Snooker season 2002/2003

The snooker season 2002/2003 was a series of snooker tournaments played during the years 2002 and 2003. This was the final season to have tobacco sponsored events to a legal ban apart from Embassy which would continue to sponsor the World Championship for another two years. The following table outlines the results for the ranking events and the invitational events.

Contents

Calendar

Date[n 1] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score[1][2] References
09-24 09-29 Scottish Masters Thistle Hotels Glasgow Ronnie O'Sullivan John Higgins 9–4 [3]
10–04 10–12 WR LG Cup Guild Hall Preston Chris Small Alan McManus 9–5 [4]
11-02 11-07 CT Challenge Tour 1 Towers Snooker Club Mansfield Chris Melling Tom Ford 6–2 [5]
11–21 11–31 Benson & Hedges Championship Towers Snooker Club Mansfield Mark Davis Mehmet Husnu 9–6 [6]
11–09 11–17 WR British Open Telford International Centre Telford Paul Hunter Ian McCulloch 9–4 [7]
12–01 12–15 WR UK Championship Barbican Centre York Mark Williams Ken Doherty 10–9 [8]
01-22 01-26 WR Welsh Open Cardiff International Arena Cardiff Stephen Hendry Mark Williams 9–5 [9]
02-02 02-09 Masters Wembley Conference Centre London Mark Williams Stephen Hendry 10–4 [10]
02-15 02-20 CT Challenge Tour 2 Jesters Snooker Club Swindon Adrian Rosa Stuart Mann 6–5 [11]
03-11 03-16 WR European Open Palace Hotel Torquay Ronnie O'Sullivan Stephen Hendry 9–6 [12]
03-15 03-20 CT Challenge Tour 3 Jesters Snooker Club Swindon Michael Rhodes Luke Simmonds 6–5 [13]
03-25 03-30 WR Irish Masters Citywest Hotel Dublin Ronnie O'Sullivan John Higgins 10–9 [14]
04-05 04-13 WR Scottish Open Royal Highland Centre Edinburgh David Gray Mark Selby 9–7 [15]
04-19 05-05 WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield Mark Williams Ken Doherty 18–16 [16]
01-11 05-11 Premier League Snooker Crowtree Leisure Centre Sunderland Marco Fu Mark Williams 9–5 [17]
05-16 05-22 CT Challenge Tour 4 Pontin's Prestatyn Kurt Maflin James Leadbetter 6–2 [18]
WR = World ranking event
CT = Challenge Tour event
Other, non-ranking event

Official rankings

Main article: Snooker world rankings 2002/2003

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.

No.[19] Player Points 2001/02 Points 2002/03 Total[20]
1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 25399 24625 50024
2 Mark Williams 21375 25050 46785
3 Peter Ebdon 20777 23875 44652
4 John Higgins 22034 22300 44334
5 Ken Doherty 22079 21400 43479
6 Stephen Hendry 17478 24650 42128
7 Stephen Lee 13944 25725 39669
8 Matthew Stevens 14879 18000 32879
9 Paul Hunter 15809 15500 36950
10 Jimmy White 12009 16925 28934
11 Mark King 11895 15537 27432
12 Graeme Dott 11397 15762 27159
13 Joe Perry 9269 17700 26969
14 Quinten Hann 11395 14837 26232
15 Alan McManus 12190 13550 25740
16 Joe Swail 12117 12762 24879

Notes

  1. ^ Dates use the month day format

References

  1. ^ "The 2002/2003 Season". WWW Snooker. http://www.snooker.org/trn/0203/. Retrieved 26 February 2011. 
  2. ^ "For The Record 2002–3". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 4 December 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20041204142428/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/season_record02.htm. Retrieved 28 October 2011. 
  3. ^ "Regal Scottish Masters 2002". WWW Snooker. http://www.snooker.org/trn/0203/sm2002_res.shtml. Retrieved 24 November 2011. 
  4. ^ "LG Cup 2002". WWW Snooker. http://www.snooker.org/trn/0203/lgcup2002_res.shtml. Retrieved 24 November 2011. 
  5. ^ "WSA Challenge Tour 1". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 16 October 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20061016042129/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/02CT1.htm. 
  6. ^ Turner, Chris. "Benson & Hedges Championship, Masters Qualifying Tournament". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/masqual.html. Retrieved 24 November 2011. 
  7. ^ "British Open 2002". WWW Snooker. http://www.snooker.org/trn/0203/bo2002_res.shtml. Retrieved 24 November 2011. 
  8. ^ "PowerHouse UK Championship 2002". WWW Snooker. http://www.snooker.org/trn/0203/uk2002_res.shtml. Retrieved 24 November 2011. 
  9. ^ "Regal Welsh Open 2003". WWW Snooker. http://www.snooker.org/trn/0203/wo2003_res.shtml. Retrieved 24 November 2011. 
  10. ^ "Benson & Hedges Masters 2003". WWW Snooker. http://www.snooker.org/trn/0203/bm2003_res.shtml. Retrieved 24 November 2011. 
  11. ^ "WSA Challenge Tour 2". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 5 September 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060905220857/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/02CT2.htm. 
  12. ^ "European Open 2003". WWW Snooker. http://www.snooker.org/trn/0203/eo2003_res.shtml. Retrieved 24 November 2011. 
  13. ^ "WSA Challenge Tour 3". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 17 October 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20061017150139/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/02CT3.htm. 
  14. ^ "Citywest Irish Masters 2003". WWW Snooker. http://www.snooker.org/trn/0203/im2003_res.shtml. Retrieved 24 November 2011. 
  15. ^ "Regal Scottish Open 2003". WWW Snooker. http://www.snooker.org/trn/0203/so2003_res.shtml. Retrieved 24 November 2011. 
  16. ^ "Embassy World Championship 2003". WWW Snooker. http://www.snooker.org/trn/0203/wc2003_res.shtml. Retrieved 24 November 2011. 
  17. ^ "2002 Premier League Snooker Results". premierleaguesnooker.com. Matchroom Sport. http://www.premierleaguesnooker.com/results/2002_results.htm. Retrieved 24 November 2011. 
  18. ^ "WSA Challenge Tour 4". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 5 September 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060905180822/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/02ct4.htm. 
  19. ^ Turner, Chris. "World Rankings (1990/91 to 2004/05)". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/HistoricRank2.html. Retrieved 27 April 2011. 
  20. ^ "Embassy World Rankings 2002/2003". WWW Snooker. http://www.snooker.org/Rnk/0203/rk_20022003.shtml. Retrieved 28 October 2011. 

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