2003 Euro-Asia Masters Challenge – Event 1

Euro-Asia Masters Challenge

Tournament information
Dates	21–24 August 2003 (2003-08-21 – 2003-08-24)
Venue	HKCEC
City	Wan Chai
Country	Hong Kong
Organisation	110 Sport Management Group
Format	Non-ranking event
Winner's share	£30,000
Highest break	James Wattana (131)
Final
Champion	James Wattana
Runner-up	Ken Doherty
Score	6–4
Event 2 (2003) →

The 2003 Euro-Asia Masters Challenge – Event 1 was an invitational professional non-ranking snooker held in Hong Kong in August 2003.

Featuring eight players in two groups of four, James Wattana defeated Ken Doherty 6–4 in the final to win the £30,000 prize.[1][2]

Results

[1]

Round-robin stage

Group A

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 James Wattana 3 3 6 2 +4 6 2 Mark Williams 3 1 3 4 -1 3* 3 Jimmy White 3 1 3 4 -1 3 4 Ding Junhui 3 1 2 4 −2 2 *Mark Williams finished in the playoffs ahead of Jimmy White due to winning their head to head match 2-0

Results: Ding Junhui 2–0 Mark Williams James Wattana 2–0 Ding Junhui Jimmy White 2–0 Ding Junhui Mark Williams 2–0 Jimmy White James Wattana 2–1 Mark Williams James Wattana 2–1 Jimmy White

Group B

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Ken Doherty 3 3 6 0 +6 6 2 Stephen Hendry 3 2 4 2 +2 4 3 Shokat Ali 3 1 2 4 −2 2 4 Marco Fu 3 0 0 6 −6 0

Results: Ken Doherty 2–0 Stephen Hendry Ken Doherty 2–0 Shokat Ali Ken Doherty 2–0 Marco Fu Shokat Ali 2–0 Marco Fu Stephen Hendry 2–0 Marco Fu Stephen Hendry 2–0 Shokat Ali

Knock-out stage

	Semi-finals Best of 9 frames					Final Best of 11 frames
	James Wattana		5
	Stephen Hendry		1
						James Wattana		6
						Ken Doherty		4
	Ken Doherty		5
	Mark Williams		1

References

1. Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 184.
2. "Euro-Asia Snooker Masters Challenge". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2020.