2002 UK Championship (snooker)

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
Final
Champion	Mark Williams
Runner-up	Ken Doherty
Score	10–9
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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.

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.

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

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Round of 48 Best of 17 frames Adrian Gunnell 9–5 John Parrott Marco Fu 9–7 Gerard Greene Drew Henry 9–7 Stuart Bingham Mark Selby 9–8 Anthony Hamilton Stephen Maguire 9–4 Fergal O'Brien David Gray 9–7 Mark Davis Steve Davis 9–2 Paul Wykes Allister Carter 9–4 Nick Walker Anthony Davies 9–3 Nick Dyson Chris Small 9–8 Leo Fernandez Kwan Poomjang 9–3 James Wattana Dominic Dale 9–6 Euan Henderson Barry Pinches 9–5 Michael Judge Robert Milkins 9–8 Nigel Bond Tony Drago 9–8 David Roe Dave Harold 9–6 Ian McCulloch

Round of 32 Best of 17 frames Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–2 Adrian Gunnell Marco Fu 9–7 Quinten Hann Drew Henry 9–4 Jimmy White Stephen Lee 9–6 Mark Selby Ken Doherty 9–7 Stephen Maguire Paul Hunter 9–1 David Gray Steve Davis 9–7 Mark King John Higgins 9–5 Allister Carter Mark Williams 9–2 Anthony Davies Chris Small 9–7 Joe Perry Graeme Dott 9–8 Kwan Poomjang Stephen Hendry 9–4 Dominic Dale Matthew Stevens 9–4 Barry Pinches Robert Milkins 9–1 Joe Swail Alan McManus 9–6 Tony Drago Peter Ebdon 9–7 Dave Harold

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9
	Marco Fu	7
					Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
					Drew Henry	9
	Drew Henry	9
	Stephen Lee	8
									Drew Henry	5
									Ken Doherty	9
	Ken Doherty	9
	Paul Hunter	4
					Ken Doherty	9
					John Higgins	6
	John Higgins	9
	Steve Davis	7
													Ken Doherty	9
													Mark Williams	10
	Mark Williams	9
	Chris Small	3
					Mark Williams	9
					Stephen Hendry	2
	Stephen Hendry	9
	Graeme Dott	6
									Mark Williams	9
									Peter Ebdon	3
	Robert Milkins	9
	Matthew Stevens	8
					Robert Milkins	4
					Peter Ebdon	9
	Peter Ebdon	9
	Alan McManus	2

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.