 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - PaMasters egore rakatevera, akachengeta zita rake. Akakunda Stephen Lee 63 mumutambo wokutanga, Peter Ebdon 65 mumakwikwi ekupedzisira uye Alan McManus 65 mumakwikwi ekupedzisira kuti asvike pakupedzisira, uko akasangana naMark Williams. Hunter akarasikirwa mafuremu mashanu ekutanga ekupedzisira, asi akakunda mutambo uye mutambo 109. Hunter akanga ari mutambi wechitatu chete kuti achengetedze Masters, achitevera Cliff Thorburn naStephen Hendry. Hunter akahwinawo mutambo wake wechipiri mugore rimwe chetero, achikunda Ken Doherty 92 mumutambo wekupedzisira kuti atore 2002 Welsh Open zita. Uku kwaiva kukunda kwake kwechipiri paWelsh Open. Hunter akazokundwa 910 mumutambo wokutanga we2002 World ChampionshipnaQuinten Hann. Gare gare muna 2002, Hunter akakunda mutambo wake wechitatu, British Open, achikunda Ian McCulloch 94 mumutambo wokupedzisira. Sezvo achidzivirira Masters shasha, Hunter akafambira mberi kusvika kuma semi-fainari echiitiko cha2003, asi akarasikirwa ne3 × 6 kuna Mark Williams. 