| Tournament Name: | 2003 Travis Perkins UK Championship |
| Venue: | Barbican Centre |
| Location: | York |
| Country: | England |
| Organisation: | WPBSA |
| Format: | Ranking event |
| Total Prize Fund: | £615,000 |
| Winners Share: | £84,500 |
| Highest Break: | (143) |
| Score: | 10–8 |
| Previous: | 2002 |
| Next: | 2004 |
The 2003 UK Championship (officially the 2003 Travis Perkins UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 18 and 30 November 2003 at the Barbican Centre in York, England. The event was broadcast on the BBC between 22 and 30 November 2003 and was the third ranking event of the 2003/2004 season.[1] This marked the first event of three consecutive events sponsored by building merchant Travis Perkins.[2]
Mark Williams was the defending champion, but he lost his last 32 match against Fergal O'Brien.
Matthew Stevens won his first ranking title when by defeating five times UK champion Stephen Hendry 10–8. In the final Hendry failed a 147 attempt, when he missed the yellow while on 120. The highest break of the tournament was 143 made by Ali Carter.
Defending champion and World Champion Mark Williams was the number 1 seed. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[3]
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Colin Brinded. Barbican Centre, York, England, 30 November 2003. | |||
| Matthew Stevens (9) | 10–8 | Stephen Hendry (2) | |
| Afternoon: 0–79 (68),,,,,,, Evening: 76–0 (76),,,,,,,,, | |||
| 137 | Highest break | 120 | |
| 1 | Century breaks | 3 | |
| 6 | 50+ breaks | 9 | |
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between 14 and 23 October 2003.
Best of 17 frames
| Andrew Higginson | 9–5 | Stuart Mann | |
| 4–9 | Gary Thomson | ||
| w/d–w/o | Carlo Giagnacovo | ||
| Paul Wykes | 9–8 |  Garry Hardiman | |
| Rory McLeod | 9–2 | Michael Wild | |
| 8–9 |  Steve Mifsud | ||
| Atthasit Mahitthi | 9–4 | Ian Sargeant | |
| Martin Dziewialtowski | 9–3 | Andy Neck | |
| 5–9 | Tom Ford | ||
| 4–9 | Kurt Maflin | ||
| Tony Jones | 9–8 | Chris Melling | |
| 3–9 | Alain Robidoux | ||
| Ryan Day | 9–4 | Steven Bennie | |
| Matthew Couch | 9–3 | Ian Preece | |
| Leo Fernandez | 9–7 | Darryn Walker | |
| Ricky Walden | 9–2 | Martin Gould |
| Jason Ferguson | 9–4 | James Leadbetter | |
| Kwan Poomjang | 9–5 |  Mehmet Husnu | |
| 7–9 | Joe Delaney | ||
| 7–9 | Paul Sweeny | ||
| 8–9 | Adrian Rosa | ||
| 5–9 | Philip Williams | ||
| Jamie Cope | 9–6 | Joe Meara | |
| 3–9 |  Ding Junhui | ||
| 7–9 | Liu Song | ||
| 8–9 | Stephen Croft | ||
| 6–9 | Neil Robertson | ||
| Craig Butler | 9–6 | Scott MacKenzie | |
| David Gilbert | 9–8 | Ian Brumby | |
| Andrew Norman | 9–6 |  Supoj Saenla | |
| w/d–w/o | Michael Rhodes | ||
| Paul Davies | 9–3 | Luke Simmonds |