| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 1–15 December 2002 (2002-12-01 –2002-12-15) |
| Venue | Barbican Centre |
| City | York |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £746,900 |
| Winner's share | £100,000 |
| Highest break |  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (142) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Mark Williams (WAL) |
| Runner-up |  Ken Doherty (IRL) |
| Score | 10–9 |
←2001 2003 → | |
The2002 UK Championship (officially the2002 PowerHouse UK Championship) was a professionalrankingsnooker tournament that took place at theBarbican Centre inYork, England. The event started on 1 December 2002 and the televised stages were shown onBBC 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 toDrew Henry.
Mark Williams won his second UK title in a classic 10–9 victory againstKen Doherty, who had reached his second UK final in a row. The highest break of the tournament was 142 made byRonnie O'Sullivan.
2001 championRonnie O'Sullivan was the number 1 seed withWorld ChampionPeter Ebdon seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on theworld rankings.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]
Winner:£100,000 | Last 80: £2,950 Stage one highest break: £2,000 Stage one maximum break: £5,000 Total: £746,900 |
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee:Stuart Bennett. Barbican Centre,York,England, 15 December 2002.[2] | ||
| Ken Doherty (5) Ireland | 9–10 | Mark Williams (3) Wales |
| Afternoon: 41–68 (56),78–8 (55), 0–86 (86),87–28 (55),68–66, 45–70, 9–65 (65), 63–76 Evening:62–15 (56),69–43 (62),65–29, 0–128 (119), 43–47,79–1, 0–74 (74), 0–78 (78),58–14,79–0 (79), 35–91 (70) | ||
| 79 | Highest break | 119 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 5 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
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