MANCHESTER OPEN 2002 / 2003 GROUP DRAW
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Andy Chesters | Anthony Nicholls | Andrew Seymour | Albert Rowland |
| Carl Brownhill | Carl Brand | Andy Williams | Harry Mulcahy |
| Geoff Johnston | Christopher Law | Jason Comer | Dave Kerrigan |
| Ian McMullan | James Morris | Ken Laffey | Dylan Stevenson |
| Ian Winterbottom | Jason King | Mark Beeson | Kevin Brennan |
| Jimmy Downes | Lisa Lawton | Paul Thompson | Kris Higgens |
| Lee Mitchell | Mark Astbury | Ronnie Lawton | Luke Scarry |
| Michael O'Donnell | Paul Harrison | Stan Pearce | Mark Downes |
| Stephen Riva | Peter Flannery | Stephen Gough | Martin Power |
| Tony Coughtrey | Shaun Pertoldi | Steve Hewlett | Paul Cooney |
| Mike Lee | Alex Godfrey | Ian Templeton | Saleem Ahmed |
The top four players from each group will qualify for the final 16 of the main event. There will be then a straight knockout (seeded) to reach the quarter finals.
The losing eight will enter the plate competition and the winning eight will play off in the Main Event.
Both the Main Event and plate competition will be seeded.