Scottish Open 2003 (Snooker)

Scottish Open 2003
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Venue:	Royal Highland Center, Edinburgh , Scotland
Opening:	April 5, 2003
Endgame:	April 13, 2003
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
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
All in all	£ 597,200

^a Seeded players who lost their first game only received half the score.

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.

game Player 1 Result Player 2 1 (24)  Michael Judge  52: 52  Ian McCulloch  (43) 2 (30)  Nigel Bond  53: 53  Robert Milkins  (33) 3 (28)  Tony Drago  53: 53  Rory McLeod  (88) 4th (26)  Anthony Davies  25 : 25  Ryan Day 5 (25)  Steve Davis  25 : 25  Stephen Maguire  (52) 6th (19)  David Gray  35 : 35  David Gilbert 7th (27)  Marco Fu  54: 54th  Alfie Burden  (38) 8th (29)  Chris Small  53: 53  Michael Holt  (35) 9 (22)  Drew Henry  35 : 35  Shaun Murphy  (72) 10 (18)  John Parrott  54: 54th  Patrick Wallace  (36) 11 (23)  Fergal O'Brien  51: 51  Sean Storey  82 12 (17)  Anthony Hamilton  15 : 15  Wayne Brown  (80) 13 (32)  James Wattana  4th5 : 45  Kristjan Helgason  (75) 14th (20)  Dominic Dale  52: 52  Mark Selby  (53) 15th (21)  Dave Harold  35 : 35  Stuart Bingham  (57) 16 (31)  Ali Carter  15 : 15  Nick Dyson  (62) Top 32 to the final The top 16 of the world rankings were set for round 2 and played against the 16 winners from round 1.   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   Stephen Lee 5                 43   Ian McCulloch 2   1   Stephen Lee 5   11   Mark King 1   11   Mark King 5 33   Robert Milkins 3   1   Stephen Lee 1   5   John Higgins 5   10   Jimmy White 5     88   Rory McLeod 2   10   Jimmy White 2   5   John Higgins 5   5   John Higgins 5 26th   Anthony Davies 0   5   John Higgins 3   19th   David Gray 6th   7th   Stephen Hendry 5 25th   Steve Davis 2   7th   Stephen Hendry 4th   19th   David Gray 5   13   Joe Perry 1 19th   David Gray 5   19th   David Gray 5   16   Joe Swail 4th   16   Joe Swail 5     38   Alfie Burden 3   16   Joe Swail 5   4th   Mark Williams 3   4th   Mark Williams 5 35   Michael Holt 3   19th   David Gray 9 53   Mark Selby 7th 3   Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 22nd   Drew Henry 2   3   Ronnie O'Sullivan 1   15th   Alan McManus 5   15th   Alan McManus 5 36   Patrick Wallace 4th   15th   Alan McManus 3   6th   Ken Doherty 5   14th   Quinten Hann 5     82   Sean Storey 0   15th   Quinten Hann 3   6th   Ken Doherty 5   6th   Ken Doherty 5 17th   Anthony Hamilton 2   6th   Ken Doherty 5   53   Mark Selby 6th   8th   Matthew Stevens 5 32   James Wattana 3   8th   Matthew Stevens 2   53   Mark Selby 5   9   Paul Hunter 3 53   Mark Selby 5   53   Mark Selby 5   31   Ali Carter 3   12   Graeme Dott 4th     21st   Dave Harold 5   21st   Dave Harold 4th   31   Ali Carter 5   2   Peter Ebdon 2 31   Ali Carter 5   final For 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. Final: Best of 17 Frames Referee: Lawrie Annandale Royal Highland Center,  Edinburgh , Scotland , April 14, 2003 David Gray 9 : 7 Mark Selby Afternoon : 73 : 32 (65), 77 : 0 (60), 47 : 34, 47: 76 , 78 : 47 (52), 70 : 24, 0: 63 , 41: 69 (60); Evening : 9: 102 (56), 24: 67 , 77 : 30, 71 : 62, 21: 70 , 57: 75 , 71 : 56, 66 : 17 65 Highest break 60 - Century breaks - 3 50+ breaks 2 Century breaks 13 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 Ali Carter 142, 116 Stuart Bingham 141 a Stephen Hendry 136, 120, 102, 101, 100 Mark Selby 134, 100 Ken Doherty 124 David Gray 121 a Wayne Brown 120 a Tony Drago 119 a Mark King 117 Marco Fu 108 a Matthew Stevens 101 Quinten Hann 101 Anthony Hamilton 101 a scored in round 1 (round of the last 48 without the top 16 players, without TV coverage) swell ↑ a b 2003 Scottish Open - Finishes. CueTracker, accessed October 30, 2018 .  ↑ 2003 Scottish Open. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed October 30, 2018 .  ^ Regal Scottish Open 2003. snooker.org, accessed October 30, 2018 .  ↑ Rankings - 2002-2003. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed October 30, 2018 .