The 2002 UK Championship (officially 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.

2002 PowerHouse UK Championship
Tournament information
Dates1–15 December 2002 (2002-12-01 – 2002-12-15)
VenueBarbican Centre
CityYork
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£746,900
Winner's share£100,000
Highest break Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (142)
Final
Champion Mark Williams (WAL)
Runner-up Ken Doherty (IRL)
Score10–9
2001
2003

Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarter-finals to Drew Henry.

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.

Tournament summary

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2001 champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was the number 1 seed with World Champion Peter Ebdon seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.

Prize fund

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

Main draw

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[2][3]

Last 48
Best of 17 frames
Last 32
Best of 17 frames
Last 16
Best of 17 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 17 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 17 frames
Final
Best of 19 frames
1  Ronnie O'Sullivan9
18  John Parrott570  Adrian Gunnell2
1  Ronnie O'Sullivan9
70  Adrian Gunnell9
27  Marco Fu7
14  Quinten Hann7
27  Marco Fu927  Marco Fu9
1  Ronnie O'Sullivan6
63  Gerard Greene7
22  Drew Henry9
10  Jimmy White4
22  Drew Henry922  Drew Henry9
22  Drew Henry9
57  Stuart Bingham7
7  Stephen Lee8
7  Stephen Lee9
17  Anthony Hamilton853  Mark Selby6
22  Drew Henry5
53  Mark Selby9
5  Ken Doherty9
5  Ken Doherty9
23  Fergal O'Brien452  Stephen Maguire7
5  Ken Doherty9
52  Stephen Maguire9
9  Paul Hunter4
9  Paul Hunter9
19  David Gray919  David Gray1
5  Ken Doherty9
37  Mark Davis7
4  John Higgins6
11  Mark King7
25  Steve Davis925  Steve Davis9
25  Steve Davis7
69  Paul Wykes2
4  John Higgins9
4  John Higgins9
31  Ali Carter931  Ali Carter5
5  Ken Doherty9
64  Nick Walker4
3  Mark Williams10
3  Mark Williams9
26  Anthony Davies926  Anthony Davies2
3  Mark Williams9
62  Nick Dyson3
29  Chris Small3
13  Joe Perry7
29  Chris Small929  Chris Small9
3  Mark Williams9
  Leo Fernandez8
6  Stephen Hendry2
12  Graeme Dott9
32  James Wattana3114  Kwan Poomjang8
12  Graeme Dott6
114  Kwan Poomjang9
6  Stephen Hendry9
6  Stephen Hendry9
20  Dominic Dale920  Dominic Dale4
3  Mark Williams9
67  Euan Henderson6
2  Peter Ebdon3
8  Matthew Stevens9
24  Michael Judge556  Barry Pinches4
8  Matthew Stevens8
56  Barry Pinches9
33  Robert Milkins9
16  Joe Swail1
30  Nigel Bond833  Robert Milkins9
33  Robert Milkins4
33  Robert Milkins9
2  Peter Ebdon9
15  Alan McManus9
28  Tony Drago928  Tony Drago7
15  Alan McManus2
48  David Roe8
2  Peter Ebdon9
2  Peter Ebdon9
21  Dave Harold921  Dave Harold7
43  Ian McCulloch6

Final

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Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Stuart Bennett.
Barbican Centre, York, England, 15 December 2002.[2]
Ken Doherty (5)
  Ireland
9–10 Mark Williams (3)
  Wales
Afternoon: 41–68 (56), 78–8 (55), 0–86 (86), 87–28 (55), 68–66, 45–70, 9–65 (65), 63–76
Evening: 62–15 (56), 69–43 (62), 65–29, 0–128 (119), 43–47, 79–1, 0–74 (74), 0–78 (78), 58–14, 79–0 (79), 35–91 (70)
79 Highest break 119
0 Century breaks 1
5 50+ breaks 7

Century breaks

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References

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  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. ^ a b "PowerHouse UK Championship 2002". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  3. ^ "UK Championship full results". BBC Sport. 11 December 2002. Retrieved 10 March 2011.