2003 Scottish Open (snooker)
The 2003 Scottish Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 5–13 April 2003 at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was the seventh and penultimate ranking event of the 2002/2003 season.
David Gray won his first ranking title by defeating Mark Selby 9–7 in the final. This was Gray's only ranking final victory, and was Selby's first appearance in a ranking final. The defending champion, Stephen Lee, was defeated in the quarter-finals by John Higgins.
This was the final tournament held under the Scottish Open name, being re-branded the following season as the Players Championship before being discontinued. The tournament would be revived under the Scottish Open name in 2016.
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
Main draw
Final
Qualifying
Round 1
Best of 9 framesRound 2–4
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
- 141 Stuart Bingham
- 138 Shaun Murphy
- 136 Rory McLeod
- 135 Michael Holt
- 133 Lee Spick
- 128, 113 Kristjan Helgason
- 121 David Gray
- 120 Bradley Jones
- 120 Wayne Brown
- 119 Johl Younger
- 119 Tony Drago
- 117 David Gilbert
- 115 Adrian Gunnell
- 114 Ian McCulloch
- 112, 104, 101 Ryan Day
- 110 Robin Hull
- 108, 100 Mark Gray
- 103 Nick Walker
Televised stage centuries
- 142, 116 Ali Carter
- 136, 120, 102, 101, 100 Stephen Hendry
- 134, 100 Mark Selby
- 131, 124 Ken Doherty
- 128, 102 John Higgins
- 117 Mark King
- 101 Matthew Stevens
- 101 Ian McCulloch
- 101 Quinten Hann
- 101 Anthony Hamilton