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 frames

Round 2–4

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries