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
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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 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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