2003 Irish Masters

The 2003 Citywest Irish Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 and 30 March 2003 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Republic of Ireland.

Ronnie O'Sullivan won the title by defeating defending champion John Higgins 10–9 in the final.

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


 * Winner: £48,000
 * Final: £24,000
 * Semi-final: £11,500
 * Quarter-final: £7,525
 * Last 16: £6,600
 * Last 32: £5,600
 * Last 48: £3,000
 * Last 64: £2,300


 * Last 80: £1,600
 * Last 96: £800
 * 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: £400,000

Round 1
Best of 9 frames

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 129 – Fergal O'Brien
 * 117 – Matthew Couch
 * 116 – Ricky Walden
 * 115 – Tony Drago
 * 115 – Jason Ferguson
 * 114 – Lee Spick
 * 113, 108, 106 – Paul Wykes
 * 112 – Marco Fu


 * 110 – Nick Dyson
 * 110 – Jason Prince
 * 109, 104 – Adrian Gunnell
 * 108 – Robert Milkins
 * 107 – Kristján Helgason
 * 105 – Ryan Day
 * 102 – Sean Storey
 * 100 – Robin Hull

Televised stage centuries

 * 142 – Peter Ebdon
 * 141 – Mark Williams
 * 139 – Stuart Bingham
 * 135 – Joe Swail
 * 131, 123, 120, 110, 108, 104 – John Higgins
 * 128, 128, 118, 106 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * 125, 125, 108 – Stephen Hendry


 * 120 – Ali Carter
 * 118, 101 – Paul Hunter
 * 118 – Chris Small
 * 118 – Matthew Stevens
 * 117 – Anthony Hamilton
 * 117, 103 – Dave Harold
 * 106 – Alan McManus