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, 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
Qualifying
Round 1
Best of 9 framesCentury breaks
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