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2003 Premier League Snooker

The 2003 Hasseröder Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 11 January to 11 May 2003.

Hasseröder Premier League
Tournament information
Dates11 January – 11 May 2003 (2003-01-11 – 2003-05-11)
CountryUnited Kingdom
OrganisationMatchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£180,000[1]
Winner's share£45,000[1]
Highest break Marco Fu (HKG) (139)[2]
Final
ChampionHong Kong Marco Fu
Runner-upWales Mark Williams
Score9–5
← 2002
2004 →

Marco Fu won in the final 9–5 against Mark Williams.

Prize fund

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The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]

  • Winner: £45,000
  • Runner-up: £20,000
  • Semi-final: £12,500
  • Frame-win: £500 (only in league phase)
  • Highest break: £6,000
  • Total: £180,000

League phase

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Ranking  
OSU		  
WIL		  
EBD		  
FU		  
WHI		  
HIG		  
DAV		 Frame
W-L		 Match
W-D-L		 Pld-Pts
1 Ronnie O'Sullivan x 5 5 5 6 5 5 31–17 6–0–0 6–12
2 Mark Williams 3 x 6 1 6 5 6 27–21 4–0–2 6–8
3 Peter Ebdon 3 2 x 4 4 6 5 24–24 2–2–2 6–6
4 Marco Fu 3 7 4 x 2 4 4 24–24 1–3–2 6–5
5 Jimmy White 2 2 4 6 x 5 2 21–27 2–1–3 6–5
6 John Higgins 3 3 2 4 3 x 6 21–27 1–1–4 6–3
7 Steve Davis 3 2 3 4 6 2 x 20–28 1–1–4 6–3

Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 4–4 then the player who got to four first was higher. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold.)[1][3]

  • 11 January – Borough Hall, Hartlepool, England[4]
    • John Higgins 6–2 Steve Davis → (50) 83–30, 35–85, (97)-31, 62–68, (59) 63–39, (66) 94–36, 67–47, (122)-18
    • Mark Williams 1–7 Marco Fu → 0–74, 73–34, 4–94 (68), 46–59, 0-(139), 0–134 (84), 51–53, 0–85 (79)
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–2 Jimmy White → 44–63, (54) 68–42, (51) 86–11, 64–16, (67) 112–14, (78)-21, (100)-1, 41–67
  • 12 January – Borough Hall, Hartlepool, England[4]
    • John Higgins 3–5 Jimmy White → 24–63, 42–55(49), 15-(72), (55) 69–57, 4-(81), 69–14, 0-(131), 77–9
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–3 Steve Davis → (105) 110–11, (62) 72–48, 59–64, 54–53, (92)-6, 5–92 (88), 0-(95), (70) 71–5
    • Mark Williams 6–2 Peter Ebdon → (102) 106–7, (125) 137–0, 1–86 (52), 60–31, (71) 75–33, (78) 82–0, 73–31, 21–114 (108)
  • 18 January – Floral Hall, Southport, England[5]
    • Peter Ebdon 6–2 John Higgins → 70–26, 75-(67), 0-(90), 0–136 (104), 57–49, 65–45, (67)-12, 69–5
    • Steve Davis 6–2 Jimmy White → 68–27, 0–72, 65–41, (53) 65–12, 53–42, 64–25, (54)-66, (91) 92–8
  • 19 January – Floral Hall, Southport, England[5]
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–3 Marco Fu → 0-(100), (101) 105–0, 0–97 (89), 50–65, 65–40, (55) 72–9, (80)-4, (51) 82–31
    • Peter Ebdon 4–4 Jimmy White → 8-(58), 56–27, 51–67, 24–57, (53) 54–63 (57), 69–46, (85) 90–7, 61–33
    • Mark Williams 5–3 John Higgins → (123) 124–0, (50) 71–31, (56) 83–32, 0–72, 0-(132), 0-(73), (69) 70–0, 81–31
  • 15 February – Flint Pavilion, Flint, Wales[6]
    • Steve Davis 4–4 Marco Fu → (61) 73–25, 18–59, 26-(88), 56–21, 1–107 (102), 14-(111), (50) 68–66, 60–29
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–3 Mark Williams → 0–67 (53), 28–65, 9–66, (114) 118–0, (77)-0, (58) 73–55, 67–34, (93) 101–0
  • 16 February – Flint Pavilion, Flint, Wales[6]
    • Peter Ebdon 5–3 Steve Davis → (62) 97–24, (134) 138–1, 0-(104), 22–114 (110), (53) 82–0, 39–72 (55), (53) 65–53, (52) 75–6
    • John Higgins 4–4 Marco Fu → 38–84, (83) 97–18, 76–0, 1–79 (52), (88)-4, 63–29, 44- 62, 43–58
    • Mark Williams 6–2 Jimmy White → 67–16, 64–63, 8–76 (53), 78–11, 70–14, (52) 58–50, (56) 60–37, 29–60 (51)
  • 22 March – Colwyn Bay Leisure Centre, Colwyn Bay, Wales[7]
    • Peter Ebdon 4–4 Marco Fu → 0–84, 42–73, (69)-16, 17–67, 60–12, 1–81 (57), 70–54, 57–56
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–3 John Higgins → 65–64 (56), (91)-0, 50–63, (61) 69–1, 73–14, 42–83 (73), 62–25, 5–88 (79)
  • 23 March – Colwyn Bay Leisure Centre, Colwyn Bay, Wales[7]
    • Mark Williams 6–2 Steve Davis → 1–62 (61), 70–45, 53–20, 17–63, (62) 89–26, 65–58 (50), 78–41, 75–24
    • Jimmy White 6–2 Marco Fu → 65–52, (71) 72–16, 73–29, 57–43, (75) 81–24, 11–72 (59), 14–75 (68), (50) 74–1
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–3 Peter Ebdon → 0–134 (125), 75–41, (52) 89–6, (93) 101–27, (72) 85–39, 56–83, (90) 121–1, 0-(106)

Play-offs

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10–11 May – Crowtree Leisure Centre, Sunderland, England[1][3][2]

Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 17 frames
      
1   Ronnie O'Sullivan 4
4   Marco Fu* 6
4   Marco Fu*** 9
2   Mark Williams 5
2   Mark Williams** 6
3   Peter Ebdon 2

*58–69, 83–25, 24–66, (63) 75–8, 9-(67), 0–98 (57), 72–60 (53), 39–80 (55), (67)-(60), 42–61
**(58) 73–26, (80)-(52), (100) 104–32, 23–82 (57), (54) 74–57, 49–57, (56) 71–48, 59–32
***(59) 83–22, 44–82, 68-(57), 50–65, 0-(138'), 69–52, 0–113 (99), 0–66 (65), (103)-0, (57) 58–33, (71) 85–49, 80–30, (51) 52–11, (66) 78–0

Century breaks

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "2003 Premier League". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 11 December 2006.
  2. ^ a b "May 10–11, 2003". matchroomsport.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 25 June 2003.
  3. ^ a b "2003 Results". premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  4. ^ a b "January 11–12, 2003". matchroomsport.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 20 February 2003.
  5. ^ a b "January 18–19, 2003". matchroomsport.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 14 April 2003.
  6. ^ a b "February 16–17, 2003". matchroomsport.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 14 April 2003.
  7. ^ a b "February 22–23, 2003". matchroomsport.com/. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 14 April 2003.
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