2002 World Snooker Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 20 April–6 May 2002 |
| Venue | Crucible Theatre |
| City | Sheffield |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £1,615,770 |
| Winner's share | £260,000 |
| Highest break |
 Matthew Stevens (145) |
| Final | |
| Champion |
 Peter Ebdon
|
| Runner-up |
 Stephen Hendry
|
| Score | 18–17 |
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The 2002 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 2002 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 20 April and 6 May 2002 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.
Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, but he lost in the semi-finals 13 frames to 17 against Stephen Hendry and became another first time champion who fell to the Crucible curse and could not defend his first World title.
Peter Ebdon won his first world title by defeating seven-time World Champion Hendry 18–17 in the final. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).
Highest break by Hendry: 126
Highest break by Ebdon: 134
The qualifying matches were held between 20 February and 4 March 2001 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales.
There were 68 century breaks in this World Championship, a record which was equalled in 2007 and superseded in 2009. The highest break of the tournament was 145, made by Matthew Stevens during his quarter-final match against Higgins. This was just the second time that the highest break of the tournament was 145, after Doug Mountjoy's in 1981. Hendry made 16 century breaks during the tournament, the record for most centuries at a ranking event.
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