The 2003 LG Cup was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4 and 12 October 2003 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England.
Mark Williams won the 15th ranking title of his career by defeating John Higgins 9–5 in the final. In the 11th frame of the final, Higgins made his 3rd maximum in professional competition.
Chris Small came into the tournament as defending champion, however he lost 5–3 to John Parrott in the quarter-finals.
Tournament summary
Defending champion Chris Small was the number 1 seed with World Champion Mark Williams seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £82,500 Final: £42,500 Semi-final: £21,500 Quarter-final: £11,800 Last 16: £9,700 Last 32: £7,600 Last 48: £4,200 Last 64: £3,100
Last 80: £2,200 Last 96: £1,500 Stage one highest break: £1,800 Stage two highest break: £5,000 Stage one maximum break: £5,000 Stage two maximum break: £20,000 Total: £597,200
Main draw
Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Lawrie Annandale.Guild Hall, Preston, England, 12 October 2003. John Higgins (5) 5–9 Mark Williams (2) Afternoon: 23–74 (74), , , , , , , Evening: 39–53, 91–8 (91), , , , 147 Highest break 127 2 Century breaks 1 4 50+ breaks 6
Qualifying Qualifying for the tournament took place between 4 and 18 September 2003 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales.
Round 1 Best of 9 frames
Paul Wykes 5–4 Mehmet Husnu Tony Jones 2–5 Luke Simmonds David Gilbert 4–5 Darryn Walker Terry Murphy w/o–w/d Liu Song Joe Johnson w/d–w/o Supoj Saenla Lee Walker 5–4 Steve Mifsud Colm Gilcreest 2–5 Ding Junhui Paul Davies 5–0 Gary Thomson Craig Butler 5–4 Chris Melling Leo Fernandez 0–5 Stephen Croft Munraj Pal 4–5 Scott MacKenzie Kwan Poomjang 5–3 Alain Robidoux Peter Lines 5–2 Steven Bennie Rory McLeod 5–2 Carlo Giagnacovo Johl Younger 5–2 Michael Wild Ricky Walden 5–3 Phil Williams
Jason Ferguson 1–5 Michael Rhodes Andrew Norman 5–1 Ian Preece Simon Bedford 5–1 Joe Meara Jason Prince 5–4 Garry Hardiman Bradley Jones 5–4 James Leadbetter Kristján Helgason 4–5 Ian Brumby Wayne Brown 0–5 Kurt Maflin Andrew Higginson 3–5 Martin Gould Billy Snaddon 5–4 Stuart Mann Luke Fisher 5–3 Joe Delaney Ryan Day 5–3 Neil Robertson Martin Dziewialtowski 4–5 Adrian Rosa Adrian Gunnell 5–3 Paul Sweeny Atthasit Mahitthi 5–4 Andy Neck Jamie Cope 4–5 Ian Sargeant Matthew Couch 4–5 Tom Ford
Round 2–4
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
136, 102 Brian Morgan 133 Ian Brumby 128, 116 Ding Junhui 123 Patrick Wallace 118 Bradley Jones 117, 111 Adrian Rosa 115 Martin Dziewialtowski 115 Stephen Maguire 114, 100 Kwan Poomjang 114 Johl Younger 112 Darryn Walker
108, 104 Atthasit Mahitthi 108 Michael Judge 107 Ricky Walden 106 Mark Davis 105 Bjorn Haneveer 104 Andrew Norman 102 Barry Hawkins 101 Jamie Cope 101 Rory McLeod 100 Billy Snaddon 100 Stuart Pettman
Televised stage centuries
147, 142, 104 John Higgins 140, 109, 100 Ken Doherty 137 John Parrott 127 Mark Williams 122, 102 Stephen Lee 111, 110 Ali Carter 107 Robin Hull
104 Marco Fu 103 Peter Ebdon 102 Gerard Greene 102 Joe Perry 101 Michael Holt 101 Stephen Hendry 100 Jimmy White
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