The 2002
PowerHouse UK Championship was a professional
ranking snooker
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tournament that took place at the
Barbican Centre
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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.
Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarter-finals to
Drew Henry.
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.
Tournament summary
2001 champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was the number 1 seed with
World Champion Peter Ebdon seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the
world rankings
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.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
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
Final
Century breaks
References
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UK Championship
Championship (snooker)
UK Championship