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SNOOKER · 2002-05-06 · SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND

2002 Embassy World Championship snooker prize money

The 2002 Embassy World Championship paid £1,614,585 to 128 players. Peter Ebdon won £260,000. Stephen Hendry took £152,000 as runner-up.

TOTAL PAID£1.6m
WINNER£260k
PLAYERS PAID128
PAYOUT BANDS13

Every cheque

128 players paid, in finishing order

Prize money won by each player at the 2002 Embassy World Championship.
PLACE PLAYER NATION PRIZE MONEY
Winner Peter Ebdon England £260,000£260k
Runner-up Stephen Hendry Scotland £152,000£152k
Semi-final Matthew Stevens Wales £76,000£76k
Semi-final Ronnie O'Sullivan England £76,000£76k
Quarter-final Anthony Hamilton England £38,000£38k
Quarter-final John Higgins Scotland £38,000£38k
Quarter-final Ken Doherty Ireland £38,000£38k
Quarter-final Stephen Lee England £38,000£38k
Last 16 Anthony Davies Wales £21,000£21k
Last 16 Graeme Dott Scotland £21,000£21k
Last 16 Jimmy White England £21,000£21k
Last 16 Joe Perry England £21,000£21k
Last 16 Mark King England £21,000£21k
Last 16 Mark Williams Wales £21,000£21k
Last 16 Quinten Hann Australia £21,000£21k
Last 16 Robert Milkins England £21,000£21k
Last 32 Alan McManus Scotland £14,500£15k
Last 32 Chris Small Scotland £14,500£15k
Last 32 Dave Harold England £14,500£15k
Last 32 David Gray England £14,500£15k
Last 32 Dominic Dale Wales £14,500£15k
Last 32 Drew Henry Scotland £14,500£15k
Last 32 Fergal O'Brien Ireland £14,500£15k
Last 32 James Wattana Thailand £14,500£15k
Last 32 Joe Swail Northern Ireland £14,500£15k
Last 32 John Parrott England £14,500£15k
Last 32 Michael Judge Ireland £14,500£15k
Last 32 Mike Dunn England £14,500£15k
Last 32 Paul Hunter England £14,500£15k
Last 32 Robin Hull Finland £14,500£15k
Last 32 Shaun Murphy England £14,500£15k
Last 32 Stuart Bingham England £14,500£15k
Last 48 Billy Snaddon Scotland £11,000£11k
Last 48 Darren Morgan Wales £11,000£11k
Last 48 David Roe England £11,000£11k
Last 48 Ian McCulloch England £11,000£11k
Last 48 Marco Fu Hong Kong £11,000£11k
Last 48 Marcus Campbell Scotland £11,000£11k
Last 48 Mark Selby England £11,000£11k
Last 48 Michael Holt England £11,000£11k
Last 48 Nigel Bond England £11,000£11k
Last 48 Paul Davies Wales £11,000£11k
Last 48 Paul Wykes England £11,000£11k
Last 48 Shokat Ali Pakistan £11,000£11k
Last 48 Steve Davis England £11,000£11k
Last 48 Stuart Pettman England £11,000£11k
Last 48 Terry Murphy Northern Ireland £11,000£11k
Last 48 Tony Drago Malta £11,000£11k
Last 64 Alfie Burden England £6,825£7k
Last 64 Ali Carter England £6,825£7k
Last 64 Andrew Norman England £6,825£7k
Last 64 Andy Hicks England £6,825£7k
Last 64 Barry Pinches England £6,825£7k
Last 64 Bradley Jones England £6,825£7k
Last 64 Brian Morgan England £6,825£7k
Last 64 David Finbow England £6,825£7k
Last 64 Gary Wilkinson England £6,825£7k
Last 64 Gerard Greene Northern Ireland £6,825£7k
Last 64 Jamie Burnett Scotland £6,825£7k
Last 64 Jimmy Michie England £6,825£7k
Last 64 Jonathan Birch England £6,825£7k
Last 64 Kristjan Helgason Iceland £6,825£7k
Last 64 Patrick Wallace Northern Ireland £6,825£7k
Last 64 Ryan Day Wales £6,825£7k
Last 80 Antony Bolsover England £5,500£6k
Last 80 Barry Hawkins England £5,500£6k
Last 80 Gary Ponting England £5,500£6k
Last 80 James Reynolds Wales £5,500£6k
Last 80 Jason Ferguson England £5,500£6k
Last 80 Jason Prince Northern Ireland £5,500£6k
Last 80 Jason Weston England £5,500£6k
Last 80 Lee Walker Wales £5,500£6k
Last 80 Mark Davis England £5,500£6k
Last 80 Nick Dyson England £5,500£6k
Last 80 Nick Walker England £5,500£6k
Last 80 Peter Lines England £5,500£6k
Last 80 Rod Lawler England £5,500£6k
Last 80 Stephen Kershaw England £5,500£6k
Last 80 Stephen Maguire Scotland £5,500£6k
Last 80 Steve James England £5,500£6k
Last 96 Adrian Gunnell England £4,150£4k
Last 96 Andrew Higginson England £4,150£4k
Last 96 Bjorn Haneveer Belgium £4,150£4k
Last 96 David McDonnell Ireland £4,150£4k
Last 96 Jason Wallace England £4,150£4k
Last 96 Jeff Cundy England £4,150£4k
Last 96 Joe Johnson England £4,150£4k
Last 96 Lee Spick England £4,150£4k
Last 96 Luke Simmonds England £4,150£4k
Last 96 Martin Dziewialtowski Scotland £4,150£4k
Last 96 Matthew Couch England £4,150£4k
Last 96 Matthew Street England £4,150£4k
Last 96 Neal Foulds England £4,150£4k
Last 96 Nick Pearce England £4,150£4k
Last 96 Paul Davison England £4,150£4k
Last 96 Wayne Brown England £4,150£4k
Last 128 Adrian Rosa England £1,185£1k
Last 128 Alain Robidoux Canada £1,185£1k
Last 128 Alex Borg Malta £1,185£1k
Last 128 Chris Mcbreen New Zealand £1,185£1k
Last 128 Chris Melling England £1,185£1k
Last 128 Craig Butler England £1,185£1k
Last 128 Darren Clarke England £1,185£1k
Last 128 Eddie Barker England £1,185£1k
Last 128 Euan Henderson Scotland £1,185£1k
Last 128 Hugh Abernethy Scotland £1,185£1k
Last 128 Ian Hurdman England £1,185£1k
Last 128 Ian Sargeant Wales £1,185£1k
Last 128 Joe Jogia England £1,185£1k
Last 128 John Read England £1,185£1k
Last 128 Kurt Maflin Norway £1,185£1k
Last 128 Levi Meiller Canada £1,185£1k
Last 128 Luke Fisher England £1,185£1k
Last 128 Mark Gray England £1,185£1k
Last 128 Noppadon Noppachorn Thailand £1,185£1k
Last 128 Noppadon Sangnil Thailand £1,185£1k
Last 128 Phaitoon Phonbun Thailand £1,185£1k
Last 128 Philip Williams Wales £1,185£1k
Last 128 Ricky Walden England £1,185£1k
Last 128 Rory McLeod Jamaica £1,185£1k
Last 128 Sean Storey England £1,185£1k
Last 128 Stephen Croft England £1,185£1k
Last 128 Suchakree Poomjang Thailand £1,185£1k
Last 128 Surinder Gill England £1,185£1k
Last 128 Tom Ford England £1,185£1k
Last 128 Tony Jones England £1,185£1k
Last 128 Troy Shaw England £1,185£1k
High break Matthew Stevens Wales £20,000£20k
High break Neil Robertson Australia £2,250£2k

How the money splits

Each finishing band, what it paid each player, and what it paid in all

Prize money bands at the 2002 Embassy World Championship.
PLACE PLAYERS EACH BAND TOTAL
Winner 1 £260,000£260k £260,000£260k
Runner-up 1 £152,000£152k £152,000£152k
Semi-final 2 £76,000£76k £152,000£152k
Quarter-final 4 £38,000£38k £152,000£152k
Last 16 8 £21,000£21k £168,000£168k
Last 32 16 £14,500£15k £232,000£232k
Last 48 16 £11,000£11k £176,000£176k
Last 64 16 £6,825£7k £109,200£109k
Last 80 16 £5,500£6k £88,000£88k
Last 96 16 £4,150£4k £66,400£66k
Last 128 31 £1,185£1k £36,735£37k
High break 1 £20,000£20k £20,000£20k
High break 1 £2,250£2k £2,250£2k

Where the money went, band by band

Winner £260k
Runner-up £152k
Semi-final £152k
Quarter-final £152k
Last 16 £168k
Last 32 £232k
Last 48 £176k
Last 64 £109k
Last 80 £88k
Last 96 £66k
Last 128 £37k
High break £20k
High break £2,250

The rest of 2002

Every other snooker tournament we hold from 2002

Other snooker tournaments in 2002.
TOURNAMENT WINNER PAID
2002 Powerhouse UK Championship Mark Williams £613,550£614k
2002 British Open Paul Hunter £450,000£450k
2002 Benson And Hedges Championship Mark Davis £44,900£45k
2002 LG Cup Chris Small £597,200£597k
2002 Regal Scottish Masters Ronnie O'Sullivan £192,000£192k
2002 Daily Star Premier League Ronnie O'Sullivan £180,000£180k
2002 Regal Scottish Open Stephen Lee £597,200£597k
2002 Citywest Irish Masters John Higgins £164,500£165k
2002 Singha Thailand Masters Mark Williams £477,900£478k
2002 China Open Mark Williams £450,800£451k
2002 Benson and Hedges Masters Paul Hunter £695,000£695k
2002 Regal Welsh Open Paul Hunter £597,200£597k

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner of the 2002 Embassy World Championship get?

Peter Ebdon took £260,000.

How much did the runner-up get?

Stephen Hendry took £152,000, 58% of the winner's cheque.

What was the total prize money at the 2002 Embassy World Championship?

£1,614,585, paid to 128 players.

How does it compare with other years?

The 2001 Embassy World Championship paid £1,532,000, and the 2003 Embassy World Championship paid £1,815,250.

Where to next

Every edition is on the World Championship prize money page, and the whole year on snooker prize money in 2002. The edition before was the 2001 Embassy World Championship. The one after was the 2003 Embassy World Championship.