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2002 UK Championship (snooker)

PowerHouse UK Championship
Tournament information
Dates 1–15 December 2002
Venue Barbican Centre
City York
Country England
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £746,900
Winner's share £100,000
Highest break England Ronnie O'Sullivan (142)
Final
Champion Wales Mark Williams
Runner-up Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty
Score 10–9
2001
2003

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.

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.

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

Round of 48 Best of 17 frames

England Adrian Gunnell 9–5 John Parrott England


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