The 2002 PowerHouse

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was a professional

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tournament that took place at the Barbican Centre in

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, 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.

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was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarter-finals to

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. Mark Williams won his second UK title in a classic 10–9 victory against

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, who had reached his second UK final in a row. The highest break of the tournament was 142 made by

Tournament summary

2001 champion

was the number 1 seed with

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seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the

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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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