The 2002 Daily Star Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 5 January to 12 May 2002.

Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 9–4 against John Higgins. __TOC__

League phase

Ranking OSU HIG WIL WHI STE DAV WAT FrameW-L MatchW-D-L Pld-Pts 1 Ronnie O'Sullivan x 5 2 7 5 5 8 33–15 5–0–1 6–10 2 John Higgins 3 x 2 5 5 5 6 25–23 4–0–2 6–8 3 Mark Williams 6 6 x 4 3 4 4 27–21 2–3–1 6–7 4 Jimmy White 1 3 4 x 5 4 6 23–25 2–2–2 6–6 5 Matthew Stevens 3 3 5 3 x 5 4 23–25 2–1–3 6–5 6 Steve Davis 3 3 4 4 3 x 4 21–27 0–3–3 6–3 7 James Wattana 0 2 4 2 4 4 x 16–32 0–3–3 6–3

Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 4–4 then the player who got to four first was higher.

(Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses), century breaks are indicated with bold.)

5 January – Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Wales Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–3 Matthew Stevens → (90)-0, (59) 90–11, 0-(74), 54- 17, 0-(124), 23–72, (60) 66–0, 87–1 Mark Williams 4–4 Jimmy White → 35–59, 0-(99), 0-(84), (93)-6, (126)-6, (69) 84–12, (61) 78–28, 43–72 Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–2 John Higgins → (102)-7, (94) 95–28, (75) 89–36, 0-(83), (54) 68–1, 0-(96), (103)-8, (113) – 6 6 January -Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Wales Matthew Stevens 4–4 James Wattana → 67–37, 65-(63), 43–74, (60) 77–31, 25–74, 80–35, 42–75, 24–45 John Higgins 5–3 Steve Davis → (68)-(65), 41–84 (60), (84) 88–0, 29-(61), 77–18, (66)-8, 68–36, 4–80 Mark Williams 4–4 James Wattana → (51) 59–2, (64)-65, 69–46, (40) 52–78 (54), 64–35, (67) 116–0, 53–76 (63), 16–63 19 January – Floral Hall, Southport, England Jimmy White 6-2 James Wattana → (56) 80–0, 48–50, (82) 88–4, 63–38, (56)-63, 62–22, (52) 63–28, (60) 81–29 Mark Williams 4–4 Steve Davis → (68) 97–8, (54) 83–53, 67–0, 4–84 (59), 18–85 (69), (93) 94–0, 51–69, 0–81 (65) 20 January – Floral Hall, Southport, England Ronnie O'Sullivan 8–0 James Wattana → 60–32, (81)-33, (75) 77–7, (69)-(59), 69–66 (62), (96)-0, (60) 77–0, (68) 75–16 John Higgins 5–3 Matthew Stevens → (129)-0, (84)-0, (69) 70–6, 0-(78), 0–98 (97), 56–34, 56–46, 0–97 (74) Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–3 Steve Davis → 96–31, (77)-0, (52) 72–29, (75) 79–0, 62–70, 40–70, (54) 64–15, 0-(131) 16 February – The Pavilion, Flint, Wales Steve Davis 4–4 James Wattana → 6–78, 56–34, (64) 71-(54), 14–71, 10–72, 56–45, (62) 98–5, 22–82 (77) Ronnie O'Sullivan 2–6 Mark Williams → 82–0, 0-(76), 0–110 (57, 54), 8–71, 32-(105), 53–66 (54), 22-(70), (89)-0 17 February – The Pavilion, Flint, Wales Matthew Stevens 5–3 Steve Davis → 62–28, 37–65 (54), (102) 103–28, (69) 70–26, 0-(97), 44–73, (125) 133- 5, (74) 79–0 John Higgins 6–2 James Wattana → (137)-0, (90) 103–2, (60) 81–7, (57)-7, 0-(106), 74–40, 31–63, 67–27 Jimmy White 4–4 Steve Davis → (63) 89–42, 71–69 (53), 0–91 (54), 14–73, 14–59, 64–7, (50) 69–1, 30–69 (60) 16 March – Mansfield Leisure Centre, Mansfield, England Matthew Stevens 3–5 Jimmy White → (64)-53 (52), 8–118 (79), 71–37, 60–9, 0–77, 18–114 (82), 63–72, 54 – 72 Mark Williams 6–2 John Higgins → (126)-4, 46–71 (70), 25–78 (70), (63) 67–1, (54) 61–12, (132)-0, (125)-0, (67)-46 17 March – Mansfield Leisure Centre, Mansfield, England Ronnie O'Sullivan 7–1 Jimmy White → 69–9, (106)-30, 65–25, (105)-0, (104)-0, (50) 75–25, 54–50, 1–71 Mark Williams 3–5 Matthew Stevens → 30–84, (66) 67–14, 32–72, 37–86 (68), 58–10, 37–57, 25–67, (65) 105- 0 John Higgins 5–3 Jimmy White → 45–67, (71)-(66), 7–67, 61–1, (66) 67–22, 64–56, (56)-14, 42–69 (64)

Play-offs 10–11 May – Rothes Halls, Glenrothes, Scotland

*(77) 93–6, 37–67, (62) 70–20, (57) 79–0, (91) 108–17, 69–9, (60) 62–9 **(65) 75–33, 68–55, 59–23, (126)-0, 0-(81), (85) 112–6, 1–76 (72), (60) 73–0 ***(60) 109–6, 45–56, (72) 75–42, 5–78 (55), (68) 73–0, (109) 115–19, 43–66, (110) 111–14, (70)-0, 38–89 (76), (95)-30, 63–14, (62) 106–16

Century breaks

137, 129, 126 John Higgins 131 Steve Davis 132, 126, 126, 125, 105 Mark Williams 125, 124, 102 Matthew Stevens 113, 110, 109, 106, 105, 104, 103, 102 Ronnie O'Sullivan 106 James Wattana

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