2002 UK Championship (snooker)

PowerHouse UK Championship
Tournament information
Dates 1–15 December 2002
Venue Barbican Centre
City York
Country England
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £746,900
Winner's share £100,000
Final
Champion Wales Mark Williams
Runner-up Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty
Score 10–9
2001
2003

The 2002 PowerHouse UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Barbican Centre in York, England. The event started on 1 December 2002 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 7 and 15 December 2002. The sponsor for this year's event was Powerhouse.

Mark Williams won his second UK title in a classic 10–9 victory against Ken Doherty, who had reached his second UK final in a row. The highest break of the tournament was 142 made by Ronnie O'Sullivan.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]

Winner: £100,000
Runner-up: £54,000
Semi-final: £27,250
Quarter-final: £14,500
Last 16: £11,500
Last 32: £9,200
Last 48: £5,200
Last 64: £4,175

Last 80: £2,950
Last 96: £2,000

Stage one highest break: £2,000
Stage two highest break: £10,000

Stage one maximum break: £5,000
Stage two maximum break: £25,000

Total: £746,900

Main draw

[2][3]

Round of 48 Best of 17 frames

England Adrian Gunnell 9–5 John Parrott England

Hong Kong Marco Fu 9–7 Gerard Greene Northern Ireland

Scotland Drew Henry 9–7 Stuart Bingham England

England Mark Selby 9–8 Anthony Hamilton England

Scotland Stephen Maguire 9–4 Fergal O'Brien Republic of Ireland

England David Gray 9–7 Mark Davis England

England Steve Davis 9–2 Paul Wykes England

England Allister Carter 9–4 Nick Walker England

Wales Anthony Davies 9–3 Nick Dyson England

Scotland Chris Small 9–8 Leo Fernandez Republic of Ireland

Thailand Kwan Poomjang 9–3 James Wattana Thailand

Wales Dominic Dale 9–6 Euan Henderson Scotland

England Barry Pinches 9–5 Michael Judge Republic of Ireland

England Robert Milkins 9–8 Nigel Bond England

Malta Tony Drago 9–8 David Roe England

England Dave Harold 9–6 Ian McCulloch England

Round of 32 Best of 17 frames

England Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–2 Adrian Gunnell England

Hong Kong Marco Fu 9–7 Quinten Hann Australia

Scotland Drew Henry 9–4 Jimmy White England

England Stephen Lee 9–6 Mark Selby England

Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 9–7 Stephen Maguire Scotland

England Paul Hunter 9–1 David Gray England

England Steve Davis 9–7 Mark King England

Scotland John Higgins 9–5 Allister Carter England

Wales Mark Williams 9–2 Anthony Davies Wales

Scotland Chris Small 9–7 Joe Perry England

Scotland Graeme Dott 9–8 Kwan Poomjang Thailand

Scotland Stephen Hendry 9–4 Dominic Dale Wales

Wales Matthew Stevens 9–4 Barry Pinches Wales

England Robert Milkins 9–1 Joe Swail Northern Ireland

Scotland Alan McManus 9–6 Tony Drago Malta

England Peter Ebdon 9–7 Dave Harold England

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
           
 England Ronnie O'Sullivan  9
 Hong Kong Marco Fu  7  
 England Ronnie O'Sullivan  6
   Scotland Drew Henry  9  
 Scotland Drew Henry  9
 England Stephen Lee  8  
 Scotland Drew Henry  5
   Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty  9  
 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty  9
 England Paul Hunter  4  
 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty  9
   Scotland John Higgins  6  
 Scotland John Higgins  9
 England Steve Davis  7  
 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty  9
   Wales Mark Williams  10
 Wales Mark Williams  9
 Scotland Chris Small  3  
 Wales Mark Williams  9
   Scotland Stephen Hendry  2  
 Scotland Stephen Hendry  9
 Scotland Graeme Dott  6  
 Wales Mark Williams  9
   England Peter Ebdon  3  
 England Robert Milkins  9
 Wales Matthew Stevens  8  
 England Robert Milkins  4
   England Peter Ebdon  9  
 England Peter Ebdon  9
 Scotland Alan McManus  2  

References

  1. "Prize Money (Main Tour 2002/2003)". wpbsa.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 10 September 2002. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  2. "PowerHouse UK Championship 2002". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  3. "UK Championship full results". BBC Sport. 11 December 2002. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
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