2003 Scottish Open (snooker)

The 2003 Scottish Open (officially the 2003 Regal Scottish Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 5–13 April 2003 at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was the seventh and penultimate ranking event of the 2002/2003 season.

David Gray won his first ranking title by defeating Mark Selby 9–7 in the final. This was Gray's only ranking final victory, and was Selby's first appearance in a ranking final. The defending champion, Stephen Lee, was defeated in the quarter-finals by John Higgins.

This was the final tournament held under the Scottish Open name, being re-branded the following season as the Players Championship before being discontinued. The tournament would be revived under the Scottish Open name in 2016.

Prize fund

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

Main draw

Final

Qualifying

Round 1

Best of 9 frames

Round 2–4

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

Televised stage centuries

References

1. Scottish Open (snooker)
2. 2022 Scottish Open (snooker)
3. World Open (snooker)
4. Welsh Open (snooker)
5. 2002–03 snooker season
6. Paul Hunter
7. 2003 Welsh Open (snooker)
8. Snooker
9. Mark Allen (snooker player)
10. 2002 Scottish Open (snooker)
11. List of snooker ranking tournaments
12. Professional snooker career of Ronnie O'Sullivan
13. 2003 European Open (snooker)
14. Gary Wilson (snooker player)
15. Mark Williams (snooker player)
16. Graeme Dott
17. Stephen Hendry
18. 2003 Masters (snooker)
19. John Higgins
20. 2004 Players Championship (snooker)