2002–03 snooker season

2002–03 snooker season
Details
Duration27 August 2002 – 22 May 2003 (2002-08-27 – 2003-05-22)
Tournaments19 (8 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK ChampionshipWales Mark Williams
MastersWales Mark Williams
World ChampionshipWales Mark Williams

The 2002–03 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 27 August 2002 and 22 May 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. Mark Williams won all three triple crown events (UK Championship, Masters, World Championship) - the last player to do so in a single season.

Calendar[edit]

World Snooker Tour[edit]

Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
24 Sep 29 Sep  SCO Scottish Masters Thistle Hotels Glasgow England Ronnie O'Sullivan Scotland John Higgins 9–4 [1]
5 Oct 13 Oct  ENG LG Cup Guild Hall Preston Scotland Chris Small Scotland Alan McManus 9–5 [2]
21 Oct 31 Oct  ENG Benson & Hedges Championship Towers Snooker Club Mansfield England Mark Davis Cyprus Mehmet Husnu 9–6 [3]
9 Nov 17 Nov  ENG British Open Telford International Centre Telford England Paul Hunter England Ian McCulloch 9–4 [4]
2 Dec 15 Dec  ENG UK Championship Barbican Centre York Wales Mark Williams Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 10–9 [5]
22 Jan 26 Jan  WAL Welsh Open Cardiff International Arena Cardiff Scotland Stephen Hendry Wales Mark Williams 9–5 [6]
2 Feb 9 Feb  ENG Masters Wembley Conference Centre London Wales Mark Williams Scotland Stephen Hendry 10–4 [7][8]
11 Mar 16 Mar  ENG European Open Palace Hotel Torquay England Ronnie O'Sullivan Scotland Stephen Hendry 9–6 [9][10]
25 Mar 30 Mar  IRL Irish Masters Citywest Hotel Dublin England Ronnie O'Sullivan Scotland John Higgins 10–9 [11]
5 Apr 13 Apr  SCO Scottish Open Royal Highland Centre Edinburgh England David Gray England Mark Selby 9–7 [12][13]
19 Apr 5 May  ENG World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield Wales Mark Williams Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 18–16 [14]
11 Jan 11 May  ENG Premier League Crowtree Leisure Centre Sunderland Hong Kong Marco Fu Wales Mark Williams 9–5 [15]
Ranking event
Non-ranking event

Challenge Tour[edit]

Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
2 Nov 7 Nov  WAL Challenge Tour 1 Towers Snooker Club Mansfield England Chris Melling England Tom Ford 6–2 [16]
15 Feb 20 Feb  ENG Challenge Tour 2 Jesters Snooker Club Swindon England Adrian Rosa England Stuart Mann 6–5 [17]
15 Mar 20 Mar  WAL Challenge Tour 3 Jesters Snooker Club Swindon England Michael Rhodes England Luke Simmonds 6–5 [18]
16 May 22 May  WAL Challenge Tour 4 Pontin's Prestatyn Norway Kurt Maflin England James Leadbetter 6–2 [19]

Other events[edit]

Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
1 Oct 8 Oct  KOR Asian Games Dongju College Gymnasium Busan China Ding Junhui Thailand Supoj Saenla 3–1 [20]
20 Feb 22 Feb  NIR Irish Open Millennium Forum Derry Northern Ireland Joe Swail Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 10–3 [21]
19 Feb 23 Feb  THA Thailand Masters Rajamangala National Stadium Bangkok Thailand Noppadon Noppachorn Thailand Rom Surin 5–4 [22][23]

Official rankings[edit]

Main article: Snooker world rankings 2002/2003

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.[24][25][26][27]

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

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "LG Cup 2002". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  3. ^ 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.
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  5. ^ "PowerHouse UK Championship 2002". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Regal Welsh Open 2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  7. ^ "Benson & Hedges Masters 2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  8. ^ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: White becomes Brown". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
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  10. ^ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: Birth of the Hurricane". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  11. ^ "Citywest Irish Masters 2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  12. ^ "Regal Scottish Open 2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  13. ^ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: First world title for Reardon". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  14. ^ "Embassy World Championship 2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  15. ^ "2002 Premier League Snooker Results". premierleaguesnooker.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  16. ^ "WSA Challenge Tour 1". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 16 October 2006.
  17. ^ "WSA Challenge Tour 2". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 5 September 2006.
  18. ^ "WSA Challenge Tour 3". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 17 October 2006.
  19. ^ "WSA Challenge Tour 4". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 5 September 2006.
  20. ^ "2002 Asian Games Official Report, Page 284" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2008.
  21. ^ "Swail lifts Irish crown". BBC. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  22. ^ Turner, Chris. "Thailand Open, Thailand Classic, Thailand Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  23. ^ "Noppadon wins Masters crown, goes No. 1". thailandsnooker.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2003. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  24. ^ 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.
  25. ^ "Embassy World Rankings 2002/2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  26. ^ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 119–123. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.
  27. ^ "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[edit]

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