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2003 Irish Masters

Snooker tournament

The 2003 Citywest Irish Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 and 30 March 2003 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland.

Ronnie O'Sullivan won the title by defeating defending champion John Higgins 10-9 in the final.

01Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

  • Winner: £48,000
  • Final: £24,000
  • Semi-final: £11,500
  • Quarter-final: £7,525
  • Last 16: £6,600
  • Last 32: £5,600
  • Last 48: £3,000
  • Last 64: £2,300
  • Last 80: £1,600
  • Last 96: £800
  • Stage one highest break: £1,800
  • Stage two highest break: £7,500
  • Stage one maximum break: £5,000
  • Stage two maximum break: £20,000
  • Total: £400,000

02Main draw

03Final

Final: Best of 19 frames
Citywest Hotel, Dublin, Ireland, 28 March 2004.
John Higgins
 Scotland
9, 10 Ronnie O'Sullivan
 England
Afternoon: 35, 98 (60), 0, 62, 78, 45 (52), 86, 0 (86), 29, 92 (59), 1, 74 (68), 55, 80, 83, 0 (60)
Evening: 131, 0 (131), 77, 39 (51), 0, 132 (128), 23, 69 (68), 92, 0 (92), 79, 0 (73), 5, 115 (82), 87, 14 (52), 0, 76 (76), 127, 0 (123), 0, 128 (128)
131 Highest break 128
2 Century breaks 2
9 50+ breaks 8

04Qualifying

Round 1

Best of 9 frames

Round 2-5

Round 2
Best of 9 frames
Round 3
Best of 9 frames
Round 4
Best of 9 frames
Round 5
Best of 9 frames
Jeff Cundy5 Andy Hicks5 Brian Morgan5 Anthony Davies4
Andrew Higginson2 Jeff Cundy1 Andy Hicks3 Brian Morgan5
David Gilbert1 Gerard Greene5 Shokat Ali3 James Wattana4
Wayne Brown5 Wayne Brown3 Gerard Greene5 Gerard Greene5
Johl Younger1 Stephen Maguire5 Billy Snaddon2 Nigel Bond3
Kwan Poomjang5 Kwan Poomjang4 Stephen Maguire5 Stephen Maguire5
Simon Bedford4 Bjorn Haneveer4 Alfie Burden1 Dave Harold5
Paul Wykes5 Paul Wykes5 Paul Wykes5 Paul Wykes1
Sean Storey5 Bradley Jones4 Terry Murphy4 Steve Davis5
Jason Ferguson1 Sean Storey5 Sean Storey5 Sean Storey2
Matthew Couch5 Mike Dunn5 Patrick Wallace4 Chris Small5
Tony Jones1 Matthew Couch2 Mike Dunn5 Mike Dunn4
Byew/d Jimmy Michie4 Jonathan Birch0 Anthony Hamilton5
Jason Princew/o Jason Prince5 Jason Prince5 Jason Prince1
Darren Clarke2 Stuart Pettman5 Robert Milkins5 Michael Judge3
Kristján Helgason5 Kristján Helgason4 Stuart Pettman2 Robert Milkins5
Shaun Murphy2 Darren Morgan1 Mark Davis1 Dominic Dale4
Rod Lawler5 Rod Lawler5 Rod Lawler5 Rod Lawler5
Jason Weston1 Barry Hawkins3 Jamie Burnett5 Marco Fu4
Adrian Gunnell5 Adrian Gunnell5 Adrian Gunnell2 Jamie Burnett5
Manan Chandra0 Barry Pinches3 Gary Wilkinson0 John Parrott4
Ryan Day5 Ryan Day5 Ryan Day5 Ryan Day5
Phaitoon Phonbun3 Mark Selby5 Robin Hull3 David Gray4
James Reynolds5 James Reynolds2 Mark Selby5 Mark Selby5
Mark Gray5 Dave Finbow5 Ian McCulloch4 Drew Henry5
Luke Fisher3 Mark Gray4 Dave Finbow5 Dave Finbow2
Antony Bolsover3 Nick Dyson5 Michael Holt3 Fergal O'Brien2
Craig Butler5 Craig Butler3 Nick Dyson5 Nick Dyson5
Neal Foulds2 Nick Walker5 Marcus Campbell1 Ali Carter5
Leo Fernandez5 Leo Fernandez3 Nick Walker5 Nick Walker1
Peter Lines5 Stuart Bingham5 David Roe0 Tony Drago4
Lee Walker2 Peter Lines1 Stuart Bingham5 Stuart Bingham5

05Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

Televised stage centuries

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