Snooker season 2002/2003

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The snooker season 2002/2003 is a series of snooker tournaments played during the years 2002 and 2003. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events, Regal Scottish Masters, Benson and Hedges Championship and the Benson and Hedges Masters.

This was the final season to have tobacco sponsored events to to a legal ban apart from Embassy which would continue to sponsor the World Championship for another two years.

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Sept 24 - Sept 29	Regal Scottish Masters	Glasgow (Scotland)	Ronnie O'Sullivan (England)	John Higgins (Scotland)	9-4
Oct 04 - Oct 12	LG Cup	Preston (England)	Chris Small (Scotland)	Alan McManus (Scotland)	9-5
Oct 21 - Oct 31	Benson and Hedges Championship	England	Mark Davies (Wales)	Mehmet Husnu (Cyprus)	9-6
Nov 09 - Nov 17	British Open	Telford (England)	Paul Hunter (England)	Ian McCulloch (England)	9-4
Dec 1 - Dec 15	PowerHouse UK Championship	York (England)	Mark J Williams (Wales)	Ken Doherty (Scotland)	10-9
Jan 22 - Jan 26	Regal Welsh Open	Cardiff (Wales)	Stephen Hendry (Scotland)	Mark J Williams (Wales)	9-5
Feb 02 - Feb 09	Benson and Hedges Masters	Wembley (England)	Mark J Williams (Wales)	Stephen Hendry (Scotland)	10-4
Mar 11 - Mar 16	European Open	Torquay (England)	Ronnie O'Sullivan (England)	Stephen Hendry (Scotland)	9-6
Mar 25 - Mar 30	Irish Masters	Dublin (Ireland)	Ronnie O'Sullivan (England)	John Higgins (Scotland)	10-9
Apr 05 - Apr 13	Regal Scottish Open	Edinburgh (Scotland)	David Gray (England)	Mark Selby (England)	9-7
Apr 19 - May 05	Embassy World Snooker Championship	Sheffield (England)	Mark J Williams (Wales)	Ken Doherty (Ireland)	18-16