Snooker tournament
The 2002 Welsh Open (officially the 2002 Regal Welsh Open ) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 23 and 27 January 2002 at the Cardiff International Arena in Cardiff , Wales .
Paul Hunter defeated Ken Doherty 9–7 in the final to win his second ranking title. The final was a repeat of the previous year's tournament in which Ken Doherty defeated Paul Hunter 9–2.
Tournament summary
Defending champion Ken Doherty was the number 1 seed with World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings .
Main draw
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Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Paul Collier .Cardiff International Arena , Cardiff , Wales, 27 January 2002.[ 1]
Ken Doherty (1) Ireland
7–9
Paul Hunter (9) England
Afternoon: 115 –0 (75), 14–68 , 15–72 (72), 29–67 , 5–63 (62), 0–141 (141), 65 –21 (56), 66 –62 (Doherty 59)Evening: 0–89 , 68 –54 (Hunter 54), 19–68 , 89 –31 (52), 70 –29, 0–68 , 87 –63, 24–77 (76)
75
Highest break
141
0
Century breaks
1
4
50+ breaks
5
References
Ranking events Non-ranking events