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.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 8–16 November 2003 |
| Venue | Brighton Centre |
| City | Brighton |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £450,000 |
| Winner's share | £52,000 |
| Highest break |  John Higgins (SCO) (147) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Stephen Hendry (SCO) |
| Runner-up |  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) |
| Score | 9–6 |
← 2002 2004 → | |
Prize fund edit
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]
|
Winner: £52,000 |
Last 80: £1,750 Stage one highest break: £1,800 Stage one maximum break: £5,000 Total: £450,000 |
Main draw edit
Final edit
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams. Brighton Centre, Brighton, England. 16 November 2003.[3] | ||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (4) England
|
6–9 | Stephen Hendry (3) Scotland
|
| Afternoon: 103–29 (62), 78–37 (61), 2–59, 0–135 (135), 106–0 (106), 104–0 (100), 0–135 (121), 109–0 (109) Evening: 28–84 (61), 4–89 (50), 0–135 (135), 56–78 (56, 78), 0–95 (95), 70–5 (64), 12–72 | ||
| 109 | Highest break | 135 |
| 3 | Century breaks | 3 |
| 7 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
Qualifying edit
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales between 21 and 25 September 2003.[2]
Round 1 edit
Best of 9 frames
|
|
Round 2–4 edit
- ^ Birch conceded the match at 0–3 down.
Century breaks edit
Qualifying stage centuries edit
|
|
Televised stage centuries edit
|
|
References edit
- ^ "2003 British Open – Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 13 May 2004. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ a b c "2003 British Open". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 5 September 2006.
- ^ a b "British Open 2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 18 March 2014.