LG Cup 2002
LG Cup 2002![]()
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Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
Venue: | Guild Hall, Preston , England |
Opening: | October 4, 2002 |
Endgame: | October 12, 2002
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Winner: |
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Finalist: |
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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 |
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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 |
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All in all | £ 597,200 |
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.
Top 32 to the finalfinalChris 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.
qualificationThe 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
Century breaks13 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
a scored in round 1 (round of the last 48 without the top 16 players)
qualification
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