2003 Premier League Snooker

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Dates11 January – 11 May 2003 (2003-01-11 2003-05-11)
OrganisationMatchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Hasseröder Premier League
Tournament information
Dates11 January – 11 May 2003 (2003-01-11 2003-05-11)
CountryUnited Kingdom
OrganisationMatchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£180,000[1]
Winner's share£45,000[1]
Highest break Marco Fu (HKG) (139)[2]
Final
ChampionHong Kong Marco Fu
Runner-upWales Mark Williams
Score9–5
2002
2004

The 2003 Hasseröder Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 11 January to 11 May 2003.

Marco Fu won in the final 9–5 against Mark Williams.

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]

  • Winner: £45,000
  • Runner-up: £20,000
  • Semi-final: £12,500
  • Frame-win: £500 (only in league phase)
  • Highest break: £6,000
  • Total: £180,000

League phase

Ranking England
OSU
Wales
WIL
England
EBD
Hong Kong
FU
England
WHI
Scotland
HIG
England
DAV
Frame
W-L
Match
W-D-L
Pld-Pts
1 Ronnie O'Sullivan x555655 31–176–0–06–12
2 Mark Williams 3x61656 27–214–0–26–8
3 Peter Ebdon 32x4465 24–242–2–26–6
4 Marco Fu 374x244 24–241–3–26–5
5 Jimmy White 2246x52 21–272–1–36–5
6 John Higgins 33243x6 21–271–1–46–3
7 Steve Davis 323462x 20–281–1–46–3

Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 4–4 then the player who got to four first was higher. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold.)[1][3]

  • 11 January – Borough Hall, Hartlepool, England[4]
    • John Higgins 6–2 Steve Davis → (50) 83–30, 35–85, (97)-31, 62–68, (59) 63–39, (66) 94–36, 67–47, (122)-18
    • Mark Williams 1–7 Marco Fu → 0–74, 73–34, 4–94 (68), 46–59, 0-(139), 0–134 (84), 51–53, 0–85 (79)
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–2 Jimmy White → 44–63, (54) 68–42, (51) 86–11, 64–16, (67) 112–14, (78)-21, (100)-1, 41–67
  • 12 January – Borough Hall, Hartlepool, England[4]
    • John Higgins 3–5 Jimmy White → 24–63, 42–55(49), 15-(72), (55) 69–57, 4-(81), 69–14, 0-(131), 77–9
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–3 Steve Davis → (105) 110–11, (62) 72–48, 59–64, 54–53, (92)-6, 5–92 (88), 0-(95), (70) 71–5
    • Mark Williams 6–2 Peter Ebdon → (102) 106–7, (125) 137–0, 1–86 (52), 60–31, (71) 75–33, (78) 82–0, 73–31, 21–114 (108)
  • 18 January – Floral Hall, Southport, England[5]
    • Peter Ebdon 6–2 John Higgins → 70–26, 75-(67), 0-(90), 0–136 (104), 57–49, 65–45, (67)-12, 69–5
    • Steve Davis 6–2 Jimmy White → 68–27, 0–72, 65–41, (53) 65–12, 53–42, 64–25, (54)-66, (91) 92–8
  • 19 January – Floral Hall, Southport, England[5]
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–3 Marco Fu → 0-(100), (101) 105–0, 0–97 (89), 50–65, 65–40, (55) 72–9, (80)-4, (51) 82–31
    • Peter Ebdon 4–4 Jimmy White → 8-(58), 56–27, 51–67, 24–57, (53) 54–63 (57), 69–46, (85) 90–7, 61–33
    • Mark Williams 5–3 John Higgins → (123) 124–0, (50) 71–31, (56) 83–32, 0–72, 0-(132), 0-(73), (69) 70–0, 81–31
  • 15 February – Flint Pavilion, Flint, Wales[6]
    • Steve Davis 4–4 Marco Fu → (61) 73–25, 18–59, 26-(88), 56–21, 1–107 (102), 14-(111), (50) 68–66, 60–29
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–3 Mark Williams → 0–67 (53), 28–65, 9–66, (114) 118–0, (77)-0, (58) 73–55, 67–34, (93) 101–0
  • 16 February – Flint Pavilion, Flint, Wales[6]
    • Peter Ebdon 5–3 Steve Davis → (62) 97–24, (134) 138–1, 0-(104), 22–114 (110), (53) 82–0, 39–72 (55), (53) 65–53, (52) 75–6
    • John Higgins 4–4 Marco Fu → 38–84, (83) 97–18, 76–0, 1–79 (52), (88)-4, 63–29, 44- 62, 43–58
    • Mark Williams 6–2 Jimmy White → 67–16, 64–63, 8–76 (53), 78–11, 70–14, (52) 58–50, (56) 60–37, 29–60 (51)
  • 22 March – Colwyn Bay Leisure Centre, Colwyn Bay, Wales[7]
    • Peter Ebdon 4–4 Marco Fu → 0–84, 42–73, (69)-16, 17–67, 60–12, 1–81 (57), 70–54, 57–56
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–3 John Higgins → 65–64 (56), (91)-0, 50–63, (61) 69–1, 73–14, 42–83 (73), 62–25, 5–88 (79)
  • 23 March – Colwyn Bay Leisure Centre, Colwyn Bay, Wales[7]
    • Mark Williams 6–2 Steve Davis → 1–62 (61), 70–45, 53–20, 17–63, (62) 89–26, 65–58 (50), 78–41, 75–24
    • Jimmy White 6–2 Marco Fu → 65–52, (71) 72–16, 73–29, 57–43, (75) 81–24, 11–72 (59), 14–75 (68), (50) 74–1
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–3 Peter Ebdon → 0–134 (125), 75–41, (52) 89–6, (93) 101–27, (72) 85–39, 56–83, (90) 121–1, 0-(106)

Play-offs

Century breaks

References

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