 (78), 42: 68 , 64: 69 (51) 147 Highest break 127 2 Century breaks 1 4th 50+ breaks 6th qualification The qualifying games took place from September 4 to 8, 2003 at the Pontin's Center in Prestatyn . In round 1, places 65 to 128 in the world rankings played against each other. From round 2, 32 players played against each other, with places 49 to 64 being set for round 3 and numbers 33 to 48 for round 4. Round 1 game Player 1 Result Player 2 1 Paul Wykes  4th5 : 45  Mehmet Husnu 2 Tony Jones  52: 52  Luke Simmonds 3 David Gilbert  54: 54th  Darryn Walker 4th Terry Murphy  kl.  Liu Song 5 Joe Johnson  kl.  Supoj Saenla 6th Lee Walker  4th5 : 45  Steve Mifsud 7th Colm Gilcreest  52: 52  Ding Junhui 8th Paul Davies  05 : 05  Gary Thomson 9 Craig Butler  4th5 : 45  Chris Melling 10 Leo Fernandez  50: 50  Stephen Croft 11 Munraj Pal  54: 54th  Scott MacKenzie 12 Kwan Poomjang  35 : 35  Alain Robidoux 13 Peter Lines  25 : 25  Steven Bennie 14th Rory McLeod  25 : 25  Carlo Giagnacovo 15th Johl Younger  25 : 25  Michael Wild 16 Ricky Walden  35 : 35  Phil Williams game Player 1 Result Player 2 17th Jason Ferguson  51: 51  Michael Rhodes 18th Andrew Norman  15 : 15  Ian Preece 19th Simon Bedford  15 : 15  Joe Meara 20th Jason Prince  4th5 : 45  Garry Hardiman 21st Bradley Jones  4th5 : 45  James Leadbetter 22nd Kristjan Helgason  54: 54th  Ian Brumby 23 Wayne Brown  50: 50  Kurt Maflin 24 Andrew Higginson  53: 53  Martin Gould 25th Billy Snaddon  4th5 : 45  Stuart Mann 26th Luke Fisher  35 : 35  Joe Delaney 27 Ryan Day  35 : 35  Neil Robertson 28 Martin Dziewialtowski  54: 54th  Adrian Rosa 29 Adrian Gunnell  35 : 35  Paul Sweeny 30th Atthasit Mahitthi  4th5 : 45  Andy Neck 31 Jamie Cope  54: 54th  Ian Sargeant 32 Matthew Couch  54: 54th  Tom Ford kl. = without a fight   Round 2 (Top 96) Best of 9 frames   Round 3 (Top 80) Best of 9 frames   Round 4 (Top 64) Best of 9 frames                          Paul Wykes 5    Dave Finbow 1    Stuart Pettman 5  Luke Simmonds 4th    Paul Wykes 5    Paul Wykes 4th  Darryn Walker 5    Marcus Campbell 5    Stuart Bingham 5  Terry Murphy 4th    Darryn Walker 3    Marcus Campbell 3  Supoj Saenla 0    Sean Storey 1    Jonathan Birch 1  Lee Walker 5    Lee Walker 5    Lee Walker 5  Ding Junhui 5    Bjorn Haneveer 5    Mark Davis 5  Paul Davies 2    Ding Junhui 2    Bjorn Haneveer 1  Craig Butler 5    Alfie Burden 5    Nigel Bond 2  Stephen Croft 4th    Craig Butler 3    Alfie Burden 5  Scott MacKenzie 4th    Shaun Murphy 5    Brian Morgan 4th  Kwan Poomjang 5    Kwan Poomjang 4th    Shaun Murphy 5  Peter Lines 3    Shokat Ali 2    Michael Judge 5  Rory McLeod 5    Rory McLeod 5    Rory McLeod 4th  Johl Younger 1    David Roe 5    Jamie Burnett 0  Ricky Walden 5    Ricky Walden 2    David Roe 5  Michael Rhodes 1    Nick Dyson 1    Michael Holt 5  Andrew Norman 5    Andrew Norman 5    Andrew Norman 4th  Simon Bedford 5    Andy Hicks 2    Gary Wilkinson 1  Jason Prince 4th    Simon Bedford 5    Simon Bedford 5  Bradley Jones 2    Patrick Wallace 5    Stephen Maguire 4th  Ian Brumby 5    Ian Brumby 3    Patrick Wallace 5  Kurt Maflin 5    Jimmy Michie 5    Gerard Greene 5  Martin Gould 3    Kurt Maflin 1    Jimmy Michie 4th  Billy Snaddon 5    Darren Morgan 2    Barry Hawkins 5  Luke Fisher 2    Billy Snaddon 5    Billy Snaddon 2  Ryan Day 3    Mike Dunn 5    Fergal O'Brien 4th  Adrian Rosa 5    Adrian Rosa 4th    Mike Dunn 5  Adrian Gunnell 5    Nick Walker 2    James Wattana 5  Atthasit Mahitthi 4th    Adrian Gunnell 5    Adrian Gunnell 2  Ian Sargeant 5    Rod Lawler 2    Barry Pinches 5  Tom Ford 3    Ian Sargeant 5    Ian Sargeant 3 Century breaks 14 players achieved 20 breaks of at least 100 points in the main tournament. John Higgins scored the 47th maximum break in snooker history in the final . It was his third personal 147-point break and also the third in tournament history. Another 24 Centurys were divided among 20 players in the qualification. Main tournament John Higgins 147 , 142, 104 Ken Doherty 140, 109, 100 John Parrott 137 Mark Williams 127 Stephen Lee 122, 102 Ali Carter 111, 110 Robin Hull 107 Marco Fu 104 a Peter Ebdon 103 Joe Perry 102 a Gerard Greene 102 a Stephen Hendry 101 Michael Holt 101 a Jimmy White 100 a scored in round 1 (round of the last 48 without the top 16 players) qualification Brian Morgan 136, 102 Ian Brumby 133 Ding Junhui 128, 116 Patrick Wallace 123 Bradley Jones 118 Adrian Rosa 117 Martin Dziewialtowski 115 Kwan Poomjang 114, 100 Johl Younger 114 Darryn Walker 112 Adrian Rosa 111 Michael Judge 108 Atthasit Mahitthi 108, 104 Mark Davis 106 Bjorn Haneveer 105 Andrew Norman 104 Rory McLeod 101 Jamie Cope 101 Stuart Pettman 100 Billy Snaddon 100 swell ↑ a b 2003 LG Cup - Finishes. CueTracker, accessed December 1, 2017 .  ↑ 2003 LG Cup. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 1, 2017 .  ^ LG Cup 2003. snooker.org, accessed December 1, 2017 (English).  ↑ 2003 LG Cup. Global Cue Sports Ltd., archived from the original on December 8, 2006 ; accessed on December 1, 2017 (English).  ↑ Rankings - 2003-2004. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 1, 2017 .