Scottish Open 2003 (Snooker)
Scottish Open 2003
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Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
Venue: | Royal Highland Center, Edinburgh , Scotland |
Opening: | April 5, 2003 |
Endgame: | April 13, 2003
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Winner: | David Gray |
Finalist: | Mark Selby |
Highest Break: | 142 ( Ali Carter ) |
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The Regal Scottish Open 2003 was a snooker tournament of the 2002/03 season that was held from April 5th to 13th, 2003 at the Royal Highland Center in Edinburgh . The first five editions of the tournament had previously taken place in Aberdeen . The sixth edition was the last for the time being because the cigarette manufacturer Regal ceased to be a sponsor due to a tobacco advertising ban in Great Britain. It was not until 2012 that a tournament with this name was re-launched as part of the Players Tour Championship .
Defending champion Stephen Lee made it to the quarter-finals this time. His opponent in the 2002 final, David Gray , made it into the final for the second time in a row and this time he won the tournament with 9: 7 against Mark Selby . It was the only title win in a ranking tournament in his career.
Prize money / world ranking points
Although the tournament had changed venue, both the prize money and the points for the world rankings remained unchanged compared to the previous year.
Prize money | World ranking points a |
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winner | £ 82,500 | 4,000 |
finalist | £ 42,500 | 3,000 |
Semi-finalist | £ 21,250 | 2,500 |
Quarter finalist | £ 11,700 | 2,050 |
Round of 16 | £ 9,600 | 1,750 |
Last 32 | £ 7,800 | 1,450 |
Last 48 | £ 4,000 | 1,150 |
Last 64 | £ 3,150 | 900 |
Last 80 | £ 2,150 | 650 |
Last 96 | £ 1,450 | 400 |
Last 128 | - | 200 |
Highest break | TV phase: £ 7,500 before: £ 1,800 |
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All in all | £ 597,200 |
Final round
As in the previous year, the main round in Edinburgh was played with 48 players, whereby the top 16 of the world rankings were set for round 2.
Round 1
16 players had qualified in three rounds in Prestatyn . They competed against the players from 17th to 32nd place in the world rankings.
Top 32 to the finalThe top 16 of the world rankings were set for round 2 and played against the 16 winners from round 1. finalFor Mark Selby it was the first professional final, the semi-final at the China Open in the preseason was his best result so far. David Gray had already won the Masters Qualifying Event once in 1998 , which, however, did not count for the world rankings . The final of the Scottish Open last year had been his best ranking result. There he had won in Round 1 against Selby, but at the Irish Masters , the immediately preceding tournament, Selby had won a victory over Gray for the first time. But it was Gray who tried from the start not to have a second defeat. With 3: 0 and 5: 1 he was already ahead in the first session, then Selby was able to shorten it to 3: 5 by the break. The first session was very competitive, but it got even tighter in the evening session. While two frames ended to zero in the afternoon, both players were now able to score points in all frames, there were at least 4 higher breaks over 50 points, so Selby's 56 break in the first frame was the only high break of the evening. He also won frame 2, leveling it 5: 5. Gray was able to break away again by two frames, but Selby countered and made it 7: 7. At 71:56, the 15th frame went back to Gray and Selby was now under pressure. In the end he couldn't withstand that, he also gave up the next frame and David Gray won his first and only ranked title with 9: 7. With 12th place he also reached his best world ranking position. Selby's career was much more successful, but he had to wait another 5 years before his first tournament victory.
Century breaks13 players achieved 19 breaks of at least 100 points in the main tournament. 5 Century breaks was Stephen Hendry most successful. Ali Carter received an extra £ 7,500 for the highest tournament break of 142 points in Round 2. Main tournament
a scored in round 1 (round of the last 48 without the top 16 players, without TV coverage)
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