The 2003 Scottish Open (officially the 2003 Regal Scottish Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 5âÂÂ13 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 9âÂÂ7 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.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: ã82,500<br /> Runner-up: ã42,500<br /> Semi-final: ã21,250<br /> Quarter-final: ã11,700<br /> Last 16: ã9,600<br /> Last 32: ã7,800<br /> Last 48: ã4,000<br /> Last 64: ã3,150
Last 80: ã2,150<br /> Last 96: ã1,450
Stage one highest break: ã1,800<br /> Stage two highest break: ã7,500
Stage one maximum break: ã5,000<br /> Stage two maximum break: ã20,000
Total: ã597,200
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