2002–03 snooker season

The 2002–03 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 24 September 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 remains the last player to have won all three triple crown events in the same season (UK Championships, Masters, World Championships).

2002–03 snooker season
Details
Duration24 September 2002 – 22 May 2003
Tournaments18 (8 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship Mark Williams
Masters Mark Williams
World Championship Mark Williams

Calendar
Date[n 1] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score[1][2] References
09–24 09–29  SCO NR Scottish Masters Thistle Hotels Glasgow Ronnie O'Sullivan John Higgins 9–4 [3]
10–01 10–08  KOR P/A Asian Games Dongju College Gymnasium Busan Ding Junhui Supoj Saenla 3–1 [4]
10–05 10–13  ENG WR LG Cup Guild Hall Preston Chris Small Alan McManus 9–5 [5]
10–21 10–31  ENG NR Benson & Hedges Championship Towers Snooker Club Mansfield Mark Davis Mehmet Husnu 9–6 [6]
11–02 11–07  WAL CT Challenge Tour 1 Towers Snooker Club Mansfield Chris Melling Tom Ford 6–2 [7]
11–09 11–17  ENG WR British Open Telford International Centre Telford Paul Hunter Ian McCulloch 9–4 [8]
12–01 12–15  ENG WR UK Championship Barbican Centre York Mark Williams Ken Doherty 10–9 [9]
01–22 01–26  WAL WR Welsh Open Cardiff International Arena Cardiff Stephen Hendry Mark Williams 9–5 [10]
02–02 02–09  ENG NR Masters Wembley Conference Centre London Mark Williams Stephen Hendry 10–4 [11][12]
02–15 02–20  ENG CT Challenge Tour 2 Jesters Snooker Club Swindon Adrian Rosa Stuart Mann 6–5 [13]
02–20 02–22  NIR NR Irish Open Millenium Forum Derry Joe Swail Fergal O'Brien 10–3 [14]
03–11 03–16  ENG WR European Open Palace Hotel Torquay Ronnie O'Sullivan Stephen Hendry 9–6 [15][16]
03–15 03–20  WAL CT Challenge Tour 3 Jesters Snooker Club Swindon Michael Rhodes Luke Simmonds 6–5 [17]
03–25 03–30  IRL WR Irish Masters Citywest Hotel Dublin Ronnie O'Sullivan John Higgins 10–9 [18]
04–05 04–13  SCO WR Scottish Open Royal Highland Centre Edinburgh David Gray Mark Selby 9–7 [19][20]
04–19 05–05  ENG WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield Mark Williams Ken Doherty 18–16 [21]
01–11 05–11  ENG NR Premier League Crowtree Leisure Centre Sunderland Marco Fu Mark Williams 9–5 [22]
05–16 05–22  WAL CT Challenge Tour 4 Pontin's Prestatyn Kurt Maflin James Leadbetter 6–2 [23]
WR = World ranking event
CT = Challenge Tour event
NR = Non-ranking event
P/A = Pro-am event

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 253992462550024
2 Mark Williams 217352505046785
3 Peter Ebdon 207772387544652
4 John Higgins 220342230044334
5 Ken Doherty 220792140043479
6 Stephen Hendry 174782465042128
7 Stephen Lee 139442572539669
8 Matthew Stevens 148791800032879
9 Paul Hunter 158091550031309
10 Jimmy White 120091692528934
11 Mark King 118951553727432
12 Graeme Dott 113971576227159
13 Joe Perry 92691770026969
14 Quinten Hann 113951483726232
15 Alan McManus 121901355025740
16 Joe Swail 121171276224879

Notes
  1. Dates use the month day format

References
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