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SNOOKER · 2003-05-05 · SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND

2003 Embassy World Championship snooker prize money

The 2003 Embassy World Championship paid £1,815,250 to 125 players. Mark Williams won £270,000. Ken Doherty took £158,000 as runner-up.

TOTAL PAID£1.8m
WINNER£270k
PLAYERS PAID125
PAYOUT BANDS14

Every cheque

125 players paid, in finishing order

Prize money won by each player at the 2003 Embassy World Championship.
PLACE PLAYER NATION PRIZE MONEY
Winner Mark Williams Wales £270,000£270k
Runner-up Ken Doherty Ireland £158,000£158k
Semi-final Paul Hunter England £79,000£79k
Semi-final Stephen Lee England £79,000£79k
Quarter-final John Higgins Scotland £39,500£40k
Quarter-final Marco Fu Hong Kong £39,500£40k
Quarter-final Peter Ebdon England £39,500£40k
Quarter-final Stephen Hendry Scotland £39,500£40k
Last 16 Alan McManus Scotland £22,000£22k
Last 16 Drew Henry Scotland £22,000£22k
Last 16 Graeme Dott Scotland £22,000£22k
Last 16 Jimmy White England £22,000£22k
Last 16 Matthew Stevens Wales £22,000£22k
Last 16 Quinten Hann Australia £22,000£22k
Last 16 Sean Storey England £22,000£22k
Last 16 Tony Drago Malta £22,000£22k
Last 32 Ali Carter England £15,000£15k
Last 32 Chris Small Scotland £15,000£15k
Last 32 Gary Wilkinson England £15,000£15k
Last 32 Gerard Greene Northern Ireland £15,000£15k
Last 32 Ian McCulloch England £15,000£15k
Last 32 James Wattana Thailand £15,000£15k
Last 32 Joe Perry England £15,000£15k
Last 32 Joe Swail Northern Ireland £15,000£15k
Last 32 John Parrott England £15,000£15k
Last 32 Mark King England £15,000£15k
Last 32 Nigel Bond England £15,000£15k
Last 32 Robert Milkins England £15,000£15k
Last 32 Ronnie O'Sullivan England £15,000£15k
Last 32 Shaun Murphy England £15,000£15k
Last 32 Steve Davis England £15,000£15k
Last 32 Stuart Pettman England £15,000£15k
Last 48 Andy Hicks England £11,500£12k
Last 48 Anthony Davies Wales £11,500£12k
Last 48 Anthony Hamilton England £11,500£12k
Last 48 Barry Hawkins England £11,500£12k
Last 48 Barry Pinches England £11,500£12k
Last 48 Dave Harold England £11,500£12k
Last 48 David Gray England £11,500£12k
Last 48 Dominic Dale Wales £11,500£12k
Last 48 Fergal O'Brien Ireland £11,500£12k
Last 48 Jonathan Birch England £11,500£12k
Last 48 Mark Selby England £11,500£12k
Last 48 Michael Judge Ireland £11,500£12k
Last 48 Patrick Wallace Northern Ireland £11,500£12k
Last 48 Robin Hull Finland £11,500£12k
Last 48 Ryan Day Wales £11,500£12k
Last 48 Stuart Bingham England £11,500£12k
Last 64 Alfie Burden England £7,150£7k
Last 64 Andrew Norman England £7,150£7k
Last 64 Billy Snaddon Scotland £7,150£7k
Last 64 Bjorn Haneveer Belgium £7,150£7k
Last 64 Brian Morgan England £7,150£7k
Last 64 David Finbow England £7,150£7k
Last 64 David Roe England £7,150£7k
Last 64 Jamie Burnett Scotland £7,150£7k
Last 64 Joe Johnson England £7,150£7k
Last 64 Johl Younger Australia £7,150£7k
Last 64 Marcus Campbell Scotland £7,150£7k
Last 64 Mark Davis England £7,150£7k
Last 64 Michael Holt England £7,150£7k
Last 64 Shokat Ali Pakistan £7,150£7k
Last 64 Terry Murphy Northern Ireland £7,150£7k
Last 80 Andrew Higginson England £5,700£6k
Last 80 Bradley Jones England £5,700£6k
Last 80 Craig Butler England £5,700£6k
Last 80 Darren Morgan Wales £5,700£6k
Last 80 David Gilbert England £5,700£6k
Last 80 Jimmy Michie England £5,700£6k
Last 80 Justin Astley England £5,700£6k
Last 80 Manan Chandra India £5,700£6k
Last 80 Mike Dunn England £5,700£6k
Last 80 Nick Dyson England £5,700£6k
Last 80 Nick Walker England £5,700£6k
Last 80 Rod Lawler England £5,700£6k
Last 80 Stephen Maguire Scotland £5,700£6k
Last 80 Suchakree Poomjang Thailand £5,700£6k
Last 80 Tony Jones England £5,700£6k
Last 96 Atthasit Mahitthi Thailand £4,300£4k
Last 96 Eddie Manning England £4,300£4k
Last 96 Jason Ferguson England £4,300£4k
Last 96 Jason Prince Northern Ireland £4,300£4k
Last 96 Jeff Cundy England £4,300£4k
Last 96 John Read England £4,300£4k
Last 96 Kristjan Helgason Iceland £4,300£4k
Last 96 Lee Walker Wales £4,300£4k
Last 96 Leo Fernandez Ireland £4,300£4k
Last 96 Matthew Couch England £4,300£4k
Last 96 Munraj Pal England £4,300£4k
Last 96 Pang Weiguo China £4,300£4k
Last 96 Paul Wykes England £4,300£4k
Last 96 Simon Bedford England £4,300£4k
Last 96 Wayne Brown England £4,300£4k
Last 128 Adrian Gunnell England £1,250£1k
Last 128 Alain Robidoux Canada £1,250£1k
Last 128 Antony Bolsover England £1,250£1k
Last 128 Bob Chaperon Canada £1,250£1k
Last 128 Colm Gilcreest Ireland £1,250£1k
Last 128 Darren Clarke England £1,250£1k
Last 128 David Donovan Wales £1,250£1k
Last 128 David McLellan Scotland £1,250£1k
Last 128 Hugh Abernethy Scotland £1,250£1k
Last 128 James Reynolds Wales £1,250£1k
Last 128 Jamie Cope England £1,250£1k
Last 128 Jason Weston England £1,250£1k
Last 128 Jimmy Robertson England £1,250£1k
Last 128 Jin Long China £1,250£1k
Last 128 Lee Spick England £1,250£1k
Last 128 Luke Fisher England £1,250£1k
Last 128 Mario Wehrmann Netherlands £1,250£1k
Last 128 Mark Gray England £1,250£1k
Last 128 Martin Dziewialtowski Scotland £1,250£1k
Last 128 Matthew Selt England £1,250£1k
Last 128 Neal Foulds England £1,250£1k
Last 128 Paul Davies Wales £1,250£1k
Last 128 Paul Davison England £1,250£1k
Last 128 Peter Lines England £1,250£1k
Last 128 Phaitoon Phonbun Thailand £1,250£1k
Last 128 Ricky Walden England £1,250£1k
Last 128 Rory McLeod Jamaica £1,250£1k
Last 128 Stephen Kershaw England £1,250£1k
Last 128 Troy Shaw England £1,250£1k
Round 6 David John Wales £1,250£1k
Round 6 Stefan Mazrocis England £1,250£1k
Round 6 Peter Roscoe Wales £1,250£1k
High break Ronnie O'Sullivan England £169,000£169k
High break Stuart Bingham England £5,000£5k

How the money splits

Each finishing band, what it paid each player, and what it paid in all

Prize money bands at the 2003 Embassy World Championship.
PLACE PLAYERS EACH BAND TOTAL
Winner 1 £270,000£270k £270,000£270k
Runner-up 1 £158,000£158k £158,000£158k
Semi-final 2 £79,000£79k £158,000£158k
Quarter-final 4 £39,500£40k £158,000£158k
Last 16 8 £22,000£22k £176,000£176k
Last 32 16 £15,000£15k £240,000£240k
Last 48 16 £11,500£12k £184,000£184k
Last 64 15 £7,150£7k £107,250£107k
Last 80 15 £5,700£6k £85,500£86k
Last 96 15 £4,300£4k £64,500£65k
Last 128 29 £1,250£1k £36,250£36k
Round 6 3 £1,250£1k £3,750£4k
High break 1 £169,000£169k £169,000£169k
High break 1 £5,000£5k £5,000£5k

Where the money went, band by band

Winner £270k
Runner-up £158k
Semi-final £158k
Quarter-final £158k
Last 16 £176k
Last 32 £240k
Last 48 £184k
Last 64 £107k
Last 80 £86k
Last 96 £65k
Last 128 £36k
Round 6 £3,750
High break £169k
High break £5,000

The rest of 2003

Every other snooker tournament we hold from 2003

Other snooker tournaments in 2003.
TOURNAMENT WINNER PAID
2003 Masters Qualifying Event £48,800£49k
2003 Travis Perkins UK Championship Matthew Stevens £615,000£615k
2003 British Open Stephen Hendry £470,000£470k
2003 LG Cup Mark Williams £617,200£617k
2003 Euro-Asia Masters Challenge Ken Doherty £70,000£70k
2003 Euro-Asia Masters Challenge James Wattana £71,000£71k
2003 Hasseröder Premier League Marco Fu £180,000£180k
2003 Regal Scottish Open David Gray £597,200£597k
2003 Citywest Irish Masters Ronnie O'Sullivan £399,680£400k
2003 European Open Ronnie O'Sullivan £250,000£250k
2003 Benson and Hedges Masters Mark Williams £750,000£750k
2003 Regal Welsh Open Stephen Hendry £597,200£597k

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner of the 2003 Embassy World Championship get?

Mark Williams took £270,000.

How much did the runner-up get?

Ken Doherty took £158,000, 59% of the winner's cheque.

What was the total prize money at the 2003 Embassy World Championship?

£1,815,250, paid to 125 players.

How does it compare with other years?

The 2002 Embassy World Championship paid £1,614,585, and the 2004 Embassy World Championship paid £1,371,720.

Where to next

Every edition is on the World Championship prize money page, and the whole year on snooker prize money in 2003. The edition before was the 2002 Embassy World Championship. The one after was the 2004 Embassy World Championship.