Scottish Open 2002 (Snooker)

Scottish Open 2002
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Attendees:	128
Venue:	AECC , Aberdeen , Scotland
Opening:	April 6, 2002
Endgame:	April 14, 2002
Winner:	Stephen Lee
Finalist:	David Gray
Highest Break:	137 ( Jimmy White )
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The 2002 Regal Scottish Open was a 2001-02 snooker tournament held April 6-14 at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Center . For the fifth time, the north-east Scottish city of Aberdeen hosted the tournament and for the fifth time, the cigarette manufacturer Regal was the name sponsor.

The defending champion Peter Ebdon lost this time in the semifinals against his English compatriot David Gray . He lost again in the final against Stephen Lee . The 9-2 win over Gray brought Lee the second win of the season after the LG Cup and his third professional title overall.

Prize money / world ranking points

The sum of money in the price pot rose by almost £ 160,000 compared to the previous year. The two finalists got £ 10,500 and £ 9,500 more, respectively, while the last 48 got an extra £ 850. However, the field of participants was limited from this year, so that the round of the last 128 was the entry round. The losers of this round got nothing, having received £ 950 in 2001.

There was also an adjustment to the new professional rules for the points for the world rankings. There were 800 points less for the victory, 200 points for the loser in the final. From the semi-finals onwards, however, there were up to 425 points more, it was not until the last 96 that the number of points fell again and the losers in the first round only got half as many points (200 instead of 402) as in the previous year.

	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 first game only received half the score.

Final round

As in the two previous years, the main round in Aberdeen was played with 48 players, with the top 16 of the world rankings being set for round 2.

Round 1

16 players had qualified in four rounds. They competed against the players from 17th to 32nd place in the world rankings.

game Player 1 Result Player 2 1 (22)  John Parrott  25 : 25  Wayne Brown  (69) 2 (28)  Michael Judge  05 : 05  Gary Ponting  (53) 3 (25)  Quinten Hann  35 : 35  Jimmy Michie  (42) 4th (27)  Joe Perry  25 : 25  Stuart Bingham  (44) 5 (29)  Tony Drago  25 : 25  Kristjan Helgason  (70) 6th (24)  Chris Small  54: 54th  Ali Carter  (61) 7th (19)  Anthony Hamilton  35 : 35  Stephen Maguire  (52) 8th (30)  David Gray  35 : 35  Mark Selby  (95) 9 (23)  Nigel Bond  05 : 05  Robert Milkins  (54) 10 (18)  Drew Henry  54: 54th  Bjorn Haneveer  (65) 11 (31)  Anthony Davies  54: 54th  Bradley Jones  (43) 12 (17)  Marco Fu  53: 53  Barry Hawkins  (85) 13 (20)  Dominic Dale  15 : 15  Shokat Ali  (40) 14th (21)  Steve Davis  35 : 35  Dave Finbow  (47) 15th (26)  Billy Snaddon  54: 54th  Gary Wilkinson  (37) 16 (32)  James Wattana  54: 54th  Brian Morgan  (33) Top 32 to the final The top 16 of the world rankings were set for round 2 and played against the 16 winners from round 1.   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   Peter Ebdon 5                 22nd   John Parrott 3   1   Peter Ebdon 5   28   Michael Judge 1   10   Joe Swail 3 28   Michael Judge 5   1   Peter Ebdon 5   25th   Quinten Hann 4th   5   Ken Doherty 4th     25th   Quinten Hann 5   25th   Quinten Hann 5   27   Joe Perry 2   14th   Graeme Dott 4th 27   Joe Perry 5   1   Peter Ebdon 3   30th   David Gray 6th   6th   Stephen Hendry 5 29   Tony Drago 3   6th   Stephen Hendry 5   61   Ali Carter 0   16   Fergal O'Brien 1 61   Ali Carter 5   6th   Stephen Hendry 3   30th   David Gray 5   13   Mark King 5     19th   Anthony Hamilton 1   13   Mark King 2   30th   David Gray 5   4th   John Higgins 4th 30th   David Gray 5   30th   David Gray 2 8th   Stephen Lee 9 3   Ronnie O'Sullivan 3 85   Barry Hawkins 5   85   Barry Hawkins 0   15th   Dave Harold 5   15th   Dave Harold 5 43   Bradley Jones 2   15th   Dave Harold 1   23   Nigel Bond 5   12   Alan McManus 4th     65   Bjorn Haneveer 5   65   Bjorn Haneveer 3   23   Nigel Bond 5   7th   Matthew Stevens 4th 23   Nigel Bond 5   23   Nigel Bond 5   8th   Stephen Lee 6th   9   Paul Hunter 3 20th   Dominic Dale 5   20th   Dominic Dale 4th   8th   Stephen Lee 5   8th   Stephen Lee 5 21st   Steve Davis 1   8th   Stephen Lee 5   11   Jimmy White 2   11   Jimmy White 5     37   Gary Wilkinson 0   11   Jimmy White 5   2   Mark Williams 3   2   Mark Williams 5 33   Brian Morgan 3   final Stephen Lee has been in the top 16 of the world rankings since 1998 and even if he fell back a little from his top position 5th last season, he was in a rankings final for the third time this season. David Gray , on the other hand, had only moved into the top 32 this season and for the first time had gone further than the quarter-finals in a ranking tournament. The final was also very one-sided. Gray won the first frame, but then Lee pulled away with a series of three high breaks of over 50 points to 5: 1. In the seventh frame, Gray managed his only high break and with that he stole the frame after a 57-point lead from Lee. After that, however, the world ranking eighth increased to a comfortable 6-2 lead before the evening session. In the evening, Gray only got a few points, so Stephen Lee was able to confidently bring the three missing frames to a 9-2 victory. With his second win of the season he managed to return to 5th place after the season, his best career placement. Final: Best of 17 Frames Referee: Stuart Bennett AECC ,  Aberdeen , Scotland , April 14th, 2002 David Gray 2: 9 Stephen Lee Afternoon : 71 : 24, 26: 63 , 1: 75 (52), 0: 123 (107), 18:70 (70), 15: 67 , 81 : 57 (81, 57), 43: 68 ; Evening : 14: 74 , 13: 99 (95), 2: 82 81 Highest break 107 - Century breaks 1 1 50+ breaks 5 Century breaks 10 players achieved 18 breaks of at least 100 points in the main tournament. Tournament winner Stephen Lee managed a century break 4 times . For 137 points in a shot in the round of 16, Jimmy White received an extra £ 7,500 for Ali Carter for the highest TV break. Main tournament Jimmy White 137 Stephen Lee 134, 121, 107, 102 Nigel Bond 131, 100 David Gray 130 a , 100 Peter Ebdon 125, 123, 117 Anthony Hamilton 114 a Bradley Jones 111 Chris Small 109 a Stephen Hendry 104, 102 Dominic Dale 104 a a scored in round 1 (round of the last 48 without the top 16 players, without TV coverage) swell ↑ a b 2002 Scottish Open - Finishes. CueTracker, accessed October 14, 2019 .  ↑ 2002 Scottish Open. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed October 14, 2019 .  ^ Regal Scottish Open 2002. snooker.org, accessed October 14, 2019 .  ↑ Rankings - 2001-2002. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed October 14, 2019 .