2003 PDC World Darts Championship
The 2003 PDC World Darts Championship was the tenth World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since its split from the British Darts Organisation in 1993. The tournament took place between 27 December 2002 and 5 January 2003 at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, England. Ladbrokes took over sponsorship of the event from Skol.
The field at the televised stages was expanded for the first time since 1999, adding an extra qualifying round that increased the total number of players from 32 to 40. John Part defeated the defending champion and number one seed, Phil Taylor, in the final. This ended Taylor's streak of eight successive World titles and 44 successive victories at the Circus Tavern.
This was Part's second world championship, having also won the 1994 BDO World Championship. As Raymond van Barneveld won the rival BDO World Darts Championship the same year, this was the first time that both versions of the world title were held by a player from outside the British Isles.
Qualifying criteria
The qualifying criteria for the World Championship were as follows:- Top 32 of the PDC Order of Merit,
- Four PDPA Qualifiers,
- Australian Qualifier,
- Dutch Qualifier,
- USA Qualifier
- Nine-dart challenge sponsored by ''The Sunday People''
Prize money
- Nine-dart finish: A diamond, worth a six figure sum, will be mounted in the bulls eye of a championship dartboard as a unique prize.
Results
First round
All matches are the best of 7 sets.| Player | Score | Player | ||
| 80.11 | Mark Holden  Representation from different countriesThis table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship, the total number including the 1st round. |