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 Wales Mark Williams
Masters Wales Mark Williams
World Championship Wales Mark Williams

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. Mark Williams remains the last player to have won all three triple crown events in the same season (UK Championships, Masters, World Championships).

Calendar

Date[n 1] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score[1][2] References
09–24 09–29  SCO NR Scottish Masters Thistle Hotels Glasgow England Ronnie O'Sullivan Scotland John Higgins 9–4 [3]
10–01 10–08  KOR P/A Asian Games Dongju College Gymnasium Busan China Ding Junhui Thailand Supoj Saenla 3–1 [4]
10–05 10–13  ENG WR LG Cup Guild Hall Preston Scotland Chris Small Scotland Alan McManus 9–5 [5]
11–02 11–07  WAL CT Challenge Tour 1 Towers Snooker Club Mansfield England Chris Melling England Tom Ford 6–2 [6]
11–21 11–31  ENG NR Benson & Hedges Championship Towers Snooker Club Mansfield England Mark Davis Cyprus Mehmet Husnu 9–6 [7]
11–09 11–17  ENG WR British Open Telford International Centre Telford England Paul Hunter England Ian McCulloch 9–4 [8]
12–01 12–15  ENG WR UK Championship Barbican Centre York Wales Mark Williams Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 10–9 [9]
01–22 01–26  WAL WR Welsh Open Cardiff International Arena Cardiff Scotland Stephen Hendry Wales Mark Williams 9–5 [10]
02–02 02–09  ENG NR The Masters Wembley Conference Centre London Wales Mark Williams Scotland Stephen Hendry 10–4 [11][12]
02–15 02–20  ENG CT Challenge Tour 2 Jesters Snooker Club Swindon England Adrian Rosa England Stuart Mann 6–5 [13]
03–11 03–16  ENG WR European Open Palace Hotel Torquay England Ronnie O'Sullivan Scotland Stephen Hendry 9–6 [14][15]
03–15 03–20  WAL CT Challenge Tour 3 Jesters Snooker Club Swindon England Michael Rhodes England Luke Simmonds 6–5 [16]
03–25 03–30  IRL WR Irish Masters Citywest Hotel Dublin England Ronnie O'Sullivan Scotland John Higgins 10–9 [17]
04–05 04–13  SCO WR Scottish Open Royal Highland Centre Edinburgh England David Gray England Mark Selby 9–7 [18][19]
04–19 05–05  ENG WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield Wales Mark Williams Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 18–16 [20]
01–11 05–11  ENG NR Premier League Snooker Crowtree Leisure Centre Sunderland Hong Kong Marco Fu Wales Mark Williams 9–5 [21]
05–16 05–22  WAL CT Challenge Tour 4 Pontin's Prestatyn Norway Kurt Maflin England James Leadbetter 6–2 [22]
WR = World ranking event
CT = Challenge Tour event
NR = Non-ranking event
P/A = Pro-am 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.[23][24][25][26]

No. Player Points 2000/01 Points 2001/02 Total
1England Ronnie O'Sullivan 253992462550024
2Wales Mark Williams 217352505046785
3England Peter Ebdon 207772387544652
4Scotland John Higgins 220342230044334
5Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 220792140043479
6Scotland Stephen Hendry 174782465042128
7England Stephen Lee 139442572539669
8Wales Matthew Stevens 148791800032879
9England Paul Hunter 158091550031309
10England Jimmy White 120091692528934
11England Mark King 118951553727432
12Scotland Graeme Dott 113971576227159
13England Joe Perry 92691770026969
14Australia Quinten Hann 113951483726232
15Scotland Alan McManus 121901355025740
16Northern Ireland Joe Swail 121171276224879

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. ↑ "2002 Asian Games Official Report, Page 284" (PDF). Retrieved 9 January 2008.
  5. ↑ "LG Cup 2002". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  6. ↑ "WSA Challenge Tour 1". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 16 October 2006.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ "British Open 2002". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  9. ↑ "PowerHouse UK Championship 2002". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  10. ↑ "Regal Welsh Open 2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  11. ↑ "Benson & Hedges Masters 2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  12. ↑ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: White becomes Brown". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 2 June 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  13. ↑ "WSA Challenge Tour 2". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 5 September 2006.
  14. ↑ "European Open 2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  15. ↑ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: Birth of the Hurricane". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 2 June 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  16. ↑ "WSA Challenge Tour 3". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 17 October 2006.
  17. ↑ "Citywest Irish Masters 2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  18. ↑ "Regal Scottish Open 2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  19. ↑ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: First world title for Reardon". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  20. ↑ "Embassy World Championship 2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  21. ↑ "2002 Premier League Snooker Results". premierleaguesnooker.com. Matchroom Sport. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  22. ↑ "WSA Challenge Tour 4". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 5 September 2006.
  23. ↑ 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.
  24. ↑ "Embassy World Rankings 2002/2003". Snooker.org. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  25. ↑ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 119–123. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.
  26. ↑ "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.
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