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2002 Premier League Snooker

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Daily Star Premier League
Tournament information
Dates5 January – 12 May 2002 (2002-01-05 – 2002-05-12)
CountryUnited Kingdom
OrganisationMatchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Highest break137
Final
ChampionEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-upScotland John Higgins
Score9–4
← 2001
2003 →

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.

League phase

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Ranking England
OSU		 Scotland
HIG		 Wales
WIL		 England
WHI		 Wales
STE		 England
DAV		 Thailand
WAT		 Frame
W-L		 Match
W-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.[1][2] 

(Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses), century breaks are indicated with bold.)
  • 5 January – Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Wales[3]
    • 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[3]
    • 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[4]
    • 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[4]
    • 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[5]
    • 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[5]
    • 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[6]
    • 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[6]
    • 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

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10–11 May – Rothes Halls, Glenrothes, Scotland[2][7]

Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 17 frames
      
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan* 6
4 England Jimmy White 2
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan*** 9
2 Scotland John Higgins 4
2 Scotland John Higgins** 6
3 Wales Mark Williams 1

*(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

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[3][4][5][6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "Table". matchroomsport.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 1 January 2003.
  2. ^ a b "2002 Results". premierleaguesnooker.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "January 5–6, 2002". matchroomsport.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 13 January 2002.
  4. ^ a b c "January 19–20, 2002". matchroomsport.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002.
  5. ^ a b c "February 16–17, 2002". matchroomsport.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002.
  6. ^ a b c "March 16–17, 2002". matchroomsport.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002.
  7. ^ a b "May 11–12, 2002". matchroomsport.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 26 October 2002.
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