2002 UK Championship


The 2002 PowerHouse UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Barbican Centre 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

was the number 1 seed with World Champion Peter Ebdon seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.

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