2003 Premier League Snooker

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

Hasseröder Premier League

Tournament information
Dates	11 January – 11 May 2003 (2003-01-11 – 2003-05-11)
Country	United Kingdom
Organisation	Matchroom Sport
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£180,000^[1]
Winner's share	£45,000^[1]
Highest break	Marco Fu (HKG) (139)^[2]
Final
Champion	Marco Fu
Runner-up	Mark Williams
Score	9–5
← 2002 2004 →

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

Ranking		OSU	WIL	EBD	FU	WHI	HIG	DAV	Frame W-L	Match W-D-L	Pld-Pts
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][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

10–11 May – Crowtree Leisure Centre, Sunderland, England^[1][3][2]

	Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 17 frames
	1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	4
	4	Marco Fu*	6
						4	Marco Fu***	9
						2	Mark Williams	5
	2	Mark Williams**	6
	3	Peter Ebdon	2

*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

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