2002 BDO World Darts Championship
| Embassy World Darts Championship | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 5–13 January 2002 | ||
| Venue | Lakeside Country Club | ||
| Location | Frimley Green, Surrey | ||
| Country | England, United Kingdom | ||
| Organisation(s) | BDO | ||
| Format |
Sets Finals: best of 11 (men's) |
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| Prize fund | £197,000 | ||
| Winners share | £48,000 | ||
| High checkout |
170  Mervyn King
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| Champion(s) | |||
 Tony David
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| Embassy World Darts Championship | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 5–13 January 2002 | ||
| Venue | Lakeside Country Club | ||
| Location | Frimley Green, Surrey | ||
| Country | England, United Kingdom | ||
| Organisation(s) | BDO | ||
| Format |
Sets Finals: best of 3 (women's) |
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| Prize fund | £8,000 | ||
| Winners share | £4,000 | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
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Trina Gulliver
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The 2002 Embassy World Professional Darts Championship was held from 5–13 January 2002 at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey. This was the milestone 25th year of the BDO World Championship.
England's John Walton was the defending champion and number 1 seed, but was knocked out 3–2 in the second round by Colin Monk. Tony David defeated number 4 seed Mervyn King 6–4 in the final. The championship also saw Bobby George become the oldest man to play in the World Championship, at age 56.
Men
The prize money was £189,400 for the men's event and £8,000 for the women's event.
There was also a shared 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £2,000 per event. Source:
Women
The prize money was £8,000 for the women's event.
Day One – Saturday 5 January
The defending champion, John Walton began his defence with a 3–0 win over 4-time semi-finalist, Andy "Viking" Fordham. The match that had been expected to be close was a surprisingly one sided encounter, with Fordham winning 1 leg. Colin Monk would face Walton in the last 16, after a nervy 3–2 win over greenkeeper Tony O'Shea. In the session's other game, Stefan Nagy of Sweden won through, a 3–0 win over Scot, Gary Anderson.
The evening session saw Wayne Mardle, seeded 8 and 2001 semi-finalist win 3–0 against Davy Richardson, Bobby George would join Richardson in the queue to checkout at the hotel, he was beaten 3–1 by Raymond van Barneveld. George, the oldest player to compete in the event, took the third set and was on for a 9-dart leg in the 4th, however he hit single 5 going for the 7th treble 20. Also through was Belgium's Erik Clarys, a 3–1 winner over Andre Welgee of Germany. Day 1 over and all 8 seeds remained in the first round draw.
Day Two – Sunday 6 January
4th seed Mervyn King would go through a 3–1 winner over Australian Russell Stewart, a man who had been one of Phil Taylor's victims en route to "The Power"'s first world title. However Stewart took the second set and was 2–0 up in the third before losing it 3–2. King, seeded to make the semi-final would next meet Mensur Suljovic (a Bosnian born Austrian) after he took out Vincent Van der Voort 3–2 in the first round. Steve Coote was also going through, a 3–1 winner over 18-year-old Markus Kohornen from Sweden.
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