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2003 Masters (snooker)

Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Feb 2003

Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Feb 2003

FieldValue
tournament_name2003 Benson & Hedges Masters
dates
venueWembley Conference Centre
locationLondon
countryEngland
organisationWPBSA
formatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£695,000
winners_share£210,000
highest_breakStephen Hendry (144)
winnerMark Williams
runner_upStephen Hendry
score10–4
previous[2002](2002-masters-snooker)
next[2004](2004-masters-snooker)

The 2003 Masters (officially the 2003 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 2 and 9 February 2003 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England.

Paul Hunter, who was aiming to complete a hat-trick of Masters titles, lost 3–6 to Mark Williams in the semi-final. Williams then beat Stephen Hendry 10–4 in the final to win his second Masters title. Hendry made the highest break of the championship with a 144 in his semi-final match against Ken Doherty, but missed out on a 147 during his quarter-final match against local favourite Jimmy White when he failed to pot the final pink.

This was the last Masters to be sponsored by Benson & Hedges after the ban on tobacco advertising which came into effect in summer 2003. Regal's sponsorship of the Scottish Masters, the Welsh Open and the Scottish Open also ended during the 2002/2003 season. However, Embassy continued to sponsor the World Championship until 2005.

A total attendance of 24,329 was the events highest since 1988.

Field

Defending champion Paul Hunter was the number 1 seed with World Champion Peter Ebdon seeded 2. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the qualifying event, Mark Davis (ranked 37), and Steve Davis (ranked 25), who was the wild-card selection. Mark Davis, Quinten Hann and Joe Perry were making their debuts in the Masters.

Prize fund

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

  • Winner: £210,000
  • Runner-up: £105,000
  • Highest break: £22,000
  • Maximum break: £100,000
  • Total: £695,000

Wild-card round

MatchDateScore
WC1Sunday 2 February**Alan McManus** (15)
WC2Monday 3 FebruaryJoe Swail (16)

Main draw

| seed-width = | team-width = 180 | score-width = Best of 11 frames Best of 11 frames Best of 11 frames Best of 19 frames | RD1-seed01=1 | RD1-team01=England Paul Hunter | RD1-score01=6 | RD1-seed02=15 | RD1-team02=Scotland Alan McManus | RD1-score02=4 | RD1-seed03=8 | RD1-team03=England Stephen Lee | RD1-score03=6 | RD1-seed04=14 | RD1-team04=Australia Quinten Hann | RD1-score04=4 | RD1-seed05=5 | RD1-team05= Scotland John Higgins | RD1-score05=6 | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=England Steve Davis | RD1-score06=2 | RD1-seed07=4 | RD1-team07=Wales Mark Williams | RD1-score07=6 | RD1-seed08=12 | RD1-team08=Scotland Graeme Dott | RD1-score08=3 | RD1-seed09=3 | RD1-team09=England Ronnie O'Sullivan | RD1-score09=6 | RD1-seed10=13 | RD1-team10=England Joe Perry | RD1-score10=1 | RD1-seed11=6 | RD1-team11=Ireland Ken Doherty | RD1-score11=6 | RD1-seed12=9 | RD1-team12=Wales Matthew Stevens | RD1-score12=5 | RD1-seed13=7 | RD1-team13=Scotland Stephen Hendry | RD1-score13=6 | RD1-seed14=11 | RD1-team14=England Mark King | RD1-score14=3 | RD1-seed15=2 | RD1-team15=England Peter Ebdon | RD1-score15=5 | RD1-seed16=10 | RD1-team16=England Jimmy White | RD1-score16=6 | RD2-seed01=1 | RD2-team01=England Paul Hunter | RD2-score01=6 | RD2-seed02=8 | RD2-team02=England Stephen Lee | RD2-score02=1 | RD2-seed03=5 | RD2-team03=Scotland John Higgins | RD2-score03=3 | RD2-seed04=4 | RD2-team04=Wales Mark Williams | RD2-score04=6 | RD2-seed05=3 | RD2-team05=England Ronnie O'Sullivan | RD2-score05=5 | RD2-seed06=6 | RD2-team06=Ireland Ken Doherty | RD2-score06=6 | RD2-seed07=7 | RD2-team07=Scotland Stephen Hendry | RD2-score07=6 | RD2-seed08=10 | RD2-team08=England Jimmy White | RD2-score08=4 | RD3-seed01=1 | RD3-team01=England Paul Hunter | RD3-score01=3 | RD3-seed02=4 | RD3-team02=Wales Mark Williams | RD3-score02=6 | RD3-seed03=6 | RD3-team03=Ireland Ken Doherty | RD3-score03=3 | RD3-seed04=7 | RD3-team04=Scotland Stephen Hendry | RD3-score04=6 | RD4-seed01=4 | RD4-team01=Wales Mark Williams | RD4-score01=10 | RD4-seed02=7 | RD4-team02=Scotland Stephen Hendry | RD4-score02=4

Final

**4**50+ breaks3

Qualifying

The 2002 Masters Qualifying Event was held between 21 and 31 October 2002 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales. The winner of this series of matches, who qualified for the tournament, was Mark Davis. Tony Drago made his first and to date only maximum break against Stuart Bingham.

Century breaks

Total: 25

  • 144, 134, 107, 106, 102, 101, 101 Stephen Hendry
  • 138, 104 Paul Hunter
  • 122 Quinten Hann
  • 121, 115, 103, 102, 100 Mark Williams
  • 117, 101 John Higgins
  • 112, 105 Ronnie O'Sullivan
  • 111 Jimmy White
  • 107, 104 Mark Davis
  • 104 Steve Davis
  • 104 Matthew Stevens
  • 100 Ken Doherty

References

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