2003 LG Cup (snooker)
Introduction 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 1Best 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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