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2002 Premier League Snooker

Field	Value
tournament_name	Daily Star Premier League
dates
country	United Kingdom
organisation	Matchroom Sport
format	Non-ranking event
highest_break	137
winner	ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan
runner_up	SCO John Higgins
score	9–4
previous	2001
next	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. TOC

League phase

Ranking	ENG
OSU	SCO
HIG	WAL
WIL	ENG
WHI	WAL
STE	ENG
DAV	THA
WAT	Frame
W-L	Match
W-D-L	Pld-Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ronnie O'Sullivan	x	5	2	7	5	5	8	33–15	5–0–1	6–10
John Higgins	3	x	2	5	5	5	6	25–23	4–0–2	6–8
Mark Williams	6	6	x	4	3	4	4	27–21	2–3–1	6–7
Jimmy White	1	3	4	x	5	4	6	23–25	2–2–2	6–6
Matthew Stevens	3	3	5	3	x	5	4	23–25	2–1–3	6–5
Steve Davis	3	3	4	4	3	x	4	21–27	0–3–3	6–3
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.

(Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses), century breaks are indicated with bold.)

5 January – Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Wales
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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

*(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

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

"Table". Matchroom Sport.
"2002 Results". [[Matchroom Sport]].
"January 5–6, 2002". Matchroom Sport.
"January 19–20, 2002". Matchroom Sport.
"February 16–17, 2002". Matchroom Sport.
"March 16–17, 2002". Matchroom Sport.
"May 11–12, 2002". Matchroom Sport.

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