The 2002–03 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 27 August 2002 and 22 May 2003. Due to a legal ban, this was the final season to have events sponsored by tobacco companies (apart from Embassy, who would continue to sponsor the World Championship for another two years). The following table outlines the results for the ranking events and the invitational events. Mark Williams won all three triple crown events (UK Championship, Masters, World Championship) - the last player to do so in a single season.
Calendar World Snooker Tour Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. 24 Sep 29 Sep Scottish Masters Thistle Hotels Glasgow Ronnie O'Sullivan John Higgins 9–4 LG Cup Guild Hall Preston Chris Small Alan McManus 9–5 21 Oct 31 Oct Benson & Hedges Championship Towers Snooker Club Mansfield Mark Davis Mehmet Husnu 9–6 9 Nov 17 Nov British Open Telford International Centre Telford Paul Hunter Ian McCulloch 9–4 2 Dec 15 Dec UK Championship Barbican Centre York Mark Williams Ken Doherty 10–9 22 Jan 26 Jan Welsh Open Cardiff International Arena Cardiff Stephen Hendry Mark Williams 9–5 2 Feb 9 Feb Masters Wembley Conference Centre London Mark Williams Stephen Hendry 10–4 11 Mar 16 Mar European Open Palace Hotel Torquay Ronnie O'Sullivan Stephen Hendry 9–6 25 Mar 30 Mar Irish Masters Citywest Hotel Dublin Ronnie O'Sullivan John Higgins 10–9 5 Apr 13 Apr Scottish Open Royal Highland Centre Edinburgh David Gray Mark Selby 9–7 19 Apr 5 May Crucible Theatre Sheffield Mark Williams Ken Doherty 11 Jan 11 May Premier League Crowtree Leisure Centre Sunderland Marco Fu Mark Williams 9–5
Ranking event Non-ranking event
Challenge Tour Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. 2 Nov 7 Nov Challenge Tour 1 Towers Snooker Club Mansfield Chris Melling Tom Ford 6–2 15 Feb 20 Feb Challenge Tour 2 Jesters Snooker Club Swindon Adrian Rosa Stuart Mann 6–5 15 Mar 20 Mar Challenge Tour 3 Jesters Snooker Club Swindon Michael Rhodes Luke Simmonds 6–5 16 May 22 May Challenge Tour 4 Pontin's Prestatyn Kurt Maflin James Leadbetter 6–2
Other events Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. 1 Oct 8 Oct Asian Games Dongju College Gymnasium Busan Ding Junhui Supoj Saenla 3–1 20 Feb 22 Feb Irish Open Millennium Forum Derry Joe Swail Fergal O'Brien 10–3 19 Feb 23 Feb Thailand Masters Rajamangala National Stadium Bangkok Noppadon Noppachorn Rom Surin 5–4
Official rankings
The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.
No. Player Points 2000/01 Points 2001/02 Total 1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 25399 24625 50024 2 Mark Williams 21735 25050 46785 3 Peter Ebdon 20777 23875 44652 4 John Higgins 22034 22300 44334 5 Ken Doherty 22079 21400 43479 6 Stephen Hendry 17478 24650 42128 7 Stephen Lee 13944 25725 39669 8 Matthew Stevens 14879 18000 32879 9 Paul Hunter 15809 15500 31309 10 Jimmy White 12009 16925 28934 11 Mark King 11895 15537 27432 12 Graeme Dott 11397 15762 27159 13 Joe Perry 9269 17700 26969 14 Quinten Hann 11395 14837 26232 15 Alan McManus 12190 13550 25740 16 Joe Swail 12117 12762 24879
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