World Snooker Championship 2003
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19 April–5 May 2003 |
| Venue | Crucible Theatre |
| City | Sheffield |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £1,682,900 |
| Winner's share | £270,000 |
| Highest break |
 Ronnie O'Sullivan (147) |
| Final | |
| Champion |
 Mark Williams
|
| Runner-up |
 Ken Doherty
|
| Score | 18–16 |
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The 2003 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 2003 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 19 April and 5 May 2003 at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.
Peter Ebdon was the defending champion, but he lost 12–13 to Paul Hunter in the quarter-finals and became another first-time champion who fell to the Crucible curse and could not defend his first World title.
Mark Williams won his second World title by defeating Ken Doherty 18–16 in the final. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).
Highest break by Doherty: 128
Highest break by Williams: 120
There were 53 centuries in this year's championship. The highest break of the tournament was 147 made by Ronnie O'Sullivan.
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