UK Championship 2002
UK Championship 2002
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Venue: | Barbican Center , York |
| Opening: | December 1, 2002 |
| Endgame: | December 15, 2002
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| Winner: |
 Mark Williams
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| Finalist: |
 Ken Doherty
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| Highest Break: | 137 ( Stephen Lee )
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← 2001
2003 →
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The UK Championship 2002 was a snooker tournament that was held from December 1st to 15th, 2002 at the Barbican Center in York . The world number one Mark J. Williams won the title for the second time since 1999. He defeated Ken Doherty in the final 10: 9. The Irishman had already played the final last year, but clearly lost with 1:10. Doherty is the only player who has reached the final three times without being able to win the title.
Prize money
After the outlier of over three quarters of a million £ in prize money in the previous year, the amount of money distributed fell significantly again. Nevertheless, it remained the second highest amount awarded to date. The cuts affected all players on a pro rata basis, with the tournament winner receiving £ 15,500 less than the 2001 winner.
| Prize money | |
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| winner | £ 84,500 |
| finalist | £ 43,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 21,700 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 11,900 |
| Round of 16 | £ 9,800 |
| Last 32 | £ 8,000 |
| Last 48 | 4,250 pounds |
| Last 64 | £ 3,350 |
| Last 80 | 2250 pounds |
| Last 96 | 1500 pounds |
| Highest break | Main Tournament: £ 7,500 Qualifying: £ 1,800 |
| All in all | £ 613,550 |
qualification
After the mode and the number of participants had recently changed every year, this year they remained unchanged for the first time compared to the previous year. 128 players took part in the tournament. 32 of them were directly seeded for the main tournament, the remaining 96 determined the other 16 participants in the main tournament in four qualifying rounds from September 2nd to 20th.
Main tournament
The main 48-player tournament began on December 1st in York.
Round 1
The shortening of the first round to best-of-13 was reversed after only one year and all games except for the final were played again in best-of-17 mode. 16 players were already seeded for the second round, the remaining 32 competed against each other in round 1.
| game | Result | game | Result | |||||
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| 1 |
Anthony Davies
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9 : 3 |
Nick Dyson
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9 |
 Stephen Maguire
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9 : 4 |
Fergal O'Brien
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| 2 |
Chris Small
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9 : 8 |
Leo Fernandez
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10 |
David Gray
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9 : 7 |
Mark Davis
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| 3 |
Dominic Dale
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9 : 6 |
Euan Henderson
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11 |
Ali Carter
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9 : 4 |
Nick Walker
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| 4th |
 Kwan Poomjang
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9 : 3 |
James Wattana
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12 |
Steve Davis
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9 : 2 |
Paul Wykes
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| 5 |
Dave Harold
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9 : 6 |
Ian McCulloch
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13 |
Drew Henry
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9 : 7 |
Jimmy White
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| 6th |
 Tony Drago
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9 : 8 |
David Roe
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14th |
Mark Selby
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9 : 8 |
Anthony Hamilton
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| 7th |
Robert Milkins
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9 : 8 |
Nigel Bond
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15th |
Adrian Gunnell
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9 : 5 |
John Parrott
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| 8th |
Barry Pinches
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9 : 5 |
Michael Judge
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16 |
 Marco Fu
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9 : 7 |
 Gerard Greene
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Round 2 to the final
Century breaks
The 50 century breaks in the main tournament were 5 below the result of the previous year. With Stephen Hendry and Ken Doherty , two players each managed breaks of 100 points or more.
Only the games from the round of 16 counted for the bonus for the highest break in the main round. The breaks from the first and second main round are therefore shown in italics.
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- ↑ a b c d 2002 UK Championship. CueTracker, accessed November 7, 2015 .
- ↑ Results. Snooker Database, accessed November 7, 2015 .
