2002–03 snooker season

2002–03 snooker season

Details
Duration	27 August 2002 – 22 May 2003 (2002-08-27 – 2003-05-22)
Tournaments	19 (8 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship	Mark Williams
Masters	Mark Williams
World Championship	Mark Williams
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 snooker season was a series of snooker 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 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).

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		Mansfield	Mark Davis	Mehmet Husnu	9–6	[6]
11–02	11–07	WAL	CT	Challenge Tour 1		Mansfield	Chris Melling	Tom Ford	6–2	[7]
11–09	11–17	ENG	WR	British Open		Telford	Paul Hunter	Ian McCulloch	9–4	[8]
12–02	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		Swindon	Adrian Rosa	Stuart Mann	6–5	[13]
02–20	02–22	NIR	NR	Irish Open	Millennium Forum	Derry	Joe Swail	Fergal O'Brien	10–3	[14]
02–19	02–23	THA	NR		Rajamangala National Stadium	Bangkok	Noppadon Noppachorn		5–4	[15][16]
03–11	03–16	ENG	WR	European Open		Torquay	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Stephen Hendry	9–6	[17][18]
03–15	03–20	WAL	CT	Challenge Tour 3		Swindon		Luke Simmonds	6–5	[19]
03–25	03–30	IRL	WR	Irish Masters		Dublin	Ronnie O'Sullivan	John Higgins	10–9	[20]
04–05	04–13	SCO	WR	Scottish Open	Royal Highland Centre	Edinburgh	David Gray	Mark Selby	9–7	[21][22]
04–19	05–05	ENG	WR	World Snooker Championship	Crucible Theatre	Sheffield	Mark Williams	Ken Doherty	18–16	[23]
01–11	05–11	ENG	NR	Premier League		Sunderland	Marco Fu	Mark Williams	9–5	[24]
05–16	05–22	WAL	CT	Challenge Tour 4	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Kurt Maflin	James Leadbetter	6–2	[25]

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.^{[26][27][28][29]}

No.	Player	Points 2000/01	Points 2001/02	Total
1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	25399	24625	50024
2	Mark Williams	21735	25050	46785
3	Peter Ebdon	20777	23875	44652
4	John Higgins	22034	22300	44334
5	Ken Doherty	22079	21400	43479
6	Stephen Hendry	17478	24650	42128
7	Stephen Lee	13944	25725	39669
8	Matthew Stevens	14879	18000	32879
9	Paul Hunter	15809	15500	31309
10	Jimmy White	12009	16925	28934
11	Mark King	11895	15537	27432
12	Graeme Dott	11397	15762	27159
13	Joe Perry	9269	17700	26969
14	Quinten Hann	11395	14837	26232
15	Alan McManus	12190	13550	25740
16	Joe Swail	12117	12762	24879

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