2003–04 snooker season

The 2003–04 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 21 August 2003 and 20 May 2004. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events.

2003–04 snooker season

Details
Duration	21 August 2003 – 20 May 2004 (2003-08-21 – 2004-05-20)
Tournaments	17 (8 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship	Matthew Stevens
Masters	Paul Hunter
World Championship	Ronnie O'Sullivan
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

LG Corporation signed a sponsorship agreement with World Snooker, and the seven world ranking events before the World Championship were branded as the "LG Electronics Tour".^[1] These tournaments carried conventional ranking points but also had a separate points system, with a £50,000 prize for the player who accumulated the most points during the LG Electronics Tour. Ronnie O'Sullivan was the eventual winner of the cash prize, but both the sponsorship and format would only last for one season.^[2]

Calendar

World Snooker Tour

Start	Finish	Country	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
4 Oct	12 Oct	ENG	LG Cup	Guild Hall	Preston	Mark Williams	John Higgins	9–5	[3]
8 Nov	16 Nov	ENG	British Open	The Brighton Centre	Brighton	Stephen Hendry	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9–6	[4]
18 Nov	30 Nov	ENG	UK Championship	Barbican Centre	York	Matthew Stevens	Stephen Hendry	10–8	[5]
15 Dec	21 Dec	WAL	Masters Qualifying Event	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Neil Robertson	Dominic Dale	6–5	[6]
19 Jan	25 Jan	WAL	Welsh Open	Newport Centre	Newport	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Steve Davis	9–8	[7][8]
1 Feb	8 Feb	ENG	Masters	Wembley Conference Centre	London	Paul Hunter	Ronnie O'Sullivan	10–9	[9][10]
1 Mar	6 Mar	MLT	European Open	Hilton Conference Center	Portomaso	Stephen Maguire	Jimmy White	9–3	[11][12]
10 Jan	14 Mar	WAL	Premier League	Colwyn Bay Leisure Centre	Colwyn Bay	Stephen Hendry	John Higgins	9–6	[13][14]
23 Mar	28 Mar	IRL	Irish Masters	Citywest Hotel	Dublin	Peter Ebdon	Mark King	10–7	[15][16]
3 Apr	11 Apr	SCO	Players Championship	S.E.C.C.	Glasgow	Jimmy White	Paul Hunter	9–7	[17][18]
17 Apr	3 May	ENG	World Snooker Championship	Crucible Theatre	Sheffield	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Graeme Dott	18–8	[19]

Ranking event

Non-ranking event

Challenge Tour

Start	Finish	Country	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
13 Sep	19 Sep	WAL	Challenge Tour 1	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Stefan Mazrocis	Paul Davison	6–2	[20]
2 Dec	8 Dec	WAL	Challenge Tour 2	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Hugh Abernethy	Gary Wilson	6–0	[21]
21 Feb	29 Feb	WAL	Challenge Tour 3	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Brian Salmon	Steve James	6–1	[22]
12 May	20 May	WAL	Challenge Tour 4	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Gary Wilson	Jin Long	6–4	[23]

Other events

Start	Finish	Country	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
21 Aug	24 Aug	HKG	Euro-Asia Masters Challenge – Event 1	HKCEC	Wan Chai	James Wattana	Ken Doherty	6–4	[24][25]
28 Aug	31 Aug	THA	Euro-Asia Masters Challenge – Event 2	Merchant Court Hotel	Bangkok	Ken Doherty	Marco Fu	5–2	[26][27]

Ladies event

Start	Finish	Country	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
1 May	1 May	ENG	Connie Gough National	Rileys Snooker Centre	Luton	Reanne Evans	Emma Bonney	4–2	[28]

Official rankings

Main article: Snooker world rankings 2003/2004

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.^{[29][30][31][32]}

No.	Ch.	Player	Points 2001/02	Points 2002/03	Total
1		Mark Williams	25050	27550	52600
2		Stephen Hendry	24650	20150	44800
3		Ronnie O'Sullivan	24625	20125	44750
4		John Higgins	22300	20275	42575
5		Stephen Lee	25725	16675	42400
6		Ken Doherty	21400	18975	40375
7		Peter Ebdon	23875	16025	39900
8		Paul Hunter	15500	21450	36950
9		Matthew Stevens	18000	14875	32875
10		Alan McManus	13550	16425	29975
11		Steve Davis	12900	15875	28775
12		David Gray	13712	14300	28012
13		Graeme Dott	15762	11500	27262
14		Quinten Hann	14837	12312	27149
15		Jimmy White	16925	9962	26887
16		Joe Perry	17700	8937	26637

Points distribution

2003/2004 Points distribution for world ranking events, all new players received double points:^[33]

Tournament	Round →	L128	L96	L80	L64	L48	L32	L16	QF	SF	F	W
LG Cup[34]	Unseeded loser	200	400	650	900	1150	1450	1750	2050	2500	3000	4000
	Seeded loser	–	–	325	450	575	725	–	–	–	–	–
British Open[35]	Unseeded loser	200	400	650	900	1150	1450	1750	2050	2500	3000	4000
	Seeded loser	–	–	325	450	575	725	–	–	–	–	–
UK Championship[36]	Unseeded loser	300	600	975	1350	1725	2175	2625	3075	3750	4500	6000
	Seeded loser	–	–	487	675	862	1087	–	–	–	–	–
Welsh Open[37]	Unseeded loser	200	400	650	900	1150	1450	1750	2050	2500	3000	4000
	Seeded loser	–	–	325	450	575	725	–	–	–	–	–
European Open[38]	Unseeded loser	200	400	650	900	1150	1450	1750	2050	2500	3000	4000
	Seeded loser	–	–	325	450	575	725	–	–	–	–	–
Irish Masters[39]	Unseeded loser	200	400	650	900	1150	1450	1750	2050	2500	3000	4000
	Seeded loser	–	–	325	450	575	725	–	–	–	–	–
Players Championship[40]	Unseeded loser	200	400	650	900	1150	1450	1750	2050	2500	3000	4000
	Seeded loser	–	–	325	450	575	725	–	–	–	–	–
World Championship[41]	Unseeded loser	400	800	1300	1800	2300	2900	3500	4100	5000	6000	8000
	Seeded loser	–	–	650	900	1150	1450	–	–	–	–	–

Notes

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