UK Championship 2003
UK Championship 2003
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Venue: | Barbican Center , York |
| Opening: | November 18, 2003 |
| Endgame: | November 30, 2003
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| Winner: |
 Matthew Stevens
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| Finalist: |
 Stephen Hendry
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| Highest Break: | 143 ( Ali Carter )
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The UK Championship 2003 was a snooker tournament that was held from November 18-30, 2003. For the second time the tournament took place in the Barbican Center in York . In the third attempt after 1998 and 1999 the Welshman Matthew Stevens won the title. It was his only win in a world ranking tournament. For his opponent Stephen Hendry it was the ninth appearance in the final, which made him level with Steve Davis . It was the fourth defeat for the Scots, Davis had only lost three of his nine finals.
Prize money
Compared to the previous year, almost nothing changed in the prize money, everything stayed the same for the top 16, and there were minor shifts in the lower positions.
| Prize money | |
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| winner | £ 84,500 |
| finalist | £ 43,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 21,700 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 11,900 |
| Round of 16 | £ 9,800 |
| Last 32 | 7850 pounds |
| Last 48 | 4,400 pounds |
| Last 64 | 3,200 pounds |
| Last 80 | 2250 pounds |
| Last 96 | 1,600 pounds |
| Highest break | TV phase: £ 7,500 before: £ 1,800 |
| All in all | £ 615,000 |
qualification
For the third time in a row, the tournament was played in the same mode with a total of 128 players. The four qualifying rounds took place about a month before the main tournament on October 14-23.
Main tournament
As in previous years, the 16 best-placed players in the world rankings were set for round 2, 32 players competed against each other in round 1 to determine their opponents.
Round 1
| game | Result | game | Result | |||||
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| 1 |
 Gerard Greene
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9 : 4 |
Joe Swail
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9 |
John Parrott
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9 : 8 |
Barry Hawkins
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| 2 |
 James Wattana
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9 : 2 |
 Robin Hull
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10 |
Ali Carter
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9 : 3 |
 Bjorn Haneveer
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| 3 |
Stephen Maguire
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9 : 8 |
Anthony Davies
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11 |
Barry Pinches
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9 : 1 |
 Marco Fu
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| 4th |
Mark King
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9 : 4 |
 Alain Robidoux
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12 |
Dave Harold
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9 : 6 |
Mark Davis
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| 5 |
Drew Henry
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9 : 7 |
Michael Holt
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13 |
Ian McCulloch
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9 : 4 |
Stuart Pettman
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| 6th |
 Fergal O'Brien
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9 : 8 |
Mark Selby
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14th |
Dominic Dale
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9 : 3 |
Joe Delaney
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| 7th |
Nigel Bond
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9 : 4 |
Robert Milkins
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15th |
Chris Small
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9 : 6 |
Andy Hicks
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| 8th |
 Tony Drago
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9 : 8 |
Rory McLeod
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16 |
Stuart Bingham
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9 : 7 |
Anthony Hamilton
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Round 2 to the final
Century breaks
With 62 century breaks from the round of the last 48, the result of two years ago was exceeded by 7. But that was mainly thanks to Ronnie O'Sullivan , who broke Stephen Hendry's tournament record in 1994 with 12 breaks of 100 or more points . Hendry also had a top result with 9 Centurys.
The round of the last 48 did not count towards the award for the highest TV break, Centurys from this round are shown in italics.
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- ↑ a b c d 2003 UK Championship. CueTracker, accessed November 10, 2015 .
- ↑ Results. Snooker Database, accessed November 10, 2015 .
