2003 Welsh Open (snooker)

The 2003 Welsh Open (officially the 2003 Regal Welsh Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 22 to 26 January at the Cardiff International Arena in Cardiff, Wales.

Paul Hunter was the defending champion, but he lost in the semi-finals 2–6 against Mark Williams. Williams in turn lost to Stephen Hendry 9–5 in the final. Hendry won his third Welsh Open title and the 34th ranking title of his career.

Tournament summary
Defending champion Paul Hunter was the number 1 seed with World Champion Peter Ebdon seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.

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

Winner: £82,500

Runner-up: £42,500

Semi-final: £21,250

Quarter-final: £11,700

Last 16: £9,600

Last 32: £7,800

Last 48: £4,000

Last 64: £3,150

Last 80: £2,150

Last 96: £1,450

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: £597,200

Round 1
Best of 9 frames

Century breaks

 * 140, 127, 124, 113, 108, 104 – Stephen Hendry
 * 139 – Robin Hull
 * 133 – Leo Fernandez
 * 132 – Ali Carter
 * 128 – Michael Holt
 * 127 – John Higgins
 * 120 – Anthony Hamilton
 * 116, 100 – Mark Williams
 * 110 – Paul Hunter
 * 109, 104 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * 109 – Alan McManus
 * 101, 101 – Marco Fu