2002 World Snooker Championship

The 2002 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament. It took place from 20 April to 6 May 2002 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the final ranking event of the 2001–02 snooker season. This was the 26th year that the World Snooker Championship had been held at the Crucible.

Peter Ebdon won his first world title by beating Stephen Hendry 18–17 in the final.This was Hendry's ninth and last appearance in a World Championship final. There was a total of 65 century breaks made during the tournament. The highest was made by Stevens, who made a 145 in his quarter-final match. Hendry made a total of 16 centuries during the event, a record for any individual tournament. The championships were sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy. A total prize fund of £1,615,770 was awarded at the event, with the winner receiving £260,000.

 Prize fund 
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

Winner: £260,000
Runner-up: £152,000
Semi-final: £76,000
Quarter-final: £38,000
Last 16: £21,000
Last 32: £14,500
Last 48: £11,000
Last 64: £6,825

Last 80: £5,500
Last 96: £4,150
Last 128: £1,185
Stage one highest break: £2,250
Stage two highest break: £20,000
Stage one maximum break: £5,000
Stage two maximum break: £147,000
Total: £1,615,770

 Main draw 
Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in brackets beside some of the players are their seeding ranks. Players in bold denote match winners:

 Century breaks 
There were 68 century breaks at the event. The highest break was 145, made by Matthew Stevens during his quarter-final match against Higgins. Hendry made 16 century breaks during the tournament, the record for most centuries at a ranking event.
 145, 135, 113, 105, 105, 105, 101 Matthew Stevens
 141, 134, 132, 130, 126, 126, 125, 124, 122, 116, 113, 113, 111, 108, 104, 100  Stephen Hendry
 138, 134, 127, 111, 108, 103, 102, 101, 100, 100 Peter Ebdon
 136, 124, 116, 112, 109, 107, 105, 101 John Higgins
 136, 119 Stephen Lee
 135, 101 Dave Harold
 134, 109 Stuart Bingham
 134, 109, 100 Joe Perry
 134 Alan McManus
 132, 129, 115, 115, 113, 110, 110, 102 Ronnie O'Sullivan
 120, 117, 106, 105 Ken Doherty
 109, 106 Anthony Hamilton
 107 Drew Henry
 102 Michael Judge
 101 Paul Hunter

 References 

Category:World Snooker Championship
Category:May 2002 events
Category:April 2002 events