LG Cup 2002

LG Cup 2002
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Venue:	Guild Hall, Preston , England
Opening:	October 4, 2002
Endgame:	October 12, 2002
Winner:	Chris Small
Finalist:	Alan McManus
Highest Break:	141 ( Stephen Lee )
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The LG Cup 2002 was a snooker tournament of the 2002/03 season , which was played from October 4 to 12, 2002 in the Guild Hall of Preston . In the previous year, the traditional Grand Prix was renamed LG Cup and moved to the north-west English city.

Defending champion Stephen Lee lost to Alan McManus in the round of 16 . The Scot then made it to the final, where he met his compatriot Chris Small . Almost exactly ten years ago, the two of them had already been in the final of a small tournament, the 1992 Benson and Hedges Championship , which Small won 9-1. This time, too, Small retained the upper hand and won 9: 5. It was the only win in a fully-fledged ranking tournament in his career.

Prize money / world ranking points

There were no changes compared to the previous year in terms of either the prize money or the points for the world ranking list .

	Prize money	World ranking points a
winner	£ 82,500	4,000
finalist	£ 42,500	3,000
Semi-finalist	£ 21,250	2,500
Quarter finalist	£ 11,700	2,050
Round of 16	£ 9,600	1,750
Last 32	£ 7,800	1,450
Last 48	£ 4,000	1,150
Last 64	£ 3,150	900
Last 80	£ 2,150	650
Last 96	£ 1,450	400
Last 128	-	200
Highest break	TV phase: £ 7,500 before: £ 1,800
All in all	£ 597,200

^a Seeded players who lost their opening game in qualification or the main round received only 50% of the points.

Final round

48 players played the main tournament in Preston . In round 1 32 players competed, the top 16 of the world rankings were set for round 2.

Round 1

16 players made it through the qualification successfully. They competed in round 1 against the world ranking players from 17th to 32nd.

game Player 1 Result Player 2 1 Ali Carter  53: 53  Ryan Day 2 John Parrott  51: 51  Shokat Ali 3 Nigel Bond  15 : 15  Brian Morgan 4th David Gray  15 : 15  Atthasit Mahitthi 5 Tony Drago  35 : 35  Gary Wilkinson 6th James Wattana  4th5 : 45  Robin Hull 7th Steve Davis  4th5 : 45  Jamie Burnett 8th Michael Judge  05 : 05  Dave Finbow 9 Anthony Hamilton  4th5 : 45  Ian McCulloch 10 Drew Henry  53: 53  Michael Holt 11 Chris Small  25 : 25  Mark Davis 12 Anthony Davies  05 : 05  Marcus Campbell 13 Dave Harold  54: 54th  Patrick Wallace 14th Marco Fu  52: 52  Jimmy Michie 15th Dominic Dale  53: 53  Gerard Greene 16 Fergal O'Brien  35 : 35  Nick Dyson Top 32 to the final   Round 1 best of 9 frames Round of 16 best of 9 frames Quarterfinals Best of 9 Frames Semi-final best of 11 frames Final Best of 17 frames                                                 1   Stephen Lee 5                   Ryan Day 4th   1   Stephen Lee 4th   15th   Alan McManus 5   15th   Alan McManus 5 34   Shokat Ali 0   15th   Alan McManus 5   19th   David Gray 3   16   Joe Swail 3     30th   Nigel Bond 5   30th   Nigel Bond 4th   19th   David Gray 5   8th   Matthew Stevens 1 19th   David Gray 5   15th   Alan McManus 6th   25th   Steve Davis 4th   7th   Stephen Hendry 5 28   Tony Drago 1   7th   Stephen Hendry 3   9   Paul Hunter 5   9   Paul Hunter 5 32   James Wattana 3   9   Paul Hunter 4th   25th   Steve Davis 5   10   Jimmy White 4th     25th   Steve Davis 5   25th   Steve Davis 5   4th   Mark Williams 1   4th   Mark Williams 5 24   Michael Judge 3   15th   Alan McManus 5 29   Chris Small 9 3   Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 17th   Anthony Hamilton 2   3   Ronnie O'Sullivan 5   35   Michael Holt 3   14th   Quinten Hann 4th 35   Michael Holt 5   3   Ronnie O'Sullivan 1   29   Chris Small 5   13   Joe Perry 2     29   Chris Small 5   29   Chris Small 5   5   John Higgins 1   5   John Higgins 5 26th   Anthony Davies 0   29   Chris Small 6th   55   Jimmy Michie 2   6th   Ken Doherty 3 36   Patrick Wallace 5   36   Patrick Wallace 4th   55   Jimmy Michie 5   11   Mark King 2 55   Jimmy Michie 5   55   Jimmy Michie 5   63   Gerard Greene 4th   12   Graeme Dott 1     63   Gerard Greene 5   63   Gerard Greene 5   23   Fergal O'Brien 4th   2   Peter Ebdon 4th 23   Fergal O'Brien 5   final Chris Small had only reached a final once in his career and that was almost exactly 10 years earlier in a minor ranking tournament. At that time, the opponent was Alan McManus and Small won their first meeting as professionals with 9: 1. In a full ranking tournament, his best result so far was the semi-finals, including the 1998 Grand Prix . McManus, on the other hand, had reached six rankings finals since 1992 and won two of them, and he had always been in the top 16 in the world during that time. He had also won the last four matches. And so he took the lead as a favorite and had a 3-1 lead at the mid-session break. But Small didn't make it easy for him and by the end of the first session he had equalized to 4: 4. The evening session didn't go well for the top player, McManus didn't score a single point in the first two frames and he just barely won the third frame on black. The next three frames were also contested, but every time it was Small who had the better end and so clearly won 9: 5 according to the result. For Chris Small it was the only ranking win of his career. Final: Best of 17 Frames Referee: Paul Collier Guild Hall,  Preston , England , October 12, 2002 Alan McManus 5: 9 Chris Small Afternoon : 30: 81 , 94 : 34, 68 : 19 (62), 78 : 15 (73), 6: 75 (51), 75 : 24 (62), 0: 69 (69), 52: 54 ; Evening : 0: 94 (62), 0: 75 , 58 : 55, 48: 76 , 31: 65 (65), 28: 63 73 Highest break 69 - Century breaks - 3 50+ breaks 4th qualification The qualifying games took place between September 2nd and 20th, 2002 and were played in four rounds. In round 1, places 65 to 128 in the world rankings played against each other. From round 2, 32 players played against each other, with places 49 to 64 being set for round 3 and numbers 33 to 48 for round 4. Round 1 game Player 1 Result Player 2 1 Ryan Day  35 : 35  Matthew Selt 2 Alain Robidoux  35 : 35  Hugh Abernethy 3 Peter Lines  4th5 : 45  Lee Spick 4th Rod Lawler  35 : 35  Peter Roscoe 5 John Read  53: 53  Johl Younger 6th Antony Bolsover  52: 52  Jamie Cope 7th Paul Wykes  35 : 35  Jin Long 8th Jason Ferguson  50: 50  Atthasit Mahitthi 9 Paul Davies  54: 54th  David Gilbert 10 Tony Jones  54: 54th  Colm Gilcreest 11 Joe Johnson  53: 53  Bob chaperone 12 Stephen Kershaw  52: 52  Kwan Poomjang 13 Shaun Murphy  25 : 25  Matthew Farrant 14th Luke Fisher  54: 54th  Stefan Mazrocis 15th Paul Davison  4th5 : 45  Justin Astley 16 Phaitoon Phonbun  35 : 35  Mark Gray game Player 1 Result Player 2 17th Kristjan Helgason  15 : 15  Mario Wehrman 18th Jeff Cundy  53: 53  Pang Weiguo 19th Craig Butler  52: 52  Jimmy Robertson 20th Andrew Norman  54: 54th  Jason Weston 21st Martin Dziewialtowski  05 : 05  Nick Pearce 22nd Andrew Higginson  53: 53  David John 23 Troy Shaw  52: 52  Simon Bedford 24 Jason Prince  54: 54th  David McLellan 25th Matthew Couch  54: 54th  Munraj Pal 26th Wayne Brown  4th5 : 45  Ricky Walden 27 Neal Foulds  50: 50  Leo Fernandez 28 Rory McLeod  4th5 : 45  Darren Clarke 29 Euan Henderson  35 : 35  Manan Chandra 30th Sean Storey  15 : 15  Eddie Manning 31 Lee Walker  15 : 15  James Reynolds 32 Adrian Gunnell  05 : 05  David Donovan   Round 1 (Top 96) Best of 9 frames   Round 2 (Top 80) Best of 9 frames   Round 3 (Top 64) Best of 9 frames                          Ryan Day 5    Bjorn Haneveer 3    Jonathan Birch 4th  Alain Robidoux 4th    Ryan Day 5    Ryan Day 5  Peter Lines 2    Andy Hicks 1    Shokat Ali 5  Rod Lawler 5    Rod Lawler 5    Rod Lawler 2  Johl Younger 2    Stuart Pettman 4th    Brian Morgan 5  Jamie Cope 5    Jamie Cope 5    Jamie Cope 4th  Paul Wykes 1    Nick Walker 4th    Terry Murphy 2  Atthasit Mahitthi 5    Atthasit Mahitthi 5    Atthasit Mahitthi 5  David Gilbert 3    Bradley Jones 1    Gary Wilkinson 5  Colm Gilcreest 5    Colm Gilcreest 5    Colm Gilcreest 3  Bob chaperone 2    Stephen Maguire 2    Robin Hull 5  Kwan Poomjang 5    Kwan Poomjang 5    Kwan Poomjang 2  Shaun Murphy 2    Barry Pinches 5    Jamie Burnett 5  Stefan Mazrocis 5    Stefan Mazrocis 3    Barry Pinches 4th  Paul Davison 5    Dave Finbow 5    David Roe 4th  Phaitoon Phonbun 3    Paul Davison 4th    Dave Finbow 5  Kristjan Helgason 5    Stuart Bingham 5    Ian McCulloch 5  Pang Weiguo 2    Kristjan Helgason 1    Stuart Bingham 4th  Jimmy Robertson 1    Mike Dunn 5    Michael Holt 5  Jason Weston 5    Jason Weston 3    Mike Dunn 2  Martin Dziewialtowski 5    Barry Hawkins 4th    Mark Davis 5  David John 2    Martin Dziewialtowski 5    Martin Dziewialtowski 3  Simon Bedford 1    Mark Selby 4th    Marcus Campbell 5  David McLellan 5    David McLellan 5    David McLellan 3  Munraj Pal 2    Darren Morgan 5    Patrick Wallace 5  Wayne Brown 5    Wayne Brown 3    Darren Morgan 4th  Leo Fernandez 5    Jimmy Michie 5    Billy Snaddon 3  Rory McLeod 4th    Leo Fernandez 2    Jimmy Michie 5  Euan Henderson 2    Gerard Greene 5    Robert Milkins 4th  Sean Storey 5    Sean Storey 4th    Gerard Greene 5  Lee Walker 3    Nick Dyson 5    Alfie Burden 1  Adrian Gunnell 5    Adrian Gunnell 2    Nick Dyson 5 Century breaks 13 players achieved 21 breaks of at least 100 points in the main tournament. There were another 26 Centurys in the qualification, spread over 21 players. Main tournament Stephen Lee 141, 105 Chris Small 137, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan 134, 113 Ian McCulloch 130 a Joe Perry 129 Fergal O'Brien 128, 102 a , 102, 100 Anthony Hamilton 119 a , 108 Paul Hunter 112 James Wattana 110 Steve Davis 105 Peter Ebdon 103, 101 David Gray 101 Quinten Hann 100 a scored in round 1 (round of the last 48 without the top 16 players) qualification Nick Walker 144 Euan Henderson 141 Nick Dyson 137 Martin Dziewialtowski 133, 123, 101 Leo Fernandez 131 Andy Hicks 127 Kristjan Helgason 126, 100 Ryan Day 116, 108 Sean Storey 115, 106 Stuart Bingham 112 Matthew Farrant 112 Mark Gray 112 Kwan Poomjang 112 Brian Morgan 111 Michael Holt 107 David John 104 Matthew Couch 103 Luke Fisher 103 Paul Wykes 102 Atthasit Mahitthi 102 Paul Davison 100 swell ↑ a b 2002 LG Cup - Finishes. CueTracker, accessed December 1, 2017 .  ↑ 2002 LG Cup. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 1, 2017 .  ^ LG Cup 2002. snooker.org, accessed December 1, 2017 (English).  ↑ 2002 LG Cup. Global Cue Sports Ltd., archived from the original on December 10, 2006 ; accessed on December 1, 2017 (English).  ↑ Rankings - 2002-2003. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 1, 2017 .