The 2002 UK Championship (officially 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.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 1–15 December 2002 |
| Venue | Barbican Centre |
| City | York |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £746,900 |
| Winner's share | £100,000 |
| Highest break |  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (142) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Mark Williams (WAL) |
| Runner-up |  Ken Doherty (IRL) |
| Score | 10–9 |
← 2001 2003 → | |
Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarter-finals to Drew Henry.
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.
Tournament summary
2001 champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was the number 1 seed with World Champion Peter Ebdon seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Stuart Bennett. Barbican Centre, York, England, 15 December 2002.[2] | ||
| Ken Doherty (5) Ireland | 9–10 | Mark Williams (3) Wales |
| Afternoon: 41–68 (56), 78–8 (55), 0–86 (86), 87–28 (55), 68–66, 45–70, 9–65 (65), 63–76 Evening: 62–15 (56), 69–43 (62), 65–29, 0–128 (119), 43–47, 79–1, 0–74 (74), 0–78 (78), 58–14, 79–0 (79), 35–91 (70) | ||
| 79 | Highest break | 119 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 5 | 50+ breaks | 7 |