2002 Premier League Snooker

Daily Star Premier LeagueTournament information

Dates| 5 January – 12 May 2002 (2002-01-05 – 2002-05-12)
Country| United Kingdom
Organisation| Matchroom Sport
Format| Non-ranking event
Highest break| 137
Final
Champion|  Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up|  John Higgins
Score| 9–4

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Snooker tournament

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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OSU |
HIG |
WIL |
WHI |
STE |
DAV |
WAT | Frame
W-L | Match
W-D-L | Pld-Pts

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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 |

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| 1 |  Ronnie O'Sullivan* | 6 | |
| 4 |  Jimmy White | 2 |
| | 1 |  Ronnie O'Sullivan*** | 9 |
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| 2 |  John Higgins** | 6 |

| 3 |  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]

* 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

## 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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