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The 2013 Indian Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament held between 14 and 18 October 2013, at the Le Meridien Hotel in New Delhi, India. It was the first ranking event held in India,[1] and the fourth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season.[2]
Ding Junhui won his eighth ranking title by defeating Aditya Mehta 5–0 in the final.[3] Ding became the first player to win two consecutive ranking titles in the same season since Ronnie O'Sullivan in 2002/2003, who won the 2003 European Open and the 2003 Irish Masters.[4] At the tournament Mehta became the first Indian player to reach the final of a ranking event.[5]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[6] Template:Col-begin Template:Col-break
- Winner: £50,000
- Runner-up: £25,000
- Semi-final: £13,500
- Quarter-final: £9,000
- Last 16: £6,000
- Last 32: £3,000
- Last 64: £2,000
- Televised highest break: £2,000
- Total: £300,000
Wildcard round
These matches were played in New Delhi on 14 October 2013.[7][8][9][10] The Indian wildcard players were selected through a qualifying tournament.[11][12]
| Match | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 | Template:Flagathlete | 4–1 | Template:Flagathlete |
| WC2 | Template:Flagathlete | 4–0 | Template:Flagathlete |
| WC3 | Template:Flagathlete | 4–3 | Template:Flagathlete |
| WC4 | Template:Flagathlete | 4–1 | Template:Flagathlete |
| WC5 | Template:Flagathlete | 4–1 | Template:Flagathlete |
| WC6 | Template:Flagathlete | w/d–w/o | Template:Flagathlete |
Main draw
Top half
Bottom half
Final
| Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore. Le Meridien Hotel, New Delhi, India, 18 October 2013.[10][13] | ||
| Ding Junhui Template:CHN |
5–0 | Aditya Mehta Template:IND |
| 76–36 (52), 87–0 (81), 107–0 (107), 93–1 (93), 116–1 (100) | ||
| 107 | Highest break | 30 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 5 | 50+ breaks | 0 |
Qualifying
These matches were held on 11 and 12 August 2013 at the Doncaster Dome in Doncaster, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.[14][15][16] Template:Col-begin Template:Col-2
Century breaks
Televised stage centuries
- 142, 109, 107, 106, 100 Template:Ndash Ding Junhui
- 138, 123, 103 Template:Ndash Anthony McGill
- 137 Template:Ndash Marco Fu
- 135, 125, 120 Template:Ndash Gary Wilson
- 134 Template:Ndash Pankaj Advani
- 133, 125 Template:Ndash Michael White
- 133 Template:Ndash Zhang Anda
- 132, 127, 122 Template:Ndash Aditya Mehta
- 131, 101 Template:Ndash Ratchayothin Yotharuck
- 119, 119, 117 Template:Ndash Stuart Bingham
- 114 Template:Ndash Mark Joyce
- 108 Template:Ndash Rod Lawler
- 104, 103, 103, 103, 100 Template:Ndash Neil Robertson
- 103, 100 Template:Ndash Robbie Williams
- 102 Template:Ndash Ken Doherty
- 102 Template:Ndash Ricky Walden
- 101 Template:Ndash Liu Chuang
- 100 Template:Ndash Liang Wenbo
- 100 Template:Ndash Mark Williams
Qualifying stage centuries
- 136 Template:Ndash Andrew Higginson
- 134 Template:Ndash Marco Fu
- 129 Template:Ndash Martin O'Donnell
- 126 Template:Ndash Elliot Slessor
- 125 Template:Ndash Chen Zhe
- 121 Template:Ndash Fergal O'Brien
- 114 Template:Ndash Mark Davis
- 111 Template:Ndash Jamie O'Neill
- 109, 101 Template:Ndash Zhang Anda
- 105 Template:Ndash Peter Ebdon
- 105 Template:Ndash Xiao Guodong
- 105 Template:Ndash Liam Highfield
- 104 Template:Ndash Aditya Mehta
- 103 Template:Ndash Graeme Dott
- 103 Template:Ndash Paul Davison
- 102 Template:Ndash Fraser Patrick
- 101 Template:Ndash David Gilbert
- 101 Template:Ndash Kyren Wilson
- 100 Template:Ndash Joe Perry
- 100 Template:Ndash Kurt Maflin
References
- ↑ New Ranking Event in India. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association(23 July 2013).
- ↑ Tournament Calendar 2013/2014. Snooker.org.
- ↑ Ding ends Mehta's fine run, emerges champion, Sarangi, Y.B.(19 October 2013).
- ↑ Brilliant Ding Is Star of India. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association(18 October 2013).
- ↑ Aditya Mehta suffers crushing defeat in Indian Open final(18 October 2013).
- ↑ Prize Money Breakdowns 2013/14. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association(1 May 2013).
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Indian Open 2013 Draw & Results. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Indian Open 2013 Format. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Indian Open 2013: Scores, results & schedule. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Indian Open (2013). Snooker.org.
- ↑ Indian Qualifying Events for Indian Open 2013. Cue Sports India.
- ↑ Manan, Lilly make the cut(5 September 2013).
- ↑ Final – Match 69 – Ding Junhui v Aditya Mehta. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.
- ↑ Indian Open 2013 Qualifiers Draw & Format. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.
- ↑ Indian Open 2013 qualifiers results. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.
- ↑ Indian Open Qualifiers (2013). Snooker.org.
- ↑ Indian Open: century breaks. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.
- ↑ Indian Open qualifiers: century breaks. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.