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2003 Premier League Snooker

Field	Value
tournament_name	Hasseröder Premier League
dates
country	United Kingdom
organisation	Matchroom Sport
format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£180,000
winners_share	£45,000
highest_break	Marco Fu (139)
winner	HKG Marco Fu
runner_up	WAL 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:

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	ENG
OSU	WAL
WIL	ENG
EBD	HKG
FU	ENG
WHI	SCO
HIG	ENG
DAV	Frame
W-L	Match
W-D-L	Pld-Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ronnie O'Sullivan	x	5	5	5	6	5	5	31–17	6–0–0	6–12
Mark Williams	3	x	6	1	6	5	6	27–21	4–0–2	6–8
Peter Ebdon	3	2	x	4	4	6	5	24–24	2–2–2	6–6
Marco Fu	3	7	4	x	2	4	4	24–24	1–3–2	6–5
Jimmy White	2	2	4	6	x	5	2	21–27	2–1–3	6–5
John Higgins	3	3	2	4	3	x	6	21–27	1–1–4	6–3
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.)

11 January – Borough Hall, Hartlepool, England
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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

*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

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

References

"2003 Premier League". Global Snooker Centre.
"2003 Results". Matchroom Sport.
"January 11–12, 2003". Matchroom Sport.
"January 18–19, 2003". Matchroom Sport.
"February 16–17, 2003". Matchroom Sport.
"February 22–23, 2003". Matchroom Sport.

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