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.
| Tournament information | |
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| 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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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
editThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[3]
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Winner: £82,500 |
Last 80: £2,150 Stage one highest break: £1,800 Stage one maximum break: £5,000 Total: £597,200 |
Main draw
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Final
edit| Final: Best of 17 frames. Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland, 13 April 2003.[4] | ||
| David Gray (19) England
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9–7 | Mark Selby (53) England
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| 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
editRound 1
editBest of 9 frames
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Round 2–4
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Century breaks
editQualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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References
edit- ^ "Scottish Open". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 30 September 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ "World Championship: Snooker tour to be revamped in 2016". BBC. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Regal Scottish Open 2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ "Scottish Open". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ a b "2003 Regal Scottish". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 4 June 2004. Retrieved 19 January 2023.