2003 Premier League Snooker Explained

Tournament Name:	Hasseröder Premier League
Country:	United Kingdom
Organisation:	Matchroom Sport
Format:	Non-ranking event
Total Prize Fund:	£180,000
Winners Share:	£45,000
Highest Break:	(139)
Winner:	Marco Fu
Runner Up:	Mark Williams
Score:	9–5
Previous:	2002
Next:	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.

Prize fund

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

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1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	x	5	5	5	6	5	5	31–17	6–0–0	6–12
2	Mark Williams	3	x	6	1	6	5	6	27–21	4–0–2	6–8
3	Peter Ebdon	3	2	x	4	4	6	5	24–24	2–2–2	6–6
4	Marco Fu	3	7	4	x	2	4	4	24–24	1–3–2	6–5
5	Jimmy White	2	2	4	6	x	5	2	21–27	2–1–3	6–5
6	John Higgins	3	3	2	4	3	x	6	21–27	1–1–4	6–3
7	Steve Davis	3	2	3	4	6	2	x	20–28	1–1–4	6–3

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] [2]}

• 11 January – Borough Hall, Hartlepool, England^[3]
  • 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^[3]
  • 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^[4]
  • 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^[4]
  • 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^[5]
  • 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^[5]
  • 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^[6]
  • 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^[6]
  • 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

10–11 May – Crowtree Leisure Centre, Sunderland, England^{[1] [2] [7]}

*58–69, 83–25, 24–66, (63) 75–8, 9-(67), 0–98 (57), 72–60 (53), 39–80 (55), (67)-(60), 42–61
**(58) 73–26, (80)-(52), (100) 104–32, 23–82 (57), (54) 74–57, 49–57, (56) 71–48, 59–32
***(59) 83–22, 44–82, 68-(57), 50–65, 0-(138'), 69–52, 0–113 (99), 0–66 (65), (103)-0, (57) 58–33, (71) 85–49, 80–30, (51) 52–11, (66) 78–0

Century breaks

^[1]

• 139, 111, 103, 102, 100 Marco Fu
• 138, 125, 123, 102, 100 Mark Williams
• 134, 125, 108, 106 Peter Ebdon
• 132, 122, 104 John Higgins
• 131 Jimmy White
• 114, 105, 101, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 110, 104 Steve Davis

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2003 Premier League. Global Snooker Centre. https://web.archive.org/web/20061211180835/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2003PremLge.htm. 11 December 2006.
2. Web site: 2003 Results. premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com. Matchroom Sport. 5 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110825021534/http://premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com/results/2003_results.htm. 25 August 2011.
3. Web site: January 11–12, 2003. matchroomsport.com. Matchroom Sport. https://web.archive.org/web/20030220222714/http://www.matchroomsport.com/snook2_info.htm. 20 February 2003.
4. Web site: January 18–19, 2003. matchroomsport.com. Matchroom Sport. https://web.archive.org/web/20030414233457/http://www.matchroomsport.com/snook3_info.htm. 14 April 2003.
5. Web site: February 16–17, 2003. matchroomsport.com. Matchroom Sport. https://web.archive.org/web/20030414234543/http://www.matchroomsport.com/snook4_info.htm. 14 April 2003.
6. Web site: February 22–23, 2003. matchroomsport.com/. Matchroom Sport. https://web.archive.org/web/20030414234556/http://www.matchroomsport.com/snook5_info.htm. 14 April 2003.
7. Web site: May 10–11, 2003. matchroomsport.com. Matchroom Sport. https://web.archive.org/web/20030625054606/http://www.matchroomsport.com/snook6_info.htm. 25 June 2003.