2003 Scottish Open (snooker)

2003 Regal Scottish Open
Tournament information
Dates	5–13 April 2003
Venue	Royal Highland Centre
City	Edinburgh
Country	Scotland
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£597,200
Winner's share	£82,500
Highest break	Ali Carter (ENG) (142)
Final
Champion	David Gray (ENG)
Runner-up	Mark Selby (ENG)
Score	9–7
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The 2003 Scottish Open (officially the 2003 Regal Scottish Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 5–13 April 2003 at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was the seventh and penultimate ranking event of the 2002/2003 season.

David Gray won his first ranking title by defeating Mark Selby 9–7 in the final. This was Gray's only ranking final victory, and was Selby's first appearance in a ranking final. The defending champion, Stephen Lee, was defeated in the quarter-finals by John Higgins.

This was the final tournament held under the Scottish Open name, being re-branded the following season as the Players Championship before being discontinued.^[1] The tournament would be revived under the Scottish Open name in 2016.^[2]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[3]

Winner: £82,500
Runner-up: £42,500
Semi-final: £21,250
Quarter-final: £11,700
Last 16: £9,600
Last 32: £7,800
Last 48: £4,000
Last 64: £3,150

Last 80: £2,150
Last 96: £1,450

Stage one highest break: £1,800
Stage two highest break: £7,500

Stage one maximum break: £5,000
Stage two maximum break: £20,000

Total: £597,200

Main draw

^[4]^[5]


Last 48 Best of 9 frames			Last 32 Best of 9 frames			Last 16 Best of 9 frames			Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames			Semi-finals Best of 11 frames			Final Best of 17 frames



			1	Stephen Lee	5

24	Michael Judge	2	43	Ian McCulloch	2
						1	Stephen Lee	5
43	Ian McCulloch	5
						11	Mark King	1
			11	Mark King	5

30	Nigel Bond	3	33	Robert Milkins	3
									1	Stephen Lee	1
33	Robert Milkins	5
									5	John Higgins	5
			10	Jimmy White	5

28	Tony Drago	3		Rory McLeod	2
						10	Jimmy White	2
	Rory McLeod	5
						5	John Higgins	5
			5	John Higgins	5

26	Anthony Davies	5	26	Anthony Davies	0
												5	John Higgins	3
	Ryan Day	2
												19	David Gray	6
			7	Stephen Hendry	5

25	Steve Davis	5	25	Steve Davis	2
						7	Stephen Hendry	4
52	Stephen Maguire	2
						19	David Gray	5
			13	Joe Perry	1

19	David Gray	5	19	David Gray	5
									19	David Gray	5
	David Gilbert	3
									16	Joe Swail	4
			16	Joe Swail	5

27	Marco Fu	4	38	Alfie Burden	2
						16	Joe Swail	5
38	Alfie Burden	5
						4	Mark Williams	3
			4	Mark Williams	5

29	Chris Small	3	35	Michael Holt	3
															19	David Gray	9
35	Michael Holt	5
															53	Mark Selby	7
			3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5

22	Drew Henry	5	22	Drew Henry	2
						3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	1
	Shaun Murphy	3
						15	Alan McManus	5
			15	Alan McManus	5

18	John Parrott	4	36	Patrick Wallace	4
									15	Alan McManus	3
36	Patrick Wallace	5
									6	Ken Doherty	5
			14	Quinten Hann	5

23	Fergal O'Brien	1		Sean Storey	0
						14	Quinten Hann	3
	Sean Storey	5
						6	Ken Doherty	5
			6	Ken Doherty	5

17	Anthony Hamilton	5	17	Anthony Hamilton	2
												6	Ken Doherty	5
	Wayne Brown	1
												53	Mark Selby	6
			8	Matthew Stevens	5

32	James Wattana	5	32	James Wattana	3
						8	Matthew Stevens	2
	Kristján Helgason	4
						53	Mark Selby	5
			9	Paul Hunter	3

20	Dominic Dale	2	53	Mark Selby	5
									53	Mark Selby	5
53	Mark Selby	5
									31	Ali Carter	3
			12	Graeme Dott	4

21	Dave Harold	5	21	Dave Harold	5
						21	Dave Harold	4
57	Stuart Bingham	3
						31	Ali Carter	5
			2	Peter Ebdon	2

31	Ali Carter	5	31	Ali Carter	5

62	Nick Dyson	1

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland, 13 April 2003.^[4]
David Gray (19) England	9–7	Mark Selby (53) England
Afternoon: 73–32 (65), 77–0 (60), 47–34, 47–76, 78–47 (52), 70–24, 0–63, 41–66 (60) Evening: 9–102, 24–67, 77–30, 71–62, 21–70, 57–75, 71–56, 65–18
65	Highest break	60
0	Century breaks	0
3	50+ breaks	1

Qualifying

^[6]

Round 1

Best of 9 frames

Paul Davies	4–5	Leo Fernandez
Tony Jones	1–5	Colm Gilcreest
Andrew Higginson	5–3	James Reynolds
Jeff Cundy	5–2	Jamie Cope
Paul Davison	5–1	Ricky Walden
Rory McLeod	5–2	Bob Chaperon
Ryan Day	5–0	Matthew Selt
Jason Ferguson	3–5	Hugh Abernethy
Craig Butler	3–5	David John
Rod Lawler	5–1	Manan Chandra
Adrian Gunnell	5–2	Jason Weston
Euan Henderson	w/d–w/o	David Gilbert
Stephen Kershaw	0–5	Munraj Pal
Luke Fisher	4–5	Simon Bedford
Lee Walker	w/o–w/d	Eddie Manning
Alain Robidoux	1–5	Lee Spick

Shaun Murphy	5–2	Atthasit Mahitthi
Matthew Couch	4–5	Kwan Poomjang
John Read	5–1	Mario Wehrman
Jason Prince	5–2	Peter Roscoe
Paul Wykes	5–1	Jin Long
Sean Storey	5–2	David Donovan
Phaitoon Phonbun	5–3	Pang Weiguo
Wayne Brown	5–2	Stefan Mazrocis
Kristján Helgason	w/o–w/d	Matthew Farrant
Neal Foulds	2–5	Darren Clarke
Andrew Norman	4–5	Johl Younger
Antony Bolsover	5–3	Jimmy Robertson
Peter Lines	3–5	Mark Gray
Martin Dziewialtowski	5–4	David McLellan
Joe Johnson	0–5	Nick Pearce
Troy Shaw	5–2	Justin Astley

Round 2–4


Round 2 Best of 9 frames		Round 3 Best of 9 frames		Round 4 Best of 9 frames


Leo Fernandez	5	Andy Hicks	2	Ian McCulloch	5

Colm Gilcreest	0	Leo Fernandez	5	Leo Fernandez	2


Andrew Higginson	5	Barry Hawkins	5	Robert Milkins	5

Jeff Cundy	0	Andrew Higginson	4	Barry Hawkins	3


Paul Davison	0	Dave Finbow	1	Jamie Burnett	4

Rory McLeod	5	Rory McLeod	5	Rory McLeod	5


Ryan Day	5	Barry Pinches	1	Mark Davis	3

Hugh Abernethy	2	Ryan Day	5	Ryan Day	5


David John	4	Stephen Maguire	5	Gary Wilkinson	3

Rod Lawler	5	Rod Lawler	1	Stephen Maguire	5


Adrian Gunnell	2	Bjorn Haneveer	3	Brian Morgan	3

David Gilbert	5	David Gilbert	5	David Gilbert	5


Munraj Pal	2	Nick Walker	5	Alfie Burden	5

Simon Bedford	5	Simon Bedford	3	Nick Walker	4


Lee Walker	5	Gerard Greene	4	Michael Holt	5

Lee Spick	4	Lee Walker	5	Lee Walker	2


Shaun Murphy	5	Darren Morgan	1	Jonathan Birch	2

Kwan Poomjang	3	Shaun Murphy	5	Shaun Murphy	5


John Read	5	Mike Dunn	5	Patrick Wallace	5

Jason Prince	2	John Read	2	Mike Dunn	3


Paul Wykes	0	Jimmy Michie	0	Robin Hull	1

Sean Storey	5	Sean Storey	5	Sean Storey	5


Phaitoon Phonbun	3	Stuart Pettman	3	Marcus Campbell	4

Wayne Brown	5	Wayne Brown	5	Wayne Brown	5


Kristján Helgason	5	Bradley Jones	2	David Roe	0

Darren Clarke	2	Kristján Helgason	5	Kristján Helgason	5


Johl Younger	2	Mark Selby	5	Shokat Ali	4

Antony Bolsover	5	Antony Bolsover	0	Mark Selby	5


Mark Gray	5	Stuart Bingham	5	Billy Snaddon	4

Martin Dziewialtowski	4	Mark Gray	2	Stuart Bingham	5


Nick Pearce	3	Nick Dyson	5	Terry Murphy	1

Troy Shaw	5	Troy Shaw	1	Nick Dyson	5

Century breaks

^[6]

Qualifying stage centuries

141 – Stuart Bingham
138 – Shaun Murphy
136 – Rory McLeod
135 – Michael Holt
133 – Lee Spick
128, 113 – Kristjan Helgason
121 – David Gray
120 – Bradley Jones
120 – Wayne Brown

119 – Johl Younger
119 – Tony Drago
117 – David Gilbert
115 – Adrian Gunnell
114 – Ian McCulloch
112, 104, 101 – Ryan Day
110 – Robin Hull
108, 100 – Mark Gray
103 – Nick Walker

Televised stage centuries

142, 116 – Ali Carter
136, 120, 102, 101, 100 – Stephen Hendry
134, 100 – Mark Selby
131, 124 – Ken Doherty
128, 102 – John Higgins

117 – Mark King
101 – Matthew Stevens
101 – Ian McCulloch
101 – Quinten Hann
101 – Anthony Hamilton

References

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[2] "World Championship: Snooker tour to be revamped in 2016". BBC. Retrieved 20 December 2017.

[3] "Prize Money (Main Tour 2002/2003)". wpbsa.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 10 September 2002. Retrieved 19 January 2023.

[Snooker.org-4] "Regal Scottish Open 2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 20 December 2017.

[5] "Scottish Open". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2017.

[GSC-6] "2003 Regal Scottish". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 4 June 2004. Retrieved 19 January 2023.

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