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 Championship Mark Williams
Masters Mark Williams
World Championship 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

World Snooker Tour

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

Challenge Tour

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

Other events

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

Official rankings

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 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

References

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