2003 Masters (snooker)

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Benson & Hedges Masters
Tournament information
Dates 2–9 February 2003
Venue Wembley Conference Centre
City London
Country England
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Non-ranking event
Total prize fund £695,000
Winner's share £210,000
Highest break 144
Final
Champion Wales Mark Williams
Runner-up Scotland Stephen Hendry
Score 10–4
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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 win his third title in a row lost 3-6 to Mark Williams in the semi-final, before Williams went on to beat Stephen Hendry in the final 10-4 to win his second Masters title. Hendry meanwhile got the highest break of the championship with a 144 against Ken Doherty in his semi-final match. Hendry also failed a 147 during his quarter-final match against local favourite Jimmy White after failing 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 also needed to end the sponsorship of the Scottish Masters, the Welsh Open and Scottish Open after 2002/2003 season, but Embassy could continue to sponsor the World Championship until 2005.

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

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Match Date Score
WC1[4] Sunday 2 February Scotland Alan McManus (15) 6–5 England Mark Davis
WC2[5] Monday 3 February Northern Ireland Joe Swail (16) 4–6 England Steve Davis

Main draw

[1][2][3][6]

Last 16
Best of 11 frames		 Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames		 Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames		 Final
Best of 19 frames
                       
1 England Paul Hunter[7] 6
15 Scotland Alan McManus 4
1 England Paul Hunter[10] 6
8 England Stephen Lee 1
8 England Stephen Lee[5] 6
14 Australia Quinten Hann 4
1 England Paul Hunter[14] 3
4 Wales Mark Williams 6
5 Scotland John Higgins[7] 6
England Steve Davis 2
5 Scotland John Higgins[11] 3
4 Wales Mark Williams 6
4 Wales Mark Williams[4] 6
12 Scotland Graeme Dott 3
4 Wales Mark Williams[16] 10
7 Scotland Stephen Hendry 4
3 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
13 England Joe Perry[5] 1
3 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 5
6 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty[12] 6
6 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty[4] 6
9 Wales Matthew Stevens 5
6 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty[15] 3
7 Scotland Stephen Hendry 6
7 Scotland Stephen Hendry[8] 6
11 England Mark King 3
7 Scotland Stephen Hendry 6
10 England Jimmy White[13] 4
2 England Peter Ebdon[9] 5
10 England Jimmy White 6

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames.
Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 9 February 2003.[1][16]
Mark Williams (4)
 Wales		 10–4 Stephen Hendry (7)
 Scotland
Afternoon: 69-5, 0-123 (70), 82-1 (82), 76-1, 67-47, 74-35 (59), 67-43, 0-102 (102)
Evening: 59-12, 27-101 (101), 50-67, 68-36, 61-1 (60), 83-0 (82)
82 Highest break 102
0 Century breaks 2
4 50+ breaks 3

Qualifying

The 2002 Masters Qualifying Event was held between 21 and 31 November 2002 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales. The winner of this series of matches, who qualified for the tournament, was Mark Davis.[17] Tony Drago made his first and to date only maximum break against Stuart Bingham.[18]

Century breaks

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References

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