2002 UK Championship

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.

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
Highest break	Ronnie O'Sullivan (142)
Final
Champion	Mark Williams
Runner-up	Ken Doherty
Score	10–9
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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

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

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]

	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
	18	John Parrott	5			1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9
		Adrian Gunnell	9				Adrian Gunnell	2
											1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9
											27	Marco Fu	7
	27	Marco Fu	9	14	Quinten Hann	7
	63	Gerard Greene	7			27	Marco Fu	9
																1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
															22	Drew Henry	9
	22	Drew Henry	9			10	Jimmy White	4
	57	Stuart Bingham	7			22	Drew Henry	9
											22	Drew Henry	9
											7	Stephen Lee	8
	17	Anthony Hamilton	8	7	Stephen Lee	9
	53	Mark Selby	9			53	Mark Selby	6
																					22	Drew Henry	5
																					5	Ken Doherty	9
	23	Fergal O'Brien	4			5	Ken Doherty	9
	52	Stephen Maguire	9			52	Stephen Maguire	7
											5	Ken Doherty	9
											9	Paul Hunter	4
	19	David Gray	9	9	Paul Hunter	9
	37	Mark Davis	7			19	David Gray	1
																5	Ken Doherty	9
															4	John Higgins	6
	25	Steve Davis	9			11	Mark King	7
		Paul Wykes	2			25	Steve Davis	9
											25	Steve Davis	7
											4	John Higgins	9
	31	Ali Carter	9	4	John Higgins	9
		Nick Walker	4			31	Ali Carter	5
																										5	Ken Doherty	9
																										3	Mark Williams	10
	26	Anthony Davies	9			3	Mark Williams	9
	62	Nick Dyson	3			26	Anthony Davies	2
											3	Mark Williams	9
											29	Chris Small	3
	29	Chris Small	9	13	Joe Perry	7
		Leo Fernandez	8			29	Chris Small	9
																3	Mark Williams	9
															6	Stephen Hendry	2
	32	James Wattana	3			12	Graeme Dott	9
		Kwan Poomjang	9				Kwan Poomjang	8
											12	Graeme Dott	6
											6	Stephen Hendry	9
	20	Dominic Dale	9	6	Stephen Hendry	9
		Euan Henderson	6			20	Dominic Dale	4
																					3	Mark Williams	9
																					2	Peter Ebdon	3
	24	Michael Judge	5			8	Matthew Stevens	9
	56	Barry Pinches	9			56	Barry Pinches	4
											8	Matthew Stevens	8
											33	Robert Milkins	9
	30	Nigel Bond	8	16	Joe Swail	1
	33	Robert Milkins	9			33	Robert Milkins	9
																33	Robert Milkins	4
															2	Peter Ebdon	9
	28	Tony Drago	9			15	Alan McManus	9
	48	David Roe	8			28	Tony Drago	7
											15	Alan McManus	2
											2	Peter Ebdon	9
	21	Dave Harold	9	2	Peter Ebdon	9
	43	Ian McCulloch	6			21	Dave Harold	7

Final

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

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.