2002 Premier League Snooker

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

Daily Star Premier League

Tournament 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
← 2001 2003 →

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

League phase

Ranking		OSU	HIG	WIL	WHI	STE	DAV	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

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

	Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 17 frames
	1	Ronnie O'Sullivan*	6
	4	Jimmy White	2
						1	Ronnie O'Sullivan***	9
						2	John Higgins	4
	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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• 137, 132, 129, 126, 126, 125 – John Higgins
• 131 – Steve Davis
• 126, 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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