The 2003 UK Championship (officially the 2003 Travis Perkins UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 18 and 30 November 2003 at the Barbican Centre in York, England.[1] The event was broadcast on the BBC between 22 and 30 November 2003 and was the third ranking event of the 2003/2004 season.[2] This marked the first event of three consecutive events sponsored by building merchant Travis Perkins.[3]
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| Dates | 18–30 November 2003 |
| Venue | Barbican Centre |
| City | York |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £615,000 |
| Winner's share | £84,500 |
| Highest break |  Ali Carter (ENG) (143) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Matthew Stevens (WAL) |
| Runner-up |  Stephen Hendry (SCO) |
| Score | 10–8 |
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Mark Williams was the defending champion, but he lost his last 32 match against Fergal O'Brien.
Matthew Stevens won his first ranking title when by defeating five times UK champion Stephen Hendry 10–8. In the final Hendry failed a 147 attempt, when he missed the yellow while on 120. The highest break of the tournament was 143 made by Ali Carter.
Tournament summary
editDefending champion and World Champion Mark Williams was the number 1 seed. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.
Prize fund
editThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4]
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Main draw
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Final
edit| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Colin Brinded. Barbican Centre, York, England, 30 November 2003.[2] | ||
| Matthew Stevens (9) Wales
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10–8 | Stephen Hendry (2) Scotland
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| Afternoon: 0–79 (68), 0–100 (100), 30–57, 46–77 (65), 71–40 (66), 81–5 (50), 137–0 (137), 99–1 (99) Evening: 76–0 (76), 11–107 (67), 0–94 (93), 0–101 (101), 78–27 (61), 63–61 (Hendry 61), 80–22, 63–59, 0–120 (120), 69–54 (Hendry 53) | ||
| 137 | Highest break | 120 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 3 |
| 6 | 50+ breaks | 9 |
Qualifying
editQualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between 14 and 23 October 2003.[6]
Round 1
editBest of 17 frames
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Round 2–4
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Century breaks
editTelevised stage centuries
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Qualifying stage centuries
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References
edit- ^ a b "UK Championship results". BBC Sport. 27 November 2003. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
- ^ a b c "Travis Perkins UK Championship 2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
- ^ Turner, Chris. "UK Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ^ "UK Championship Prize Money". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 27 February 2004. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ "UK Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ^ a b "2003 UK Championship". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 15 March 2004. Retrieved 28 November 2020.