2002–03 Snooker Season
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The 2002–03 snooker season was a series of
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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
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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 (
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, Masters,
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) - the last player to do so in a single season. __TOC__


Calendar


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.


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