Snooker season 2002/2003

Snooker season 2002/2003

Details
Duration	24 September 2002 – 22 May 2003
Tournaments	16 (8 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship	Mark Williams
Masters	Mark Williams
World Championship	Mark Williams
← 2001/2002 2003/2004 →

The snooker season 2002/2003 was a series of snooker tournaments played during the years 2002 and 2003. Due to a legal ban, this was the final season to have events sponsored by tobacco companies (apart from Embassy, who would continue to sponsor the World Championship for another two years). The following table outlines the results for the ranking events and the invitational events.

Calendar

Date[n 1]			Rank	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score[1][2]	References
09–24	09–29	SCO		Scottish Masters	Thistle Hotels	Glasgow	Ronnie O'Sullivan	John Higgins	9–4	[3]
10–04	10–12	ENG	WR	LG Cup	Guild Hall	Preston	Chris Small	Alan McManus	9–5	[4]
11–02	11–07	WAL	CT	Challenge Tour 1	Towers Snooker Club	Mansfield	Chris Melling	Tom Ford	6–2	[5]
11–21	11–31	ENG		Benson & Hedges Championship	Towers Snooker Club	Mansfield	Mark Davis	Mehmet Husnu	9–6	[6]
11–09	11–17	ENG	WR	British Open	Telford International Centre	Telford	Paul Hunter	Ian McCulloch	9–4	[7]
12–01	12–15	ENG	WR	UK Championship	Barbican Centre	York	Mark Williams	Ken Doherty	10–9	[8]
01–22	01–26	WAL	WR	Welsh Open	Cardiff International Arena	Cardiff	Stephen Hendry	Mark Williams	9–5	[9]
02–02	02–09	ENG		Masters	Wembley Conference Centre	London	Mark Williams	Stephen Hendry	10–4	[10][11]
02–15	02–20	ENG	CT	Challenge Tour 2	Jesters Snooker Club	Swindon	Adrian Rosa	Stuart Mann	6–5	[12]
03–11	03–16	ENG	WR	European Open	Palace Hotel	Torquay	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Stephen Hendry	9–6	[13][14]
03–15	03–20	WAL	CT	Challenge Tour 3	Jesters Snooker Club	Swindon	Michael Rhodes	Luke Simmonds	6–5	[15]
03–25	03–30	IRL	WR	Irish Masters	Citywest Hotel	Dublin	Ronnie O'Sullivan	John Higgins	10–9	[16]
04–05	04–13	SCO	WR	Scottish Open	Royal Highland Centre	Edinburgh	David Gray	Mark Selby	9–7	[17][18]
04–19	05–05	ENG	WR	World Snooker Championship	Crucible Theatre	Sheffield	Mark Williams	Ken Doherty	18–16	[19]
01–11	05–11	ENG		Premier League Snooker	Crowtree Leisure Centre	Sunderland	Marco Fu	Mark Williams	9–5	[20]
05–16	05–22	WAL	CT	Challenge Tour 4	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Kurt Maflin	James Leadbetter	6–2	[21]

WR = World ranking event

CT = Challenge Tour event

Other, non-ranking event

Official rankings

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.^{[22][23][24][25]}

No.	Player	Points 2000/01	Points 2001/02	Total
1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	25399	24625	50024
2	Mark Williams	21735	25050	46785
3	Peter Ebdon	20777	23875	44652
4	John Higgins	22034	22300	44334
5	Ken Doherty	22079	21400	43479
6	Stephen Hendry	17478	24650	42128
7	Stephen Lee	13944	25725	39669
8	Matthew Stevens	14879	18000	32879
9	Paul Hunter	15809	15500	31309
10	Jimmy White	12009	16925	28934
11	Mark King	11895	15537	27432
12	Graeme Dott	11397	15762	27159
13	Joe Perry	9269	17700	26969
14	Quinten Hann	11395	14837	26232
15	Alan McManus	12190	13550	25740
16	Joe Swail	12117	12762	24879

Notes

1. Dates use the month day format

References

1. "The 2002/2003 Season". Snooker.org. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
2. "For The Record 2002–3". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 4 December 2004. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
3. "Regal Scottish Masters 2002". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
4. "LG Cup 2002". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
5. "WSA Challenge Tour 1". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 16 October 2006.
6. Turner, Chris. "Benson & Hedges Championship, Masters Qualifying Tournament". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
7. "British Open 2002". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
8. "PowerHouse UK Championship 2002". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
9. "Regal Welsh Open 2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
10. "Benson & Hedges Masters 2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
11. Turner, Chris. "On this Week: White becomes Brown". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 2 June 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
12. "WSA Challenge Tour 2". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 5 September 2006.
13. "European Open 2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
14. Turner, Chris. "On this Week: Birth of the Hurricane". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 2 June 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
15. "WSA Challenge Tour 3". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 17 October 2006.
16. "Citywest Irish Masters 2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
17. "Regal Scottish Open 2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
18. Turner, Chris. "On this Week: First world title for Reardon". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
19. "Embassy World Championship 2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
20. "2002 Premier League Snooker Results". premierleaguesnooker.com. Matchroom Sport. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
21. "WSA Challenge Tour 4". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 5 September 2006.
22. Turner, Chris. "World Rankings (1990/91 to 2004/05)". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
23. "Embassy World Rankings 2002/2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
24. Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 119–123. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.
25. "Embassy World Rankings issued after the Embassy World Championship 2002". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 4 June 2002. Retrieved 10 January 2013.

External links

• 2002/2003 season at CueTracker.net: Snooker Results and Statistic Database