2003 British Open

The 2003 British Open was the 2003 edition of the British Open professional ranking snooker tournament, that was held from 8–16 November 2003 at the Brighton Centre, Brighton, England. Stephen Hendry won the tournament by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan nine frames to six in the final. The final saw a record 5 centuries in a row from the two players (three from O'Sullivan and two from Hendry, including a 135), which remains a joint record for consecutive centuries made between two players in a professional tournament match and is a standalone record for ranking events and finals.

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

Winner: £52,000

Runner-up: £26,000

Semi-final: £13,000

Quarter-final: £9,500

Last 16: £7,450

Last 32: £5,600

Last 48: £3,900

Last 64: £2,750

Last 80: £1,750

Last 96: £1,100

Stage one highest break: £1,800

Stage two highest break: £5,000

Stage one maximum break: £5,000

Stage two maximum break: £20,000

Total: £450,000

Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales between 21 and 25 September 2003.

Round 1
Best of 9 frames

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 145, 103 – Ian McCulloch
 * 138, 126, 110 – Andy Hicks
 * 138 – Stephen Maguire
 * 135, 130, 103 – Adrian Rosa
 * 134, 117 – Ricky Walden
 * 133 – Fergal O'Brien
 * 132 – Stuart Bingham
 * 132 – Peter Lines
 * 131 – Kwan Poomjang
 * 125 – Darryn Walker
 * 123, 112 – Billy Snaddon
 * 121 – Barry Pinches
 * 119 – Gerard Greene
 * 118, 109, 103 – Tom Ford


 * 117 – Joe Swail
 * 110, 107 – Ryan Day
 * 110, 104 – Andrew Norman
 * 106 – Martin Dziewialtowski
 * 106 – Nick Dyson
 * 105, 101 – David Roe
 * 104 – Phil Williams
 * 104 – Wayne Brown
 * 102 – Ian Brumby
 * 102 – Craig Butler
 * 102 – Marco Fu
 * 101 – Andrew Higginson
 * 101 – Anthony Hamilton

Televised stage centuries

 * 147, 135, 118 – John Higgins
 * 138 – Michael Judge
 * 135, 135, 134, 133, 121, 120 – Stephen Hendry
 * 130, 127 – Ken Doherty
 * 130 – Jimmy White
 * 123 – Alan McManus
 * 120 – Stephen Lee
 * 116, 100 – Dominic Dale
 * 115, 105 – Quinten Hann


 * 114 – David Gray
 * 112, 104 – Paul Hunter
 * 111, 109 – Matthew Stevens
 * 111, 104 – Mark Williams
 * 109, 106, 100, 100 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * 107 – Gerard Greene
 * 107 – Graeme Dott
 * 104 – Michael Holt